Description

ELENA 6.5.0 is out for all supported platforms : Windows x86 / x86-64, Linux x86 / x86-64 / AARCH64 / PPC64le!

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

Fixes # (issue)

ELENA 6.5.0

• ELENA
• [FIXED] method reference : support function singletons
• [FIXED] direct typecasting must have priority over implicit conversion
• [ADDED] Thread static symbols / static fields
• [ADDED] new byte-codes : peektls / storetls
• [FIXED] ?? operator
• [ADDED] static constructor
• [ADDED] internal symbols
• [ADDED] supporting async methods
• [ADDED] supporting indexed methods
• [ADDED] indexed internal methods can be declared in a closed class
• [REDUX]!! refactoring grammar to make it more readable

• [ADDED] support parameterized extension method call

• ELC

• [ADDED] new option -el5 / -el6 (default) - specifying grammar compatible to ELENA 5.x or 6.x
• [ADDED] Win x32-64 : MTA Console
• [FIXED] inline field assignment in a template class
• [FIXED] return inside lock
• [FIXED] ppc64le : fix iteratorMethodTest
• [FIXED] declaring a lambda function with template based argument
• [FIXED] calling a method directly with nil argument when allowed
• [FIXED] single dispatch of a private / internal / protected method
• [FIXED] closure argument types can be specified by an expected type
• [FIXED] it is not possible to declare internal default constructor
• [FIXED] [#675] - Using ++ operator with a weak type
• [FIXED] incorrect typecast handler signature for the classes inheriting template-based ones
• [FIXED]variadic argument list of super class is type-casted
• [FIXED] [#689]: declaring a lambda function with template based argument
• [FIXED] fixing issues ABI convention for external calls
• [FIXED] preloaded symbols in sub namespaces
• [FIXED] calling indexed method from the sealed class

• [ADDED] new option -xs - Strict type enforcing option (raise an error if the sealed class is typecasted / called the method that does not exists)

• API

• [ADDED] system'threading'Thread: Priority, join<int>, Current
• [ADDED] system'runtime'Environment
• [ADDED] system'collections'threadsafe'ConcurrentQueue<T>
• [ADDED] [#154] : system'threading'Semaphore
• [ADDED] system'threading'BlockingQueue<T>
• [ADDED]system'threading'ThreadPool
• [ADDED] [#154] : system'threading: ManualResetEvent, AutoResetEvent, CountDownEvent
• [ADDED] system'threading : Task
• [ADDED] system'io'Directory : static getFiles / getFiles<string>
• [ADDED] File : saveContent, readContent, readWideContent
• [ADDED] system'io'threading : asyncStreamOp extension
• [ADDED] system'threading.Task - sleep<int>
• [ADDED] extensions'threading : outputConcurrentOp extension
• [REDUX] all symbols must start with a capital letter
• [ADDED] system'threading : Task<TResult>
• [FIXED] system'objectOp.__getClassName[1]

• [ADDED] extensions'routines'stex : toArray<T>

• SAMPLES

• [ADDED] threadpool
• [ADDED] tasks
• [ADDED] asyncsamples

• [ADDED] task sample 2

• Tools

• [ECV][ADDED] displaying class attributes
• [FIXED][ldoc] system-threading-.html must not be generated
• [FIXED][ldoc] system-threading : generate only templates declared in the module

• [FIXED][ASMC] opcode mov gs,r/m64

• IDE

• [FIXED] [#679] : class already exist
• [FIXED] debug source path
• [ADDED] it is possible to set the target type for a single file project
• [FIXED] project options - debug command arguments
• [FIXED] correct debug info of the constructor self variable

• [FIXED] [#413] - boxing variadic argument

• Misc

• [ADDED]new functional test : script_tests

Type of change

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