Deno v1.21.1 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact

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✨ Features 2 ⚡ Improvements 5 🔧 Bug Fixes 6

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Deno v1.21.1. Source highlight: feat(ext/console): Add string abbreviation size option for "Deno.inspect"

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)

feat(ext/console): Add string abbreviation size option for "Deno.inspect"
feat(ext/http): stream auto resp body compression (#14345)

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (5)

perf(ext/http): fast path for uncompressed bodies (#14366)
perf(ext/http): faster is_content_compressible (#14383)
perf(ext/http): optimize ReadableStreams backed by a resource (#14346)
perf(runtime): read entire files in single ops (#14261)
perf(serde_v8): zero-copy StringOrBuffer (#14381)

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

fix(ext/console): Compact empty iterables when calling Deno.inspect with
fix: change shade of "gray" color in eye-catchers (#14309)
fix(bench): eliminate sanitizeExit overhead (#14361)
fix(bench): report pending summary before clearing (#14369)
fix(bench): reset reporter context (#14360)
fix(cli): wrap long line of the env variables help (#14422)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

### 1.21.1 / 2022.04.28 - feat(ext/console): Add string abbreviation size option for "Deno.inspect" (#14384) - fix(ext/console): Compact empty iterables when calling Deno.inspect with compact false (#14387) - feat(ext/http): stream auto resp body compression (#14345) - fix: change shade of "gray" color in eye-catchers (#14309) - fix(bench): eliminate sanitizeExit overhead (#14361) - fix(bench): report pending summary before clearing (#14369) - fix(bench): reset reporter context (#14360) - fix(cli): wrap long line of the env variables help (#14422) - fix(ext/http): truncate read bytes when streaming bodies (#14389) - fix(runtime/js/spawn): Pass stdio options for spawn() and spawnSync() (#14358) - fix(test): capture inherited stdout and stderr for subprocesses in test output (#14395) - fix(test): capture worker stdout and stderr in test output (#14410) - fix(watcher): don't clear screen on start (#14351) - fix(workers): Make `worker.terminate()` not block the current thread (#13941) - fix: `deno task` forward double hyphen (#14419) - perf(ext/http): fast path for uncompressed bodies (#14366) - perf(ext/http): faster is_content_compressible (#14383) - perf(ext/http): optimize ReadableStreams backed by a resource (#14346) - perf(runtime): read entire files in single ops (#14261) - perf(serde_v8): zero-copy StringOrBuffer (#14381)

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