PDT/NewIn53

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We fixed / closed ~40 bugs in this release!

This release is a part of Oxygen.3 (21/03/2018)

Oldest bug in this release: #423089

General

1. PHP 7.2 Support #528151
2. Support .php7 extension #528331
3. Ignore PHP4 constructor if PHP5 (__construct) is already available #514015
4. Validator problem severites are configurable now #515714

Editor

1. PHP COM class added to code stubs #521405
2. Improved Code Assist performance #528501
3. We introduced "true" reconciler, this fixes problem with incorrect problem annotations

Formatter

1. non-PHPDoc tags are correctly formatted #423089
2. Formatting for unknown tags (for example all Doctrine annotations) can be enabled / disabled
3. Improved code line-wrapping policy for binary expression #530648

PHPUnit

1. Improved support for PHPUnit 6
2. Consistent PHPUnit view tree (Suite Name -> Class Name -> Method Name -> Data set number or name)
3. PHPUnit native output available in console #528010
4. Improved trace view: filtered in same way like PHPUnit native output, same content also for isolated tests
5. Object Diff view #515694
6. Allow re-run concrete Test, TestClass or even Suite #528013
7. Introduce ability to re-run failed tests #530472
8. Read correct vendor dir in composer mode #530488
9. Allow bind shortcuts to re-run commands #530533
10. Support non-standard use-cases for PHPUnitTestGroup #530639 #530548

Debugger

1. Support xDebug extended properties #519045
2. Prompt about saving dirty files before run PHP CLI Application #522107

API

1. Consistent PHPModelUtils#getFullName return values #528454
2. Resolve Type::class to string #470655
3. Allow override default PHP return type behavior #459808

Other

1. PDT .target files to simplify contributors life and speed-up build process #500429

Full bugs list for this release cycle

 5.3.0 - https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.pdt/releases/5.3/bugs

Previous News&Noteworthy page

 5.2.0 - https://wiki.eclipse.org/PDT/NewIn52