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Protocol Buffers v3.9.0-rc1

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Protocol Buffers v3.8.0

C++

• Use std::atomic in case of myriad2 platform
• Always declare enums to be int-sized
• Added DebugString() and ShortDebugString() methods on MessageLite
• Specialized different parse loop control flows
• Make hasbits potentially in register. The or's start forming an obstacle because it's a read modify store on the same mem address on each iteration.
• Move to an internal MACRO for parser validity checks.
• Improve map parsing performance.
• Make MergePartialFromCodedStream non virtual. This allows direct calls, potential inlining and is also a code health improvement
• Add an overall limit to parse_context to prevent reading past it. This allows to remove a annoying level of indirection.
• Fix a mistake, we shouldn't verify map key/value strings for utf8 in opt mode for proto2.
• Further improvements to cut binary size.
• Prepare to make MergePartialFromCodedStream non-virtual.
• A report on some interesting behavior change in python (caused by b/27494216) made me realize there is a check that needs to be done in case the parse ended on a end group tag.
• Add a note of caution to the comments around skip in CodedOutputStream.
• Simplify end check.
• Add overload for ParseMessage for MessageLite/Message types. If the explicit type is not known inlining won't help de-virtualizing the virtual call.
• Reduce linker input. It turns out that ParseMessage is not inlined, producing template instantiations that are used only once and save nothing but cost more.
• Improve the parser.
• [c++17] Changed proto2::RepeatedPtrField iterators to no longer derive from the deprecated std::iterator class.
• Change the default value of case_insensitive_enum_parsing to false for JsonStringToMessage.
• Add a warning if a field name doesn't match the style guide.
• Fix TextFormat not round-trip correctly when float value is max float.
• Added locationed info for some errors at compiler
• Python reserved keywords are now working with getattr()/setattr() for most descriptors.
• Added AllowUnknownField() in text_format
• Append '_' to C++ reserved keywords for message, enum, extension
• Fix MSVC warning C4244 in protobuf's parse_context.h.
• Updating Iterators to be compatible with C++17 in MSVC.
• Use capability annotation in mutex.h
• Fix "UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer: cfi-bad-type"
• CriticalSectionLock class as a lightweight replacement for std::mutex on Windows platforms.
• Removed vestigial wire_format_lite_inl.h

C#

• Added System.Memory dependency.

Java

• Make Java protoc code generator ignore optimize_for LITE_RUNTIME. Users should instead use the Java lite protoc plugin.
• Change Extension getMessageDefaultInstance() to return Message instead of MessageLite.
• Prevent malicious input streams from leaking buffers for ByteString or ByteBuffer parsing.
• Release new Javalite runtime.
• Show warning in case potential file name conflict.
• Allow Java reserved keywords to be used in extensions.
• Added setAllowUnknownFields() in text format
• Add memoization to ExtensionRegistryLite.getEmptyRegistry()

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• 6a59a2a Update protobuf version (#6366)
• 864bd03 Set oneof case in array constructor (#6351)
• f1ecf5c Update extract_includes.bat.in
• 15929e1 Revert "Make php message class final to avoid mocking (#6277)" (#6324)
• 2c2267c Merge pull request #6319 from haon4/3.9.x-201906281515
• 35bf1ae Add changelog for 3.9.x
• 3f33753 Merge pull request #6298 from TeBoring/3.9.x-merge
• 4aa7750 Added stubs/map_util.h to list of installed headers
• d581c76 Merge branch 'master' into 3.9.x
• 54288a0 Rename get/setXXXValue to get/setXXXUnwrapped (#6295)
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