# Changelog

## v0.7.0

**Features**:

- Multi-line strings are now
  [emitted using block scalars](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/pull/136).

- Error messages now contain a byte offset to aid debugging.
  ([#176](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/pull/176))

- Yaml now has `or` and `borrowed_or` methods.
  ([#179](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/pull/179))

- `Yaml::load_from_bytes()` is now available.
  ([#156](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/pull/156))

- The parser and scanner now return Err() instead of calling panic.

**Development**:

- The documentation was updated to include a security note mentioning that
  yaml-rust is safe because it does not interpret types.
  ([#195](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/pull/195))

- Updated to quickcheck 1.0.
  ([#188](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/pull/188))

- `hashlink` is [now used](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/pull/157)
  instead of `linked_hash_map`.

## v0.6.0

**Development**:

- `is_xxx` functions were moved into the private `char_traits` module.

- Benchmarking tools were added.

- Performance was improved.

## v0.5.0

- The parser now supports tag directives.
  ([#35](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/issues/35)

- The `info` field has been exposed via a new `Yaml::info()` API method.
  ([#190](https://github.com/chyh1990/yaml-rust/pull/190))