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@fxamacker fxamacker released this 14 Aug 03:42
· 266 commits to master since this release
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This release adds important new features, optimizations, bug fixes, and 8 new contributors. Fuzz tests passed 5+ billion execs for CBOR encoding and decoding functions.

Notable changes are split into 3 categories.

⭐ Notable Changes to Review Before Upgrading

These new features and bug fixes were cherry-picked to highlight for review (for projects using older version).

  • PR 370: Add SimpleValue type to more fully support CBOR Simple Values, including values not assigned by IANA and...
  • PR 376: Add ByteString type to support CBOR maps with byte string keys because Go doesn't allow []byte as map keys and...
  • PR 379: Make Decoder.Decode() return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF instead of io.EOF on EOF if current CBOR data item is incomplete.
  • PR 380: Make Unmarshal() and Valid() return cbor.ExtraneousDataError (instead of ignoring extraneous data if any remain).
  • PR 387: Retry in Decoder if io.Reader's Read() returns 0 bytes read with nil error. Add tests to get 100% code coverage for stream.go.

⭐ More Notable Changes

  • PR 342: Add DecOptions.UTF8 to decode invalid UTF-8. Default is unchanged (reject invalid UTF-8 and return error).
  • PR 355 Allow MaxNestedLevels setting to be configured up to 65535.
  • PR 352, 377: Add EncOptions.NilContainersMode to encode nil Go maps and slices as either CBOR nil (default) or empty container.
  • PR 381: Add Decoder.Skip() to skip CBOR data item in CBOR Sequences (RFC 8742).
  • PR 386 Add functions for Extended Diagnostic Notation (RFC 8610 Appendix G).
  • PR 398 Add UnmarshalFirst() to decode CBOR data item and also return remaining bytes.
  • PR 400 Deprecate Valid and add Wellformed to replace it.
  • PR 402 Add UnmarshalFirst() to DecMode interface.
  • PR 412 Add Decoder.Buffered to return remaining data in buffer.

🚀 Notable Changes Affecting Speed or Memory Use

  • PR 335: Reuse underlying array if RawMessage has sufficient capacity.
  • PR 382: Return buffer to pool in Encode(). It adds a bit of overhead to Encode() but NewEncoder().Encode() is faster and uses less memory.

Benchmark comparison for PR 382 shows significant improvement in speed and memory use.

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Benchmarks provided by @x448 for NewEncoder().Encode() optimized in PR 382.

$ benchstat bench-v2.4.0.log bench-f9e6291.log 
goos: linux
goarch: amd64
pkg: github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2
cpu: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H
                                                     │ bench-v2.4.0.log │  bench-f9e6291.log                  │
                                                     │      sec/op      │   sec/op     vs base                │
NewEncoderEncode/Go_bool_to_CBOR_bool-20                   236.70n ± 2%   58.04n ± 1%  -75.48% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_uint64_to_CBOR_positive_int-20         238.00n ± 2%   63.93n ± 1%  -73.14% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_int64_to_CBOR_negative_int-20          238.65n ± 2%   64.88n ± 1%  -72.81% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_float64_to_CBOR_float-20               242.00n ± 2%   63.00n ± 1%  -73.97% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_[]uint8_to_CBOR_bytes-20               245.60n ± 1%   68.55n ± 1%  -72.09% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_string_to_CBOR_text-20                 243.20n ± 3%   68.39n ± 1%  -71.88% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_[]int_to_CBOR_array-20                 563.0n ± 2%    378.3n ± 0%  -32.81% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_map[string]string_to_CBOR_map-20       2.043µ ± 2%    1.906µ ± 2%   -6.75% (p=0.000 n=10)
geomean                                                    349.7n         122.7n       -64.92%

                                                     │ bench-v2.4.0.log │    bench-f9e6291.log                │
                                                     │       B/op       │    B/op     vs base                 │
NewEncoderEncode/Go_bool_to_CBOR_bool-20                     128.0 ± 0%     0.0 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_uint64_to_CBOR_positive_int-20           128.0 ± 0%     0.0 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_int64_to_CBOR_negative_int-20            128.0 ± 0%     0.0 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_float64_to_CBOR_float-20                 128.0 ± 0%     0.0 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_[]uint8_to_CBOR_bytes-20                 128.0 ± 0%     0.0 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_string_to_CBOR_text-20                   128.0 ± 0%     0.0 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_[]int_to_CBOR_array-20                   128.0 ± 0%     0.0 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_map[string]string_to_CBOR_map-20         544.0 ± 0%   416.0 ± 0%   -23.53% (p=0.000 n=10)
geomean                                                      153.4                    ?                       ¹ ²
¹ summaries must be >0 to compute geomean
² ratios must be >0 to compute geomean

                                                     │ bench-v2.4.0.log │    bench-f9e6291.log                │
                                                     │    allocs/op     │ allocs/op   vs base                 │
NewEncoderEncode/Go_bool_to_CBOR_bool-20                     2.000 ± 0%   0.000 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_uint64_to_CBOR_positive_int-20           2.000 ± 0%   0.000 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_int64_to_CBOR_negative_int-20            2.000 ± 0%   0.000 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_float64_to_CBOR_float-20                 2.000 ± 0%   0.000 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_[]uint8_to_CBOR_bytes-20                 2.000 ± 0%   0.000 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_string_to_CBOR_text-20                   2.000 ± 0%   0.000 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_[]int_to_CBOR_array-20                   2.000 ± 0%   0.000 ± 0%  -100.00% (p=0.000 n=10)
NewEncoderEncode/Go_map[string]string_to_CBOR_map-20         28.00 ± 0%   26.00 ± 0%    -7.14% (p=0.000 n=10)
geomean                                                      2.782                    ?                       ¹ ²
¹ summaries must be >0 to compute geomean
² ratios must be >0 to compute geomean

What's Changed

All merged pull requests are listed here (including the already highlighted ones).

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Changes to Code

Most coding changes here were already mentioned.

  • Reuse underlying array if RawMessage has sufficient capacity by @zensh in #335
  • Add decoding option to allow invalid UTF-8 by @fxamacker in #342
  • Allow MaxNestedLevels to be up to 65535 by @immesys in #355
  • Add support for unassigned/reserved CBOR simple values by @fxamacker in #370
  • Add ByteString type to support any CBOR byte string by @fxamacker in #376
  • add option to enforce nil container marshaling as empty containers by @dedefer in #352
  • Refactor NilContainersMode option by @fxamacker in #377
  • Make Decoder.Decode() return io.UnexpectedEOF instead of io.EOF if CBOR data item is truncated by @fxamacker in #379
  • Fix handling of extra data in Unmarshal() & Valid() by @fxamacker in #380
  • Add Decoder.Skip() to skip CBOR data item in CBOR Sequences (RFC 8742) by @fxamacker in #381
  • Return buffer to pool when using Encoder by @fxamacker in #382
  • Retry in decoder if Read() returns 0 bytes read with nil error by @fxamacker in #387
  • Deprecate Valid() and add Wellformed() to replace it by @fxamacker in #400
  • Add UnmarshalFirst by @immesys in #398
  • Add UnmarshalFirst to DecMode interface by @fxamacker in #402
  • Add functions for Extended Diagnostic Notation (RFC 8610 Appendix G) by @zensh in #386
  • Add more tests for Diagnose and DiagnoseFirst by @fxamacker in #405
  • Fix Diagnose to return io.EOF error on empty data by @fxamacker in #410
  • Add Decoder.Buffered to return buffered data by @fxamacker in #412
  • Fix Diagnose() to return io.EOF error on empty data by @fxamacker in #410

Changes to CI, Comments, and Docs

New Contributors (alphabetically)

Non-coding contibutions were made by opening notable issues that directly or indirectly improved this release.

  • @burdiyan opened issue and followups that led to Encode() returning buffer to pool as default behavior.
  • @espoal opened issue and followups that led to adding Skip() feature for CBOR Sequences (RFC 8742).
  • @immesys opened multiple issues and provided helpful feedback in addition to merged PRs.
  • @qmuntal opened issue and @x448 added feedback that led to improved support for CBOR Simple Values.
  • @x448 opened multiple issues and provided helpful feedback in addition to merged PRs.
  • @zensh opened multiple issues and provided helpful feedback in addition to merged PRs.

Full Changelog: v2.4.0...v2.5.0