merge: #1623 from telegraf/experimental-actual-replies

Ref: #1623

.eslintrc

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     "/typings/",
     "/docs/",
     "/test/",
-    "/types.*"
+    "/types.*",
+    "/future.*"
   ],
   "reportUnusedDisableDirectives": true,
   "plugins": ["ava"]

future.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from './typings/future'

future.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('./lib/future')

package.json

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
       "require": "./lib/index.js",
       "import": "./lib/index.js"
     },
+    "./future": {
+      "types": "./future.d.ts",
+      "require": "./future.js",
+      "import": "./future.js"
+    },
     "./types": {
       "types": "./types.d.ts",
       "require": "./types.js",
@@ -31,7 +36,8 @@
     "lib/**/*.js",
     "typings/**/*.d.ts",
     "typings/**/*.d.ts.map",
-    "types.*"
+    "types.*",
+    "future.*"
   ],
   "bin": {
     "telegraf": "bin/telegraf.mjs"

release-notes/4.9.0.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 * Added method `Telegraf::createWebhook` which calls `setWebhook` first, and returns Promise of Express-style middleware. [[Example]](https://github.com/feathers-studio/telegraf-docs/blob/master/examples/webhook/express.ts)
 * Updated Telegraf binary; it is now written in TS, and supports ESM modules and new command-line options `--method` and `--data` to call API methods from the command-line.
 * Added experimental export of Telegraf's convenience types, such as the `Extra*` parameter types, now found as: `import type { Convenience } from "telegraf/types"`
+* Added `Context::sendMessage` and `Context:sendWith*` methods mirroring `Context::reply` and `Context::replyWith*` methods respectively.
+* Added new middleware: `import { useNewReplies } from telegraf/future` that changes the behaviour of `Context::reply*` methods to actually reply to the context message.
 * (docs) New documentation effort started at [feathers-studio/telegraf-docs](https://github.com/feathers-studio/telegraf-docs).
 * (docs) All doc examples were moved to new repo and updated to full TS and ESM.
 * (internal) Removed `Telegraf::handleUpdates`.