release: 1.0.0-alpha.0

[bjohansebas]

I plan to release this alpha version on January 8. The reason for this is to start comparing our progress with the specification, and also because more breaking changes are coming. cc: @pillarjs/express-tc @pillarjs/iconv-lite-collaborators

Tag: https://github.com/pillarjs/iconv-lite/releases/edit/untagged-281e80ec31c9ea2a7297

⚠️ Breaking changes

• Remove support for Node <18 and safe-buffer dependency - by @bjohansebas @Phillip9587 and @TheThing in #265 and #349

  Node.js versions prior to 18 are no longer supported. This allows us to remove the safe-buffer dependency and use native Buffer methods available in Node 18 and later.

• Use native TextDecoder for decoding - by @JohnGu9 and @bjohansebas in #316

  While this improves compatibility with web standards, some edge cases may behave differently because the implementation of TextDecoder in Node.js or other JavaScript runtimes has issues with the specification.

🚀 Improvements

• Introduce backend abstraction layer to support to Uint8Array buffer implementation - by @ashtuchkin

  This paves the way for supporting environments without Node.js Buffer, such as browsers using Uint8Array.
  This is a work in progress, so many parts still rely on Buffer internally, but the goal is to eventually have full support for a Uint8Array based implementation.

• Update of the GBK encoding table according to changes in the specification - by @bjohansebas in #371

  The GBK encoding table was updated to reflect the latest changes in the Encoding Standard:

  • A6D9–A6DF: Assigned 7 vertical presentation punctuation characters (︐︒︑︓︔︕︖) that were previously unmapped
  • A6EC–A6ED: Assigned 2 presentation characters (︗︘) that were previously unmapped
  • A6F3: Assigned a punctuation character (︙) that was previously unmapped
  • FE50: Inserted characters 龴, 龵, 龶, 龷, 龸, 龹 at specific positions in the sequence
  • FE80: Inserted characters 龺, 龻 at specific positions in the sequence

What's Changed

• Updated test dependencies by @Phillip9587 in Updated test dependencies #354
• cleanup: remove mergeModules helper function by @Phillip9587 in cleanup: remove mergeModules helper function #353
• chore(test:webpack): upgrade webpack 5 by @bjohansebas in chore(test:webpack): upgrade webpack 5 #362
• chore: bring chage of master by @bjohansebas in chore: bring chage of master #380

New Contributors

• @Phillip9587 made their first contribution in Updated test dependencies #354
• @JohnGu9 made their first contribution in chore: replace StringDecoder with TextDecoder #316

Full Changelog: v0.7.1...v1

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