initial changelog for v0.18

Author: jasonwilliams

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## What's Changed
 
+# [0.18.0 (2024-02-29)](https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/compare/v0.17...v0.18)
+
+### Feature Enhancements
+* Format let-else expressions by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3102
+* Add regexp indices (`d` flag) support by @dirkdev98 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3094
+* Add missing 'unscopables' to `Array.prototype[@@unscopables]` by @dirkdev98 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3111
+* Updated Fuzzer dependencies and added them to Dependabot by @Razican in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3124
+* Implement `findLast` and `findLastIndex` on TypedArray by @dirkdev98 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3135
+* Implement i128/u128 to JsBigInt conversions by @AlvinKuruvilla in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3129
+* Implement `String.prototype.isWellFormed` and `String.prototype.toWellFormed` by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3187
+* Clarify usage section in `README.md` by @postmeback in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3092
+* Log traces even without message (boa_runtime) by @kelbazz in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3193
+* Implement ephemeron-based weak map by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3052
+* Improve bytecompiler bytecode generation. by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3188
+* Add `Instruction` and `InstructionIterator` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3201
+* Add ECMAScript 14 to `boa_tester` by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3273
+* Bump `rust-version` to 1.71 by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3290
+* Lazily download `test262`  repository by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3214
+* Implement `Gc::new_cyclic` by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3292
+* Implement `Intl.PluralRules` by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3298
+* Implement step 5 in `RegExp` constructor by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3305
+* Replace #[deny] with #[warn] by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3309
+* Bump ICU4X to 1.3 by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3306
+* Migrate to workspace deps by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3313
+* Implement `[[HostDefined]]` field on `Realm`s by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/2952
+* Introduce experimental features by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3318
+* Introduce a `Class` map by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3315
+* Fix `Function.prototype.toString()` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3374
+* First portion of the Temporal implementation by @nekevss in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3277
+* Update feature flags to specific feature flag by @nekevss in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3376
+* Implement `[[HostDefined]]` for `Module` and `Script` by @arexon in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3381
+* Implement synthetic modules by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3294
+* Prevent `test262` repository update if not needed by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3386
+* Implement `SharedArrayBuffer` by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3384
+* Add `Context::create_realm` by @johnyob in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3369
+* Introduce a thread safe version of `JsError` by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3398
+* Implement asynchronous evaluation of scripts by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3044
+* Feature `get/set $boa.limits.stack` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3385
+* Implement `change-array-by-copy` methods by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3412
+* Implement the `array-grouping` proposal by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3420
+* Implement `Atomics` builtin by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3394
+* Migrate to workspace lints by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3334
+* Bump ICU4X to 1.4 and finish Intl impls with new APIs by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3469
+* Class: Switch `make_data` parameter from `this` to `new_target` by @johnyob in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3478
+* Add utility methods to the `Class` trait by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3488
+* Simplify `Icu` API by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3503
+* Add UTF-16 input parsing by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3538
+* Remove allocations from `HostDefined::get_many_mut` by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3606
+* Implement getter for `ArrayBuffer` data by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3610
+* Implement non-erased `JsObject`s by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3618
+* Update regress to v0.8.0 and use UTF16 / UCS2 matching by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3627
+* Cleanup 262 tester and stabilize some experimental features by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3632
+* Improve typing of `DataView` and related objects by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3626
+* Close sync iterator when async wrapper yields rejection by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3633
+* Implement resizable buffers by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3634
+* Implement stage 3 feature "arraybuffer-transfer" by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3649
+* Implement prototype of `NumberFormat` by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3669
+* Add example for async module fetches by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3012
+
+### Bug Fixes
+* Allow escaped yield and await in labelled statement by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3117
+* `TypedArray.prototype.values()` and `TypedArray.prototype[@@iterator]` should be equal by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3096
+* Fix TypedArrayConstructors tests by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3171
+* Close iterator after generator return call while array destructuring assignment by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3164
+* Fix remaining TypedArray bugs by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3186
+* Add early errors for `LexicalDeclaration` by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3207
+* Fix switch statement `break` and `continue` return values by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3205
+* Fix GitHub coverage workflow by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3288
+* Fix tagged template `this` in strict mode by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3307
+* fix: add 'static lifetime by @mattsse in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3297
+* Fix class inherit from `null` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3312
+* Fix anonymous function name in cover assignment by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3325
+* Add `NonMaxU32` as integer variant for `PropertyKey` by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3321
+* Add missing class name binding by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3328
+* Truncate environment stack on non-caught native error by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3331
+* Fix regular expression construction by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3338
+* Fix `super()` construction with default parameters by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3339
+* Fix static class element evaluation order by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3327
+* Fix detection of runtime limits for accessors by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3335
+* Fix `Number.prototype.toFixed()` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/2898
+* Check `eval` realm before call by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3375
+* Evaluate all parts of `class` in strict mode by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3383
+* Fix var declaration for deleted binding locator by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3387
+* Fix await flag in class constructor by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3388
+* Fix compilation for targets without `AtomicU64` by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3399
+* Update `regex.match` spec and code by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3462
+* `Context` independent `CodeBlock`s by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3424
+* Fix a Parser Idempotency Issue by @veera-sivarajan in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3172
+* Non recursive gc trace by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3508
+* Fix invalid return value when closing an iterator by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3567
+* Implement Date parsing according to the spec by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3564
+* `Date` refactor by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3595
+* Fix regexp `toString` method by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3608
+* Fix escaping in `RegExp.prototype.source` by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3619
+* Fix line terminators in template strings by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3641
+* Consider strict + no-strict tests as a single test by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3675
+* Preserve `.exe` suffix for Windows releases by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3680
+
+### Internal Improvements
+* Move `RefCell` of `CompileTimeEnvironment`s to field `bindings` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3108
+* Change `name`  field type in `CodeBlock` to `JsString` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3107
+* Refactor `Array.prototype.find*` and TypedArray variants to use `FindViaPredicate` by @dirkdev98 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3134
+* Fix 1.71.0 lints by @RageKnify in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3140
+* Clippy updates: add panics and etc. by @nekevss in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3235
+* Remove unused class environments by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3332
+* Improve highlighter performance by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3341
+* Cleanup `get_option` and calls to the function by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3355
+* Fix new lints for Rust 1.73 by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3361
+* Refactor compile time environment handling by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3365
+* Update all dependencies by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3400
+* Optimize `shift` for dense arrays by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3405
+* Disallow changing type of already created objects by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3410
+* Merge `CodeBlock` constant pools by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3413
+* Move ordinary function `[[ConstructorKind]]` to `CodeBlock` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3439
+* Move `FunctionKind` to `CodeBlock` by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3440
+* Unify generator and ordinary function creation by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3441
+* Move `arguments` object creation to bytecode by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3432
+* Move parameter environment creation to bytecode by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3433
+* Prevent `DefVar` opcode emit for global binding by @HalidOdat in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3453
+* Transition `Intl` types to `NativeObject` API by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3491
+* Migrate `Temporal` to its own crate. by @nekevss in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3461
+* Reestructure repo and CI improvements by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3505
+* Fix rust 1.75 lints by @raskad in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3540
+* Remove double indirection in module types by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3640
+* Fix clippy warnings for rustc 1.76 by @jedel1043 in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3668
+
+## New Contributors
+* @AlvinKuruvilla made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3129
+* @tunz made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3109
+* @postmeback made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3092
+* @kelbazz made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3193
+* @frisoft made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3209
+* @mattsse made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3297
+* @arexon made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3381
+* @johnyob made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3369
+* @ahaoboy made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3406
+* @tj825 made their first contribution in https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/pull/3465
+
 # [0.17.0 (2023-07-05)](https://github.com/boa-dev/boa/compare/v0.16...v0.17)
 
 ### Feature Enhancements