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 Platform

FreeBSD x86-64 is now supported!

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] [#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] [#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] [#781] : Cross-compile on Windows for Linux
• [ADDED] [#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] [#818] : Support in .prj file
• [DONE] [#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] [#35] : adding net'http'server module
• [ADDED] [#35] : adding webapi module
• [ADDED] UnsafeArray, UnsafeArray<T>
• [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] [#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] [#763] : freebsd nightly build

Type of change

• [x] 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