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  1. 2019-11-11: 4.0.2
  2. General improvements and optimizations:
  3. php : improved performance of `haxe.io.Bytes.get()` (#8938)
  4. php : improved performance of serialization/unserialization of `haxe.io.Bytes` (#8943)
  5. php : improved performance of enum-related methods in `Type` class of standard library
  6. lua : lua.Lib.tableToArray moved to Table.toArray
  7. lua : support for libuv/luv 1.32
  8. Bugfixes:
  9. haxelib : Fixed too strict requirements to haxelib.json data for private libs
  10. all : fixed `@:using` static extensions on `Null<SomeType>` (#8928)
  11. php : fixed static methods with the same name in parent and child classes (#8944)
  12. 2019-11-04: 4.0.1
  13. Bugfixes:
  14. haxelib : fixed git dependencies in haxelib.json
  15. neko : updated windows & osx installer to install Neko 2.3.0 (#8906)
  16. jvm : fixed compilation failure caused by a specific usage of `Array<Dynamic>` (#8872)
  17. all : fixed compiler crash on loops with `continue` in all branches of the body (#8912)
  18. all : fixed erasing typedef in AST on field access to forwarded abstract fields (#8919)
  19. 2019-10-26: 4.0.0
  20. General improvements:
  21. js : updated externs for `Float32Array` and `Float64Array` (#8864)
  22. php : added array access to `php.NativeStructArray` (#8893)
  23. Bugfixes:
  24. cs : fixed "This expression may be invalid" false warning (#8589)
  25. php : fixed iterator fields on maps being removed (#8851)
  26. php : fixed `-2147483648` as init value for static vars (#5289)
  27. python : fixed modulo by a negative number (#8845)
  28. java : fixed backslash escaping on `EReg.replace` (#3430)
  29. lua : fixed `EReg.map` for unicode (#8861)
  30. hl : fixed sqlite connection on OSX/Linux (#8878)
  31. 2019-09-12: 4.0.0-rc.5
  32. General improvements and optimizations:
  33. eval: improved performance of regular expressions (#8693)
  34. Bugfixes:
  35. all: fixed regression, which caused compiler to crash on enum abstracts with explicit casting (#8765)
  36. all: fixed regression of macro `@:from` methods on abstracts (#8779)
  37. all: fixed switching on `this` (#8781)
  38. 2019-09-04: 4.0.0-rc.4
  39. Standard Library:
  40. all : added Map.clear (#8681)
  41. all : improved Date API (#8508)
  42. all : added JSON-RPC protocol types to haxe.display package (#8610)
  43. all : added default timeout to HTTP sockets (#8646)
  44. macro : added Context.info (#8478)
  45. macro : added Context.getMessages and Context.filterMessages (#8471)
  46. macro : added function kind to EFunction (#8653)
  47. macro : added string literal kind to CString (#8668)
  48. flash : added flash.AnyType (#8549)
  49. General improvements and optimizations:
  50. all : allowed enum constructors without arguments as static inline var (#8187)
  51. all : improved handling of default values when inlining (#8397)
  52. all : made various improvements to the display API as usual
  53. all : detect invalid #tokens in inactive code (#7108)
  54. all : allowed function types in @:generic (#3697)
  55. all : improved --help-defines and --help-metas
  56. all : improved overall file finding (#8202)
  57. all : improved server reaction to added and removed files (#8451)
  58. all : improved memory handling of the compilation server (8727)
  59. all : improved handling of native libraries on the compilation server (#8629)
  60. all : support partial completion results (#8642)
  61. all : improved support of hovering over inactive conditional compilation blocks
  62. all : improved completion support in .platform.hx files
  63. all : support hovering conditional compilation identifiers
  64. all : improved and unified identifier checks for names, fields and types (#8708)
  65. all : improved --times performance (#8733)
  66. all : remove some redundant cast expressions (#8725)
  67. all : added --server-connect (#8730)
  68. lua : improved -D lua-vanilla
  69. js : improved HTML externs
  70. Bugfixes :
  71. all : fixed various position and replace ranges in the display API
  72. all : fixed compiler hang related to @:arrayAccess (#5525)
  73. all : fixed bug regarding abstract `this` modification in inline methods (#8454)
  74. all : fixed `from Dynamic` on abstracts (#8425)
  75. all : fixed overeager recursive inline check (#8489)
  76. all : fixed the pattern matcher allowing inexhaustive switches in value-places (#8277)
  77. all : fixed pattern matcher allowing invalid abstract unification (#8579)
  78. all : fixed local variable type information being lost on the compilation server (#8511)
  79. all : don't generate return expressions in Void lambda functions (#6503)
  80. all : fixed unification of recursive typedefs again (#8523)
  81. all : fixed various hangs related to abstracts (#8588)
  82. all : fixed various GADT-related problems (#7672)
  83. all : fixed macro `@:from` methods allowing any return type (#8463)
  84. macro : fixed Sys.programPath assertion failure (#8466)
  85. js : fixed typed array APIs (#8422)
  86. java : fixed Std.is on non-reference and unrelated types (#5168)
  87. java/macro : fixed null-pointer exception in Reflect.getProperty (#4934)
  88. java/jvm : fix switch on null string (#4481)
  89. jvm : fixed boxed vs. unboxed comparison (#8577)
  90. jvm : generate toplevel types to haxe.root like genjava does (#8590)
  91. jvm : improved 32bit support (#8601)
  92. cs/python : fixed various issues with code generation
  93. cs : fixed NativeArray casting (#3949)
  94. 2019-06-13: 4.0.0-rc.3
  95. New features:
  96. all : added JVM target
  97. General improvements and optimizations:
  98. all : create temp vars in pattern matcher to avoid duplicate access (#8064)
  99. all : support parsing dots in conditional compilation, e.g. `#if target.sys`
  100. all : added `@:bypassAccessor`
  101. all : improved various aspects of the display API
  102. all : properly error on `@:op(a = b)` (#6903)
  103. all : made `@:using` actually work
  104. all : properly disallowed some modifier combinations related to `final` (#8335)
  105. all : support `@:pure(false)` on variable fields (#8338)
  106. flash : updated Flash externs to version 32.0 (now using `final`, `enum abstract` and `haxe.extern.Rest`)
  107. flash : rework support for native Flash properties (#8241)
  108. php : improved performance of various parser implementations (#8083)
  109. cs : support .NET core target (#8391)
  110. cs : generate native type parameter constraints (#8311, #7863)
  111. Standard Library:
  112. all : added StringTools.contains (#7608)
  113. all : turned sys.thread.Thread into abstracts (#8130)
  114. all : introduced `Std.downcast` as replacement for `Std.instance` (#8301)
  115. all : introduced `UnicodeString`, deprecated `haxe.Utf8` (#8298)
  116. java : added java.NativeString (#8163)
  117. cs : added sys.thread implementations (#8166)
  118. js : moved various classes to js.lib (#7390)
  119. Bugfixes
  120. all : fixed issue with `@:generic` type parameters not being bound to Dynamic (#8102)
  121. all : fixed various issues related to `@:structInit`
  122. all : fixed top-down inference on abstract setters (#7674)
  123. all : fixed DCE issue related to closures (#8200)
  124. all : fixed and restricted various Unicode-related issues in String literals
  125. all : fixed various priority issues regarding loops and iterators
  126. all : fixed cast handling in try-catch expressions (#8257)
  127. all : fixed `inline new` handling (#8240)
  128. all : fixed pattern matcher issue with wildcards in or-patterns (#8296)
  129. all : fixed `@:allow(package)` allowing too much (#8306)
  130. all : fixed various issues with startIndex handling on String.indexOf and String.lastIndexOf
  131. all : fixed infinite recursion related to printing of objects with circular references (#8113)
  132. sys : fixed various Unicode issues (#8135)
  133. macro : fixed Array.pop handling (#8075)
  134. macro : fixed assertion failure when throwing exception (#8039)
  135. macro : fixed various uncatchable exceptions being thrown
  136. php : error on case-insensitive name clashes (#8219)
  137. lua : fixed issue where Process output occasionally is missing some data
  138. hl : fixed various String Unicode issues
  139. java : fixed null exception in CallStack.exceptionStack (#8322)
  140. js : fixed code generation issue related to negative abstract values (#8318)
  141. flash : fix various issues, including native `protected` handling and method overloading
  142. Removals:
  143. all : remove support for `@:fakeEnum` enums
  144. all : disallowed `\x` with values > 0x7F (#8141)
  145. all : consistently disallowed metadata in lambda function arguments (#7800)
  146. all : removed `--gen-hx-classes` (#8237)
  147. 2019-03-22: 4.0.0-rc.2
  148. New features:
  149. all : added strictness settings for the null-safety checker, using loose checking by default (#7811)
  150. js : added ES6 class generation with `-D js-es=6` (#7806)
  151. General improvements and optimizations:
  152. all : inherit `@:native` for overriden methods (#7844)
  153. all : standardized identifiers allowed in markup literals (#7558)
  154. all : show typo suggestions when declaring `override` field (#7847)
  155. all : improved parser error messages (#7912)
  156. all : improved diagnostics of syntax errors (#7940)
  157. all : improved positions of `switch` and `case` expressions (#7947)
  158. all : allow parsing `#if (a.b)` (#8005)
  159. eval : improved performance of various string operations (#7982)
  160. eval : fixed many error positions
  161. eval : greatly improved debugger interaction (#7839)
  162. eval : properly support threads when debugging (#7991)
  163. eval : improved handling of capture variables (#8017)
  164. js : generate dot-access for "keyword" field names (#7645)
  165. js : optimized run-time type checking against interfaces (#7834)
  166. js : skip generation of interfaces when no run-time type checking needed (#7843)
  167. Standard Library:
  168. all : unified various Thread APIs in sys.thread (#7999)
  169. all : moved typed arrays from `js.html` to `js.lib` (#7894)
  170. all : added `iterator()` to `haxe.DynamicAccess` (#7892)
  171. all : added `keyValueIterator()` to `haxe.DynamicAccess` (#7769)
  172. eval : completed Thread API
  173. Bugfixes:
  174. all : fixed argument default value checking for externs (#7752)
  175. all : fixed optional status of overloaded arguments with default values (#7794)
  176. all : fixed DCE compilation server state issue (#7805)
  177. all : fixed compilation server module dependency issue related to macros (#7448)
  178. all : fixed call-site inlining on abstracts (#7886)
  179. all : fixed Constructible not checking constraints properly (#6714)
  180. all : fixed @:structInit not being compatible with `final` fields (#7182)
  181. all : fixed capture variables being allowed in `.match` (#7921)
  182. all : fixed infinite recursion on `@:generic` field access (#6430)
  183. all : fixed `-D no-deprecation-warnings` for typedefs and enums
  184. js : fixed bad stack handling on `Map` constraint checks (#7781)
  185. js : fixed DCE issues related to haxe.CallStack (#7908)
  186. cpp : fixed Socket flags not being preserved (#7989)
  187. lua : fixed broken output when compiling through the compilation server (#7851)
  188. lua : fixed `StringTools.fastCodeAt` with `-D lua-vanilla` (#7589)
  189. lua : fixed `@:expose` for classes inside packages (#7849)
  190. 2019-02-01: 4.0.0-rc.1
  191. New features:
  192. all : added experimental null-safety feature through `--macro nullSafety("package")` (#7717)
  193. General improvements and optimizations:
  194. all : improved unification error messages (#7547)
  195. all : added `haxe4` define
  196. all : do not require semicolon for markup literals (#7438)
  197. all : made `@:expose` imply `@:keep` (#7695)
  198. all : unified cast, catch and Std.is behavior of null-values (#7532)
  199. macro : static variables are now always re-initialized when using the compilation server (#5746)
  200. macro : support `@:persistent` to keep macro static values across compilations
  201. js : improve js.Promise extern: now `then` callback argument types can be properly inferred (#7644)
  202. Bugfixes:
  203. all : fixed various pattern matching problems
  204. all : fixed various wrong positions when encoding data to macros
  205. all : specified String.indexOf with out-of-bounds indices (#7601)
  206. all : fixed various problems related to DCE and feature-handling (#7694)
  207. all : fixed bad unary operator optimization (#7704)
  208. js : fixed syntax problem related to `instanceof` (#7653)
  209. flash : fixed var field access on interfaces being uncast (#7727)
  210. cpp : fixed various issues related to casts
  211. cpp : fixed some leftover unicode issues
  212. php : fixed class naming conflicts (#7716)
  213. eval : fixed Socket.setTimeout (#7682)
  214. eval : fixed int switch bug related to overflows
  215. Removals:
  216. macro : deprecated Context.registerModuleReuseCall and onMacroContextReused (#5746)
  217. 2018-10-13: 4.0.0-preview.5
  218. New features:
  219. all : support Unicode strings properly on all targets
  220. all : support `for (key => value in e)` syntax for key-value iterators
  221. all : added keyValueIterator to Map and its implementations
  222. all : support loop-unrolling on `for (i in 0...5)` (#7365)
  223. all : added support for write-mode `@:op(a.b)`
  224. all : support `inline call()` and `inline new` expressions (#7425)
  225. all : support `@:using` on type declarations (#7462)
  226. all : support markup literal strings but require them to be macro-processed (#7438)
  227. all : allow enum values without arguments as default function argument values (#7439)
  228. lua : add -D lua-vanilla, which emits code with reduced functionality but no additional lib dependencies
  229. General improvements and optimizations:
  230. all : [breaking] reserved `operator` and `overload` as keywords (#7413)
  231. all : made `final` on structure fields invariant (#7039)
  232. all : [breaking] disallowed static variables that have no type-hint and expression (#6440)
  233. all : added display/typeDefinition to display protocol (#7266)
  234. all : fixed various display-related problems
  235. all : made parser in display mode much more tolerant
  236. all : allowed assigning `[]` where `Map` is expected (#7426)
  237. all : unified various parts of the String API across all targets
  238. php : Optimized haxe.ds.Vector (VectorData is not Array anymore)
  239. php : Optimized `Map.copy()` and `Array.copy()`
  240. php : Optimized iterators of `Map` and native arrays.
  241. php : Support native PHP generators. See `php.Syntax.yield()` and `php.Generator`
  242. js : updated HTML externs
  243. eval : improved object prototype field handling (#7393)
  244. eval : optimized int switches (#7481)
  245. eval : improved IntMap and StringMap performance
  246. eval : improved performance of instance calls
  247. Removals :
  248. all : disallowed get_x/set_x property syntax, use get/set instead (#4699)
  249. all : disallowed default values on interface variables (#4087)
  250. all : disallowed `implements Dynamic` on non-extern classes (#6191)
  251. all : warn about expressions in extern non-inline fields (#5898)
  252. all : removed `-D use-rtti-doc`, always store documentation instead (#7493)
  253. all : disallowed macro-in-macro calls (#7496)
  254. js : removed jQuery and swfobject externs (#7494)
  255. Bugfixes:
  256. all : fix GC compacting too often in server mode
  257. all : [breaking] `function () { }(e)` is no longer parsed as a call (#5854)
  258. all : fixed various minor inlining issues
  259. all : disallowed `return null` from Void-functions (#7198)
  260. all : fixed various pattern matching problems
  261. all : fixed compiler hang in display mode (#7236)
  262. all : fixed the XML printer trimming CDATA content (#7454)
  263. all : fixed invalid visibility unification with statics (#7527)
  264. php : Escape `$` in field names of anonymous objects (#7230)
  265. php : Generate `switch` as `if...else if...else...` to avoid loose comparison (#7257)
  266. cs : fixed bad evaluation order in structures (#7531)
  267. eval : fixed various problems with the debugger
  268. eval : fixed Vector.fromArrayCopy (#7492)
  269. eval : fixed bad string conversions on invalid + operations
  270. Standard Library:
  271. all : [breaking] made Lambda functions return Array instead of List (#7097)
  272. all : added haxe.iterators package
  273. all : improved StringTools.lpad/rpad/htmlEscape implementation
  274. 2018-06-12: 4.0.0-preview.4
  275. New features:
  276. all : added JSON-RPC-based display protocol
  277. all : allow `enum abstract` syntax instead of `@:enum abstract` (#4282)
  278. all : allow `extern` on fields instead of `@:extern`
  279. all : support signature completion on incomplete structures (#5767)
  280. all : support auto-numbering and auto-stringification in enum abstracts (#7139)
  281. all : support `Type1 & Type2` intersection syntax for type parameter constraints and structures (#7127)
  282. General improvements and optimizations:
  283. all : reworked CLI usage/help output (#6862)
  284. all : implemented `for` loop unrolling (#3784)
  285. all : metadata can now use `.`, e.g. `@:a.b`. This is represented as a string (#3959)
  286. all : [breaking] disallow static extensions through abstract field casts (#5924)
  287. all : [breaking] disallow static extensions on implicit `this` (#6036)
  288. all : allow true and false expressions as type parameters (#6958)
  289. all : improved display support in many areas
  290. all : support `override |` completion
  291. all : make display/references and display/toplevel actually work sometimes
  292. all : allow `var ?x` and `final ?x` parsing in structures (#6947)
  293. all : improved overall robustness of the parser in display mode
  294. all : allow `@:commutative` on non-static abstract functions (#5599)
  295. js : added externs for js.Date (#6855)
  296. js : respect `-D source-map` flag to generate source maps in release builds
  297. js : enums are now generated as objects instead of arrays (#6350)
  298. eval : improved debugger, support conditional breakpoints
  299. Removals:
  300. all : moved haxe.remoting to hx3compat
  301. js : moved js.XMLSocket to hx3compat
  302. neko : moved neko.net to hx3compat
  303. all : removed support for `T:(A, B)` constraint syntax
  304. Bugfixes:
  305. all : fixed various issues with diagnostics
  306. all : fixed fields with default values for `@:structInit` classes (#5449)
  307. all : fixed `Null<T>` inconsistency in if/ternary expressions (#6955)
  308. all : fixed visibility check related to private constructors of sibling classes (#6957)
  309. all : fixed @:generic naming (#6968)
  310. all : fixed handling of type parameters in local functions (#6560)
  311. all : fixed resolution order between `untyped` and type parameters (#7113)
  312. all : fixed unification behavior in try/catch expressions (#7120)
  313. all : fixed field type being lost for Int expressions on Float fields (#7132)
  314. all : cleaned up `inline` handling (#7155)
  315. display : fixed completion in packages starting with underscore (#5417)
  316. php : fixed Reflect.callMethod with classes as first argument (#7106)
  317. eval : fixed internal exception surfacing in some context calls (#7007)
  318. eval : fixed Type.enumEq (#6710)
  319. flash : fixed silently swallowing exceptions in getters/setters when invoked with Reflect methods (#5460, #6871)
  320. Standard Library:
  321. all : added `resize` to Array (#6869)
  322. all : [breaking] removed `return this` from some haxe.Http methods (#6980)
  323. 2018-02-23: 4.0.0-preview.3
  324. See full commit history at https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/compare/4.0.0-preview.2...4.0.0-preview.3, notable changes below:
  325. New features:
  326. all : added new function type syntax (`(a:Int, b:String)->Void`) (#6645)
  327. all : added column to StackItem.FilePos (#6665)
  328. all : added `-D warn-var-shadowing`
  329. all : added haxe.Log.formatOutput (#6738)
  330. js : added js.Syntax class for generating unsupported JavaScript syntax in a type-safe analyzer-friendly way
  331. js : added js.Map and js.Set and js.JsIterator extern definitions (ES6)
  332. hl : added hl.Format.digest, use it for native Sha1/Md5
  333. General improvements and optimizations:
  334. all : made all non-warning/non-error compiler messages output to stdout (#4480)
  335. all : make DCE keep constructor if any instance field is kept (#6690)
  336. all : make `final` in structures use class notation
  337. display : added `this` and `super` to toplevel completion (#6051)
  338. php : implemented direct method comparison. No need to use `Reflect.compareMethods()`
  339. php : added `php.Syntax.code()` instead of deprecated `untyped __php__()` (#6708)
  340. php : added methods to `php.Syntax` for each php operator: `??`, `?:`, `**` etc. (#6708)
  341. python : add ssl support for http requests
  342. python : improve Sys.print(ln) code generation (#6184)
  343. js : generate faster code for `x.iterator()` calls (#6669)
  344. js : rework exception handling, added js.Lib.getOriginalException (#6713)
  345. js : generate `value instanceof MyClass` instead of `Std.is(value, MyClass)` (#6687)
  346. js : use lazy getter for HaxeError.message instead of calling String(val) in the ctor (#6754)
  347. Removals:
  348. php : removed `php.Syntax.binop()` (#6708)
  349. Deprecations:
  350. php : deprecated support for `untyped __php__`, `untyped __call__` etc. Use `php.Syntax` instead.
  351. Bugfixes:
  352. all : delay interface accessor generation properly (#6225, #6672)
  353. all : fixed unbound variable error in anonymous functions (#6674)
  354. all : fixed abstract `@:to` used when `from` is available in a specific case (#6751)
  355. all : sys.Http: fix chunked encoding handling (#6763)
  356. all : fix some invalid Json being accepted by haxe.format.JsonParser (#6734)
  357. all : fixed haxe.format.JsonPrinter for instances of classes to make it produce consistent result across targets (#6801)
  358. all : fixed autogenerated constructor for extending @:structInit classes (#6822, #6078)
  359. js : fixed saving setter to `tmp` var before invocation (#6672)
  360. lua : fix toString behavior in the case of -0 (#6652)
  361. lua : properly bind field functions when passed as arguments (#6722)
  362. php : don't fail on generating import aliases for classes with the similar names (#6680)
  363. php : fixed `Sys.environment()` to also return variables set by `Sys.putEnv()`
  364. php : fixed `sys.net.Socket.bind()` (#6693)
  365. php : fixed appending "sqlite:" prefix to the names of files created by `sys.db.Sqlite.open()` (#6692)
  366. php : made php.Lib.objectOfAssociativeArray() recursive (#6698)
  367. php : fixed php error on parsing expressions like `a == b == c` (#6720)
  368. php : fixed multiple file uploads in php.Web.parseMultiPart() (#4173)
  369. php : fixed an issue with "Object" used as a class name for PHP 7.2 (it's a new keyword in php) (#6838)
  370. eval : don't lose dynamic function inits from parent classes (#6660)
  371. cs : fix order-dependent enum type parameter issue (#6016)
  372. 2017-10-08: 4.0.0-preview.2
  373. New features:
  374. all : added final keyword (#6596)
  375. General improvements and optimizations:
  376. all : replaced some occurrences of List with Array
  377. all : changed haxe.xml.Fast to an abstract
  378. all : improved optimization when comparing against `null`
  379. all : added support for `case var x` syntax and detect possible typos (#6608)
  380. php : changed `--php-prefix`, `--php-front` and `--php-lib` to `-D php-prefix=`, `-D php-front=` and `-D php-lib=` respectively
  381. Removals:
  382. all : moved haxe.unit to hx3compat
  383. all : moved haxe.web.Request to hx3compat
  384. php : dropped php5 support; minimum supported php version is 7.0 now
  385. Bugfixes:
  386. all : fixed issue with various functions not being displayed in macro context (#6000)
  387. all : fixed invalid static extension lookup on `super` (#3607)
  388. all : fixed typing error when constructing enums with abstracts over functions (#6609)
  389. all : fixed bug that skipped checking @:from typing in some cases (#6564)
  390. all : fixed Int64 parsing of negative numbers that end in a zero (#5493)
  391. all : fixed top-down inference when constructing enums (#6606)
  392. eval : fixed bug with equality handling
  393. eval : fixed issue with file creation not defaulting to binary
  394. eval : fixed invalid override detection (#6583)
  395. eval : fixed infinite recursion when printing arrays/vectors
  396. cs/java : fixed DCE bug that would lose toString method of thrown objects
  397. php/python : fixed some bit operators for Int32 (#5938)
  398. php : fixed accessing `static inline var` via reflection (#6630)
  399. php : fixed Math.min() and Math.max() for NAN on PHP 7.1.9 and 7.1.10
  400. js : fixed js syntax error for `value.iterator--` (#6637)
  401. Standard Library:
  402. macro : added have.display.Position and PositionTools.toRange (#6599)
  403. all : moved List to haxe.ds (#6610)
  404. 2017-09-12: 4.0.0-preview.1
  405. New features:
  406. all : reworked macro interpreter
  407. all : added support for arrow functions
  408. General improvements and optimizations:
  409. js : improved generation of `break` inside `switch` inside loops (#4964)
  410. cs : improved generation of enum classes (#6119)
  411. sys : the `database` parameter of `Mysql.connect` is now optional
  412. js : updated jQuery extern (js.jquery.*) for jQuery 1.12.4 / 3.2.1 support.
  413. Makefile : default Unix installation location $(INSTALL_DIR) changed from /usr to /usr/local.
  414. Makefile : default Unix std location $(INSTALL_STD_DIR) changed from $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)/std to $(INSTALL_DIR)/share/haxe/std.
  415. Removals:
  416. all : removed --eval command line argument
  417. sys : SPOD (sys.db.Object, sys.db.Manager and friends) was moved into a separate library `record-macros` (https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/record-macros)
  418. js : js.JQuery and js.SWFObject were moved into hx3compat library (https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hx3compat),
  419. it's recommended to use more modern js.jquery.JQuery and js.swfobject.SWFObject classes.
  420. all : moved haxe.web.Dispatch into hx3compat library (https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hx3compat).
  421. Bugfixes:
  422. php7: fix Reflect.field() for strings (#6276)
  423. php7: fix `@:enum abstract` generation without `-dce full` (#6175)
  424. php7: fix using enum constructor with arguments as a call argument (#6177)
  425. php7: fix `null` property access (#6281)
  426. php7: fix setting values in a map stored in another map (#6257)
  427. php7: fix haxe.io.Input.readAll() with disabled analyzer optimizations (#6387)
  428. php/php7: fixed accessing enum constructors on enum type stored to a variable (#6159)
  429. php/php7: fix "cannot implement previously implemented interface" (#6208)
  430. php: fix invoking functions stored in dynamic static vars (#6158)
  431. php: fix field access on `new MyClass()` expressions wrapped in a `cast` (#6294)
  432. Standard Library:
  433. all : added `EReg.escape` (#5098)
  434. all : `BalancedTree implements `haxe.Constraints.IMap` (#6231)
  435. 2018-01-31: 3.4.5
  436. General improvements and optimizations:
  437. dce : optimized DCE performance (#6181)
  438. Bugfixes:
  439. dce : don't remove constructor if any instance field is kept (#6062)
  440. js : fixed saving setter to `tmp` var before invocation (#6672)
  441. php7 : don't fail on generating import aliases for classes with the similar names (#6680)
  442. php7 : fixed appending "sqlite:" prefix to the names of files created by `sys.db.Sqlite.open()` (#6692)
  443. php7 : made php.Lib.objectOfAssociativeArray() recursive (#6698)
  444. php7 : fixed php error on parsing expressions like `a == b == c` (#6720)
  445. php/php7 : fixed `sys.net.Socket.bind()` (#6693)
  446. 2017-10-08: 3.4.4
  447. Bugfixes:
  448. flash : fixed flash target broken when compiled with OCaml 4.05 (#6589)
  449. php7 : fixed accessing `static inline var` via reflection (#6630)
  450. js : fixed js syntax error for `value.iterator--` (#6637)
  451. cpp : fixed evaluation order problem when constructing enums (#6643)
  452. 2017-09-10: 3.4.3
  453. Bugfixes:
  454. all : fixed DCE issue with interface fields (#6502)
  455. cpp : fixed return typing for embedded closures (#6121)
  456. php7: fixed `@:enum abstract` generation without `-dce full` (#6175)
  457. php7: fixed using enum constructor with arguments as a call argument (#6177)
  458. php7: fixed accessing methods on dynamic values (#6211)
  459. php7: fixed `null` property access (#6281)
  460. php7: fixed setting values in a map stored in another map (#6257)
  461. php7: implemented `php.Lib.mail()`
  462. php7: implemented `php.Lib.loadLib()`
  463. php7: implemented `php.Lib.getClasses()` (#6384)
  464. php7: fixed exception on `Reflect.getProperty(o, field)` if requested field does not exist (#6559)
  465. php/php7: fixed accessing enum constructors on enum type stored to a variable (#6159)
  466. php/php7: fixed "cannot implement previously implemented interface" (#6208)
  467. php: fixed invoking functions stored in dynamic static vars (#6158)
  468. php: fixed field access on `new MyClass()` expressions wrapped in a `cast` (#6294)
  469. macro : fixed bug in addClassPath that overwrites macro class paths with context class paths
  470. 2017-03-20: 3.4.2
  471. Bugfixes:
  472. cpp : fixed issue with @:native names being prefixed with :: (#6086)
  473. cpp : fixed issue with return type handling (#6103)
  474. cpp : fixed inaccurate line numbers that threw off debugging
  475. php7 : fixed generation of `[][0]` constructs (#6090)
  476. 2017-03-17: 3.4.1
  477. New features:
  478. php7 : added source maps generation with `-D source_map` flag.
  479. General improvements and optimizations:
  480. cpp : added cpp.Star and cpp.Struct to help with extern typing
  481. lua : cleaned up various parts of the standard library
  482. Bugfixes:
  483. all : fixed compilation server issue with two identical @:native paths on extern abstracts (#5993)
  484. all : fixed invalid inling in a specific case (#6067)
  485. all : fixed various display related issues
  486. all : fixed inline super() calls missing field initializations (#6097)
  487. all : consider UNC paths to be absolute in haxe.io.Path.isAbsolute (#6061)
  488. cpp : improved typing of some Function/Callable-related types
  489. cpp : fixed problem with line numbers when debugging
  490. hl : various fixes and improvements
  491. php : fixed FileSystem.stat() for directories on Windows (#6057)
  492. php/php7 : fixed invalid result of Web.getPostData() (#6033)
  493. php7 : fixed invalid access to length of string in some cases (#6055)
  494. php7 : fixed infinite recursion on MysqlConnection.close() (#6056)
  495. 2017-01-31: 3.4.0
  496. General improvements and optimizations:
  497. all : support completion for static extensions (#5766)
  498. all : removed neko dependency for macros, use PCRE instead
  499. all : disabled analyzer optimizations by default, re-enable with -D analyzer-optimize
  500. php7 : generate native `$v instanceof MyType` instead of `Std.is(v, MyType)` where possible for better performance
  501. php7 : added @:phpNoConstructor meta for externs which do not have native php constructors and yet can be constructed
  502. php7 : greatly reduced amount of generated tmp vars
  503. php7 : `Array` performance improvements
  504. hl : made various improvements
  505. Bugfixes:
  506. all : fixed `using` picking up non-static abstract functions (#5888)
  507. all : fixed issue with side-effect detection when optimizing (#5911)
  508. all : fixed issue with zlib bindings causing zlib_deflate errors (#5941)
  509. php7 : Allow user-defined modules in `php` package (#5921)
  510. php7 : Dereference some of `php.Syntax` methods if required (#5923)
  511. php : fixed assigning a method of dynamic value to a variable (#5469)
  512. php : fixed missing initialization of dynamic methods in classes with empty constructors (#4723)
  513. 2016-12-24: 3.4.0-RC2
  514. New features:
  515. js : added API documentation to HTML externs (#5868)
  516. php : added php7 target, enabled with -D php7
  517. Bugfixes:
  518. all : fixed top-down inference infinite recursion issue (#5848)
  519. all : fixed regression in Compiler.include (#5847)
  520. all : fixed Not_found exception related to try/catch (#5851)
  521. all : fixed metadata completion showing up in trace arguments (#5775)
  522. all : fixed problem with useless pattern detection (#5873)
  523. all : fixed issue with toString handling in trace arguments (#5858)
  524. all : fixed inline constructor scoping (#5855)
  525. cpp : fixed issue with cpp.Pointer variables being eliminated (#5850)
  526. js : added Notification API to HTML externs (#5852)
  527. js : fixed several options structures in HTML externs (#5849)
  528. php/cs : FileSystem.deleteFile() and FileSystem.deleteDirectory() now throw on non-existent path (#5742)
  529. php/lua : fixed field access on `null` (#4988)
  530. php : fixed static field access on a `Class<T>` stored to a field (#5383)
  531. php : fixed invalid detection of `NativeArray` by `Std.is()` (#5565)
  532. php : fixed `stdin()`, `stdout()`, `stderr()` of `Sys` to use predefined constants for corresponding channels (#5733)
  533. php : fixed Std.parseInt() on hexstrings for PHP7+ (#5521)
  534. php : fixed typed cast in assign operations (#5135)
  535. php : fixed exception thrown by `Reflect.fields(o)` when `o` is `Class<T>` (#5608)
  536. php : fixed json encoding of empty objects (#5015)
  537. php : fixed checking floats for equality (#4260)
  538. php : throw if invalid json string supplied to Json.parse() (#4592)
  539. php : fixed ssl connections (#4581)
  540. php : fixed writing bytes containing zero byte to MySQL & SQLite (#4489)
  541. php : fixed call()() cases for PHP5 (#5569)
  542. 2016-11-29: 3.4.0-RC1
  543. New features:
  544. all : support metadata completion
  545. all : support type-hint completion
  546. all : added @signature display mode (#4758)
  547. all : finalized HashLink (HL) target
  548. General improvements and optimizations:
  549. all : greatly improved support for display mode in general
  550. all : made --times output look much nicer
  551. all : remove calls to functions that have no side-effect
  552. all : hid private property accessors from completion (#5678)
  553. js : updated jQuery extern (js.jquery.*) for jQuery 1.12.4 / 3.1.0 support.
  554. js : jQuery extern (js.jquery.*) now includes deprecated fields marked with @:deprecated.
  555. js : no longer rewrite `o["s"]` to `o.s` (#5724)
  556. cpp : greatly improved ObjC output and integration options
  557. lua : greatly improved code output quality
  558. Bugfixes:
  559. all : fixed various optimization issues
  560. all : fixed various issues with side-effect detection
  561. all : fixed performance drain in the DCE implementation (#5716)
  562. all : fixed issue with assignments when inlining constructors (#5340)
  563. all : fixed major inlining issue when using compilation server (#5320)
  564. all : fixed pattern matching evaluation order issue (#5274)
  565. cpp : fixed various minor code generation issues
  566. js : fixed issue regarding iterating over abstracts (#5385)
  567. python : fixed evaluation order issue for array writing (#5366)
  568. Standard Library:
  569. all : added Any type (#5500)
  570. all : added haxe.extern.AsVar
  571. all : added haxe.macro.CompilationServer (experimental)
  572. all : fixed haxe.Template.resolve (#5301)
  573. 2016-05-27: 3.3.0-RC1
  574. New features:
  575. all : support @:resolve on abstracts (#3753)
  576. all : support extern abstracts and extern @:enum abstracts (#4862)
  577. all : support completion on { if the expected type is a structure (#3907)
  578. all : support (expr is Type) with mandatory parentheses (#2976)
  579. all : allowed passing package dot-paths on command line (#4227)
  580. all : support import.hx modules that define per-directory import/using directives (#1138)
  581. all : support parsing of postfix ! operator (can be used by abstract operator overloading and macros) (#4284)
  582. all : support parsing of ||= and &&= operators (can be used by abstract operator overloading and macros) (#4427)
  583. all : support @:structInit classes (#4526)
  584. all : reworked static analyzer and enabled it by default
  585. flash : update flash externs to version 21
  586. hl : added HL target (interpreter and C output)
  587. lua: added lua target
  588. js : introduced new jQuery extern (js.jquery.*) for jQuery 1.12.4 / 2.2.4 support. (#4377)
  589. js : introduced new SWFObject extern (js.swfobject.SWFObject) for SWFObject 2.3.20130521 (#4451)
  590. js : added js.Lib.rethrow (#4551)
  591. cs/java : added -D fast_cast as an experimental feature to cleanup casts
  592. Bugfixes:
  593. all : properly disallowed assigning methods to structures with read-accessors (#3975)
  594. all : fixed a bug related to abstract + Int/Float and implicit casts (#4122)
  595. all : disallowed duplicate type parameter names (#4293)
  596. all : made UInt's >>> behave like >> (#2736)
  597. all : fixed various type loading issues
  598. all : fixed code generation problems with `inline` (#1827)
  599. php/as3 : support run-time metadata on interfaces (#2042)
  600. php : fixed argument passing to closures (#2587)
  601. neko/cpp : fixed various sys.Filesystem issues with Windows drive paths (#3266)
  602. as3 : fixed problem with covariant return types (#4222)
  603. as3 : fixed rare problem with static initialization order (#3563)
  604. python : fixed various reflection problems
  605. General improvements and optimizations:
  606. all : added support for determining minimal types in Map literals (#4196)
  607. all : allowed @:native on abstracts to set the name of the implementation class (#4158)
  608. all : allowed creating closures on abstract inline methods (#4165)
  609. all : type parameter declarations can now have metadata (#3836)
  610. all : optimize Math.ceil/floor on constant arguments (#4223)
  611. all : allowed extern classes to have field names being used for both static and instance (#4376)
  612. all : added haxe.Constraints.Constructible (#4761)
  613. all : rewrote pattern matcher to improve output in many cases (#4940)
  614. python : use spaces instead of tabs to indent the output (#4299)
  615. cpp : reworked backend to improve overall code output quality and fix various issues
  616. swf : added scene-tag to allow creating accessible SWF files
  617. Standard Library:
  618. all : added Lambda.flatten and Lambda.flatMap (#3553)
  619. all : added haxe.Constraints.Constructible (#4761)
  620. sys : proper quoting/escaping (can be opt-out) for Sys.command and sys.io.Process (#3603)
  621. js : added position parameter to haxe.macro.Compiler.includeFile
  622. js : removed -D embed-js (#4074)
  623. js : updated HTML externs
  624. Macro features and changes:
  625. macro : added overloads field to ClassField (#3460)
  626. macro : added Context.getLocalImports (#3560)
  627. macro : added Context.onAfterTyping (#4714)
  628. macro : added Context.resolveType
  629. 2015-10-11: 3.2.1
  630. Bugfixes:
  631. cs/java : fixed `-dce no` issues
  632. cs/java : fixed how KExpr type parameters are generated
  633. cs : fixed enum creation by reflection problem
  634. cpp : do not rely in reflection to make interfaces work for non-first interface parents
  635. cpp : fixed setting of static variables via reflection when class has no member variables
  636. cpp : make sure StringMap's h field is kept if we use StringMap
  637. js : Avoid the use of `eval`/`Function` to get the top-level defined type/var to not break ContentSecurityPolicy
  638. 2015-05-12: 3.2.0
  639. New features:
  640. all : added @:noPrivateAccess to re-enable access restrictions within @:privateAccess
  641. cpp : some support for @:nativeGen metadata
  642. Bugfixes:
  643. all : fixed detection of @:generic classes with constructor constraints
  644. all : fixed variable initialization check issue in loop condition
  645. all : fixed pattern matching on @:enum abstracts via field access (#4084)
  646. all : fixed missing implicit casts in Map literals (#4100)
  647. all : fixed various minor issues in haxe.xml.Parser
  648. all : fixed class path issue when HAXE_STD_PATH is set (#4163)
  649. js : fixed DCE issue related to printing enums (#4197)
  650. js : fixed various issues with the new Bytes implementation
  651. php : fixed EOF handling in FileInput.readByte (#4082)
  652. cs/java : fixed Math.fround implementation (#4177)
  653. cs/java : fixed some cases of Std.parseInt failing (#4132)
  654. cpp : fixed compilation without -main (#4199)
  655. General improvements and optimizations:
  656. all : --macro keep no longer causes types to be included for compilation
  657. php : support interpolation in __php__ code
  658. js : added variable number of arguments support in js.html.* classes
  659. js : refined new HTML externs
  660. Macro features and changes:
  661. macro : [breaking] synced FClosure and FInstance with the compiler updates
  662. 2015-03-15: 3.2.0-RC1
  663. This release removes support for Flash 8 target
  664. New features:
  665. all : added --display mode for toplevel completion
  666. all : added --display mode for position and usage information
  667. all : allowed @:callable on abstracts to forward calls to their underlying type
  668. all : allowed pattern matching on getters
  669. all : allowed @:native on class fields
  670. all : added static analyzer with constant propagation
  671. all : added Haxe-based XML implementation
  672. python : added python target
  673. flash : flash player 12-14 support
  674. js : added @:jsRequire and js.Lib.require
  675. js : support haxe.CallStack.exceptionStack
  676. cs : added @:bridgeProperties
  677. cs : added -D erase_generics
  678. cs : added -D dll_import to import haxe-generated dlls
  679. java/cs : added `sys.db` package
  680. java/cs : clean unused files in output folder, unless `-D keep_old_output` is defined
  681. java/cs : added `-c-arg` to add C#/Java compiler arguments
  682. cpp : inititial implementation of cppia scripting
  683. Bugfixes:
  684. all : fixed nullability of abstracts over functions
  685. all : fixed some equality checks between UInt and Int
  686. all : fixed rare issue with abstract casts
  687. all : fixed some internal code which relied on unspecified evaluation order
  688. all : fixed exhaustiveness checks involving guards
  689. all : fixed issue involving recursively constrained type parameters and @:generic
  690. all : fixed type inference issue in map literals
  691. all : fixed type inference issue when calling abstract method from within the abstract
  692. all : fixed several abstract variance issues
  693. all : fixed DCE issues with interface properties
  694. all : fixed variance issue with function variables and dynamic methods on interfaces
  695. all : fixed pattern matching on empty arrays that are typed as Dynamic
  696. all : fixed various @:generic issues
  697. all : fixed default cases on @:enum abstract being omitted
  698. all : fixed various expression positions
  699. all : disallowed break/continue in closures in loops
  700. all : disallowed inline functions in value places
  701. all : fixed parsing of cast followed by parentheses
  702. all : fixed resource naming in case of invalid file system characters
  703. all : fixed issue with inlined array declarations with field access
  704. cpp : fixed issue with the side-effect handler
  705. cpp : fixed issue with NativeArray in --no-inline mode
  706. php : fixed issue with invalid references for closures in for-loops
  707. php : fixed Reflect.compare and string comparison for numeric strings
  708. cs/java : fixed various issues with -java-lib and -net-lib.
  709. cs/java : added @:libType to skip checking on -java-lib / -net-lib types
  710. cs/java : compilation server now works with C#/Java [experimental support]
  711. cs : fixed Type.enumIndex / switch on C# native enums
  712. cs : fixed reflection on COM types
  713. java : fixed sys.net.Socket server implementation
  714. spod : various fixes - working now on cpp, java, neko, php and c#
  715. cpp : improved boot order, with enums constants first
  716. General improvements and optimizations:
  717. all : disallowed using `super` in value positions
  718. all : check exhaustiveness of explicit Null types
  719. all : resolve unqualified identifiers to @:enum abstract constructors
  720. all : determine @:generic type parameters from constructor call if possible
  721. all : properly disallowed field redefinition in extending interface
  722. all : properly disallowed leading zeroes for Int and Float literals
  723. all : allowed variance on interface variables
  724. all : allowed pattern matching on arrays if they are typed as Dynamic
  725. all : allowed pattern matching on fields of parent classes
  726. all : -D doc-gen no longer implies -dce no
  727. all : allowed matching against null on any enum instance
  728. flash/js: optimized haxe.ds.StringMap
  729. neko : create output directory if it does not exist
  730. js : inline Math methods and fields
  731. cs/java : optimized Reflect.fields on dynamic structures
  732. cs/java : haxe will now clear output directory of old files (use -D keep-old-output to keep them)
  733. cs : optimized field lookup structure
  734. cs : optimized casting of parametrized types
  735. cs : beautify c# code output
  736. cs : added `cs.Flags` to manipulate C# enums that can be also flags
  737. xml : improved documentation generation and fixed missing entity escaping
  738. cpp : property access via Dynamic variables now requires property to be declared with @:nativeProperty
  739. cpp : allow injection of code from relative paths using @:sourceFile and @:cppInclude
  740. cpp : stronger typing of native functions via cpp.Function + cpp.Callable
  741. cpp : moved 'Class' implementation to hx namespace to improve objective C interaction
  742. cpp : added file_extension define to change the output filename extension (eg, ".mm")
  743. cpp : added pre-calculated hashes to string constants to allow faster lookups
  744. cpp : map implementation allows strongly typed interactions in some cases (avoids boxing)
  745. cpp : added native WeakMap implementation
  746. cpp : put each resource into own cpp file to allow more data/smaller files
  747. Standard Library:
  748. all : added typed arrays to haxe.io package
  749. all : added haxe.ds.Either
  750. all : added haxe.extern.Rest type for representing "rest" arguments in extern method signatures
  751. all : added haxe.extern.EitherType abstract type for dealing with externs for dynamic targets
  752. all : added haxe.DynamicAccess type for working with dynamic anonymous structures using a Map-like interface
  753. all : [breaking] changed haxe.ds.Vector.get to return T instead of Null<T>
  754. all : added haxe.macro.Compiler.addGlobalMetadata
  755. all : changed haxe.Int64 to be an abstract type instead of a class
  756. js : updated HTML externs
  757. Macro features and changes:
  758. macro : added Context.getLocalTVars
  759. macro : added TypedExprTools.iter
  760. macro : added Context.getCallArguments
  761. macro : changed @:genericBuild macros to prefer ComplexType returns
  762. macro : [breaking] extended TAnonymous structures now have AExtend status instead of AClosed
  763. macro : added Context.getDefines
  764. macro : fixed file_seek from end (position was inversed)
  765. macro : added Context.storeTypedExpr
  766. macro : allowed type name reification
  767. Deprecations:
  768. all : deprecated structurally extending classes and interfaces
  769. sys : Sys.command shell special chars (&|<>#;*?(){}$) are now properly escaped
  770. java/cs : Lib.nativeType is now renamed to Lib.getNativeType
  771. 2014-04-13: 3.1.3
  772. Bugfixes:
  773. all : fixed handling of abstract variance
  774. flash : ensure correct endianess in haxe.io.BytesBuffer
  775. cpp : fixed issue involving class paths with spaces
  776. php : fixed >>>
  777. macro : fixed haxe.macro.Compiler.keep
  778. General improvements and optimizations:
  779. all : give @:deprecated warnings by default, allow -D no-deprecation-warnings
  780. cpp : optimized Vector implementation
  781. Standard Library:
  782. all : renamed Bytes.readDouble/Float to getDouble/Float to avoid inheritance issues
  783. all : deprecated Bytes.readString in favor of getString
  784. all : added pretty-printing to haxe.format.JsonPrinter (and haxe.Json)
  785. 2014-03-29: 3.1.2
  786. Bugfixes:
  787. all : disallowed spaces between >>, >>>, >>= and >>>=
  788. all : fix branching issue when switching on Dynamic values with only one case
  789. all : added missing abstract cast call when checking for equality
  790. all : fixed member fields initializations on parent classes that have no constructor
  791. all : fixed toString usage of abstracts which are argument to Std.string
  792. flash : avoid rare FP 12 PPAPI JIT crash
  793. cpp : fixed bug in side-effect handler which caused incorrect behavior of while loops
  794. js : fixed missing print function for enum values with DCE
  795. macro : make sure member field initializations are respected
  796. General improvements and optimizations:
  797. all : cached file exist checks to speed up compilations with a lot of class paths
  798. all : improved completion related to super class fields
  799. all : allowed iterating on abstract which have get_length and @:arrayAccess fields
  800. js : improved Type.allEnums implementation to avoid issues with obfuscation
  801. Standard Library:
  802. all : added haxe.io.Bytes.readDouble/Float
  803. all : added haxe.io.BytesBuffer.addString/Float/Double
  804. 2014-03-15: 3.1.1
  805. New features:
  806. all : added -D deprecation-warnings
  807. all : allowed \u escape sequences in strings
  808. cs : implemented haxe.CallStack
  809. Bugfixes:
  810. all : fixed wrong handling of "" and null in haxe.io.Path.join
  811. all : fixed invalid cast-to-self generation on some abstracts
  812. all : removed @:to Dynamic from UInt to avoid issues in the Map selection algorithm
  813. all : fixed various issues with UInt
  814. all : fixed position setter in haxe.io.BytesInput
  815. all : fixed various issues with member/static extension macros
  816. flash : fixed invalid override involving single-constraint type parameters
  817. flash8 : fixed various bugs
  818. js : fixed a problem with Std.string(null) being optimized incorrectly
  819. js : fixed custom generators
  820. cpp : dealt with string literals that are too long for MSVC
  821. cs : fixed various issues with -net-lib
  822. 2014-03-04: 3.1.0
  823. New features:
  824. all : allowed null-patterns in pattern matching
  825. all : allowed extractors in pattern matching using => syntax
  826. all : allowed extending generic type parameters
  827. all : allowed (expr : type) syntax (ECheckType)
  828. all : allowed @:enum and @:forward on abstracts
  829. all : allowed using abstracts as static extension
  830. all : allowed Class.new
  831. all : added EnumValue.match
  832. all : allow multiple structural extension using { > T1, > T2, fields }
  833. all : inline array and structure declarations if possible
  834. cs : added -net-lib
  835. cs : support for native delegates
  836. cs : support for attributes
  837. cs : support for events
  838. Standard Library:
  839. all : support abstract types in haxe.rtti.XmlParser
  840. all : added Std.instance
  841. all : added length field to BytesBuffer, BytesOutput, BytesInput and StringBuf
  842. all : added UInt for all targets
  843. all : added Array.indexOf and Array.lastIndexOf
  844. all : added haxe.xml.Printer
  845. all : added haxe.Int32 as abstract type
  846. all : added haxe.format.JsonParser/Printer
  847. General improvements and optimizations:
  848. all : optimized pattern matching output
  849. all : allowed recursive type parameter constraints
  850. all : improved support of custom @:coreType abstracts
  851. all : evaluate conditional expressions in @:require
  852. all : improved inline constructors by detecting more cases where it can be applied
  853. js : improved inlining
  854. js : always use JSON extern (compile with -D old-browser to disable)
  855. js : added -D js-flatten
  856. js : added -D js-es5
  857. cpp : improved side-effect detection
  858. Bugfixes:
  859. all : inlining a parameter which has side effects will not remove it even if not used
  860. all : implemented constraints check on enum and enum field type parameters
  861. all : fixed memory leak in compilation server and optimized caching in general
  862. all : fixed issue with invalid lowercase class name in Windows completion
  863. flash : fixed font embedding with UTF8 chars
  864. flash : give error if non-nullable basic types are skipped in a call
  865. flash : give error if assigned parent class field values would be overwritten by super()
  866. Macro features and changes:
  867. macro : add Context.onAfterGenerate
  868. macro : add Context.typeExpr
  869. macro : add Context.getExpectedType
  870. macro : add ExprTools.getValue
  871. macro : allowed $v{(c:Float|Int|String)}
  872. macro : resolve error line number in external files
  873. macro : rewrote macros used as static extension
  874. macro : exposed typed AST
  875. macro : added @:genericBuild
  876. macro : [breaking] first argument of ComplexType.TExtend is now Array<TypePath> instead of TypePath
  877. macro : improved expression printing
  878. 2013-09-25: 3.0.1
  879. all : minor DCE bug fix
  880. 2013-05-25: 3.0.0
  881. all : added haxe.ds.BalancedTree
  882. all : added haxe.ds.EnumValueMap
  883. all : allow enum constructors as keys to Map
  884. all : haxe.ds.ObjectMap is now correctly constrained on all targets
  885. all : preliminary support of -D display-mode=usage|position|metadata
  886. all : improved pattern matcher error messages
  887. all : allow inline constructors
  888. all : allow abstract member macros (not for @:op, @:arrayAccess, @:from, @:to)
  889. all : allow abstract type parameter variance
  890. all : do not generate hidden null on if without else
  891. macro : made abstract structure available
  892. 2013-05-08: 3.0.0-RC2
  893. all : improved abstract support
  894. all : renamed HAXE_LIBRARY_PATH to HAXE_STD_PATH
  895. all : added inlinable constructors
  896. all : renamed haxe.ds.FastCell to GenericCell
  897. all : fixed >= operator in #if conditionals
  898. all : improved completion support for Unknown results
  899. all : allowed [] access for Map
  900. all : added haxe.ds.WeakMap (not yet supported on all platforms)
  901. all : all trace parameters are now printed by default
  902. all : added --help-metas
  903. all : improved completion
  904. all : improved pattern matching variable capture and GADT support
  905. js : cached $bind results (unique closure creation per instance)
  906. js : removed --js-modern (now as default)
  907. cpp : added socket.setFastSend
  908. flash : update player 11.7 api
  909. flash : improved @:font, @:sound and @:bitmap support
  910. neko/java/cs : improved Array performances when growing with []
  911. java : added -java-lib support
  912. java : added sys.net package implementation (alpha)
  913. java : complete java std library through hxjava haxelib
  914. java/cs : added support for overloaded function declarations
  915. java/cs : overload selection algorithm
  916. cs : operator overloading is now accessible through Haxe
  917. cs : source mapping; can be disabled with -D real_position
  918. as3 : fixed rare syntax ambiguity
  919. php : removed initialization of some inline fields
  920. macro : fixed several issues with 'using' a macro function
  921. macro : improved expression printing
  922. 2013-02-24: 3.0.0-RC
  923. flash : updated player 11.4 api
  924. all : allowed named functions as r-value
  925. all : fixed using + overload usage
  926. all : allow any type constraint for type parameters
  927. all : make property type optional (when a initial value is set)
  928. all : Std.random(x) when x <= 0 is now always 0
  929. spod : added serialized data with SData<T>
  930. all : Dispatcher will now throw DETooManyValues
  931. all : speed up neko compilation by using native compiler
  932. all : allow @:generic on functions
  933. all : allow constructing generic type parameters
  934. swf : added support for SWC files in -swf-lib
  935. macro : added Context.onTypeNotFound callback for unresolved types
  936. js : no JS embed as default (use -D embed-js instead)
  937. all : added abstract types (Int/Float/Bool/Void/Class/Enum/EnumValue)
  938. all : added --help-defines
  939. all : changed DCE with three modes : std(default), no and full
  940. all : Haxe3 packages changes (see http://haxe.org/manual/haxe3)
  941. all : Removed haxe.Int32, haxe.Firebug, haxe.TimerQueue
  942. all : added -D key=value and #if (key >= value) operations
  943. all : StringTools.htmlEscape/unescape nows handle "/&quot; and '/&#039;
  944. all : using and import must now appear before any type declaration in a file
  945. all : no longer create variable fields for pure getter/setter properties (unless @:isVar is used)
  946. all : use default get_prop/set_prop instead of custom getter/setter names for properties
  947. js : added JQuery.delegateTarget
  948. macro : removed EType and CType, added EMeta, modified ESwitch
  949. all : allow @metadata expr
  950. all : replaced haxe.rtti.Generic interface with @:generic metadata
  951. all : no longer infer arrays of mixed types as Array<Dynamic>
  952. all : all type/import/enum constructor resolution now follows the shadowing principle (latest has priority)
  953. all : added EReg.matchSub, renamed EReg.customReplace to map
  954. all : no longer allow initialization of extern non-inline variables
  955. swf : fixed out of memory errors on very large swf-lib files
  956. swf : added -D swf_preloader_frame, swf_gpu, swf_direct_blit
  957. swf : added -D swf_script_timeout=seconds, swf_debug_password=password, swf_metadata=file
  958. swf : added -swf-lib-extern
  959. swf : added @:font support (beta)
  960. all : added GADT support in enums
  961. all : added pattern matching (beta)
  962. all : changed callback(func, args) to func.bind(args)
  963. macro : added haxe.macro.ExprTools/ComplexTypeTools/TypeTools
  964. macro : changed reification syntax to ${expr}, $a{array}, $p{path}, $v{value}
  965. macro : allow macro @:pos(pos-expr) to inject positions for reification
  966. all : added array comprehension
  967. flash : Vector.length is now Int instead of UInt
  968. all : moved haxe.BaseCode, haxe.Md5 and haxe.SHA1 to haxe.crypto package
  969. all : disallow Void variables and arguments (still allow S -> T to S -> Void)
  970. all : added Array.map/filter
  971. all : added spell check suggestions for enum constructors and fields
  972. all : added opaque abstract(T) types
  973. all : allow operator overloading on opaque abstract types
  974. all : renamed IntIter to IntIterator
  975. all : added Map
  976. all : added haxe.ds with StringMap, IntMap, HashMap, ObjectMap, Vector, GenericStack
  977. all : removed Hash, IntHash and haxe.FastList in favor of the types in haxe.ds
  978. all : haxe.xml.Parser now handles entities consistently across platforms
  979. all : renamed HAXE_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to HAXE_STD_PATH
  980. 2012-07-16: 2.10
  981. java/cs : added two new targets (beta)
  982. all : fixed List and Null<T> for first, last, pop
  983. js : added js.Lib.debug()
  984. flash : fixed Xml.parent() when no parent
  985. flash : fixed haxe.io.Bytes.blit when len=0
  986. js/php/flash8 : fixed haxe.Int32.mul overflow on 52 bits
  987. js : fixed haxe.Utf8 usage (static 'length' issue)
  988. all : does not allow overriding var/prop
  989. flash : removed wrapping for Xml nodes, use instead specific compare when comparing two typed nodes
  990. js : use new haxe.xml.Parser (faster, not based on Regexp)
  991. flash : fixed completion issue with for( x in Vector )
  992. all : optimized Std.int(123) and Std.int(123.45)
  993. flash : bugfix for @:bitmap with 24-bits PNG (flash decode wrong colors)
  994. as3 : fixed EnumValue becomes Object
  995. js : removed js.Lib.isIE/isOpera (not complete, use js.JQuery.browser instead)
  996. all : function parameters are nullable if they are declared with '?'
  997. all : added support for finding common base types of multiple types (unify_min) for array, switch, if
  998. php : do not implement duplicate interfaces
  999. haxelib : added git support through haxelib git
  1000. all : allow derived classes to widen method visibility
  1001. macro : added haxe.macro.Context.getLocalMethod
  1002. macro : improved support of "using" macro functions
  1003. php : optimized Xml implementation
  1004. php : fixed Reflect.get/setProperty not working on PHP < 5.3
  1005. all : support for callback(f, _, x)
  1006. all : allow private access between classes that have a common base class
  1007. all : added Output.writeFloat/Double and Input.readFloat/Double
  1008. all : support for var:{x:Float} = { x = 1 } constant structure subtyping
  1009. all : allow contravariant function arguments and covariant function returns in overrides
  1010. macro : support for final Array<Expr> argument as rest argument
  1011. macro : use top-down inference on macro calls
  1012. all : made "using" imply "import"
  1013. all : made String concat more consistent across platforms (add Std.string wrappers)
  1014. all : allow direct member variable/property and static property initialization
  1015. js : greatly reduced amount of generated code by using smarter DCE
  1016. php : made modulo operations more consistent
  1017. all : allow local functions to have both type parameters and be inlined
  1018. all : functions type parameters can be constraint (will be checked at end of compilation)
  1019. macro : use NekoVM runtime for regexps, process and xml parsing
  1020. flash : allow @:getter/@:setter in interfaces
  1021. flash : added support for "arguments" in methods
  1022. all : not used enums and inline var/methods are now removed by DCE
  1023. all : allow @:overload to use type parameters and not-absolute type paths
  1024. all : ensure that Std.string of arrays and enums are now consistent across platforms
  1025. all : allow to inline functions containing other functions
  1026. xml : added metadata output to xml generator
  1027. macro : added macro <expr> and macro : <type> reification
  1028. all : renamed type(e) to $type(e)
  1029. as3 : support for metadata and resources, and other fixes
  1030. 2012-04-14: 2.09
  1031. all : optimized const == const and const != const (with different const types)
  1032. all : add Type.allEnums(e)
  1033. all : big improvements with completion speed and fixed many issues
  1034. flash9 : fixed -D swfprotected with swc output
  1035. neko : added ~ implementation
  1036. js : upgraded jquery version, more api overloads
  1037. sys : added "in" operator for spod macros, added relation access in expressions
  1038. macro : added ECheckType
  1039. macro : added TLazy for not-yet-typed class fields
  1040. js/php/neko : added haxe.web.Request
  1041. all : added Std.format
  1042. js : trace() output fallback on console.log if no id="haxe:trace"
  1043. all : ensure that Std.is(2.0,Int) returns true on all platforms
  1044. js : replaced $closure by function.$bind + changes in output format
  1045. all : allowed @:extern on static methods (no generate + no closure + force inlining)
  1046. all : added documentation in --display infos + display overloads in completion
  1047. js : removed --js-namespace, added $hxClasses
  1048. flash : output traces to native trace() when using -D fdb or -D nativeTrace
  1049. all : allowed abitrary string fields in anonymous objects
  1050. all : allowed optional structure fields (for constant structs)
  1051. all : allowed optional args in functions types (?Int -> Void)
  1052. all : added Reflect.getProperty/setProperty (except flash8)
  1053. all : added --wait and --cwd and --connect (parsed files and module caching)
  1054. all : fixed completion in macros calls arguments
  1055. all : fixed DCE removing empty but still used interfaces/superclasses
  1056. all : added haxe.Utf8 (crossplatform)
  1057. neko : Reflect now uses $fasthash (require neko 1.8.2)
  1058. all : allow \uXXXX in regexp (although not supported everywhere)
  1059. js : make difference between values and statements expressions in JSGenApi
  1060. js : added source mapping with -debug (replace previous stack emulation)
  1061. flash : added @:file("a.dat") class File extends flash.utils.ByteArray
  1062. flash : added @:sound("file.wav|mp3") class S extends flash.media.Sound
  1063. js : added --js-modern for wrapping output in a closure and ES5 strict mode
  1064. all : null, true and false are now keywords
  1065. all : neko.io.Path, cpp.io.Path and php.io.Path are now haxe.io.Path
  1066. neko, cpp, php : added Sys class, sys.io and sys.net packages and "sys" define
  1067. all : allow to access root package with std prefix (std.Type for example)
  1068. all : added haxe.EnumFlags
  1069. sys : io.File.getChar/stdin/stdout/stderr are now in Sys class
  1070. cpp : Reflect.getField and Reflect.setField no longer call property functions. Use Reflect.getProperty and Refelect.setProperty instead.
  1071. cpp : Default arguments now use Null<T> for performance increase and interface compatibility
  1072. cpp : Added metadata options for injecting native cpp code into headers, classes and functions
  1073. php : added php.Lib.mail
  1074. (hotfix) fixed bug in completion and disabled profiling on Linux
  1075. (hotfix) fixed $ssize when doing new String(v) in neko
  1076. (hotfix) fixed bug with properties in interfaces for Flash & PHP
  1077. 2011-09-25: 2.08
  1078. js : added js.JQuery
  1079. all : added @:overload
  1080. js : upgraded js.SWFObject from 1.4.4 inlined to 1.5 embedded
  1081. js : code generator beautify
  1082. all : ensure that modifying returned Type.getEnumConstructs array does not affect enum
  1083. all : allow macro typed parameters (other than Expr)
  1084. flash : added flash11 apis
  1085. neko : added support for https to haxe.Http (using hxssl library)
  1086. all : added haxe.Int64
  1087. all : added haxe.Int32 isNeg,isZero,ucompare, fixed overflows for js/flash8/php
  1088. all : bugfix when optimizing inlined immediate function call
  1089. all : fixed "using" on macro function
  1090. all : allowed member macros functions (called as static)
  1091. neko : allowed serialization of haxe.Int32 (as Int)
  1092. all : fixed invalid optimization of two constant numbers comparison
  1093. flash8 : bugfix Std.parseInt with some hex values
  1094. flash9 : added flash.utils.RegExp
  1095. all : changed @:build behavior, now takes/returns a var with anonymous fields
  1096. all : added @:native support for enums
  1097. neko : changed the result of array-assign expression (was null)
  1098. flash9 : no longer auto create enums from SWF classes
  1099. (need explicit "enum" type patch)
  1100. all : optimized variable tracking/renaming
  1101. all : optimized macro engine (speed x2)
  1102. all : added -D macrotimes support
  1103. flash9 : store resources in bytes tag instead of bytecode
  1104. all : allow $ prefixed identifiers (for macros usage only)
  1105. all : allow to access modules subtype statics with pack.Mod.Type.value
  1106. and fixed identifier resolution order
  1107. flash9 : added @:bitmap("file") for simple embedding
  1108. all : added haxe.web.Dispatch
  1109. js : added js.Storage
  1110. all : allow this + member variables access in local functions
  1111. added untyped __this__ support and transition error
  1112. all : added haxe.macro.MacroType
  1113. neko : neko.Lib.serialize/unserialize now returns bytes
  1114. neko : added sys.db package (crossplatform with -D spod_macro support)
  1115. spod_macro now uses wrappers for Bytes (require neko 1.8.2)
  1116. php : added --php-prefix for prefixing generated files and class names
  1117. all : added type_expr_with_type enum support
  1118. php/js : fixed adding 'null' to StringBuf
  1119. all : added haxe.macro.Context.defineType
  1120. 2011-01-30: 2.07
  1121. all : fixed completion support with --remap
  1122. all : added macros, added --interp
  1123. all : removed 'here' special identifier
  1124. neko : fixed neko.Web.getParamsString() returning "null" instead of ""
  1125. flash9 : fixed issue with @:bind
  1126. flash9 : added some missing errors
  1127. flash9 : fixed TypedDictionary.exists
  1128. all : added @:build and @:autoBuild for enums and classes
  1129. neko : Std.parseFloat now returns NaN with invalid string
  1130. php: fixed Array.push must return the current length (issue 219)
  1131. php: fixed EReg.replace (issue 194)
  1132. php: FileSystem.readDirectory now skips '.' and '..' to be consistent with neko (issue 226)
  1133. flash9 : add trace text on stage (always over current and subclips)
  1134. flash9 : delay SWF initialization until it's added on stage and stageWidth > 0
  1135. (this can be disabled with -D dontWaitStage)
  1136. all : added haxe.Timer.measure
  1137. all : added Lambda.indexOf and Lambda.concat
  1138. all : no longer allow inline vars as metadata values
  1139. neko : added getFieldsNames to neko.db.ResultSet (supported in Neko 1.8.2 mysql driver)
  1140. all : added --macro and haxe.macro.Compiler
  1141. all : allow macro type patches
  1142. flash9 : changed --gen-hx-classes implementation
  1143. now use 'haxe -swf-lib lib.swf --gen-hx-classes' instead
  1144. flash9 : added @:getter and @:setter
  1145. all : added @:require
  1146. flash9 : moved vector utils functions from flash.Lib to flash.Vector
  1147. flash9 : added support for FP 10.1 and 10.2
  1148. flash9 : added @:meta(Meta(k="v")) support
  1149. all : improved #if support (fixed ! precedence)
  1150. all : lookup unqualified types in all package hierarchy and not only in current package
  1151. flash : set default flash version to 10 (-swf9 deprecated, use -swf-version 8 for avm1)
  1152. php : added --php-lib to allow to rename the destination path of the generated lib
  1153. all : added --dead-code-elimination, removes unused functions from the output
  1154. (beta feature could not make in the final release)
  1155. all : added @:keep to prevent --dead-code-elimination of class/method
  1156. flash9 : fixed issues with loading a Haxe SWF (boot_XXXX class extends flash.Boot)
  1157. all : allow to inline override methods (if the superclass method is not inlined already)
  1158. all : fixed escape sequences in literal regular expressions
  1159. flash9 : fixed Xml.setNodeValue
  1160. all : removed -excluded, replaced by --macro excludeFile('filename')
  1161. all : added --macro exclude('package') and --macro include('package')
  1162. all : importing a typedef of an enum allow to access its constructors
  1163. all : removed String.cca (replaced by StringTools.fastCodeAt + StringTools.isEOF)
  1164. flash9 : fixed use of default values when null is passed for nullable basic types
  1165. all : fixed issues with inlining and class/function type parameters
  1166. all : big speedup for compiler internal completion
  1167. all : added --macro keepClass('classname')
  1168. flash9 : fixed Xml.nodeValue for comments (does not include <!--/-->)
  1169. all : added named local functions (allow self-recursion)
  1170. all : use left-assoc for (==,!=,>,>=,<,<=)(==,!=,>,>=,<,<=) (&&)(&&) and (||)(||)
  1171. all : give prefix unary operators higher priority than ?:
  1172. php : fixed XML parsing
  1173. cpp : many fixes
  1174. 2010-08-14: 2.06
  1175. neko : change serializer to be able to handle instances of basic classes from other modules
  1176. js : add Document.createTextNode
  1177. all : bugfix with inline when modifying var with same name as one of current local
  1178. flash9 : classes implementing ArrayAccess<T> are now dynamic (including TypedDictionary)
  1179. all : allow "using" on typedefs
  1180. as3 : minor fixes in genas3 and --gen-hx-classes
  1181. as3 : fix with readonly/writeonly properties accesses
  1182. flash9 : list native getter/setters in Type API class/instance fields
  1183. all : make haxe.rtti.Generic typing lazy (fix for self-recursion)
  1184. all : allow haxe.rtti.Generic + inheritance
  1185. all : added resource size limit to 12MB (ocaml max_string_size is 16MB + b64)
  1186. flash : changes in swf handling to work with >16MB swfs
  1187. flash9 : only init dynamic methods if not already defined (in subclass)
  1188. std : added haxe.SHA1
  1189. compiler : added TCast, allow cast optimization on flash9/cpp
  1190. as3 : fixed Std.__init__ generating 'null'
  1191. compiler : fixed -no-opt
  1192. flash : allow several -swf-lib
  1193. no longer support automatic creation of classes for f8 swfs in f9 mode
  1194. classes defined in f9 swf are not redefinable in Haxe code (use extern)
  1195. flash9 : allow direct access and completion with classes defined in -swf-lib's
  1196. flash9 : remove imported libraries debug infos when not compiled with -debug
  1197. all : only display errors with --display if no completion matched
  1198. all : some completion related errors fixed
  1199. flash9 : added @:bind support
  1200. all : fixed StringTools.hex with negative numbers
  1201. flash9 : fixed Type.typeof(1<<28) was TFloat
  1202. flash9 : use flash.XML parser for Xml class implementation
  1203. neko : fixed Array.splice (was not setting null at end of array)
  1204. neko : rewrote Array class using neko.NativeArray
  1205. all : core classes implementation are now in std/(platform)/_std
  1206. all : added @:final support
  1207. all : added haxe.rtti.Meta
  1208. flash9 : added flash.desktop.Clipboard* classes (added in flash10)
  1209. as3 : fixed Date.toString issue in flash.Boot (now use .toStringHX instead)
  1210. this will only work if .toString called explicitely on Date class
  1211. all : only allow "using" on Dynamic if first parameter is Dynamic
  1212. php : haxe.Http now supports Https connections when OpenSSL extension is enabled (issue 143)
  1213. php : fixed enum constructors sequence (issue 142)
  1214. php : added error message when using 2 fields with different cases in the same class/enum
  1215. php : fixed field declaration for properties with getter and setter (issue 124)
  1216. php : fixed comparison issues between strings (issue 132)
  1217. php : enhanced FileInput.readLine using native fgets function (issue 103)
  1218. flash9 : renamed flash.Error to flash.errors.Error
  1219. php : removed eval() everywhere and simplified _hx_lambda
  1220. php : fixed return type for Std.string() with integers and floats
  1221. php : fixed php.Lib.rethrow
  1222. all : added custom Haxe serialization
  1223. php : aligned php.Web.parseMultipart signature with neko implementation
  1224. cpp : Added source location and stack dump for errors in debug mode
  1225. cpp : Remapped more keywords
  1226. cpp : Added templated fast iterator code for arrays and FastLists
  1227. cpp : Added option for tracing GC references in debug mode
  1228. cpp : Switch the native string implementation from wchar_t to utf8 - for regex speed
  1229. cpp : Added extra "()" to ensure correct order of operations
  1230. cpp : Fixed various bugs for unusual (and not so unusual) language constructs
  1231. cpp : Fixed order of enum generation from index
  1232. cpp : Added __unsafe_get and __unsafe_set to Array as possible optimizations
  1233. cpp : Default to mult-thread compiling on windows for cl version >= 14
  1234. cpp : Seed Math.random
  1235. cpp : Use strftime for Dates
  1236. cpp : Fix socket sellect passing _s
  1237. cpp : Throw error when match count does not match regex
  1238. cpp : Improve register capture in GC
  1239. cpp : Fix Dynamic integer compare
  1240. cpp : Implement makeVarArgs
  1241. cpp : Fix toString for nulls in Enums and Arrays
  1242. cpp : Added initial Android support
  1243. cpp : Move initializers to entry functions in standard ndlls.
  1244. cpp : Changes some CFFI register funtions to char*, from wchar_t*
  1245. cpp : Added some initial support for v8 script target
  1246. cpp : Use non-recursive GC marking to avoid overflow in big lists
  1247. cpp : Added __hxcpp_obj_id
  1248. 2010-01-09: 2.05
  1249. js : added js.Scroll
  1250. js : package names are now checked at runtime to avoid clashes with existing libs
  1251. js : added --js-namespace to create a namespace for types that are defined in the root
  1252. all : updated xml output and html doc - add inline, override, dynamic functions support
  1253. all : added error when comparing enum with arguments
  1254. all : optimize constant equality for enums
  1255. flash9 : fixed verify error with inline + null type
  1256. flash9 : bugfix when overriding/implementing an method with an applied type parameter
  1257. php : fixed issues with classes that implement Dynamic
  1258. all : ignore #! line at beginning of the hx file
  1259. haxelib : added tags, added documentation
  1260. flash8 : don't use b64 encoding for text ressources
  1261. php : fixed bug in Hash.exists for null values and Reflect.callMethod
  1262. js/flash9 : throw exception in Xml.parse when unclosed node
  1263. all : improve return type progagation in inlined expression (fix some VerifyErrors)
  1264. all : optimize {const} into const
  1265. all : added structure / Dynamic<T> subtyping
  1266. all : fixed List.map2 error when inline + optional args
  1267. flash9 : encode all ISO constant strings into UTF8 at compilation time
  1268. all : allow hxml with only -cmd statements
  1269. spod : moved Manager.addQuote to Connection.addValue
  1270. flash9 : removed .iterator() from Vector (not implementable)
  1271. all : fixed haxe.rtti.Generic on interfaces
  1272. php : fixed issue with Reflect.callMethod
  1273. php : fixed issue with PHP reserved word used in callbacks
  1274. all : bugfix with non-constant enums in switches
  1275. flash9 : fix for interfaces (use namespace)
  1276. all : "using" now works for identifiers in member methods
  1277. flash9 : bugfix with switch on some big integers
  1278. all : bugfix when optimizing (function(x) return x)(x)
  1279. neko : improved speed of Xml.toString()
  1280. all : added -D dump (for debugging purposes)
  1281. neko : added neko.Web.isTora
  1282. php : added php.db.PDO (php.db.Sqlite is now deprecated)
  1283. php : fixed bug in Type.getClassFields() that reported duplicated entries
  1284. php : fixed errror in XML error reporting
  1285. all : allow sub-types declarations everywhere (pack.Type.Sub)
  1286. all : added completion for sub-types declarations
  1287. all : improved completion with lambda function
  1288. as3 : several generation fixes
  1289. all : bugfix haxe.rtti.Generic on private class
  1290. php/js/cpp : sanitize binary expressions to prevent inlining errors
  1291. spod : remove object from cache when deleted
  1292. 2009-07-26: 2.04
  1293. flash9 : fixed get_full_path error with -D fdb
  1294. js : fixed Array.remove on IE
  1295. flash8 : removed extra empty AS3 tag (causing some issue with F8 loadMovie)
  1296. improved speed of Bytes unserializing (no need for BytesBuffer)
  1297. flash9 : bugfix, Null<Typedef> was generating dynamic code
  1298. flash9 : added error message in flash.Vector if used without flash 10
  1299. flash9 : fixed some "never" property access issues
  1300. all : added "never" property access support for all platforms
  1301. js : small syntax fix with value-blocks
  1302. js : fixed Type.enumEq with null values
  1303. js/flash8 : use &0xFF in haxe.io.Bytes.set
  1304. flash9 : fixed switch on Null<Int> verify error
  1305. flash9 : fixes related to UInt type + error when using Int/UInt comparison
  1306. as3 : improved Vector support, inline flash.Lib.as
  1307. as3 : bugfix with skip_constructor
  1308. as3 : added Enum.__constructs__ (allow Type.getEnumConstructs)
  1309. as3 : make all constructor parameters optional (allow Type.createEmptyInstance)
  1310. as3 : bugfix with property access inside setter (stack overflow)
  1311. all : Enum is now Enum<T>
  1312. all : added Type.createEnumIndex
  1313. all : forbid same name for static+instance field (not supported on several platforms)
  1314. all : renamed haxe.Http.request to "requestUrl"
  1315. all : renamed neko.zip.Compress/Uncompress.run to "execute"
  1316. spod : fix very rare issue with relations and transactions
  1317. compiler : added TClosure - optimize closure creation and ease code generation
  1318. cpp : added CPP platform
  1319. all : added 'using' syntax
  1320. neko : added 'domains' optional param to ThreadRemotingServer to answer policy-file-request
  1321. php : fixed php.db.Mysql so that getResult is consistent with Neko behavior
  1322. php : fixed __toString for anonymouse objects
  1323. php : fixed bug in overridden dynamic functions
  1324. php : fixed round to be consistent with other platforms
  1325. php : fixed bug concatenating two dynamic variables
  1326. php : php.Lib.rethrow now works as expected
  1327. flash9 : fixed bug with SWC output and recursive types
  1328. flash8 : fixed inversed arguments in __new__
  1329. neko : added neko.net.Socket.setFastSend
  1330. php: fixed String.charCodeAt
  1331. php: minor optimization (removed foreach from std code)
  1332. php: implemented haxe.Stack
  1333. php: changed exception handler to use Haxe call stack
  1334. php: changed special vars to use the '\xBB' prefix instead of __
  1335. php: fixed use of reserved keywords for var names
  1336. php: List iterator is now class based (faster)
  1337. php: fixed behavior of class variables having assigned functions
  1338. php: fixed php.db.Manager (was uncorrectly removing superclass fields)
  1339. php: added support for native Iterator and IteratorAggregate interfaces
  1340. all : added --display classes and --display keywords
  1341. all : fixed issue with optional parameters in inline functions
  1342. all : allow implementing interfaces with inline methods
  1343. all : enable inlining for getter/setter/iterator/resolve/using
  1344. 2009-03-22: 2.03
  1345. optimized Type.enumEq : use index instead of tag comparison for neko/flash9/php
  1346. bugfix for flash.display.BitmapDataChannel and GraphicsPathCommand (allow inline static)
  1347. resolve environment variable in -cmd commands
  1348. added flash.Vector.indexOf and lastIndexOf
  1349. fixed bug in interfaces that define the method toString (Haxe/PHP)
  1350. fixed bug in haxe.io.BytesInput.readBytes in Flash9 (was throwing Eof if full buffer can't be read)
  1351. fixed implements/extends special classes when they are imported
  1352. StringBuf now uses an array for JS implementation (around same on FF, faster on IE)
  1353. fixed assignment of field length in anonym objects (Haxe/PHP)
  1354. fixed addEventListener typing for flash9
  1355. fixed __vector__ generation for AS3 target
  1356. fix with inline functions : position is now the inserted position and not the original one (better error reporting)
  1357. added SWC output support
  1358. fixed issues with unset of values in for loops and executing blocks that return functions (Haxe/PHP)
  1359. "throw" type is now Unknown instead of Dynamic (prevent type-hole in "if A else if B else throw")
  1360. added __foreach__ for flash9/as3
  1361. fixed f9 verify error with different kind of functions
  1362. moved eof() from neko.io.FileOutput to FileInput
  1363. added haxe.rtti.HtmlEditor
  1364. added neko.db.Manager.setLockMode
  1365. genAS3 : fixed Error classes issues
  1366. genAS3 : fixed default basic type value in interfaces
  1367. flash9 : fixed UInt default parameter verify error
  1368. flash9 : fixed issue with flash.* string enums verify error
  1369. compiler : allowed \r line separators for HXML files
  1370. flash9 : fixed verify error with loop variable beeing a specific class
  1371. compiler : prevent truncating float dynamic values to int when using numerical operations
  1372. neko.db.Manager fix : synchronize fields after locking an unlocked cached object
  1373. compiler : fixed issue with cascading inline+haxe.rtti.Generic
  1374. optimizer : reduce constant int/float/bool expressions and immediate function calls
  1375. flash9/as3/php : don't add Boot.skip_constructor test if no side effects in constructor
  1376. compiler : added --no-opt to disable expr reduction
  1377. compiler : separated basic and advanced commandline options
  1378. compiler : fixed printing of sub-function types
  1379. genHX : fixed generation of classes that extends another class (shouldn't be turned into enums)
  1380. speedup Array.remove on flash9/js
  1381. 2008-11-23: 2.02
  1382. Std.is(MyInterface, Class) now returns true (Haxe/PHP)
  1383. php arrays are wrapped into _hx_array instances, fixes issues with references (array cast, access out of bounds ...)
  1384. removed untested php classes (php.DBase, php.IniHash)
  1385. added -D use_rtti_doc
  1386. flash.Lib.getTimer() now returns Int and is inlined
  1387. fixed php.FileSystem.stat
  1388. added memory related functions to php.Sys
  1389. added error when trying to extend Array, String, Date and Xml
  1390. fixed handling of implements ArrayAccess
  1391. fixed some minor things in flash10 api
  1392. switch/for/while/do/try/if are no longer using parse_next (parenthesises requ. instead)
  1393. fixed Type.typeof and Std.is in case of too much large integers for Flash6-8/JS
  1394. haxe.xml.Check : treat comments the same as PCDATA spaces
  1395. haxe.io.BytesData now uses strings instead of arrays for PHP
  1396. compiler : optimized line calculus from ast position
  1397. lexer : allow identifiers starting with _[0-9]
  1398. fixed access to flash.Vector methods : use AS3 namespace (faster)
  1399. bugfix in inline functions : modifying a parameter can't modify a real local var anymore
  1400. bugfix in inline functions : handle class type parameters and method type parameters
  1401. fixed issue with Int default value for Float parameter
  1402. flash9 : bugfix when using the retval after setting a closure variable
  1403. added flash.Memory API for flash10 alchemy opcodes access
  1404. changed #if as3gen to #if as3 when generating as3 code
  1405. fixed as3 flash.Vector generation
  1406. fixed haxe.io.BytesOutput for flash9 : set default to little-endian
  1407. some flash9 fixes related to extern enums
  1408. updated flash.text.engine package with haxe enums
  1409. flash9 : use target file path for Boot unique ID instead of random number
  1410. as3 : fixed bug when anonymous field was a reserved identifier
  1411. flash9 : added flash.Lib.vectorOfArray and vectorConvert for flash10
  1412. added -D check-js-packages to allow several haxe-generated js files in same page
  1413. 2008-10-04: 2.01
  1414. fixed php.Sys
  1415. added neko.NativeString and neko.NativeArray
  1416. fixed php.Boot.__string_rec() when invoked from toString
  1417. fixed null references in class constructors for array arguments
  1418. fixed Type.enumParameters() and Type.typeOf() for PHP
  1419. fixed SPOD/MySql for PHP
  1420. fixed php.net.Socket.setTimeout(), php.io.Process
  1421. fixed php.Web.setCookie() for expire time
  1422. fixed php rethrow in catches and added the possibility to catch native exceptions
  1423. added runttime check for php.io.Socket.shutdown (uses fclose in php 5.1.x)
  1424. allowed optional Context in remoting connections
  1425. fixed extern classes for flash < 8
  1426. fixed inherited protected/private properties in as3 SWF library
  1427. fixed haxe.io float/double in Neko (when bigEndian was null)
  1428. added __FSCommand2__ support
  1429. optimized haxe.Unserializer (use faster buffer access)
  1430. use "Dynamic" instead of Dynamic->Void for flash9 IEventDispatcher
  1431. always use full classes paths for genAS3
  1432. prevent different get/set property accesses when implementing an interface
  1433. fixed assign of dynamicfunction references in PHP
  1434. Haxe/PHP now generates code for extern classes __init__
  1435. added strings literal support in haxe.Template
  1436. fixed Process arguments and exitCode() in Haxe/PHP
  1437. fixed hierarchy problem for classes with the name from different packages Haxe/PHP
  1438. php.db.Mysql now throws an exception when tries to connect to an unexistant DB
  1439. fixed blocks in if statements for Haxe/PHP
  1440. added php check on the full hierarchy for colliding names
  1441. added support for "g" modifier in EReg for PHP
  1442. PHP now generates __toString for classes that have toString defined
  1443. implemented php.Lib.getClasses()
  1444. fixed duplicate fields in Type.getInstanceFields on subclass
  1445. Enum is no longer defined inside Type but is standalone class
  1446. fixed Date.getDay on Neko/Windows (use %w instead of %u)
  1447. fixed memory leak with PHP closures
  1448. fixed wrong scope in PHP closures
  1449. fixed Array.reverse() in PHP
  1450. fixed Reflect.compareMethods in Neko (require Neko 1.8.0)
  1451. fixed flash7-8 register usage for __init__ and static variables initialization
  1452. moved StringTools.baseEncode/Decode to haxe.BaseCode
  1453. fixed binary resources for Flash, JS and PHP outputs
  1454. fixed compiler bug with inline + optional arguments
  1455. fixed Type.createInstance and createEmptyInstance with Array for flash6-8
  1456. 2008-07-28: 2.0
  1457. fixed current package bug in inherited constructor type
  1458. delayed type-parameter constraints check (allow mutual rec extends for SPOD)
  1459. improved unclosed macro error reporting
  1460. Haxe/PHP integration
  1461. renamed NekoSocketConnection to SyncSocketConnection (php support)
  1462. fixes in genAs3
  1463. fix for flash9 : always coerce call return type
  1464. set all private+protected names from SWF lib to public (allow override+reflect)
  1465. flash9 : use findprop instead of findpropstrict for 'this' access (allow dynamic)
  1466. don't allow nullness changes in overrided/implemented
  1467. prevent typing hole with overridden polymorphic methods
  1468. added neko.vm.Mutex and neko.vm.Deque (included in neko 1.7.1)
  1469. added package remapping using --remap
  1470. 2008-07-17: 2.0-RC1
  1471. genneko : remove big array error (fixed in neko 1.7.1)
  1472. fixed neko.net.ThreadRemotingServer.onXML
  1473. genswf9 : fixed verify error with Null<Class> (was using dynamic access)
  1474. small patch for jsfl support
  1475. added .cca for faster string operations on Flash9/Flash/JS
  1476. bugfix with inlined local variables
  1477. upgraded flash9 api to flex3/player 9.0.115
  1478. override is now mandatory, no more --override
  1479. dynamic is now a keyword
  1480. f9dynamic is now dynamic and is mandatory on all platforms
  1481. public/private/dynamic are inherited by default when overriding a method
  1482. removed Reflect.empty() : use {} instead
  1483. changed #else by #elseif, added #else
  1484. flash9 : optimized Hash,IntHash,StringBuf (use typed value)
  1485. Reflect.field/setField/callMethod , Type.enumIndex and StringBuf methods are now inlined
  1486. optimized haxe.Md5 : don't use statics
  1487. allow up to 8 parameters in Reflect.createInstance
  1488. flash9 : some minor optimizations in haxe.Serializer
  1489. added haxe.io package (removed things from neko.io)
  1490. __resolve becomes resolve (and should be documented)
  1491. added haxe.Int32
  1492. removed neko.Int32
  1493. removed neko.io.Input/Output/Eof/Error/Logger/Multiple/StringInput/StringOutput
  1494. removed neko.net.RemotingServer
  1495. changed neko apis to use haxe.io and Bytes instead of String buffers
  1496. fixed big bug in js/flash8 debug stack handling
  1497. complete rewrite of haxe.remoting package
  1498. haxe.io.Bytes serialization support (replace deprecated string support)
  1499. removed === and !==
  1500. removed Std.bool
  1501. fixed : Reflect.field(null) in flash9 doesn't throw an error anymore
  1502. removed Type.toClass and Type.toEnum
  1503. Dynamic type is now a class and not an enum
  1504. moved reflection support for core types from Boot to Std
  1505. fixed Type.getClassName/getEnumName/resolve for core flash9 types
  1506. renamed haxe.rtti.Type to haxe.rtti.CType (with changes in prefix)
  1507. added haxe.TimerQueue, added haxe.Timer.delay, remove haxe.Timer.delayed
  1508. flash9 : bugfix, generated interfaces were empty
  1509. fixed bug while writing block-vars in flash/js
  1510. added parameters default value (constants)
  1511. removed Std.resource, Std.ord, Std.chr
  1512. added haxe.Resource, allow binary data in resources
  1513. added Type.createEnum
  1514. check that local variables get correctly initialized before usage
  1515. haxe.Stack support for flash9
  1516. 2008-04-05: 1.19
  1517. fixed flash9 Array.toString
  1518. fixed inline return bug
  1519. added haxe.rtti.Generic behavior
  1520. added haxe.FastList
  1521. bugfix to prevent recursive anonymous
  1522. fixed some incorrectly reported "recursive inline" errors
  1523. fixes in genas3 + genswf9 for Dynamic/* in methods
  1524. {} is now an empty object and not an empty block
  1525. fixed some verify errors left in flash9
  1526. fixed private/protected differences in gen-hx-classes
  1527. genswf9 : allowed to store a Class in a typed register
  1528. fixed switch-on-bool (don't use matching)
  1529. genswf9 : optimized switch on ints
  1530. some renames in haxe.rtti.Type
  1531. added flash.utils.TypedDictionary for F9
  1532. genswf9 : fixe debug filename with inline code
  1533. fixed completion for packages starting with 'a' or 'z'
  1534. added flash9.Lib.as
  1535. prevent double Movieclip class declaration when linking flash9 lib
  1536. allow numerical operations on type parameters constraint by Float
  1537. genswf9 : fixed dynamic inheritance
  1538. 2008-02-23: 1.18
  1539. some optimization and bugfix for as3 codegen
  1540. bugfix : allow bitmaps and fonts classes for F9 library
  1541. bugfix : neko.Web.setCookie
  1542. bugfix : as3 switches in -swf-lib, and enable to "repair" corrupted as3 bytecode
  1543. fixed --i return value in flash9
  1544. fixed some transforms in flash9
  1545. added js.Selection
  1546. simplified js.Dom (more events)
  1547. added haxe.xml.Fast.innerHTML
  1548. added Reflect.compare
  1549. fixed "".split() in Neko (now returns [""] instead of [])
  1550. bugfix for swf-lib f9 classes ordering
  1551. added EReg.customReplace
  1552. added neko.Lib.lazyLoad and improved neko.net.Poll for Neko 1.6.1
  1553. prevented static fields in interfaces
  1554. added neko.Sys.cpuTime()
  1555. fix for protected as3 classes
  1556. added support for flash9 XML (in flash.xml package)
  1557. added neko.vm.Tls for Neko 1.6.1
  1558. added --no-inline
  1559. renamed neko.zip.File to neko.zip.Reader
  1560. added neko.zip.Writer and neko.zip.CRC32
  1561. fixed multilevel Transform.block_vars
  1562. added js.SWFObject
  1563. fixes for if/switch with null or Null<T> on Flash9
  1564. 2008-01-13: 1.17
  1565. fixed Int32.compare, added Int32.read and Int32.write
  1566. fixed type of unitialized registers in flash9
  1567. fixed Sqlite transactions (commit and rollback now restart a transaction)
  1568. several flash9 optimizations
  1569. flash9 debug support (with -D fdb)
  1570. set align to TopLeft if not defined for flash9
  1571. added neko.vm.Gc
  1572. fixed Null should not be a value
  1573. bugfix in serialization format with USE_ENUM_INDEXES
  1574. added apis in DateTools for time manipulation
  1575. bugfix in flash9 : strictly typed local vars used in local functions
  1576. always force swf version and sandbox redefinition
  1577. added as3hl layer
  1578. merge as3 classes
  1579. use flash9 fast switch for enums
  1580. always use match for enums (no switch even if constant)
  1581. fixed DateTools.format %I and %l in Flash/JS
  1582. securized Hash for JS and Flash
  1583. compiletime F9 class generation for F8 swflib
  1584. optimized for loops (Array and IntIter)
  1585. added #line support
  1586. more f9 Null<T> support for "if" and array declarations
  1587. more neko.Web.setCookie parameters
  1588. added "inline" for methods and static vars
  1589. fixed % type in flash9
  1590. 2007-10-31: 1.16
  1591. use _sans font for default flash traces (better Linux support)
  1592. fixed haxe.remoting.Connection compilation for Flash<8
  1593. added fix to prevent 64K identifiers limit on Flash<9
  1594. ensure order of anonymous fields initialization
  1595. fixed haxe.remoting.Connection.urlConnect in JS
  1596. use amortized O(1) for Neko Array implementation
  1597. ndlls libraries should now use .neko() instead of __a
  1598. allowed 'u' utf8 for regexp (needs Neko 1.6.1 regexp.ndll on windows)
  1599. onclick and onsubmit JS events returns Bool
  1600. fixed inherited constructor of extern class was always private
  1601. fixed Ereg.split without 'g' flag on JS/Flash9
  1602. fixed haxe.Stack in JS without -debug
  1603. added support for -D no-swf-compress
  1604. fixed ByteArray.readObject
  1605. fixed implements Dynamic in Flash9
  1606. removed neko.io.FileInput.eof, fixed neko.io.Input.readLine
  1607. fixed haxe.Template for Flash9
  1608. added neko.Sys.command optional array of arguments
  1609. removed haxe.Proxy
  1610. added flash.XMLRequest
  1611. fixed Type.enumParameters for Neko
  1612. guaranteed order of Type.getEnumConstructs same as code
  1613. used index-based dispatch for enums
  1614. added Type.enumIndex
  1615. fixed enum.toString for Flash and JS
  1616. support for -Dnetwork-sandbox
  1617. trim -cp and -resource
  1618. various genas3 fixes
  1619. 2007-08-29: 1.15
  1620. fixed bug with Enum.construct when Enum have type parameters
  1621. change with "untyped" : arguments types are checked (because of opt select)
  1622. haxedoc : fixed type parameters display
  1623. fix for JS and Flash9 XML parser : allow newlines in attributes
  1624. disable Flash9 resources with AS3Gen
  1625. error on extra anonymous fields
  1626. error on too much big neko array declaration (neko 1.6 max_stack limit)
  1627. fixed Flash9 statics slots (FP 9,0,60 compatibility)
  1628. fixed Flash9 Type.getClassName
  1629. optional enums arguments on Flash9 are now automatically Null
  1630. forbid usage of type parameters in static functions
  1631. fixed Std.int with negative numbers
  1632. fixed some F9 issues with Haxe-specific Array, Date and Math methods
  1633. used AS3 namespace for F9 Array and String instance methods
  1634. fixed F9 with uninitialized integer registers
  1635. fixed F9 + operator with Dynamic/Null operands
  1636. added Enum subtyping
  1637. fix with remoting threadserver and exceptions
  1638. fixed Flash9 dynamic runtime type field access
  1639. fixed very tricky typing bug with constructors inheritance
  1640. fixed some documentation related parser bug
  1641. fixed stack overflow with static setter
  1642. fixed package completion bug when -cp points to an not existing dir
  1643. fix duplicate sandboxes tags with -swf
  1644. __resolve in Haxe Remoting is now public
  1645. 2007-07-25: 1.14
  1646. fixed no error when invalid "catch" expression
  1647. remove variance
  1648. fixed prototype bug in neko when "Main" class is defined
  1649. fixed flash9 xml iterator methods
  1650. bugfix in flash9 ByteArray serialization
  1651. fixed genAS3 conflicting classes and interfaces
  1652. preserve neko output file extension
  1653. added flash.Event for Flash9
  1654. added --no-output
  1655. fixed neko.net.Socket peer and host methods
  1656. added neko.io.Process and neko.vm.Ui
  1657. added haxe.xml.Proxy
  1658. some flash6 fixes
  1659. allowed simplequotes for xml attributes in Flash9 and JS
  1660. flash9 optimizing compiler
  1661. new faster neko binary AST
  1662. added haxe.remoting.NekoSocketConnection and SocketProtocol
  1663. don't allow for...in iteration with Dynamic or Unknown
  1664. added flash9 resources
  1665. fixed precedence of ternary operator ?:
  1666. 2007-05-18: 1.13
  1667. fixed bug with local variable masking package in catch type
  1668. fixed "Not_found" when enum params differs
  1669. added "override" for AS3 generator
  1670. fixed stack overflow in typedefs
  1671. added haxe.Timer.queue, removed delayedArg (use callback instead)
  1672. fixed haxe.remoting.SocketConnection (msg invertions might occur)
  1673. add uniqueness check for switch constants
  1674. js : HtmlCollection and MetaDom.childNodes are not true Arrays
  1675. allowed semicolon after typedef declaration
  1676. fixed in-loop closure usage of "for" variable for Flash and JS
  1677. added neko.net.ThreadRemotingServer.onXml (to handle crossdomain xml)
  1678. more accurate stack trace for socket remoting
  1679. prevent some memory leak in haxe.Timer / JS
  1680. added flash fullscreen support
  1681. added cond?a:b syntax support
  1682. added utf8 buffer api
  1683. added haxelib "dev" mode
  1684. renamed Http.asyncRequest to customRequest
  1685. add classes to Neko module export table
  1686. fixed parametrized enums for Flash6
  1687. fixed bug with completion and interfaces
  1688. fixed --flash-use-stage in Flash9
  1689. 2007-03-06: 1.12
  1690. added flash lite support with -D flash_lite
  1691. bugfix for Unknown<X> should Unknown<X>
  1692. prevent some exceptions in neko.net.ProxyDetect
  1693. fixed ByteArray serialization
  1694. added neko.Int32
  1695. added -x for fast neko scripting
  1696. prevent locals from breaking class access (works with imports)
  1697. fix in function overriding subtyping
  1698. added haxe.remoting.FlashJsConnection
  1699. fixed tar support in neko.zip.File
  1700. ide completion support using --display
  1701. give access to neko.net.Host ip (as Int32)
  1702. fixed bug when calling super.UpperCaseMethod()
  1703. hide additional flash Array methods
  1704. allow leading comma in anonymous types
  1705. added haxe.Public interface
  1706. added AS3 code generator
  1707. field lookup gives priority to superclass over interfaces
  1708. improved haxedoc output
  1709. fixed bug in neko regexp split/replace when empty match at eol
  1710. fixed bug in flash 6-7-8 resources generation
  1711. 2007-01-28: 1.11
  1712. changed StringBuf.add implementation
  1713. added haxe.Firebug
  1714. allowed variable return type for overridden/implemented methods
  1715. display error position in front of each error line
  1716. improved error messages when optional arguments not matched
  1717. added neko.io.Path
  1718. added neko.net.ProxyDetect
  1719. bugfix in unify : prevent recursive anonymous objects
  1720. haxe.Http call "prepare" only if size is known
  1721. added multiple expressions in "case"
  1722. serialization : deprecated old string format, use urlEncode/Decode
  1723. added flash9 bytearray serialization (to binary string, for neko com)
  1724. fixed Type.typeof on some flash9 instances
  1725. no more dontUseCache (haxe.Serializer.USE_CACHE, default to false)
  1726. small genxml/haxedoc improvements
  1727. added Type.enumEq
  1728. local function parameters are now inferred in several cases
  1729. optional RTTI for Spod Object
  1730. bugfix related to callback in neko code generator
  1731. more type error stack (now includes type parameters)
  1732. type system fixes in anonymous subtyping
  1733. added Iterable<T>, changed Lambda
  1734. added TAR and GZIP support to neko.io.Zip
  1735. compute minimal array content type
  1736. fixes in enum switchs
  1737. 2007-01-01: 1.10
  1738. fix in haxe.remoting.SocketConnection.readAnswer
  1739. fix in postfix incr/decr and getter/setter
  1740. added haxe.Http.fileTransfert for Neko
  1741. fixed haxelib to 1.02 (use multipart file transfert)
  1742. fixed Array.reverse
  1743. added flash.Lib.getURL and fscommand for Flash9
  1744. fixed some ignored parse errors
  1745. fixed minor syntax : immediate object access
  1746. allow extend/implements a typedef
  1747. fixed Flash9 AMF remoting
  1748. fixed Flash9 bugs in Date object
  1749. fixed dynamic Array typing bug
  1750. allowed typedef private field access
  1751. added Class<T> base class type
  1752. AsyncConnection.call callback is now optional
  1753. fixed if/switch with no else/default compilation
  1754. moved Reflect.createInstance to Type
  1755. added Reflect.makeVarArgs
  1756. haXelib 1.03 : several developers per project + web interface
  1757. 2006-11-22: 1.09
  1758. added neko.vm.Module and neko.vm.Loader
  1759. haxelib : allowed spaces in "run" arguments
  1760. allowed Thread comparison
  1761. fixed bug in SWF6 compilation
  1762. allowed either Mysql or Mysql5 usage
  1763. replaced db.Connection.hasFeature by db.Connection.dbName
  1764. added Socket.custom field
  1765. moved neko.Thread to neko.vm.Thread
  1766. define haxe_109 (for api changes)
  1767. fixes in haxe.remoting.Connection and haxe.Unserializer for F9
  1768. added haxe.remoting.Connection.urlConnect for JS
  1769. allowed private typedef fields
  1770. added neko.net.ThreadServer, ThreadRemotingServer and Poll
  1771. removed neko.net.RemotingBuffer
  1772. relaxed enums switchs (allow value in first case)
  1773. changed "cast" codegeneration (fix some F9 usages)
  1774. change in POST data handling in mod_neko (max 256K, except multipart)
  1775. added neko.Web.getClientHeaders and neko.Web.flush
  1776. "callback" is now a keyword
  1777. fixed stack overflow when typedef = Dynamic
  1778. fixed Reflect.createInstance on F9
  1779. Array : slice optional length, fixed neko slice & splice
  1780. + fixed cast return type
  1781. 2006-10-29: 1.08
  1782. fixed bug in flash -debug
  1783. fixed Sqlite result .length
  1784. fixed missing "." in OSX/Linux default classpath
  1785. fixed haxelib NDLL autoloading on OSX
  1786. fixed bug in deserialization of "\\\r" sequence
  1787. added inheritance and fields getter/setter to xml output
  1788. haxedoc 2.0
  1789. fixed neko native enum serialization
  1790. fixed "all constructors matched" for enums without params
  1791. fixed returned value semantics in neko (prevent remoting leak)
  1792. more documentation
  1793. added haxe.rtti package (classes can implement haxe.rtti.Infos)
  1794. fixed windows line endings in exclude files under linux/osx
  1795. fixed small bug in "cast" syntax
  1796. added "callback" for partial function application
  1797. added --auto-xml for future haxeFD usage
  1798. fixed Reflect.isFunction
  1799. minor bugfix in JS code generator
  1800. new neko.net package
  1801. allow recursive remoting proxys (skip instead of error)
  1802. added neko.Thread and neko.Lock MultiThread classes
  1803. added neko.net.ServerLoop for multiple clients handling
  1804. 2006-09-11: 1.07
  1805. fixed resources in Neko
  1806. typedef, override, package and f9dynamic are now keywords
  1807. slighly changed error format output
  1808. fixed "undefined" serialization and Type.typeof
  1809. some fixes in haxelib
  1810. set default classpath for non windows systems
  1811. added variance
  1812. fixed bug in bounded type parameters
  1813. fixed scope bug in try/catch with Flash9
  1814. added remoting over XMLSocket and LocalConnection for Flash9
  1815. fixed Std.is(*,null) = false
  1816. allowed >64K Haxe/neko strings
  1817. -debug and stack traces support for Flash and JS
  1818. minor changes in xml output
  1819. 2006-08-28: 1.06
  1820. allowed extern enums
  1821. use only matching construct when parameters are matched
  1822. fixed bug preventing & char to be sent between JS and Flash remoting
  1823. improved flash9 api (more strict)
  1824. flash9 xml : use JS ReXml parser
  1825. added neko.io package (Input/Output)
  1826. moved neko.File and neko.Socket to neko.io package
  1827. fixed flash optional arguments (when extending flash.MC)
  1828. fixed neko native serialization problems
  1829. variable modification does not have side effects in 'for x in a...b'
  1830. jit disabled by default for neko web server
  1831. enable flash7-8 libraries usage from flash9
  1832. unknown identifier become "class not found" when representing a classpath
  1833. changed haxe.PosInfos handling
  1834. added -debug (removed --flash-debug) effective on flash9 and neko only now
  1835. added Type.typeof
  1836. improved Serializer speed
  1837. added Serialization support for Date, Hash, IntHash, List
  1838. added flash9 and JS IE/Opera class reflection
  1839. added haxe.xml.Check and haxe.xml.Fast
  1840. added Xml.parent
  1841. added haxelib
  1842. added ArrayAccess interface
  1843. 2006-08-16: 1.05
  1844. moved Md5 to haxe package.
  1845. some method renamed in neko.FileSystem.
  1846. added neko.remoting.Server.setLogger
  1847. fixed bug in haxe.Serializer on neko (was preventing List serialization)
  1848. fixed bugs in Haxe.Unserializer on neko (invalid enum tag & pbs with UTF8 strings)
  1849. fixed sqlite escape & quote , added BOOL support
  1850. allowed direct property access in getter/setter (prevent rec loop)
  1851. allowed event-driven neko http requests
  1852. forbidden "name" static in js
  1853. don't allow variable redeclaration in subclasses
  1854. added && || and ! in conditional compilation rules
  1855. metas : removed __construct__ and class.toString.
  1856. metas : __super__ and __interfaces__ now optional
  1857. added Type api (seperated from Reflect)
  1858. flash 9 support
  1859. 2006-07-25: 1.04
  1860. added macros in haxe.Template
  1861. allowed static variables access from a signature shortcut
  1862. allowed new Signature when signature is a class
  1863. fixed : modulo priority is now higher than mult and div
  1864. fixed bug in haxe.Proxy generation
  1865. fixed more stack overflows with recursive signatures
  1866. fixed bug in class <: anonymous subtyping (inherited fields)
  1867. override is not mandatory by default (need --override)
  1868. added neko just-in-time
  1869. fixed bugs in haxe.Serializer and haxe.Unserializer (enum format change)
  1870. changed "signature" by "typedef" (more comprehensible)
  1871. restricted objects comparisons
  1872. fixed bug with js operator priority
  1873. improved performances for haxe.Serializer and haxe.Unserializer
  1874. fixed bug in static variable lookup (should look class in the last case)
  1875. prevented several prints of "not enough arguments".
  1876. 2006-06-23: 1.03
  1877. haxedoc executable now part of the distribution
  1878. removed selectDB from the neko.db.Connection API
  1879. added optional parameters with selection
  1880. removed --no-flash-opt-args
  1881. changes in SWF packages handling
  1882. fixed optional leading comma in anonymous object and array values
  1883. fixed bug in inheritend constructor type parameters
  1884. fixed bug in type_field with inherited type parameters
  1885. added haxe.Proxy
  1886. added code transformations for swf/js block variables
  1887. fixed very tricky bug with constraint parameters used together with polymorphic methods
  1888. added selective import (import x.y.Class.InnerType)
  1889. added optional enum constructor parameters
  1890. added opened anonymous types (no more Unknown has no field...)
  1891. fixed "MovieClip extends flash.MovieClip".
  1892. added Reflect.copy
  1893. added neko.Random
  1894. added Date.fromString
  1895. fixed bug in haxe.Unserializer, slighlty optimized haxe.Serializer
  1896. added __setfield magic (complete __resolve)
  1897. added explicit override when overriding methods
  1898. 2006-06-08: 1.02
  1899. fixed stack overflow when recursive class <: recursive signature
  1900. improved a bit commandline : allow several hxml arguments
  1901. added {> Class, fields... } types declarations
  1902. added cast without type (less dangerous than untyped)
  1903. no stage objects by default, added --flash-use-stage
  1904. added haxe.remoting.DelayedConnection
  1905. added -exclude
  1906. removed classpath from neko debug infos filenames
  1907. fixed bug in Neko empty Array.pop and Neko EReg.replace ""
  1908. fixed nodeValue for Neko XML comments, doctype, prolog
  1909. improved DocView : formating, signatures, files generation
  1910. added neko.zip package
  1911. fixed bug in neko.File binary flags
  1912. fixed problems when downloading large files using haxe.Http under Neko
  1913. neko.db.Connection and neko.db.ResultSet are now interfaces
  1914. added neko.db.Sqlite and neko sqlite ndll
  1915. mod_neko2.ndll for Apache2 in Windows distribution
  1916. fixed bug in static properties method resolution
  1917. change js.Dom : use cascading signatures and improved api
  1918. added haxe.unit Unit test framework
  1919. 2006-05-25: 1.01
  1920. added neko.Utf8
  1921. Serializer/Unserializer now support utf8 strings
  1922. allowed subtyping of prop accesses public/private when implementing an interface
  1923. removed "eval" from Remoting APIs (only calls - more easy to handle).
  1924. added flash6 support
  1925. fixed Std.is on different platforms (interfaces implements interface)
  1926. added AsyncConnection.amfConnect for flash
  1927. added SWF overflow checks
  1928. changed "property" to "var"
  1929. don't allow monorph unification with Dynamic (more safe)
  1930. allowed multiple parsing and typing errors
  1931. review and completed commandline options
  1932. error on backwards constant integer iterators
  1933. remoting proxy constructor is now public
  1934. fixed -swf-header override the swflib background color
  1935. moved all remoting classes into the haxe.remoting package
  1936. added haxe.remoting.LocalConnection
  1937. 2006-05-17: 1.0
  1938. fixed small bugs in JS Xml Parser (empty attribute, newlines in attributes)
  1939. added default Content-Type for haxe.Http in JS
  1940. haxe.AsyncConnection : onError should not be call if error occur in onData
  1941. fixed infinite loop if haxe.Unserializer.readDigits reach eof on JS/Flash
  1942. fixed bugs in neko.Web and neko.Sys (some methods returning "null" instead of null)
  1943. added neko.Socket.setBlocking for nonblocking sockets
  1944. fixed bug in js generator when using cascading iterators
  1945. fixed typing bug when overloading parametrized method
  1946. fixed bug in js generator when "try" without curly braces.
  1947. allowed enum catching
  1948. added remoting proxys
  1949. allowed neko.Web API commandline emulation outside mod_neko
  1950. removed subtyping Anon :> Instance
  1951. added signatures, Iterator is now a signature
  1952. getter/setter and public/private unification
  1953. allowed anonymous declaration with interface-style syntax (for signatures)
  1954. optimized code generated for underscore in enum matches parameters
  1955. fixed flash/js String.charCodeAt(outside) => null
  1956. fixed neko charAt(outside) => ""
  1957. added errors for strings containing \0 in JS and Flash
  1958. added HAXE_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable support
  1959. fixed interfaces inheritance : can't extend, can implement (type-sums)
  1960. fixed fixed >64K resource bug in SWF
  1961. fixed newline problems with Flash/JS Connection
  1962. 2006-05-02: RC1
  1963. added the Socket class
  1964. fixed a bug of returned value in neko with 6 or more parameters
  1965. added "Missing type" error for catchs.
  1966. added regular expressions (still missing Flash implementation)
  1967. fixed type printing and parenthesis in type declarations
  1968. different behavior when elements removed during Array.iteration
  1969. fixed genswf : local variables used in for...function
  1970. improved type parameters structure coherency
  1971. enable usage of Spod without Transaction
  1972. implemented neko.db.Transaction.isDeadlock
  1973. slighly relaxed one of the javascript generator constraint
  1974. added haxe.Template
  1975. moved Log , PosInfos and ImportAll to haxe package
  1976. completed private class/interface/enum support
  1977. removed Array.indexes
  1978. added __resolve compile-time support when class implement Dynamic
  1979. added haxe Remoting
  1980. added "module with different case" error (for windows)
  1981. added Reflect.resolveClass, Reflect.resolveEnum, Reflect.setPrototype
  1982. added access to classes by name in genneko
  1983. added enum.__ename__
  1984. fixed Std.is(e,enum)
  1985. fixed infinite loop in neko EReg split/replace and epsilon matching
  1986. added neko native serialization support
  1987. fixed syntax for multiple constraints in type parameter
  1988. added recursive type parameters constraints (T : C<T> constraints)
  1989. updated Xml handling
  1990. 2006-04-17: beta 5
  1991. fixed bug : continue in do...while
  1992. changed typing order for do...while (infer condition after block)
  1993. fixed JS "catch" generation
  1994. fixed extending flash.* extern class
  1995. fixed bug in neko generator w/ closures
  1996. fixed bug in js generator (return switch need correct "this" context)
  1997. fixed bug in for x in a...b : invalid local variables overridding
  1998. added properties
  1999. fixed bug in js generator : while...switch...break
  2000. new List implementation
  2001. can use static function __init__ on every platform
  2002. bug fixes in Reflect.fields
  2003. added Hash.remove, changed Hash/JS implementation
  2004. added flash __delete__ support
  2005. added neko.db.Object, Manager, Transaction
  2006. fixed neko class.__interfaces__
  2007. added "assigning a value to itself" error
  2008. added automatic PosInfos when is last parameter
  2009. added polymorphic methods
  2010. added check_flash_args support
  2011. 2006-04-02: beta 4
  2012. fixed javascript events case
  2013. fixed invalid use of physeq
  2014. fixed + type inference
  2015. added -altfmt
  2016. allowed anonymous <: class subtyping
  2017. relaxed unifications of expressions in "for" and "while"
  2018. more methods in List
  2019. syntax changes : mandatory parenthesis for "for" and "while"
  2020. allowed any kind of identifier almost everywhere
  2021. moved tools, flash, js and neko inside "std"
  2022. no need for 0x in flash header bgcolor
  2023. added -res
  2024. fixed type parameter contraint holes
  2025. Std.is Dynamic always returns true
  2026. added Enum.toString
  2027. neko : env locals can be modified in inner functions
  2028. completed js keywords list in generator
  2029. added Reflect.typeof
  2030. prioritize neko.Lib.load static calls
  2031. fixed bugs in for...in optimization with continue
  2032. fixed Reflect fields, added documentation, added Class
  2033. added javascript closures, fixed null closures on flash and Neko
  2034. added javascript __init__ statics and js.XMLHttpRequest
  2035. added neko.Stack
  2036. fixed bug in Std.ord
  2037. convert neko string to haxe string on catch
  2038. automaticaly creates empty clips for classes extending flash.MovieClip
  2039. unify stack : several meaningful unification errors
  2040. added cast operation and keyword
  2041. 2006-03-11: beta 3
  2042. javascript generator
  2043. optimized for in interval
  2044. renaming of locals (name must be unique)
  2045. added uncaught exceptions handling in Flash
  2046. fixed Bool.true == true and Bool.false == false on all platforms
  2047. fixed matching on Bool different from enums
  2048. removed -fplayer (use -D instead) and added -fheader
  2049. fixed infinity is Int
  2050. added "here" special identifier
  2051. neko Apis : File, FileSystem, Sys
  2052. added base JS API
  2053. 2006-02-19: beta 2
  2054. renamed neko.db.Result to neko.db.ResultSet
  2055. added Date support for Mysql results
  2056. added private fields for static class anonymous types
  2057. disambigous >=, >>= and >>>=
  2058. fixed inheritance bug in swf and neko generators
  2059. improved function parameters type error reporting.
  2060. allowed variable number of args for flash.* constructors.
  2061. added Math.random(), Reflect.empty()
  2062. added flash.XMLSocket and flash.Timer classes
  2063. completed Std class with conversion functions and others.
  2064. completed flash.Lib class with flash toplevel functions.
  2065. fixed bugs in neko webserver
  2066. 2006-02-04: beta 1
  2067. allowed array literals to be dynamic
  2068. use neko 1.2 commandline and prototypes
  2069. changed #cond to #if cond for conditional compilation
  2070. all fields are defined to null by default
  2071. defined __class__ and other meta accesses for Flash and Neko
  2072. fixed type hole for compiler-know types (should not resolve using imports)
  2073. changed packages : neko.* and flash.* (with protection)
  2074. added Lazy types : type the fields when they are needed with recursion
  2075. untyped accesses are monomorphs, not dynamics
  2076. generated __string check that toString() return an object
  2077. XmlParser and other APIs for Neko
  2078. fixed escaped chars in Neko generation
  2079. conservative static initialization order
  2080. allowed no type parameters for new Class
  2081. function types carry parameter names
  2082. anonymous types contain private variables (for private static accesses)
  2083. added optional name for anonymous types in typer (for static accesses)
  2084. private classes and enums (partial support)
  2085. improved error message for invalid number of arguments
  2086. flash extern classes can take variable number of args.
  2087. added -swf-lib for importing SWF library
  2088. added neko.db package
  2089. 2005-12-23: alpha 5
  2090. added -main commandline parameter
  2091. catches are now working with Neko
  2092. restricted catch types for type-safety
  2093. added constructor inheritance + check if superconstructor is called
  2094. allowed Dynamic-only subtyping on type parameters
  2095. added method closures to Neko generation
  2096. added class Reflect
  2097. added License : libraries are BSD
  2098. added -xml documentation output
  2099. allowed class instance :> anonymous subtyping
  2100. 2005-12-10: alpha 4
  2101. forbid break and continue outside loops
  2102. fixed SWF generation bugs
  2103. added SWF "extends" support
  2104. added method closures
  2105. added some flash lowlevel operations (__xxx__)
  2106. added Log, LogInfos and trace
  2107. added Neko generation
  2108. fixed problems with conditional compilation macros
  2109. 2005-11-30: alpha 3
  2110. added Flash extern classes
  2111. Boot initialization
  2112. added "untyped"
  2113. added conditional compilation
  2114. added interfaces
  2115. changed iterators from closures to objects
  2116. added (XML)Node and XmlParser for Flash
  2117. 2005-11-25: alpha 2
  2118. swf generation (missing iterators)
  2119. some typing fixes
  2120. 2005-11-17: alpha 1b
  2121. fix some bugs
  2122. changed package tests.lang
  2123. 2005-11-14: alpha 1
  2124. lexer
  2125. parser
  2126. typer