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@medvednikov medvednikov released this 03 Dec 18:24
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0.1.23
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  • Direct x64 machine code generation. Hello world being built in 3 milliseconds.
  • Bare metal support via the -freestanding flag, allowing to build programs without linking to libc.
  • Prebuilt V packages for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
  • string.index() now returns ?int instead of int/-1.
  • Lots of fixes in Generics.
  • vweb framework for developing web applications is back.
  • Vorum, the forum/blogging software written in V/vweb, can now be compiled and has been added to CI.
  • REPL, v up have been split up into separate applications to keep the core V compiler small.
  • V now enforces short enum syntax (.green instead of Color.green) when it's enough.
  • V UI for macOS.
  • Interfaces have been rewritten. []interface support.
  • os.cp() for copying files and directores.
  • Additional compile-time flags: $if clang, msvc, mingw, x32, x64, big_endian, little_endian {.
  • All C functions now have to be declared, all missing C functions have been defined.
  • Global variables (only with the --enable-globals flag) for low level applications like kernels and drivers.
  • Nothing can be cast to bool (previously code like if bool(1) { worked.
  • << and >> now work with all integer types.
  • V detects Cygwin and shows an error. (V supports Windows natively)
  • Improved type checking of some operators (%, |, & etc).
  • Windows 7 support.
  • println(true) now prints true instead of 1.
  • os.exec() now uses CreateProcess on Windows.
  • fast.vlang.io website for monitoring the performance of V after every commit.
  • On Windows Visual Studio is now used automatically if GCC is not installed.
  • vfmt!
  • Lots of cleaning up in the compiler code.
  • Multi-level pointers in unsafe code (****int).
  • MSVC backtrace.
  • $if os { blocks are now skipped on a different OS.
  • C string literals (c'hello').
  • AlpineLinux/musl fixes + added to CI.
  • Inline assembly.
  • Clipboard module (Windows, macOS, X).
  • foo()? syntax for error propagation.
  • Docs have been migrated from HTML to doc/docs.md.
  • eventbus module.
  • Haiku OS support.
  • malloc/free on bare metal.
  • utf8 helper functions (to_lower(), to_upper(), etc).
  • Optimization of for c in str {.
  • string/array.left/right/slice/substr were removed ([a..b] slicing syntax should be used instead).
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