BREAKING CHANGE:
Previously, it was possible for an action passed to $watch
to be a string, interpreted as an angular expresison. This is no longer supported.
The action now has to be a function.
Passing an action to $watch is still optional.
Before:
```js
$scope.$watch('state', ' name="" ');
```
After:
```js
$scope.$watch('state', function () {
$scope.name = "";
});
```
Closes#8190
ng-annotate is an independent alternative to ngmin that is non-invasive
and more performant. For the background around the switch, see the discussion
at:
https://github.com/btford/ngmin/issues/93Closes#8117
SVG elements in IE don't have a `.children` but only `.childNodes` so it broke.
We started using `.children` for perf in e35abc9d2f.
This also acts as a perf improvements, since
`getElementsByTagName` is faster than traversing the tree.
Related #8075
When adding a new <option> element, if the DOM of this option element
states that the element is marked as `selected`, then select the new
<option> element
Closes#6828
With the exception of simple demos, it is not helpful to use globals
for controller constructors. This adds a new method to `$controllerProvider`
to re-enable the old behavior, but disables this feature by default.
BREAKING CHANGE:
`$controller` will no longer look for controllers on `window`.
The old behavior of looking on `window` for controllers was originally intended
for use in examples, demos, and toy apps. We found that allowing global controller
functions encouraged poor practices, so we resolved to disable this behavior by
default.
To migrate, register your controllers with modules rather than exposing them
as globals:
Before:
```javascript
function MyController() {
// ...
}
```
After:
```javascript
angular.module('myApp', []).controller('MyController', [function() {
// ...
}]);
```
Although it's not recommended, you can re-enable the old behavior like this:
```javascript
angular.module('myModule').config(['$controllerProvider', function($controllerProvider) {
// this option might be handy for migrating old apps, but please don't use it
// in new ones!
$controllerProvider.allowGlobals();
}]);
```
