Erlang/OTP 28 Highlights

a year ago

Erlang/OTP 28 introduces priority messages, allowing urgent messages to skip the queue.
Comprehensions in Erlang/OTP 28 now support strict generators and zip generators for better expressiveness and safety.
The compiler in Erlang/OTP 28 provides smarter error suggestions, helping to identify and fix typos more easily.
Shell improvements include lazy reads from stdin, raw and cooked modes for noshell, and fun Name/Arity syntax.
A new erlang:hibernate/0 function reduces memory footprint for processes with long idle times.
Warnings are now issued for the use of old-style catch, encouraging the use of try...catch...end.
Floating point literals now support any base, similar to integers, for precise representation.
The re module has been updated to use PCRE2, offering stricter syntax validation and better Unicode support.
TLS 1.3 performance has been optimized, resulting in a 15%-25% speed-up for data transmission.
Nominal types have been introduced to Dialyzer, preventing accidental misuse of types with the same structure.
A new Emacs Erlang mode using treesitter is under development, offering improved string and documentation handling.

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