ELENA 6.5.0

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, Current
  • [ADDED] system'runtime'Environment
  • [ADDED] system'collections'threadsafe'ConcurrentQueue
  • [ADDED] #154 : system'threading'Semaphore
  • [ADDED] system'threading'BlockingQueue
  • [ADDED]system'threading'ThreadPool
  • [ADDED] #154 : system'threading: ManualResetEvent, AutoResetEvent, CountDownEvent
  • [ADDED] system'threading : Task
  • [ADDED] system'io'Directory : static getFiles / getFiles
  • [ADDED] File : saveContent, readContent, readWideContent
  • [ADDED] system'io'threading : asyncStreamOp extension
  • [ADDED] system'threading.Task - sleep
  • [ADDED] extensions'threading : outputConcurrentOp extension
  • [REDUX] all symbols must start with a capital letter
  • [ADDED] system'threading : Task
  • [FIXED] system'objectOp.__getClassName[1]
  • [ADDED] extensions'routines'stex : toArray

• 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

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

ELENA 6.3.0

Description

ELENA 6.3.0 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 ported samples.

Fixes # (issue)

ELENA 6.3.0

• [ADDED] key-value expression
• [ADDED] #265 : Support enumeration list
• [ADDED] self attribute
• [ADDED] new operator $size
• [ADDED] text blocks
• [ADDED] method reference - &myMethod
• [FIXED] single dispatcher : if an argument is nillable, it can accept nil value
• [ADDED] String interpolation
• [REDUX] iterator method
• [ADDED] #496 : private fields
• [FIXED] private constructor must be called directly
• [FIXED] accessing static fields inside a structure
• [FIXED] ppc64le : decoratorTest()
• [FIXED] #667 : Boxing the symbol expression
• [FIXED] only public classes can be loaded in run-time
• [ADDED] #637 : bt optimization 4 unit test
• [FIXED] var attribute is allowed to be in the method argument list
• [FIXED] "__typeof self" expression inside the nested class / closure
• [FIXED] GC_ALLOC routine for vm mode
• [ADDED] CF : alternative output
• [ADDED] reusing PermVectorTable after windows are closed
• [ADDED] xforms60 script
• [FIXED] external calls to be excluded from managed stack frames
• [FIXED] Directory.getFiles : raising an exception if no files were found
• [ADDED] xforms example
• [ADDED] #658 : new project LDBG - ELENA Debugger Adapter

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)

ELENA 6.2.0

Description

ELENA 6.2.0 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 ported samples.

Fixes # (issue)

ELENA 6.2.0

• [ADDED] optimized ternary expressions
• [FIXED] declaring a field with a type of template based array
• [ADDED] unit-test for declaring a field with a type of template based array
• [FIXED] function attribute is allowed for the function declaration
• [FIXED] template generation routines
• [FIXED] include opcode must restore previous frame value
• [ADDED] #590 : creating a dynamic interface wrapper
• [FIXED] JIT code resolving
• [ADDED] #590 : creating a dynamic interface wrapper
• [ADDED] #89 : new functionality - MemoryStream, BitArray, SortedList, SortedArrayList
• [ADDED] #95 : LiteralBuffer, WideBuffer
• [ADDED] new template extensions'dynamic'Serializer
• [FIXED] String#class.copy[4]
• [ADDED] chat sample

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/v6.2.0

ELENA 6.0.10

Description

ELENA 6.0.9 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 ported samples.

Fixes # (issue)

• [ADDED] #646 : Calling own method directly without target
• [ADDED] #651 : Template Expression - typecasting
• [ADDED] #497 : a static method must have an access to private methods
• [FIXED] aarch64 : xstorefir opcode
• [FIXED] ppc64le : open opcode
• [ADDED] new option : auto-preloaded module extension ("-xm")
• [FIXED] reducing the total size of an executable by ignoring module extensions by default
• [FIXED] #401 - += operator with array
• [FIXED] #488 : Declaring auto struct variable
• [FIXED] #522 : single dispatch variadic message
• [FIXED] x86-64 : calling from external
• [FIXED] #608 : single dispatch for constructors
• [FIXED] #504 : Support an array operation with external function arguments
• [FIXED] #589 : Supporting ?: operator inside ??
• [ADDED] #569 : Ignoring order of declaration
• [FIXED] xhookdpr for x86-64 mode
• [ADDED] #635 : new entry point to invoke the functionality from another program
• [FIXED] toJson extension
• [FIXED] try statement does not allocate an exception
• [ADDED] extensions'io:ByteArrayReader,ByteArrayWriter
• [ADDED] #635 : new tutorial to call an ELENA library from C++ / C#
• [ADDED] chat sample
• [ADDED] ecv-cli : adding a filter for listing members
• [FIXED]elt-cli : fixing support for extension methods
• [FIXED] watch : displaying stack-allocated classes
• [ADDED] syntax highlighting

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/v6.0.10

ELENA 6.0.9

Description

ELENA 6.0.9 is out for all supported platforms : Windows x86 / x86-64, Linux AArch64 / I386 / Amd64 / PPC64le

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

Fixes # (issue)

• [ADDED] new opcode - parent
• [ADDED] meta expression: nested singletons
• [ADDED] new class flag - elPacked
• [ADDED] new attribute - packed
• [ADDED] #637 - unit tests for byRefOp optimization
• [ADDED] #637 - unit tests for intCopying optimization
• [ADDED] #610 - struct redesign
• [FIXED] optimization : copy 8 / copydpn 8
• [FIXED] #615 : The field is not property incremented by an addition assignment
• [FIXED] x64 : fround opcode
• [FIXED] x64 : fabs opcode
• [FIXED] x86 : xdispatchmr opcode
• [ADDED] system'dynamic'expressions'LazySymbolExpression
• [FIXED] ushort - native comparison operations
• [ADDED] system'net
• [ADDED] ltests
• [ADDED] net
• [ADDED] win64 gui
• [FIXED] realOp.RoundedInt extension
• [FIXED] interpreter sample for x86-64
• [FIXED] #618 : template class descriptions
• [ADDED] include / exclude file
• [FIXED] ctrl+w hides the frame
• [ADDED] ins / over modes
• [ADDED] dark color scheme
• [ADDED] GitHub Action - MSBuild 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/v6.0.9

ELENA 6.0.8

Description

ELENA 6.0.8 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 ported samples.

Fixes # (issue)

• [ADDED] an opcode LNEG
• [ADDED] native negate operation for long integers
• [ADDED] #588 - Operation with int constant
• [ADDED] multi-profiles per a single project file; new option -l
• [ADDED] #638 - Accessing a variable declared in the upper scope
• [FIXED] calling a variadic method without arguments directly
• [FIXED] declaring a template based type with T is an array as a method result
• [FIXED] GC : perm generation is not included as roots for the partial collect
• [FIXED] generating a proper debug info for local structure / structure self
• [FIXED] it has to be possible to convert int literal directly to v_int8 / v_int16 / v_int64, depending on the value size
• [FIXED] x86 MTA : starting the new thread / program
• [FIXED] x86 MTA : GC routine
• [FIXED] byrefHandler : if it is not contain the explicit return, assign self to byref retVal
• [FIXED] no need for typecasting operation after if-else operation with both branches containging returning operation
• [FIXED] optimizing operation with int constants
• [ADDED] sqlite module
• [FIXED] string.toUpper() : returns a string with an incorrect length
• [FIXED] windproc
• [ADDED] xforms
• [ADDED] sqlite_test
• [FIXED] Rosetta Code : Interactive programming (repl), Vigenère cipher
• [ADDED] c_a_g sample
• [ADDED] agenda sample
• [ADDED] graph sample
• [ADDED] support for stdcall for win32
• [ADDED] project settings - select the project profile
• [FIXED] #634 - IDE debugger: the debugger must hide trace line on wait
• [FIXED] #634 - debugger step over some expressions
• [FIXED] #636 - IDE bugs
• [FIXED] displaying stack-allocated structures
• [FIXED] warn if the source code is not compiled after the change before run / debug
• [FIXED] warn if the source code is changed and not save before run / debug
• [FIXED] the document is in read-only mode during the debugging

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/v6.0.8

ELENA 6.0.7

Description

ELENA 6.0.7 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 ported samples.

Fixes # (issue)

• [ADDED]meta command #load, #clear
• [ADDED]#563:Extended statement templates
• [FIXED]#508 - working on multi-value assigning
• [FIXED]#86 - primitive operations : int + long
• [FIXED]"this self" for an extension
• [ADDED]system : Int8Number, UShortNumber
• [ADDED]#629 - Read-only fields
• [FIXED]#613 - bytecode optimization
• [FIXED]#623 - Overriding property set accessor
• [FIXED]#601 - bytecode optimization
• [ADDED]evaluate an expression in compile-time if possible
• [ADDED]#562 - Nullable support

ELENA 6.0.6

ELENA 6.0.6 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 ported samples.

• ELENA

  • [ADDED]snop opcode
  • [ADDED]xfsave opcode
  • [ADDED]opcodes : xcmp sp, load sp
  • [ADDED]$yield operator
  • [ADDED]yieldable method
  • [ADDED]using statements
  • [ADDED]lock statement
  • [ADDED]class constants
  • [ADDED]globals

• ELC

  • [ADDED]MTA support for x86
  • [ADDED]#321,#173 - conditional boxing
  • [ADDED]warn if the outpur type is less accessible than the symbol
  • [ADDED]variadic and normal methods cannot have similar names
  • [ADDED]weak implementations of &&, ||, ^^
  • [FIXED]struct typecast handler : do not copy the struct
  • [FIXED]constructor explicit multi-dispatch handler
  • [FIXED]support constants in array size declaration
  • [FIXED]passing variadic argument to another method
  • [FIXED]#47 : Evaluating an expression in a symbol
  • [FIXED]duplicates in GA_EXT_OVERLOAD_LIST
  • [FIXED]#15 - return double / long from external function

• ELENAVM

  • [ADDED]preloaded symbols
  • [ADDED]loadAddressInfo
  • [FIXED]LoadExtensionDispatcherLA
  • [FIXED]LoadActionNameLA

• ELENASM

  • [FIXED]#366 - Script engine rule not recognized correctly

• API

  • [ADDED]event property template
  • [ADDED]system'winforms module
  • [ADDED]forms module
  • [ADDED]forms'SDIDialog
  • [ADDED]forms'Button
  • [ADDED]forms'Edit
  • [ADDED]forms'Label
  • [ADDED]system'dynamic'ExtensionDispatcher
  • [FIXED]Console class should be public with internal constructor
  • [FIXED]system'io'StreamWriter
  • [FIXED]system'collections'Stack
  • [FIXED]system'dynamic'DynamicTape - variadic functions
  • [FIXED]dynamic expressions

• SAMPLES

  • [ADDED] Conway's Game of Life

• IDE

  • [ADDED]recent open projects
  • [FIXED]debug watch : Reference

• Tools

  • [FIXED] elt-cli

ELENA 6.0.5

ELENA 6.0.5 is out for all supported platforms : Windows x86 / x86-64, Linux x86 / x86-64 / AARCH64 / PPC64le!

The release includes major performance optimization as well as a number of critical bug fixes

Fixes

• [ADDED]implementing corex60 routines
• [ADDED]constant array of integers
• [ADDED]native support for ?: operator
• [FIXED]#524 : Alt expression breaks the compilation
• [ADDED]message name functionality
• [ADDED]new opcodes : fiadd, fisub, fimul, fidiv
• [ADDED]basic bytecode optimization rules
• [ADDED]basic build optimization rules
• [ADDED]warn on unassigned variables
• [FIXED]nested class fields
• [FIXED]assignment operations with integers
• [FIXED]calling an interface / closed-class method
• [FIXED]warning on resending to itself (e.g. for constructor)
• [FIXED]resending to the property
• [FIXED]template-based extensions
• [FIXED]template of template
• [FIXED]do not box the returning self for the stacksafe method
• [FIXED]string comparison routines
• [FIXED]conversion routines
• [FIXED]nested exception catching
• [ADDED]number of new unit-tests
• [ADDED]system'runtime'commonOp - extension to read package info
• [ADDED]system'culture
• [ADDED]system'routines'stex
• [ADDED]new unit-tests: methodnotfound, nilreference
• [ADDED]24 sample
• [ADDED]Find dialog
• [ADDED]Goto dialog
• [ADDED]Toolbar dialog
• [ADDED]Context menu
• [FIXED]IDE blinking issues
• [ADDED]Window menu
• [ADDED]Unident
• [FIXED]Running to the cursor
• [ADDED]Recent files
• [ADDED]erase line, trim, upper case, lower case
• [ADDED]About dialog
• [ADDED]Editor settings
• [ADDED]Duplicate line
• [ADDED]close all but active
• [FIXED]API Doc generation
• [ADDED]ecv-cli: showing the method number
• [ADDED]ecv-cli: showing the module manifest info

ELENA 6.0.4b

ELENA 6.0.4 is out for all supported platforms : Windows x86 / x86-64, Linux x86 / x86-64 / AARCH64 / PPC64le!

Fixes # (issue)

• fixing variadic multimethod dispatcher
• (re)implementing loading classes / symbols / messages / message names
• #553 : elt crash fixed
• several new samples : pi, calc
• fixing number of bugs