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| author | Zahary Karadjov <zahary@gmail.com> | 2012-04-10 22:39:00 +0300 |
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| committer | Zahary Karadjov <zahary@gmail.com> | 2012-04-10 22:39:00 +0300 |
| commit | c1ad05c4c582a6b51c47095b7ab946d5df10d72c (patch) | |
| tree | 6b2d79dbb44e44daed4680c3c32273ffe9bd336d /web/news.txt | |
| parent | 97ab16d46b55aa9a4b2acbc72777fb6a8d5a162f (diff) | |
| parent | c53ad1b39fdd977b03b9cc2560b351ad6df4bfdd (diff) | |
| download | Nim-c1ad05c4c582a6b51c47095b7ab946d5df10d72c.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:Araq/Nimrod into upstream
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diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index dd1d55a18..b0a669def 100755 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Bugfixes - Fixed a bug where the compiler would "optimize away" valid constant parts of a string concatenation. +- Fixed a bug concerning implicit type conversions in ``case`` statements. Library Additions @@ -24,6 +25,16 @@ Library Additions compile time as if was a macro. - Added ``macros.emit`` that can emit an arbitrary computed string as nimrod code during compilation. +- Added ``strutils.parseEnum``. +- Added ``json.%`` constructor operator. +- The stdlib can now be avoided to a point where C code generation for 16bit + micro controllers is feasible. +- Added module ``oids``. +- Added module ``endians``. +- Added a new OpenGL wrapper that supports OpenGL up to version 4.2. +- Added a wrapper for ``libsvm``. +- Added a wrapper for ``mongodb``. +- Added ``terminal.isatty``. Changes affecting backwards compatibility @@ -33,7 +44,7 @@ Changes affecting backwards compatibility The ``system``, ``os``, ``osproc`` and ``memfiles`` modules use the wide string versions of the WinAPI. Use the ``-d:useWinAnsi`` switch to revert back to the old behaviour which uses the Ansi string versions. -- ``static`` is now a keyword. +- ``static`` and ``do`` are now keywords. - Templates now participate in overloading resolution which can break code that uses templates in subtle ways. Use the new ``immediate`` pragma for templates to get a template of old behaviour. @@ -45,6 +56,8 @@ Compiler Additions ------------------ - Win64 is now an officially supported target. +- The Nimrod compiler works on BSD again, but has some issues + as ``os.getAppFilename`` and ``os.getAppDir`` cannot work reliably on BSD. - The compiler can detect and evaluate calls that can be evaluated at compile time for optimization purposes with the ``--implicitStatic`` command line option or pragma. @@ -56,6 +69,7 @@ Language Additions ------------------ - Added explicit ``static`` sections for enforced compile time evaluation. +- Added an alternative notation for lambdas with ``do``. - ``addr`` is now treated like a prefix operator syntactically. - Added ``global`` pragma that can be used to introduce new global variables from within procs. |