This week (50/2020) on the Issue Tracker

Another week with ~50 merged pull requests.

Class Definitions
==================
Mostly stabilizing the last changes...

- Class>>#asRingDefinition should not send #definition but #definitionString #8024
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8024

- ReSearchStringSourceAnchor>>#interval should not use deprecated #definition #8022
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8022
       
- 7980-fix-checkClassRebuild #7982
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7982
       
- Move old definition printing to a the legacy printer #7894
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7894


Halt Cleanup
=============
Finished: we now have a release test. There can never be a #halt left without the
test failing.

- 7925-halt-left-in-FFIFunctionParsersetOn #7932
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7932

- 7928-halt-left-in-FBDDecompilerpushFullClosurenumCopiedreceiverOnStackignoreOuterContext #7970
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7970

- 7975-ReleaseTesttestMethodsContainNoHalt #7977
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7977
       
- "Browse Breakpoints" should not show implementation methods #7969
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7969


Fixes
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- Lazily file open in Zip archive #7999
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7999

- 8037-Scrolling-messages-leads-to-red-square-of-death #8039
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8039

- Fixed #8014. Renamed Random >> nextInt: and nextIntBetween:and: to nextInteger: and nextIntegerBetween:and: #8021
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8021

- Fix win32 library name for freetype #7778
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7778

- 7966-Temporary-Variables-Cannot-be-used-in-loops-in-a-playground #7983
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7983
               
- Only concrete Font descriptions should be installable #7986
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7986

- Fixed #7612. The bug that happened when an IntegerArray was added to a FloatArray #7622
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7622
       
- Fixed #7937. Implemented Random>>nextBetween:and:, nextIntBetween:and:, and wrote tests for them #7938
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7938
       
- 7956-Completion-broken-in-Transcript #7958
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7958
               
- fixing-FFIBackend-initialization #7973
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7973

- Fixing mem leak after debugger proceeding #7992
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7992
       
- 7953 huge debugger st pharo application memory leak #7976
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7976
       
- 8005-ClassHierarchyPrinter-glitches #8012
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8012
       
- 8001-Improving-ClassHierarchyPrinter #8003
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8003

- tagsForClasses #8008
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8008
       
- add Trait>>#isUsed. #7981
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7981


Refactoring
============
Work has begun to check (and fix) refactorings. More to come.

- Review refactorings #7965
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7965

- Fix rename refactoring issue - 7947 #7978
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7978


AST Improvements / Cleanups
============================
The visitor now calls #visitGlobalVariableNode:, visitClassVariableNode:, if you
inherit (or use the trait) the change is backward compatible (it makes sure to call the
same methods as before).

- AST-add-more-Variable-visit-methods #7929
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7929

- TRBProgramNodeVisitor-methods-missing #7962
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7962

- AST-Cleanup-visitUnreachableStatement #7951
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7951

- CoTypeInferencer should inherit from RBProgramNodeVisitor #8040
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8040

- 7993-Completion-broken-while-editing #7998
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7998


Cleanups and improvements Code Critique
======================

- ReSendsUnknownMessageToGlobalRule laments wrongly on class variables #8031
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8031

- Mark abstract test classes in Renraku-Tests #8029
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8029
       
- Cleanup ReAbstractRule #8057
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8057
       
- Clean selector casing in Renraku #8063
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8063
               
- Add script pragmas to CriticBrowser #8035
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8035

- Simplify-ReUnaryAccessingMethodWithoutReturnRule #7839
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7839
       

Dead Code
=========

- Gofer-UI package should be removed in Pharo 9 #8027
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8027
               
- Deprecate leadingChar and old encoders. #7892
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7892
               
- remove-unused-charScannerPrimitive #7884
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7884
       
- Cleanup-EncoderForV3PlusClosures #7972
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7972

- Remove unused lastKeyboardFocus ivare from OSSDL2BackendWindow #7946
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7946


Other Cleanups
==============

- ReSourceAnchor typo in class comment #8066
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8066
       
- Tag uncategorized classes in package Morphic-Widgets-Tabs #8015
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8015

- EpApplyPreviewerTest calls deprecated method #8007
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/8007
       
- HDTestCoverage and HDCoverageReport use obsolete actualClass #7991
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7991
       
- fixes #7924: Enhance CodeImporter with better comment #7988
        https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/7988