Racket v6.0.1

Racket version 6.0.1 is now available from

http://racket-lang.org/

• A new racket/undefined library exports undefined as the value currently produced by
  

  (letrec ([x x]) x)

  This library anticipates a future where that expression will raise an exception. The racket/undefined library will continue to offer the undefined value as a bridge between versions and as a last resort.
• The drawing and GUI libraries provide improved support for high-resolution bitmaps and their use on Retina displays. For example, read-bitmap includes a #:try-@2x? option to trigger substitutions through the usual "@2x" naming convention.
• Check Syntax cooperates with Typed Racket to show arrows and other Check Syntax highlighting even when there is a type error.
• Functions provided via contract-out that have first-order contracts perform better.
• The contract boundary between typed/untyped modules is much less expensive. Typed Racket now avoids generating contracts for places where contracts failures cannot happen.
• Occurrence typing now works better with when/unless. Example:
  

  (let ((x (read)))
    (unless (number? x) (error 'bad-input))
    (add1 x))

• Types in Typed Racket are now pretty-printed.
• Function types can now be written in prefix style, which is now preferred and is used for printing. Infix function types are still accepted for backwards compatibility.
• A new ->* type constructor is used for writing types for functions with optional and keyword arguments. The notation is similar to the matching contract combinator.
• Typed Racket forms do not have a : suffix by default now. For example, the struct form replaces struct:. The suffixed versions are all provided for backwards compatibility.
• Typed Racket now has preliminary support for classes and objects. However, it is still experimental and the APIs are subject to change.
• Type aliases in Typed Racket now support recursion and mutual recursion. For example, (define-type (MyList X) (U Null (Pair X (MyList X)))) is now a valid type alias.
• Plot correctly renders intersecting 3D graphs and non-grid-aligned 3D rectangles.
• Elements in plots output in PDF/PS format have the same relative scale as in other formats. In particular, it is not necessary to adjust plot-font-size to make PDF plots look the same as PNG.