This change allows for smaller minified code in the final version, resulting in a smaller file size. Some files had previously used _this, but that has been changed to me to keep consistency throughout the project.
Data controllers should now rarely implement addElements and addElementAndReset but instead should define dataElementType (and optionally datasetElementType). Also remove some dead code (e.g. numBars, colorForNewElement, etc.).
Meta info are now scoped by chart and moved under the dataset._meta map { chart.id -> meta }. Meta for a specific chart (and dataset) can be accessed using chart.getDatasetMeta(datasetIndex) or from the dataset controller using getMeta(). Note that helpers.uid() now generates an int (instead of a string) to make lookups in the _meta map faster.