Rhino 1.7.15

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Rhino 1.7.15

Highlights of this release include:

• Basic support for "rest parameters"
• Improvements in Unicode support
• "Symbol.species" implemented in many places
• More correct property ordering in many places
• And many more improvements and bug fixes

This release includes committs from 29 different committers. Thanks to you all for your help!

What's Changed

• Prepare for 1.7.15 by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1148
• Implements Promise.allSettled() by @grob in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1090
• Fix issue #1041. Handles 0 quantifier with max of zero correctly. by @MaxisTekfield in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1098
• Add proper import package instructions in the OSGi manifest by @makusuko in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1163
• add Object.hasOwn (#1052) in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1157
• Apply spotlessApply to all code by @tuchida in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1159
• Remove spotless "ratchet" by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1170
• unify and improve the error msg about unsupported regex flags by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1180
• implement regex sticky support by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1181
• Fix GitHub Languages for repo by @p-bakker in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1185
• fix #780 fix Object.assign when undefined value and inextensible by @tuchida in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1186
• fix #934 Implement ES2017 Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors by @tuchida in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1193
• code cleanup by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1196
• take the offset of the buffer into account when construction a subarray from a buffer (fixes #1204) by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1205
• Various fixed for NativeConsole by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1207
• more console fixes and tests by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1208
• two json stringify fixes by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1209
• fix for toLocaleLowercase parameter handling by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1131
• improve log output of Callable's by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1213
• Simplify release steps by @zloirock in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1214
• Some cleanup and minor optimizations by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1212
• Fix typeof for native classes with shared global scope #1173 by @Schmidor in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1211
• Make the $262 object available within the test262 tests by @p-bakker in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1229
• Fix ClassCastException when using StringBuilder/Buffer #496 by @shelches in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1210
• fix missing scope definition at some places by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1227
• fix: parent relationship in TaggedTemplateLiteral (#1238) by @kuzjka in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1239
• Make getCharacterEncoding in UrlModuleSourceProvider protected by @midgleyc in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1233
• fix(#1237): polyfill android Map.putIfAbsent by @naijun0403 in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1252
• Add PGP_KEYS.txt by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1263
• fix the error message in case the quantifier maximum (second value) is smaller than the minimum (first value) by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1260
• Fix hasOwnProperty on NativeJavaObject by @Schmidor in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1255
• Update README.md by @wimjongman in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1266
• Function prototype properties length and name are configurable (in ES6) by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1284
• cleanup as follow up of pr 1284 by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1285
• make sure the placeholder replacements is also done for ConsStrings by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1293
• Code Cleanup by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1295
• Fix the condition for isResourceChanged by @szegedi in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1301
• fix name property for bound functions (see issue #1297) by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1298
• next try to fix issue #780 by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1294
• fix ScriptException when bound functions are called inside Promise.then() by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1287
• Preserving cause on rethrown exceptions by @rPraml in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1286
• BUG: for X of javaList does not work properly in strict mode by @rPraml in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1304
• use try-with-resource by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1306
• setter function (from property descriptor) has to convert the args by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1305
• Treat String, ConsString, Boolean, and Double as value types by @szegedi in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1302
• ci: set minimal permissions on GitHub Workflows by @diogoteles08 in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1311
• Test optimization levels by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1317
• more test method cleanup by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1320
• fix some warnings in the test code by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1325
• fix some warnings in the test code by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1326
• remove default parameter from compareArray.js by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1329
• Support ES2019 Array.prototype.flat by @midgleyc in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1313
• some code cleanup for the array_flat pr by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1330
• Es2022 at method by @JohnBain in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1289
• some code cleanup for array at support by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1331
• PropertyDescriptor fixes by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1324
• Remove CircleCI configuration by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1335
• take care of eof when parsing templates (fixes #1337) by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1338
• Create Security Policy by @diogoteles08 in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1328
• docs(readme): remove broken MDN link by @caugner in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1340
• Fix some deprecation warnings by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1343
• This PR fixes the issue of flush() by @nmondal in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1358
• Symbol fixes by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1357
• special handling for NativeError instances when generating the console output by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1366
• Fix regressions introduced to debugger by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1369
• Add some micro-benchmarks for property access by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1370
• fix a missing array limit check by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1371
• fix some typos in Messages.properties by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1373
• Update SunSpider benchmarks by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1375
• take care of SymbolKey before casting by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1377
• Support ES2019 Array.prototype.flatMap by @midgleyc in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1372
• feat: update github action versions to 3 by @midgleyc in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1379
• Stop IRFactory from inheriting Parser by @tuchida in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1380
• Array.of has to use defineOwnProperty instead of set by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1381
• Support unicode codepoint escape by @tuchida in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1383
• convert NativeMath and NativeJSON into a Lambda based ScriptableObject by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1384
• Use a different method to determine if we are on Java 11 by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1385
• javascript 'Set' cannot handle wrapped java objects properly by @rPraml in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1387
• Modified DoctestsTest to include optimization level by @andreabergia in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1401
• Allow updating of name of a function, as required by the standard by @andreabergia in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1398
• [StepSecurity] ci: Harden GitHub Actions by @step-security-bot in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1405
• Create dependabot.yml by @diogoteles08 in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1407
• Make handling of object indices more in line with the spec by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1392
• Support hashbang by @p-bakker in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1417
• Add Scorecard Action by @diogoteles08 in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1400
• Adds support for trailing commas in function parameters by @p-bakker in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1416
• Handle Array prototype properties in standard operations by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1426
• limit the length of the string to be used for indentation by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1428
• BigIntLiteral.toSource includes suffix by @JohnCokerC3 in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1432
• Fixes for Symbol.iterator handling in NativeArray by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1435
• fix clz32 rounding errors by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1430
• Various fixes and implementations to NativeRegExp by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1434
• Fix Math.atanh by @andreabergia in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1438
• add @Override and some try-with-resources by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1449
• (Partial) implementation of [Symbol.species] by @andreabergia in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1448
• add species support to typed arrays by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1454
• SpecialRef: fix assigning to Symbol.proto returning undefined by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1457
• an optimized version of Context#close() by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1460
• fix: toString() on generator by @0xe in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1462
• a bit cleanup for the PR by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1467
• Fixed handling of unicode characters in the lexer by @andreabergia in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1464
• update scorecard workflow by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1468
• Make regexp execution loop interruptible #1189 by @blutorange in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1440
• initial implementation of function rest parameter support by @rbri in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1451
• Fix unhandled promise rejection handler after a .then by @andreabergia in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1469
• Update files for 1.7.15 release by @gbrail in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1471

New Contributors

• @grob made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1090
• @makusuko made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1163
• @zloirock made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1214
• @Schmidor made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1211
• @shelches made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1210
• @midgleyc made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1233
• @naijun0403 made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1252
• @wimjongman made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1266
• @diogoteles08 made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1311
• @JohnBain made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1289
• @caugner made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1340
• @nmondal made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1358
• @andreabergia made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1401
• @step-security-bot made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1405
• @JohnCokerC3 made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1432
• @0xe made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1462
• @blutorange made their first contribution in https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/1440

Full Changelog: https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/compare/Rhino1_7_14_Release...Rhino1_7_15_Release