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Author: MichaelChirico

NEWS.md

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 1. In `DT[, variable := value]`, when value is class `POSIXlt`, we automatically coerce it to class `POSIXct` instead, [#1724](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/1724). Thanks to @linzhp for the report, and Benjamin Schwendinger for the fix.
 
+## NEW FEATURES
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+1. `fwrite()` with `compress="gzip"` produces compatible gz files when composed of multiple independent chunks owing to parallelization, [#6356](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6356).  Earlier `fwrite()` versions could have issues with HTTP upload using `Content-Encoding: gzip` and `Transfer-Encoding: chunked`. Thanks to @oliverfoster for report and @philippechataignon for the fix.
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+2. `fwrite()` gains a new parameter `compressLevel` to control compression level for gzip, [#5506](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/5506). This parameter balances compression speed and total compression, and corresponds directly to the analogous command-line parameter, e.g. `compressLevel=4` corresponds to passing `-4`; the default, `6`, matches the command-line default. Thanks @mgarbuzov for the request and @philippechataignon for implementing.
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 ## BUG FIXES
 
 1. Using `print.data.table()` with character truncation using `datatable.prettyprint.char` no longer errors with `NA` entries, [#6441](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6441). Thanks to @r2evans for the bug report, and @joshhwuu for the fix.
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 14. Passing functions programmatically with `env=` doesn't produce an opaque error, e.g. `DT[, f(b), env = list(f=sum)]`, [#6026](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6026). Note that it's much better to pass functions like `f="sum"` instead. Thanks to @MichaelChirico for the bug report and fix.
 
-15. `fwrite()` with `compress="gzip"` produces compatible gz files when composed of multiple independent chunks owing to parallelization, [#6356](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/6356).  Earlier `fwrite()` versions could have issues with HTTP upload using `Content-Encoding: gzip` and `Transfer-Encoding: chunked`. Thanks to @oliverfoster for report and @philippechataignon for the fix.
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-16. `fwrite()` gains a new parameter `compressLevel` to control compression level for gzip, [#5506](https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/5506). This parameter balances compression speed and total compression, and corresponds directly to the analogous command-line parameter, e.g. `compressLevel=4` corresponds to passing `-4`; the default, `6`, matches the command-line default. Thanks @mgarbuzov for the request and @philippechataignon for implementing.
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 ## NOTES
 
 1. `transform()` method for data.table sped up substantially when creating new columns on large tables. Thanks to @OfekShilon for the report and PR. The implemented solution was proposed by @ColeMiller1.