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- 2009-12-21 Version 0.8.6 released
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- Posted by Andreas Rumpf on 21/12/2009
- The version jump from 0.8.2 to 0.8.6 acknowledges the fact that all development
- of the compiler is now done in Nimrod.
- Bugfixes
- --------
- - The pragmas ``hint[X]:off`` and ``warning[X]:off`` now work.
- - Method call syntax for iterators works again (``for x in lines.split()``).
- - Fixed a typo in ``removeDir`` for POSIX that lead to an infinite recursion.
- - The compiler now checks that module filenames are valid identifiers.
- - Empty patterns for the ``dynlib`` pragma are now possible.
- - ``os.parseCmdLine`` returned wrong results for trailing whitespace.
- - Inconsequent tuple usage (using the same tuple with and without named fields)
- does not crash the code generator anymore.
- - A better error message is provided when the loading of a proc within a
- dynamic lib fails.
- Additions
- ---------
- - Added ``system.contains`` for open arrays.
- - The PEG module now supports the *search loop operator* ``@``.
- - Grammar/parser: ``SAD|IND`` is allowed before any kind of closing bracket.
- This allows for more flexible source code formating.
- - The compiler now uses a *bind* table for symbol lookup within a ``bind``
- context. (See `<manual.html#templates>`_ for details.)
- - ``discard """my long comment"""`` is now optimized away.
- - New ``--floatChecks: on|off`` switches and pragmas for better debugging
- of floating point operations. (See
- `<manual.html#pre-defined-floating-point-types>`_ for details.)
- - The manual has been improved. (Many thanks to Philippe Lhoste!)
- Changes affecting backwards compatibility
- -----------------------------------------
- - The compiler does not skip the linking step anymore even if no file
- has changed.
- - ``os.splitFile(".xyz")`` now returns ``("", ".xyz", "")`` instead of
- ``("", "", ".xyz")``. So filenames starting with a dot are handled
- differently.
- - ``strutils.split(s: string, seps: set[char])`` never yields the empty string
- anymore. This behaviour is probably more appropriate for whitespace splitting.
- - The compiler now stops after the ``--version`` command line switch.
- - Removed support for enum inheritance in the parser; enum inheritance has
- never been documented anyway.
- - The ``msg`` field of ``system.E_base`` has now the type ``string``, instead
- of ``cstring``. This improves memory safety.
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