Update docs and CHANGELOG

Author: José Valim

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
   * [Mix] Use absolute symbolic links on Windows for `_build` instead of copying
   * [Mix] Add `Mix.compilers` that returns all default compilers used by mix tasks
   * [Mix] Issue warning and reset mtime for source files from the future
+  * [Mix] Support task aliases in Mix
+  * [OptionParser] Add `OptionParser.split/1` that splits a string into argv
+  * [Record] Allow a record to be converted to a keyword list with `record(some_record)`
   * [String] Improve performance of `String.split/1`
   * [Typespec] Allow `%Struct{}` syntax to be used in typespecs
 

lib/elixir/lib/record.ex

@@ -119,15 +119,18 @@ defmodule Record do
   arities will be defined to manipulate the underlying record:
 
       # To create records
-      user()        #=> {:user, "José", 25}
-      user(age: 26) #=> {:user, "José", 26}
+      record = user()        #=> {:user, "José", 25}
+      record = user(age: 26) #=> {:user, "José", 26}
 
       # To get a field from the record
       user(record, :name) #=> "José"
 
       # To update the record
       user(record, age: 26) #=> {:user, "José", 26}
 
+      # Convert a record to a keyword list
+      user(record) #=> [name: "José", age: 26]
+
   By default, Elixir uses the record name as the first element of
   the tuple (the tag). But it can be changed to something else:
 
@@ -192,9 +195,7 @@ defmodule Record do
       Keyword.keyword?(args) ->
         create(atom, fields, args, caller)
       true ->
-        quote bind_quoted: [atom: atom, fields: fields, args: args] do
-          Record.__keyword__(atom, fields, args)
-        end
+        quote do: Record.__keyword__(unquote(atom), unquote(fields), unquote(args))
     end
   end