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zeolite-lang v0.9.0.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-11-23 // over 4 years ago

  • Compiler CLI

    • [breaking] Major changes to C++ extensions:

      • [breaking] Corrects hole in $ModuleOnly$ visibility in C++ extensions. Previously, C++ extensions could directly access categories defined in $ModuleOnly$ sources in dependencies.
      • [breaking] Randomizes cache paths and namespaces for generated C++ code so that C++ extensions cannot use static #include paths to circumvent the visibility rules of a dependency.
      • [breaking] Makes TypeInstances shared in generated C++ and in C++ extensions, to allow for better memory management of @types in the future.
      • [breaking] Adds guards to C++ headers for $TestsOnly$ categories, to prevent them from being used in non-$TestsOnly$ C++ extensions.

    • [fix] Fixes regression where calling zeolite with -p would overwrite an existing .zeolite-module.

    Language

    • [breaking] Syntax changes:

      • [breaking] Changes the syntax for calling @category functions from $$ to :, e.g., Foo:create() instead of Foo$$create(). A new error message (to be removed later) will remind the user to stop using $$.
      • [breaking] Changes the syntax for calling @type functions from $ to ., e.g., Foo.create() instead of Foo$create(). A new error message (to be removed later) will remind the user to stop using $.

    • [breaking] Changes to param usage:

      • [breaking] Updates param inference to be more accurate. The new algorithm will infer a param type iff the best choice is unambiguous given the expected and actual function arguments.
      • [breaking] Disallows bounding a single param both above and below, e.g., having both #x requires Foo and #x allows Bar. This is primarily to prevent cycles and contradictions in the type system.

      Previously, the best case for such restrictions was that there are extremely few choices for #x, and the worst case was that it implies Bar converts to Foo when it isn't true, thus making #x unusable. Having either of those requirements likely indicates a design flaw.

    • [breaking] Prohibits having a $TestsOnly$ definition for a non-$TestsOnly$ category. Previously, a concrete category declared in a non-$TestsOnly$ .0rp could be defined in a $TestsOnly$ .0rx, which creates a loophole that allows binaries to utilize $TestsOnly$ code.

    • [fix] Fixes a latent type-checking bug that could occur when attempting to assign a value with an intersection type to a variable with a union type, if one or both types has another nested type, e.g., [A&B]→[[A&B]|C] or [[A|B]&C]→[A|B]. This change shouldn't cause new type-checking failures.

    Libraries

    • [fix] Implements subSequence for Argv in lib/util. This is required by ReadPosition but was forgotten. Calling it prior to this would cause a failure.