Merlin 3.3.0

backend

• interpret -pp flag
• backtrack warnings in all versions, not just 4.06
• silence C compiler warnings (by David Allsopp and Bernhard Schommer)
• remove sturgeon support
• allow to select sections to log
• better error message on ocaml version mismatch
• locate:
  • handle functors and functor applications
  • do not use the location coming from the environment
• tweaked caching policy
• fix environment when a file disappears
• fix -short-paths handling of classes and class types (by Leo White)
• don't select deprecated paths in -short-paths (by Leo White)
• return type info in outline query (by Andrey Popp)
• properly handle new lines in the lexer
• better tracking of errors reported by the parser and by preprocessors
• add support for OCaml 4.08
• tweaked the recovery strategy in presence of syntax errors
• timing information in replies now includes wall clock time.
• dump command can new dump the parsetree post preprocessing

editors modes

• emacs

  • fix merlin-xref.el install (by Emilio Jesus Gallego Arias)
  • keep labels matching the prefix the user has typed rather than dropping them (by Mitchell Plamann)
  • remove unused merlin--overlay function (by Wilfred Hughes)
  • show the number of errors in the modline (by Wilfred Hughes)
  • call a logger on the client side if one is defined
  • allow user to disable completion inside comments and strings
  • show errors and types even when buffer is narrowed (by Wilfred Hughes)
  • make sure PATH is updated when merlin-command is 'opam

• vim

  • better FindBinary
  • make the log buffer a scratch buffer (by Tom Johnson)
  • execute buffer switching silently (by Fabian)
  • restore view after updating merlin type buffer (by Fabian)

testsuite

• Switched to mdx with cram syntax.