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)