ELENA 6.8 release

[arakov]

Description

ELENA 6.8.0 is out for the following platforms : Windows x86 / x86-64, Linux x86 / x86-64 / AARCH64 / FreeBSD x86-64 !!

The release includes a number of critical bug fixes, new functionality and new samples.

New Functionality

A new syntax dialect was introduced - EL7

A parameterized templates was introduced. Meta programming supports now #for / #endfor statement

A nullable variables / parameters / fields are supported

The compiler supports a cross-platform compilation for x86-64 (Linux / Windows)

Usability

Several improvements were made to make the compiler output is more user-friendly

New API

Several new libraries to work with the internet were added : net'http'server, webapi

:sizeof operator was implemented

Fixes # (issue)

ELENA 6.8.0

• [!ADDED] a new dialect EL7
• [ADDED] direct extension template call
• [ADDED] the explicit lambda function returning value
• [ADDED] templates with parameters #606 : parameterized templates
• [ADDED] meta programming : supporting #for / #endfor statement
• [ADDED] invoking get property with a message name literal
• [ADDED] intermediate local variables (aka object shortcuts)
• [ADDED] Nullable support #562 : nullable
• [ADDED] new attribute "__nonboxable" - requiring only memory allocated objects
• [ADDED] shorthand syntax for lambda function without arguments : ([] => "Hello from Func")
• [ADDED] "#else" statement
• [ADDED] option "-xn-" to turn off nullable types
• [ADDED] option "-xtwin32" to support cross-platform compilation
• [ADDED] option "-xtwin64" to support cross-platform compilation
• [FIXED] aarch64 : xlabeldp opcode
• [ADDED] aarch64 : fsindp / fcosdp / fp opcodes
• [FIXED][CRITICAL] x86 : lloaddp opcode
• [FIXED] suppress a method not found warning when calling itself
• [ADDED] Cross-compile on Windows for Linux #781 : Cross-compile on Windows for Linux
• [ADDED] Cross-compile from Unix to Windows #778 : Cross-compile from Unix to Windows
• [ADDED] warning if the inherited method has different nullable signature than the parent one
• [CRITICAL][FIXED] __intermediate variable
• [ADDED] warning if the target is a structure for ?. / !. operations
• [CRITICAL][FIXED] resolving a template compiled in a third-part module
• [FIXED]an issue with a template-based field of the structure
• [FIXED] duplicate boxing / unboxing
• [FIXED] correct boxing / unboxing in async operations
• [ADDED] Support <?xml version="1.0"?> in .prj file? #818 : Support in .prj file
• [DONE] Improving usability : making some error / warning messages more clear #824 : Improving usability : making some error / warning messages more clear
• [FIXED] in-place constructor is missing
• [ADDED] support property call shorthand syntax
• [FIXED] displaying user friendly error for an incompatible closure function
• [FIXED] textgen : support {{ }} special symbols
• [ADDED] new inline operator - ":sizeof"
• [FIXED] int to string conversion routine for IntNumber.MinValue
• [ADDED] stringListOp.splitByNewLine
• [ADDED] wideListOp.splitByNewLine
• [ADDED] system'PropertyMessageName
• [ADDED] record template
• [REDUX] nilValue => NilValue
• [CRITICAL][FIXED] CountDownEvent
• [ADDED] Web API support #35 : adding net'http'server module
• [ADDED] Web API support #35 : adding webapi module
• [ADDED] UnsafeArray, UnsafeArray
• [FIXED] an issue with a vertical splitter
• [FIXED] breakpoint must be inside the loop
• [FIXED] step over the loop
• [ADDED] Project Settings : Warning level combobox
• [FIXED] closure : should display captured variables / self
• [FIXED] The horizontal scroll bar is broken. It doesn't work. My single line code is too long, it goes past the screen. But it's impossible for me to use the horizontal scroll bar to scroll to the right. #802 : The horizontal scroll bar is broken
• [FIXED] comment highlighting
• [FIXED] step over multi-conditional if statement
• [ADDED] supporting project with profiles
• [FIXED] active bracket highlighting
• [ADDED] elt-cli : supporting textgen
• [FIXED] ecv-cli - support toggling pagination
• [ADDED] Can you add FreeBSD to CI? #763 : freebsd nightly build

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)

Link

Please visit a release page to download the binaries: https://github.com/ELENA-LANG/elena-lang/releases/tag/v6.8.0