1.0 Alpha 4​

This changelog summarizes new features and breaking changes in EdgeDB 1.0 alpha 4 “Barnard’s Star”.

EdgeQL​

  • Add __std__ alias for std module so that there’s a way to refer to the standard module which cannot be masked by a with std as module foo construct (#1457).
  • Allow explicit optional qualifier for links and properties in DDL and SDL. In particular, use it in describe command output. (#1342).
  • Only show link properties on computed links that are aliases.
  • describe command now shows matches that are potentially masked by the user-defined types or functions (#1439).
  • Add describe roles and describe instance config to the describe command.
  • Allow underscore in numeric literals and forbids float and decimal constants to end in . (#920).
  • Validate the required flag on computed links and properties (#217).
  • Forbid reference to link properties outside of a path expression (#1512).
  • Allow annotations to be renamed (#762).
  • Initial implementation of the new migration syntax (RFC 1000).

CLI​

  • We have a new edgedb server group of commands that ships with the default EdgeDB CLI. Check out the details in this RFC 1001.
  • The edgedb REPL prompt now has a transaction indicator:

1. ```
2. start transaction;
3. ```

5. ```
6. OK: START TRANSACTION
7. edgedb[T]>
8. ```

Server​

  • Remove reliance on Postgres table inheritance (#1468)
  • The edgedb-server installed by official installers is now called edgedb-server-1-alpha4.

Misc​