HaxeFoundation.haxe/extra/CHANGES.txt

2020-06-19 4.1.2

	Bugfixes:

	all : added `contains` and `keyValueIterator` methods to haxe.ds.ReadOnlyArray
	all : fixed super constructor call when extending externs (#7837, #9501)
	all : fixed compiler crash for "--run" argument without a value (#9513)
	all : fixed local variable name collision in `try..catch` (#9533)
	all : fixed memory leak in completion server related to haxe.Exception (#9537)
	display : fixed completion for out-of-bounds argument in a call (#9435)
	display : fixed "find references" through interfaces (#9470)
	display : optimized "find references" (#9504)
	display : optimized "server/invalidate" requests (#9509)
	analyzer : fixed compiler crash upon handling code branches with enums with optional arguments (#9591)
	jvm : added "--java-lib-extern" to use jar files as externs without adding them to the compiled project (#9515)
	macro : fixed type intersection syntax in macro reification (#9404)
	eval : fixed exception message when catching compiler-generated `haxe.macro.Error` as `Dynamic` (#9600)
	lua : fixed lua code generation without `--main` compilation argument (#9489)
	php : added an overload signature for `session_set_cookie_params` function (#9507)
	js : fixed name collisions for catch variables to avoid closure compiler errors (#9617)
	nullsafety : fixed various scenarios of `if..else` branching (#9474)

2020-22-05 4.1.1

	New features:

	jvm : added `--jvm path/to.jar` CLI argument

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed arguments ordering for @:structInit constructors (#9418)
	all : fixed display/references completion server request for static fields (#9440)
	all : fixed "Module not found" error reporting during macro execution in display requests (#9449)
	all : fixed module name completion for target-specific modules like `Mod.js.hx` (#9423)
	all : fixed completion for packages named "function" (#7697)
	all : fixed recursive typedefs with optional arguments in `@:overload` functions (#9455)
	cpp : fixed StringTools.endsWith() for unicode characters (#8980)
	cpp : fixed broken externs in `cpp` package (#9452)
	js/cpp : fixed catch var naming collision (#9413)
	interp : fixed throwing `haxe.macro.Error` outside of a macro context (#9390)
	lua : fixed lua.PairTools.ipairsMap method
	php : fixed an edge case in String methods generation (#9464)

2020-05-13: 4.1.0

	New features:

	all : added tail recursion elimination (#8908)
	all : added unified exception handling (#9124)
	all : allow `try {} catch(e) {}` as a shortcut for `try {} catch(e:haxe.Exception) {}` (#9269)
	eval : added SSL support (#9009)
	jvm : the JVM target is no longer considered experimental

	General improvements:

	all : implemented different display support approach (#8962)
	all : improved display services related to reference finding
	all : added go-to-implementation support (#9043)
	all : made various improvements to diagnostics
	all : support completion for map keys (#9133)
	all : improved parser robustness for incomplete syntax (#9148)
	all : disallowed the combination of `@:overload` and inline (#3846)
	all : improved renaming of local variables (#9304)
	all : better inlining of for-loops with anonymous iterators (#8848)
	all : remove redundant final `return` in `Void` functions (#6420)
	all : remove redundant `continue` in loops (#8952)
	all : improved various compilation errors reporting
	all : allowed `(get,default)` property access combination (#6195, #8825)
	all : allowed ++ and -- on member properties of abstracts (#8930)
	js : use abstract type name for generating its implementation class (#9006)
	js : improve haxe.ds.StringMap implementation (#8909)
	js : improve interface checking and make it more minifier-friendly (#9178)
	js : generate `let` instead of `var` when compiler with `-D js-es=6` (#9280)
	js : optimize `.bind` on constructors (#9227)
	jvm : rewrote function handling to me much faster and more portable (#9208)
	jvm : generate interfaces for typedefs for improved performance (#9195)
	jvm : added support for haxe.MainLoop
	jvm : support `@:jvm.synthetic` and use it to hide some generated fields (#9213)
	jvm : respect `@:private` and `@:protected`
	lua : improve error handling behavior when throwing objects/instances
	lua : optimize `haxe.iterators.StringIterator`
	php : optimize `Std.isOfType` for String, Bool and Float
	php : make Haxe Array implement native interfaces Iterator, IteratorAggregate, Countable (#8821, 9377)
	cs : support `@:assemblyMeta` and `@:assemblyStrict` (#8347)
	python : added `__contains__` and `__getitem__` implementations to generated python code for `_hx_AnonObject`, so it is subscribable and behaves like a python dict (#9109)

	Standard Library:

	all : negative `startIndex` argument of `String.indexOf` and `String.lastIndexOf` is unspecified (#8365)
	all : changed Array.iterator() to return instances of haxe.iterators.ArrayIterator (#8987)
	all : added Array.contains (#9179)
	all : added Array.keyValueIterator (#7422)
	all : added haxe.Constraints.NotVoid (#8357)
	all : added Lambda.findIndex() (#9071)
	all : added Lambda.foldi() (#9054)
	all : added array access and key-value iteration support to haxe.ds.HashMap (#9056)
	jvm : added JVM-specific versions of sys.thread.Lock and sys.thread.Thread
	jvm : added JVM-specific version of haxe.ds.StringMap
	java/jvm : use native versions of MD-5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 for `haxe.crypto` modules (#9298)
	macro : added haxe.macro.Context.containsDisplayPosition(pos) (#9077)
	nullsafety : treat Strict as a single-threaded mode; added StrictThreaded (#8895)

	Deprecations:

	all : deprecated `Std.is`; use `Std.isOfType` instead (#2976)
	all : added a warning for an uninitialized variable usage captured in a closure (#7447)
	js : deprecated `untyped __js__(code, args)`; use `js.Syntax.code(code, args)` instead
	php/neko : deprecated neko.Web and php.Web; will be moved to hx4compat library later (#9153)

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed display support for static imports (#9012)
	all : fixed completion in macro mode picking up the wrong type (#7703)
	all : fixed wonky analyzer transformation related to locals captured in closures (#9305)
	all : allow `return;` in abstract constructors (#7809)
	all : fixed static @:op([]) functions (#9347)
	all : fixed `@:optional` handling in the inheritance of `@:structInit` classes (#7559)
	all : support negative numbers as constant type parameters for `@:generic` types (#9149)
	all : fixed false positive compilation server error with empty methods in inheritance (#9029)
	all : fixed default values for manually defined @:structInit constructors (#9177, #9258)
	all : fixed inference of `Void` return type for arrow functions (#9181)
	all : fixed inconsistencies in wildcard imports resolution (#9189, #9190)
	all : fix array comprehension for a chain of `if..else if` without final `else` (#9040)
	all : prohibit @:structInit on interfaces (#9017)
	macro : fixed handling `TAnonymous` in `haxe.macro.TypeTools.map` (#9147)
	eval : fixed EReg.matchSub handling with negative length (#9333)
	eval : fixed extern classes being generated and causing errors in some cases (#9366)
	eval : fixed StringBuf.addSub unicode handling (#9382)
	jvm : fixed Void being generated with the wrong casing (#8717)
	jvm : fixed debugging-related data being generated in the wrong place
	jvm : fixed switches on string values being too optimistic
	jvm : fixed problems with Std.parseInt and Std.parseFloat
	jvm : made sure type parameter types are boxed
	jvm : fixed dynamic access on `null` yielding `null` (#8452)
	cpp : fixed native compilation if there is a `hx` package in a project (#8543)
	cs : fixed `null` to `0` conversion in parametrized functions for `Null<Int>` params (#7428)
	cs : fixed integer division handling (#9232)
	php : fixed closure creation out of fields with `null` value (#9316)
	js : fixed interface generation for minification with Google Closure Compiler in advanced mode (#9172)
	js : fixed a crash at startup in IE8 (#9062)
	hl : fixed BLOB handling in SQLite (#9048)

2019-12-17: 4.0.5

	Bugfixes:

	java : fix boolean arguments for `Type.createInstance(cls, args)` (#9025)
	jvm : fix static overloads (#9034)
	java/cs : fixed `Reflect.makeVarArgs(fn)` for calls of `fn` without arguments (#9037)
	js : fix multiple appearances of the first object added to `ObjectMap` is passed to `ObjectMap.set(obj, v)` multiple times (#9026)
	js : automatically wrap compound expressions with parentheses when passed to `js.Syntax.code()` (#9024)
	windows : fix adding neko to PATH env var running windows installer (#9021)

2019-11-29: 4.0.3

	General improvements:

	hl : profiler API

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed EnumValue handling in constant propagation with analyzer enabled (#8959)
	all : fixed compiler crash upon Void items in array declarations (#8972)
	hl : fixed `sys.thread.Lock` implementation for Hashlink 1.11+ (#8699)
	js/eval/java/jvm/cs/python/lua : fixed `Std.parseInt()` for hexadecimals with leading whitespaces (#8978)
	java/cs : fixed `Reflect.callMethod(o, method, args)` for `args` not containing optional arguments (#8975)
	cs : fixed Json.stringify for @:struct-annotated classes (#8979)
	cs : fixed bitwise shifts for `cs.types.Int64` (#8978)
	python : fixed invalid generation of some inlined code blocks (#8971)
	std : fixed an exception from `haxe.zip.Huffman` on reading a zip (#8875)
	windows : workaround windows installer being detected as a malware by some anti-virus software (#8951)
	windows : fix PATH env var modification when running windows installer without admin privileges (#8870)
	all : fixed null-safety checker for field access on a call to inlined function

2019-11-11: 4.0.2

	General improvements and optimizations:

	php : improved performance of `haxe.io.Bytes.get()` (#8938)
	php : improved performance of serialization/unserialization of `haxe.io.Bytes` (#8943)
	php : improved performance of enum-related methods in `Type` class of standard library

	Bugfixes:

	haxelib : Fixed too strict requirements to haxelib.json data for private libs
	all : fixed `@:using` static extensions on `Null<SomeType>` (#8928)
	php : fixed static methods with the same name in parent and child classes (#8944)

2019-11-04: 4.0.1

	Bugfixes:

	haxelib : fixed git dependencies in haxelib.json
	neko : updated windows & osx installer to install Neko 2.3.0 (#8906)
	jvm : fixed compilation failure caused by a specific usage of `Array<Dynamic>` (#8872)
	all : fixed compiler crash on loops with `continue` in all branches of the body (#8912)
	all : fixed erasing typedef in AST on field access to forwarded abstract fields (#8919)


2019-10-26: 4.0.0

	General improvements:

	js : updated externs for `Float32Array` and `Float64Array` (#8864)
	php : added array access to `php.NativeStructArray` (#8893)

	Bugfixes:

	cs : fixed "This expression may be invalid" false warning (#8589)
	php : fixed iterator fields on maps being removed (#8851)
	php : fixed `-2147483648` as init value for static vars (#5289)
	python : fixed modulo by a negative number (#8845)
	java : fixed backslash escaping on `EReg.replace` (#3430)
	lua : fixed `EReg.map` for unicode (#8861)
	hl : fixed sqlite connection on OSX/Linux (#8878)

2019-09-12: 4.0.0-rc.5

	General improvements and optimizations:

	eval: improved performance of regular expressions (#8693)

	Bugfixes:

	all: fixed regression, which caused compiler to crash on enum abstracts with explicit casting (#8765)
	all: fixed regression of macro `@:from` methods on abstracts (#8779)
	all: fixed switching on `this` (#8781)

2019-09-04: 4.0.0-rc.4

	Standard Library:

	all : added Map.clear (#8681)
	all : improved Date API (#8508)
	all : added JSON-RPC protocol types to haxe.display package (#8610)
	all : added default timeout to HTTP sockets (#8646)
	macro : added Context.info (#8478)
	macro : added Context.getMessages and Context.filterMessages (#8471)
	macro : added function kind to EFunction (#8653)
	macro : added string literal kind to CString (#8668)
	flash : added flash.AnyType (#8549)

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : allowed enum constructors without arguments as static inline var (#8187)
	all : improved handling of default values when inlining (#8397)
	all : made various improvements to the display API as usual
	all : detect invalid #tokens in inactive code (#7108)
	all : allowed function types in @:generic (#3697)
	all : improved --help-defines and --help-metas
	all : improved overall file finding (#8202)
	all : improved server reaction to added and removed files (#8451)
	all : improved memory handling of the compilation server (8727)
	all : improved handling of native libraries on the compilation server (#8629)
	all : support partial completion results (#8642)
	all : improved support of hovering over inactive conditional compilation blocks
	all : improved completion support in .platform.hx files
	all : support hovering conditional compilation identifiers
	all : improved and unified identifier checks for names, fields and types (#8708)
	all : improved --times performance (#8733)
	all : remove some redundant cast expressions (#8725)
	all : added --server-connect (#8730)
	lua : improved -D lua-vanilla
	js : improved HTML externs

	Bugfixes :

	all : fixed various position and replace ranges in the display API
	all : fixed compiler hang related to @:arrayAccess (#5525)
	all : fixed bug regarding abstract `this` modification in inline methods (#8454)
	all : fixed `from Dynamic` on abstracts (#8425)
	all : fixed overeager recursive inline check (#8489)
	all : fixed the pattern matcher allowing inexhaustive switches in value-places (#8277)
	all : fixed pattern matcher allowing invalid abstract unification (#8579)
	all : fixed local variable type information being lost on the compilation server (#8511)
	all : don't generate return expressions in Void lambda functions (#6503)
	all : fixed unification of recursive typedefs again (#8523)
	all : fixed various hangs related to abstracts (#8588)
	all : fixed various GADT-related problems (#7672)
	all : fixed macro `@:from` methods allowing any return type (#8463)
	macro : fixed Sys.programPath assertion failure (#8466)
	js : fixed typed array APIs (#8422)
	java : fixed Std.is on non-reference and unrelated types (#5168)
	java/macro : fixed null-pointer exception in Reflect.getProperty (#4934)
	java/jvm : fix switch on null string (#4481)
	jvm : fixed boxed vs. unboxed comparison (#8577)
	jvm : generate toplevel types to haxe.root like genjava does (#8590)
	jvm : improved 32bit support (#8601)
	cs/python : fixed various issues with code generation
	cs : fixed NativeArray casting (#3949)

2019-06-13: 4.0.0-rc.3

	New features:

	all : added JVM target

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : create temp vars in pattern matcher to avoid duplicate access (#8064)
	all : support parsing dots in conditional compilation, e.g. `#if target.sys`
	all : added `@:bypassAccessor`
	all : improved various aspects of the display API
	all : properly error on `@:op(a = b)` (#6903)
	all : made `@:using` actually work
	all : properly disallowed some modifier combinations related to `final` (#8335)
	all : support `@:pure(false)` on variable fields (#8338)
	flash : updated Flash externs to version 32.0 (now using `final`, `enum abstract` and `haxe.extern.Rest`)
	flash : rework support for native Flash properties (#8241)
	php : improved performance of various parser implementations (#8083)
	cs : support .NET core target (#8391)
	cs : generate native type parameter constraints (#8311, #7863)

	Standard Library:

	all : added StringTools.contains (#7608)
	all : turned sys.thread.Thread into abstracts (#8130)
	all : introduced `Std.downcast` as replacement for `Std.instance` (#8301)
	all : introduced `UnicodeString`, deprecated `haxe.Utf8` (#8298)
	java : added java.NativeString (#8163)
	cs : added sys.thread implementations (#8166)
	js : moved various classes to js.lib (#7390)

	Bugfixes

	all : fixed issue with `@:generic` type parameters not being bound to Dynamic (#8102)
	all : fixed various issues related to `@:structInit`
	all : fixed top-down inference on abstract setters (#7674)
	all : fixed DCE issue related to closures (#8200)
	all : fixed and restricted various Unicode-related issues in String literals
	all : fixed various priority issues regarding loops and iterators
	all : fixed cast handling in try-catch expressions (#8257)
	all : fixed `inline new` handling (#8240)
	all : fixed pattern matcher issue with wildcards in or-patterns (#8296)
	all : fixed `@:allow(package)` allowing too much (#8306)
	all : fixed various issues with startIndex handling on String.indexOf and String.lastIndexOf
	all : fixed infinite recursion related to printing of objects with circular references (#8113)
	sys : fixed various Unicode issues (#8135)
	macro : fixed Array.pop handling (#8075)
	macro : fixed assertion failure when throwing exception (#8039)
	macro : fixed various uncatchable exceptions being thrown
	php : error on case-insensitive name clashes (#8219)
	lua : fixed issue where Process output occasionally is missing some data
	hl : fixed various String Unicode issues
	java : fixed null exception in CallStack.exceptionStack (#8322)
	js : fixed code generation issue related to negative abstract values (#8318)
	flash : fix various issues, including native `protected` handling and method overloading

	Removals:

	all : remove support for `@:fakeEnum` enums
	all : disallowed `\x` with values > 0x7F (#8141)
	all : consistently disallowed metadata in lambda function arguments (#7800)
	all : removed `--gen-hx-classes` (#8237)

2019-03-22: 4.0.0-rc.2

	New features:

	all : added strictness settings for the null-safety checker, using loose checking by default (#7811)
	js : added ES6 class generation with `-D js-es=6` (#7806)

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : inherit `@:native` for overriden methods (#7844)
	all : standardized identifiers allowed in markup literals (#7558)
	all : show typo suggestions when declaring `override` field (#7847)
	all : improved parser error messages (#7912)
	all : improved diagnostics of syntax errors (#7940)
	all : improved positions of `switch` and `case` expressions (#7947)
	all : allow parsing `#if (a.b)` (#8005)
	eval : improved performance of various string operations (#7982)
	eval : fixed many error positions
	eval : greatly improved debugger interaction (#7839)
	eval : properly support threads when debugging (#7991)
	eval : improved handling of capture variables (#8017)
	js : generate dot-access for "keyword" field names (#7645)
	js : optimized run-time type checking against interfaces (#7834)
	js : skip generation of interfaces when no run-time type checking needed (#7843)

	Standard Library:

	all : unified various Thread APIs in sys.thread (#7999)
	all : moved typed arrays from `js.html` to `js.lib` (#7894)
	all : added `iterator()` to `haxe.DynamicAccess` (#7892)
	all : added `keyValueIterator()` to `haxe.DynamicAccess` (#7769)
	eval : completed Thread API

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed argument default value checking for externs (#7752)
	all : fixed optional status of overloaded arguments with default values (#7794)
	all : fixed DCE compilation server state issue (#7805)
	all : fixed compilation server module dependency issue related to macros (#7448)
	all : fixed call-site inlining on abstracts (#7886)
	all : fixed Constructible not checking constraints properly (#6714)
	all : fixed @:structInit not being compatible with `final` fields (#7182)
	all : fixed capture variables being allowed in `.match` (#7921)
	all : fixed infinite recursion on `@:generic` field access (#6430)
	all : fixed `-D no-deprecation-warnings` for typedefs and enums
	js : fixed bad stack handling on `Map` constraint checks (#7781)
	js : fixed DCE issues related to haxe.CallStack (#7908)
	cpp : fixed Socket flags not being preserved (#7989)
	lua : fixed broken output when compiling through the compilation server (#7851)
	lua : fixed `StringTools.fastCodeAt` with `-D lua-vanilla` (#7589)
	lua : fixed `@:expose` for classes inside packages (#7849)

2019-02-01: 4.0.0-rc.1

	New features:

	all : added experimental null-safety feature through `--macro nullSafety("package")` (#7717)

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : improved unification error messages (#7547)
	all : added `haxe4` define
	all : do not require semicolon for markup literals (#7438)
	all : made `@:expose` imply `@:keep` (#7695)
	all : unified cast, catch and Std.is behavior of null-values (#7532)
	macro : static variables are now always re-initialized when using the compilation server (#5746)
	macro : support `@:persistent` to keep macro static values across compilations
	js : improve js.Promise extern: now `then` callback argument types can be properly inferred (#7644)

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed various pattern matching problems
	all : fixed various wrong positions when encoding data to macros
	all : specified String.indexOf with out-of-bounds indices (#7601)
	all : fixed various problems related to DCE and feature-handling (#7694)
	all : fixed bad unary operator optimization (#7704)
	js : fixed syntax problem related to `instanceof` (#7653)
	flash : fixed var field access on interfaces being uncast (#7727)
	cpp : fixed various issues related to casts
	cpp : fixed some leftover unicode issues
	php : fixed class naming conflicts (#7716)
	eval : fixed Socket.setTimeout (#7682)
	eval : fixed int switch bug related to overflows

	Removals:

	macro : deprecated Context.registerModuleReuseCall and onMacroContextReused (#5746)

2018-10-13: 4.0.0-preview.5
	New features:

	all : support Unicode strings properly on all targets
	all : support `for (key => value in e)` syntax for key-value iterators
	all : added keyValueIterator to Map and its implementations
	all : support loop-unrolling on `for (i in 0...5)` (#7365)
	all : added support for write-mode `@:op(a.b)`
	all : support `inline call()` and `inline new` expressions (#7425)
	all : support `@:using` on type declarations (#7462)
	all : support markup literal strings but require them to be macro-processed (#7438)
	all : allow enum values without arguments as default function argument values (#7439)
	lua : add -D lua-vanilla, which emits code with reduced functionality but no additional lib dependencies

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : [breaking] reserved `operator` and `overload` as keywords (#7413)
	all : made `final` on structure fields invariant (#7039)
	all : [breaking] disallowed static variables that have no type-hint and expression (#6440)
	all : added display/typeDefinition to display protocol (#7266)
	all : fixed various display-related problems
	all : made parser in display mode much more tolerant
	all : allowed assigning `[]` where `Map` is expected (#7426)
	all : unified various parts of the String API across all targets
	php : Optimized haxe.ds.Vector (VectorData is not Array anymore)
	php : Optimized `Map.copy()` and `Array.copy()`
	php : Optimized iterators of `Map` and native arrays.
	php : Support native PHP generators. See `php.Syntax.yield()` and `php.Generator`
	js : updated HTML externs
	eval : improved object prototype field handling (#7393)
	eval : optimized int switches (#7481)
	eval : improved IntMap and StringMap performance
	eval : improved performance of instance calls

	Removals :

	all : disallowed get_x/set_x property syntax, use get/set instead (#4699)
	all : disallowed default values on interface variables (#4087)
	all : disallowed `implements Dynamic` on non-extern classes (#6191)
	all : warn about expressions in extern non-inline fields (#5898)
	all : removed `-D use-rtti-doc`, always store documentation instead (#7493)
	all : disallowed macro-in-macro calls (#7496)
	js : removed jQuery and swfobject externs (#7494)

	Bugfixes:

	all : fix GC compacting too often in server mode
	all : [breaking] `function () { }(e)` is no longer parsed as a call (#5854)
	all : fixed various minor inlining issues
	all : disallowed `return null` from Void-functions (#7198)
	all : fixed various pattern matching problems
	all : fixed compiler hang in display mode (#7236)
	all : fixed the XML printer trimming CDATA content (#7454)
	all : fixed invalid visibility unification with statics (#7527)
	php : Escape `$` in field names of anonymous objects (#7230)
	php : Generate `switch` as `if...else if...else...` to avoid loose comparison (#7257)
	cs : fixed bad evaluation order in structures (#7531)
	eval : fixed various problems with the debugger
	eval : fixed Vector.fromArrayCopy (#7492)
	eval : fixed bad string conversions on invalid + operations

	Standard Library:

	all : [breaking] made Lambda functions return Array instead of List (#7097)
	all : added haxe.iterators package
	all : improved StringTools.lpad/rpad/htmlEscape implementation

2018-06-12: 4.0.0-preview.4

	New features:

	all : added JSON-RPC-based display protocol
	all : allow `enum abstract` syntax instead of `@:enum abstract` (#4282)
	all : allow `extern` on fields instead of `@:extern`
	all : support signature completion on incomplete structures (#5767)
	all : support auto-numbering and auto-stringification in enum abstracts (#7139)
	all : support `Type1 & Type2` intersection syntax for type parameter constraints and structures (#7127)

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : reworked CLI usage/help output (#6862)
	all : implemented `for` loop unrolling (#3784)
	all : metadata can now use `.`, e.g. `@:a.b`. This is represented as a string (#3959)
	all : [breaking] disallow static extensions through abstract field casts (#5924)
	all : [breaking] disallow static extensions on implicit `this` (#6036)
	all : allow true and false expressions as type parameters (#6958)
	all : improved display support in many areas
	all : support `override |` completion
	all : make display/references and display/toplevel actually work sometimes
	all : allow `var ?x` and `final ?x` parsing in structures (#6947)
	all : improved overall robustness of the parser in display mode
	all : allow `@:commutative` on non-static abstract functions (#5599)
	js : added externs for js.Date (#6855)
	js : respect `-D source-map` flag to generate source maps in release builds
	js : enums are now generated as objects instead of arrays (#6350)
	eval : improved debugger, support conditional breakpoints

	Removals:

	all : moved haxe.remoting to hx3compat
	js : moved js.XMLSocket to hx3compat
	neko : moved neko.net to hx3compat
	all : removed support for `T:(A, B)` constraint syntax

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed various issues with diagnostics
	all : fixed fields with default values for `@:structInit` classes (#5449)
	all : fixed `Null<T>` inconsistency in if/ternary expressions (#6955)
	all : fixed visibility check related to private constructors of sibling classes (#6957)
	all : fixed @:generic naming (#6968)
	all : fixed handling of type parameters in local functions (#6560)
	all : fixed resolution order between `untyped` and type parameters (#7113)
	all : fixed unification behavior in try/catch expressions (#7120)
	all : fixed field type being lost for Int expressions on Float fields (#7132)
	all : cleaned up `inline` handling (#7155)
	display : fixed completion in packages starting with underscore (#5417)
	php : fixed Reflect.callMethod with classes as first argument (#7106)
	eval : fixed internal exception surfacing in some context calls (#7007)
	eval : fixed Type.enumEq (#6710)
	flash : fixed silently swallowing exceptions in getters/setters when invoked with Reflect methods (#5460, #6871)

	Standard Library:

	all : added `resize` to Array (#6869)
	all : [breaking] removed `return this` from some haxe.Http methods (#6980)

2018-02-23: 4.0.0-preview.3

	See full commit history at https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe/compare/4.0.0-preview.2...4.0.0-preview.3, notable changes below:

	New features:

	all : added new function type syntax (`(a:Int, b:String)->Void`) (#6645)
	all : added column to StackItem.FilePos (#6665)
	all : added `-D warn-var-shadowing`
	all : added haxe.Log.formatOutput (#6738)
	js : added js.Syntax class for generating unsupported JavaScript syntax in a type-safe analyzer-friendly way
	js : added js.Map and js.Set and js.JsIterator extern definitions (ES6)
	hl : added hl.Format.digest, use it for native Sha1/Md5

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : made all non-warning/non-error compiler messages output to stdout (#4480)
	all : make DCE keep constructor if any instance field is kept (#6690)
	all : make `final` in structures use class notation
	display : added `this` and `super` to toplevel completion (#6051)
	php : implemented direct method comparison. No need to use `Reflect.compareMethods()`
	php : added `php.Syntax.code()` instead of deprecated `untyped __php__()` (#6708)
	php : added methods to `php.Syntax` for each php operator: `??`, `?:`, `**` etc. (#6708)
	python : add ssl support for http requests
	python : improve Sys.print(ln) code generation (#6184)
	js : generate faster code for `x.iterator()` calls (#6669)
	js : rework exception handling, added js.Lib.getOriginalException (#6713)
	js : generate `value instanceof MyClass` instead of `Std.is(value, MyClass)` (#6687)
	js : use lazy getter for HaxeError.message instead of calling String(val) in the ctor (#6754)

	Removals:

	php : removed `php.Syntax.binop()` (#6708)

	Deprecations:

	php : deprecated support for `untyped __php__`, `untyped __call__` etc. Use `php.Syntax` instead.

	Bugfixes:

	all : delay interface accessor generation properly (#6225, #6672)
	all : fixed unbound variable error in anonymous functions (#6674)
	all : fixed abstract `@:to` used when `from` is available in a specific case (#6751)
	all : sys.Http: fix chunked encoding handling (#6763)
	all : fix some invalid Json being accepted by haxe.format.JsonParser (#6734)
	all : fixed haxe.format.JsonPrinter for instances of classes to make it produce consistent result across targets (#6801)
	all : fixed autogenerated constructor for extending @:structInit classes (#6822, #6078)
	js : fixed saving setter to `tmp` var before invocation (#6672)
	lua : fix toString behavior in the case of -0 (#6652)
	lua : properly bind field functions when passed as arguments (#6722)
	php : don't fail on generating import aliases for classes with the similar names (#6680)
	php : fixed `Sys.environment()` to also return variables set by `Sys.putEnv()`
	php : fixed `sys.net.Socket.bind()` (#6693)
	php : fixed appending "sqlite:" prefix to the names of files created by `sys.db.Sqlite.open()` (#6692)
	php : made php.Lib.objectOfAssociativeArray() recursive (#6698)
	php : fixed php error on parsing expressions like `a == b == c` (#6720)
	php : fixed multiple file uploads in php.Web.parseMultiPart() (#4173)
	php : fixed an issue with "Object" used as a class name for PHP 7.2 (it's a new keyword in php) (#6838)
	eval : don't lose dynamic function inits from parent classes (#6660)
	cs : fix order-dependent enum type parameter issue (#6016)

2017-10-08: 4.0.0-preview.2

	New features:

	all : added final keyword (#6596)

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : replaced some occurrences of List with Array
	all : changed haxe.xml.Fast to an abstract
	all : improved optimization when comparing against `null`
	all : added support for `case var x` syntax and detect possible typos (#6608)
	php : changed `--php-prefix`, `--php-front` and `--php-lib` to `-D php-prefix=`, `-D php-front=` and `-D php-lib=` respectively

	Removals:

	all : moved haxe.unit to hx3compat
	all : moved haxe.web.Request to hx3compat
	php : dropped php5 support; minimum supported php version is 7.0 now

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed issue with various functions not being displayed in macro context (#6000)
	all : fixed invalid static extension lookup on `super` (#3607)
	all : fixed typing error when constructing enums with abstracts over functions (#6609)
	all : fixed bug that skipped checking @:from typing in some cases (#6564)
	all : fixed Int64 parsing of negative numbers that end in a zero (#5493)
	all : fixed top-down inference when constructing enums (#6606)
	eval : fixed bug with equality handling
	eval : fixed issue with file creation not defaulting to binary
	eval : fixed invalid override detection (#6583)
	eval : fixed infinite recursion when printing arrays/vectors
	cs/java : fixed DCE bug that would lose toString method of thrown objects
	php/python : fixed some bit operators for Int32 (#5938)
	php : fixed accessing `static inline var` via reflection (#6630)
	php : fixed Math.min() and Math.max() for NAN on PHP 7.1.9 and 7.1.10
	js : fixed js syntax error for `value.iterator--` (#6637)

	Standard Library:

	macro : added have.display.Position and PositionTools.toRange (#6599)
	all : moved List to haxe.ds (#6610)

2017-09-12: 4.0.0-preview.1

	New features:

	all : reworked macro interpreter
	all : added support for arrow functions

	General improvements and optimizations:

	js : improved generation of `break` inside `switch` inside loops (#4964)
	cs : improved generation of enum classes (#6119)
	sys : the `database` parameter of `Mysql.connect` is now optional
	js : updated jQuery extern (js.jquery.*) for jQuery 1.12.4 / 3.2.1 support.
	Makefile : default Unix installation location $(INSTALL_DIR) changed from /usr to /usr/local.
	Makefile : default Unix std location $(INSTALL_STD_DIR) changed from $(INSTALL_LIB_DIR)/std to $(INSTALL_DIR)/share/haxe/std.

	Removals:

	all : removed --eval command line argument
	sys : SPOD (sys.db.Object, sys.db.Manager and friends) was moved into a separate library `record-macros` (https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/record-macros)
	js : js.JQuery and js.SWFObject were moved into hx3compat library (https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hx3compat),
	     it's recommended to use more modern js.jquery.JQuery and js.swfobject.SWFObject classes.
	all : moved haxe.web.Dispatch into hx3compat library (https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hx3compat).

	Bugfixes:

	php7: fix Reflect.field() for strings (#6276)
	php7: fix `@:enum abstract` generation  without `-dce full` (#6175)
	php7: fix using enum constructor with arguments as a call argument (#6177)
	php7: fix `null` property access (#6281)
	php7: fix setting values in a map stored in another map (#6257)
	php7: fix haxe.io.Input.readAll() with disabled analyzer optimizations (#6387)
	php/php7: fixed accessing enum constructors on enum type stored to a variable (#6159)
	php/php7: fix "cannot implement previously implemented interface" (#6208)
	php: fix invoking functions stored in dynamic static vars (#6158)
	php: fix field access on `new MyClass()` expressions wrapped in a `cast` (#6294)

	Standard Library:

	all : added `EReg.escape` (#5098)
	all : `BalancedTree implements `haxe.Constraints.IMap` (#6231)

2018-01-31: 3.4.5

	General improvements and optimizations:

	dce : optimized DCE performance (#6181)

	Bugfixes:

	dce : don't remove constructor if any instance field is kept (#6062)
	js : fixed saving setter to `tmp` var before invocation (#6672)
	php7 : don't fail on generating import aliases for classes with the similar names (#6680)
	php7 : fixed appending "sqlite:" prefix to the names of files created by `sys.db.Sqlite.open()` (#6692)
	php7 : made php.Lib.objectOfAssociativeArray() recursive (#6698)
	php7 : fixed php error on parsing expressions like `a == b == c` (#6720)
	php/php7 : fixed `sys.net.Socket.bind()` (#6693)

2017-10-08: 3.4.4

	Bugfixes:

	flash : fixed flash target broken when compiled with OCaml 4.05 (#6589)
	php7 : fixed accessing `static inline var` via reflection (#6630)
	js : fixed js syntax error for `value.iterator--` (#6637)
	cpp : fixed evaluation order problem when constructing enums (#6643)

2017-09-10: 3.4.3

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed DCE issue with interface fields (#6502)
	cpp : fixed return typing for embedded closures (#6121)
	php7: fixed `@:enum abstract` generation  without `-dce full` (#6175)
	php7: fixed using enum constructor with arguments as a call argument (#6177)
	php7: fixed accessing methods on dynamic values (#6211)
	php7: fixed `null` property access (#6281)
	php7: fixed setting values in a map stored in another map (#6257)
	php7: implemented `php.Lib.mail()`
	php7: implemented `php.Lib.loadLib()`
	php7: implemented `php.Lib.getClasses()` (#6384)
	php7: fixed exception on `Reflect.getProperty(o, field)` if requested field does not exist (#6559)
	php/php7: fixed accessing enum constructors on enum type stored to a variable (#6159)
	php/php7: fixed "cannot implement previously implemented interface" (#6208)
	php: fixed invoking functions stored in dynamic static vars (#6158)
	php: fixed field access on `new MyClass()` expressions wrapped in a `cast` (#6294)
	macro : fixed bug in addClassPath that overwrites macro class paths with context class paths

2017-03-20: 3.4.2

	Bugfixes:

	cpp : fixed issue with @:native names being prefixed with :: (#6086)
	cpp : fixed issue with return type handling (#6103)
	cpp : fixed inaccurate line numbers that threw off debugging
	php7 : fixed generation of `[][0]` constructs (#6090)

2017-03-17: 3.4.1

	New features:

	php7 : added source maps generation with `-D source_map` flag.

	General improvements and optimizations:

	cpp : added cpp.Star and cpp.Struct to help with extern typing
	lua : cleaned up various parts of the standard library

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed compilation server issue with two identical @:native paths on extern abstracts (#5993)
	all : fixed invalid inling in a specific case (#6067)
	all : fixed various display related issues
	all : fixed inline super() calls missing field initializations (#6097)
	all : consider UNC paths to be absolute in haxe.io.Path.isAbsolute (#6061)
	cpp : improved typing of some Function/Callable-related types
	cpp : fixed problem with line numbers when debugging
	hl : various fixes and improvements
	php : fixed FileSystem.stat() for directories on Windows (#6057)
	php/php7 : fixed invalid result of Web.getPostData() (#6033)
	php7 : fixed invalid access to length of string in some cases (#6055)
	php7 : fixed infinite recursion on MysqlConnection.close() (#6056)

2017-01-31: 3.4.0

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : support completion for static extensions (#5766)
	all : removed neko dependency for macros, use PCRE instead
	all : disabled analyzer optimizations by default, re-enable with -D analyzer-optimize
	php7 : generate native `$v instanceof MyType` instead of `Std.is(v, MyType)` where possible for better performance
	php7 : added @:phpNoConstructor meta for externs which do not have native php constructors and yet can be constructed
	php7 : greatly reduced amount of generated tmp vars
	php7 : `Array` performance improvements
	hl : made various improvements

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed `using` picking up non-static abstract functions (#5888)
	all : fixed issue with side-effect detection when optimizing (#5911)
	all : fixed issue with zlib bindings causing zlib_deflate errors (#5941)
	php7 : Allow user-defined modules in `php` package (#5921)
	php7 : Dereference some of `php.Syntax` methods if required (#5923)
	php : fixed assigning a method of dynamic value to a variable (#5469)
	php : fixed missing initialization of dynamic methods in classes with empty constructors (#4723)

2016-12-24: 3.4.0-RC2

	New features:

	js : added API documentation to HTML externs (#5868)
	php : added php7 target, enabled with -D php7

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed top-down inference infinite recursion issue (#5848)
	all : fixed regression in Compiler.include (#5847)
	all : fixed Not_found exception related to try/catch (#5851)
	all : fixed metadata completion showing up in trace arguments (#5775)
	all : fixed problem with useless pattern detection (#5873)
	all : fixed issue with toString handling in trace arguments (#5858)
	all : fixed inline constructor scoping (#5855)
	cpp : fixed issue with cpp.Pointer variables being eliminated (#5850)
	js : added Notification API to HTML externs (#5852)
	js : fixed several options structures in HTML externs (#5849)
	php/cs : FileSystem.deleteFile() and FileSystem.deleteDirectory() now throw on non-existent path (#5742)
	php/lua : fixed field access on `null` (#4988)
	php : fixed static field access on a `Class<T>` stored to a field (#5383)
	php : fixed invalid detection of `NativeArray` by `Std.is()` (#5565)
	php : fixed `stdin()`, `stdout()`, `stderr()` of `Sys` to use predefined constants for corresponding channels (#5733)
	php : fixed Std.parseInt() on hexstrings for PHP7+ (#5521)
	php : fixed typed cast in assign operations (#5135)
	php : fixed exception thrown by `Reflect.fields(o)` when `o` is `Class<T>` (#5608)
	php : fixed json encoding of empty objects (#5015)
	php : fixed checking floats for equality (#4260)
	php : throw if invalid json string supplied to Json.parse() (#4592)
	php : fixed ssl connections (#4581)
	php : fixed writing bytes containing zero byte to MySQL & SQLite (#4489)
	php : fixed call()() cases for PHP5 (#5569)

2016-11-29: 3.4.0-RC1

	New features:

	all : support metadata completion
	all : support type-hint completion
	all : added @signature display mode (#4758)
	all : finalized HashLink (HL) target

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : greatly improved support for display mode in general
	all : made --times output look much nicer
	all : remove calls to functions that have no side-effect
	all : hid private property accessors from completion (#5678)
	js : updated jQuery extern (js.jquery.*) for jQuery 1.12.4 / 3.1.0 support.
	js : jQuery extern (js.jquery.*) now includes deprecated fields marked with @:deprecated.
	js : no longer rewrite `o["s"]` to `o.s` (#5724)
	cpp : greatly improved ObjC output and integration options
	lua : greatly improved code output quality

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed various optimization issues
	all : fixed various issues with side-effect detection
	all : fixed performance drain in the DCE implementation (#5716)
	all : fixed issue with assignments when inlining constructors (#5340)
	all : fixed major inlining issue when using compilation server (#5320)
	all : fixed pattern matching evaluation order issue (#5274)
	cpp : fixed various minor code generation issues
	js : fixed issue regarding iterating over abstracts (#5385)
	python : fixed evaluation order issue for array writing (#5366)

	Standard Library:

	all : added Any type (#5500)
	all : added haxe.extern.AsVar
	all : added haxe.macro.CompilationServer (experimental)
	all : fixed haxe.Template.resolve (#5301)

2016-05-27: 3.3.0-RC1

	New features:

	all : support @:resolve on abstracts (#3753)
	all : support extern abstracts and extern @:enum abstracts (#4862)
	all : support completion on { if the expected type is a structure (#3907)
	all : support (expr is Type) with mandatory parentheses (#2976)
	all : allowed passing package dot-paths on command line (#4227)
	all : support import.hx modules that define per-directory import/using directives (#1138)
	all : support parsing of postfix ! operator (can be used by abstract operator overloading and macros) (#4284)
	all : support parsing of ||= and &&= operators (can be used by abstract operator overloading and macros) (#4427)
	all : support @:structInit classes (#4526)
	all : reworked static analyzer and enabled it by default
	flash : update flash externs to version 21
	hl : added HL target (interpreter and C output)
	lua: added lua target
	js : introduced new jQuery extern (js.jquery.*) for jQuery 1.12.4 / 2.2.4 support. (#4377)
	js : introduced new SWFObject extern (js.swfobject.SWFObject) for SWFObject 2.3.20130521 (#4451)
	js : added js.Lib.rethrow (#4551)
	cs/java : added -D fast_cast as an experimental feature to cleanup casts

	Bugfixes:

	all : properly disallowed assigning methods to structures with read-accessors (#3975)
	all : fixed a bug related to abstract + Int/Float and implicit casts (#4122)
	all : disallowed duplicate type parameter names (#4293)
	all : made UInt's >>> behave like >> (#2736)
	all : fixed various type loading issues
	all : fixed code generation problems with `inline` (#1827)
	php/as3 : support run-time metadata on interfaces (#2042)
	php : fixed argument passing to closures (#2587)
	neko/cpp : fixed various sys.Filesystem issues with Windows drive paths (#3266)
	as3 : fixed problem with covariant return types (#4222)
	as3 : fixed rare problem with static initialization order (#3563)
	python : fixed various reflection problems

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : added support for determining minimal types in Map literals (#4196)
	all : allowed @:native on abstracts to set the name of the implementation class (#4158)
	all : allowed creating closures on abstract inline methods (#4165)
	all : type parameter declarations can now have metadata (#3836)
	all : optimize Math.ceil/floor on constant arguments (#4223)
	all : allowed extern classes to have field names being used for both static and instance (#4376)
	all : added haxe.Constraints.Constructible (#4761)
	all : rewrote pattern matcher to improve output in many cases (#4940)
	python : use spaces instead of tabs to indent the output (#4299)
	cpp : reworked backend to improve overall code output quality and fix various issues
	swf : added scene-tag to allow creating accessible SWF files

	Standard Library:

	all : added Lambda.flatten and Lambda.flatMap (#3553)
	all : added haxe.Constraints.Constructible (#4761)
	sys : proper quoting/escaping (can be opt-out) for Sys.command and sys.io.Process (#3603)
	js : added position parameter to haxe.macro.Compiler.includeFile
	js : removed -D embed-js (#4074)
	js : updated HTML externs

	Macro features and changes:

	macro : added overloads field to ClassField (#3460)
	macro : added Context.getLocalImports (#3560)
	macro : added Context.onAfterTyping (#4714)
	macro : added Context.resolveType

2015-10-11: 3.2.1

	Bugfixes:

	cs/java : fixed `-dce no` issues
	cs/java : fixed how KExpr type parameters are generated
	cs : fixed enum creation by reflection problem
	cpp : do not rely in reflection to make interfaces work for non-first interface parents
	cpp : fixed setting of static variables via reflection when class has no member variables
	cpp : make sure StringMap's h field is kept if we use StringMap
	js : Avoid the use of `eval`/`Function` to get the top-level defined type/var to not break ContentSecurityPolicy

2015-05-12: 3.2.0

	New features:

	all : added @:noPrivateAccess to re-enable access restrictions within @:privateAccess
	cpp : some support for @:nativeGen metadata

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed detection of @:generic classes with constructor constraints
	all : fixed variable initialization check issue in loop condition
	all : fixed pattern matching on @:enum abstracts via field access (#4084)
	all : fixed missing implicit casts in Map literals (#4100)
	all : fixed various minor issues in haxe.xml.Parser
	all : fixed class path issue when HAXE_STD_PATH is set (#4163)
	js : fixed DCE issue related to printing enums (#4197)
	js : fixed various issues with the new Bytes implementation
	php : fixed EOF handling in FileInput.readByte (#4082)
	cs/java : fixed Math.fround implementation (#4177)
	cs/java : fixed some cases of Std.parseInt failing (#4132)
	cpp : fixed compilation without -main (#4199)

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : --macro keep no longer causes types to be included for compilation
	php : support interpolation in __php__ code
	js : added variable number of arguments support in js.html.* classes
	js : refined new HTML externs

	Macro features and changes:

	macro : [breaking] synced FClosure and FInstance with the compiler updates

2015-03-15: 3.2.0-RC1

	This release removes support for Flash 8 target

	New features:

	all : added --display mode for toplevel completion
	all : added --display mode for position and usage information
	all : allowed @:callable on abstracts to forward calls to their underlying type
	all : allowed pattern matching on getters
	all : allowed @:native on class fields
	all : added static analyzer with constant propagation
	all : added Haxe-based XML implementation
	python : added python target
	flash : flash player 12-14 support
	js : added @:jsRequire and js.Lib.require
	js : support haxe.CallStack.exceptionStack
	cs : added @:bridgeProperties
	cs : added -D erase_generics
	cs : added -D dll_import to import haxe-generated dlls
	java/cs : added `sys.db` package
	java/cs : clean unused files in output folder, unless `-D keep_old_output` is defined
	java/cs : added `-c-arg` to add C#/Java compiler arguments
	cpp : inititial implementation of cppia scripting

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed nullability of abstracts over functions
	all : fixed some equality checks between UInt and Int
	all : fixed rare issue with abstract casts
	all : fixed some internal code which relied on unspecified evaluation order
	all : fixed exhaustiveness checks involving guards
	all : fixed issue involving recursively constrained type parameters and @:generic
	all : fixed type inference issue in map literals
	all : fixed type inference issue when calling abstract method from within the abstract
	all : fixed several abstract variance issues
	all : fixed DCE issues with interface properties
	all : fixed variance issue with function variables and dynamic methods on interfaces
	all : fixed pattern matching on empty arrays that are typed as Dynamic
	all : fixed various @:generic issues
	all : fixed default cases on @:enum abstract being omitted
	all : fixed various expression positions
	all : disallowed break/continue in closures in loops
	all : disallowed inline functions in value places
	all : fixed parsing of cast followed by parentheses
	all : fixed resource naming in case of invalid file system characters
	all : fixed issue with inlined array declarations with field access
	cpp : fixed issue with the side-effect handler
	cpp : fixed issue with NativeArray in --no-inline mode
	php : fixed issue with invalid references for closures in for-loops
	php : fixed Reflect.compare and string comparison for numeric strings
	cs/java : fixed various issues with -java-lib and -net-lib.
	cs/java : added @:libType to skip checking on -java-lib / -net-lib types
	cs/java : compilation server now works with C#/Java [experimental support]
	cs : fixed Type.enumIndex / switch on C# native enums
	cs : fixed reflection on COM types
	java : fixed sys.net.Socket server implementation
	spod : various fixes - working now on cpp, java, neko, php and c#
	cpp : improved boot order, with enums constants first

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : disallowed using `super` in value positions
	all : check exhaustiveness of explicit Null types
	all : resolve unqualified identifiers to @:enum abstract constructors
	all : determine @:generic type parameters from constructor call if possible
	all : properly disallowed field redefinition in extending interface
	all : properly disallowed leading zeroes for Int and Float literals
	all : allowed variance on interface variables
	all : allowed pattern matching on arrays if they are typed as Dynamic
	all : allowed pattern matching on fields of parent classes
	all : -D doc-gen no longer implies -dce no
	all : allowed matching against null on any enum instance
	flash/js: optimized haxe.ds.StringMap
	neko : create output directory if it does not exist
	js : inline Math methods and fields
	cs/java : optimized Reflect.fields on dynamic structures
	cs/java : haxe will now clear output directory of old files (use -D keep-old-output to keep them)
	cs : optimized field lookup structure
	cs : optimized casting of parametrized types
	cs : beautify c# code output
	cs : added `cs.Flags` to manipulate C# enums that can be also flags
	xml : improved documentation generation and fixed missing entity escaping
	cpp : property access via Dynamic variables now requires property to be declared with @:nativeProperty
	cpp : allow injection of code from relative paths using @:sourceFile and @:cppInclude
	cpp : stronger typing of native functions via cpp.Function + cpp.Callable
	cpp : moved 'Class' implementation to hx namespace to improve objective C interaction
	cpp : added file_extension define to change the output filename extension (eg, ".mm")
	cpp : added pre-calculated hashes to string constants to allow faster lookups
	cpp : map implementation allows strongly typed interactions in some cases (avoids boxing)
	cpp : added native WeakMap implementation
	cpp : put each resource into own cpp file to allow more data/smaller files

	Standard Library:

	all : added typed arrays to haxe.io package
	all : added haxe.ds.Either
	all : added haxe.extern.Rest type for representing "rest" arguments in extern method signatures
	all : added haxe.extern.EitherType abstract type for dealing with externs for dynamic targets
	all : added haxe.DynamicAccess type for working with dynamic anonymous structures using a Map-like interface
	all : [breaking] changed haxe.ds.Vector.get to return T instead of Null<T>
	all : added haxe.macro.Compiler.addGlobalMetadata
	all : changed haxe.Int64 to be an abstract type instead of a class
	js : updated HTML externs

	Macro features and changes:

	macro : added Context.getLocalTVars
	macro : added TypedExprTools.iter
	macro : added Context.getCallArguments
	macro : changed @:genericBuild macros to prefer ComplexType returns
	macro : [breaking] extended TAnonymous structures now have AExtend status instead of AClosed
	macro : added Context.getDefines
	macro : fixed file_seek from end (position was inversed)
	macro : added Context.storeTypedExpr
	macro : allowed type name reification

	Deprecations:

	all : deprecated structurally extending classes and interfaces
	sys : Sys.command shell special chars (&|<>#;*?(){}$) are now properly escaped
	java/cs : Lib.nativeType is now renamed to Lib.getNativeType

2014-04-13: 3.1.3

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed handling of abstract variance
	flash : ensure correct endianess in haxe.io.BytesBuffer
	cpp : fixed issue involving class paths with spaces
	php : fixed >>>
	macro : fixed haxe.macro.Compiler.keep

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : give @:deprecated warnings by default, allow -D no-deprecation-warnings
	cpp : optimized Vector implementation

	Standard Library:

	all : renamed Bytes.readDouble/Float to getDouble/Float to avoid inheritance issues
	all : deprecated Bytes.readString in favor of getString
	all : added pretty-printing to haxe.format.JsonPrinter (and haxe.Json)

2014-03-29: 3.1.2

	Bugfixes:

	all : disallowed spaces between >>, >>>, >>= and >>>=
	all : fix branching issue when switching on Dynamic values with only one case
	all : added missing abstract cast call when checking for equality
	all : fixed member fields initializations on parent classes that have no constructor
	all : fixed toString usage of abstracts which are argument to Std.string
	flash : avoid rare FP 12 PPAPI JIT crash
	cpp : fixed bug in side-effect handler which caused incorrect behavior of while loops
	js : fixed missing print function for enum values with DCE
	macro : make sure member field initializations are respected

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : cached file exist checks to speed up compilations with a lot of class paths
	all : improved completion related to super class fields
	all : allowed iterating on abstract which have get_length and @:arrayAccess fields
	js : improved Type.allEnums implementation to avoid issues with obfuscation

	Standard Library:

	all : added haxe.io.Bytes.readDouble/Float
	all : added haxe.io.BytesBuffer.addString/Float/Double

2014-03-15: 3.1.1

	New features:

	all : added -D deprecation-warnings
	all : allowed \u escape sequences in strings
	cs : implemented haxe.CallStack

	Bugfixes:

	all : fixed wrong handling of "" and null in haxe.io.Path.join
	all : fixed invalid cast-to-self generation on some abstracts
	all : removed @:to Dynamic from UInt to avoid issues in the Map selection algorithm
	all : fixed various issues with UInt
	all : fixed position setter in haxe.io.BytesInput
	all : fixed various issues with member/static extension macros
	flash : fixed invalid override involving single-constraint type parameters
	flash8 : fixed various bugs
	js : fixed a problem with Std.string(null) being optimized incorrectly
	js : fixed custom generators
	cpp : dealt with string literals that are too long for MSVC
	cs : fixed various issues with -net-lib

2014-03-04: 3.1.0

	New features:

	all : allowed null-patterns in pattern matching
	all : allowed extractors in pattern matching using => syntax
	all : allowed extending generic type parameters
	all : allowed (expr : type) syntax (ECheckType)
	all : allowed @:enum and @:forward on abstracts
	all : allowed using abstracts as static extension
	all : allowed Class.new
	all : added EnumValue.match
	all : allow multiple structural extension using { > T1, > T2, fields }
	all : inline array and structure declarations if possible
	cs : added -net-lib
	cs : support for native delegates
	cs : support for attributes
	cs : support for events

	Standard Library:

	all : support abstract types in haxe.rtti.XmlParser
	all : added Std.instance
	all : added length field to BytesBuffer, BytesOutput, BytesInput and StringBuf
	all : added UInt for all targets
	all : added Array.indexOf and Array.lastIndexOf
	all : added haxe.xml.Printer
	all : added haxe.Int32 as abstract type
	all : added haxe.format.JsonParser/Printer

	General improvements and optimizations:

	all : optimized pattern matching output
	all : allowed recursive type parameter constraints
	all : improved support of custom @:coreType abstracts
	all : evaluate conditional expressions in @:require
	all : improved inline constructors by detecting more cases where it can be applied
	js : improved inlining
	js : always use JSON extern (compile with -D old-browser to disable)
	js : added -D js-flatten
	js : added -D js-es5
	cpp : improved side-effect detection

	Bugfixes:

	all : inlining a parameter which has side effects will not remove it even if not used
	all : implemented constraints check on enum and enum field type parameters
	all : fixed memory leak in compilation server and optimized caching in general
	all : fixed issue with invalid lowercase class name in Windows completion
	flash : fixed font embedding with UTF8 chars
	flash : give error if non-nullable basic types are skipped in a call
	flash : give error if assigned parent class field values would be overwritten by super()

	Macro features and changes:

	macro : add Context.onAfterGenerate
	macro : add Context.typeExpr
	macro : add Context.getExpectedType
	macro : add ExprTools.getValue
	macro : allowed $v{(c:Float|Int|String)}
	macro : resolve error line number in external files
	macro : rewrote macros used as static extension
	macro : exposed typed AST
	macro : added @:genericBuild
	macro : [breaking] first argument of ComplexType.TExtend is now Array<TypePath> instead of TypePath
	macro : improved expression printing

2013-09-25: 3.0.1
	all : minor DCE bug fix

2013-05-25: 3.0.0
	all : added haxe.ds.BalancedTree
	all : added haxe.ds.EnumValueMap
	all : allow enum constructors as keys to Map
	all : haxe.ds.ObjectMap is now correctly constrained on all targets
	all : preliminary support of -D display-mode=usage|position|metadata
	all : improved pattern matcher error messages
	all : allow inline constructors
	all : allow abstract member macros (not for @:op, @:arrayAccess, @:from, @:to)
	all : allow abstract type parameter variance
	all : do not generate hidden null on if without else
	macro : made abstract structure available

2013-05-08: 3.0.0-RC2
	all : improved abstract support
	all : renamed HAXE_LIBRARY_PATH to HAXE_STD_PATH
	all : added inlinable constructors
	all : renamed haxe.ds.FastCell to GenericCell
	all : fixed >= operator in #if conditionals
	all : improved completion support for Unknown results
	all : allowed [] access for Map
	all : added haxe.ds.WeakMap (not yet supported on all platforms)
	all : all trace parameters are now printed by default
	all : added --help-metas
	all : improved completion
	all : improved pattern matching variable capture and GADT support
	js : cached $bind results (unique closure creation per instance)
	js : removed --js-modern (now as default)
	cpp : added socket.setFastSend
	flash : update player 11.7 api
	flash : improved @:font, @:sound and @:bitmap support
	neko/java/cs : improved Array performances when growing with []
	java : added -java-lib support
	java : added sys.net package implementation (alpha)
	java : complete java std library through hxjava haxelib
	java/cs : added support for overloaded function declarations
	java/cs : overload selection algorithm
	cs : operator overloading is now accessible through Haxe
	cs : source mapping; can be disabled with -D real_position
	as3 : fixed rare syntax ambiguity
	php : removed initialization of some inline fields
	macro : fixed several issues with 'using' a macro function
	macro : improved expression printing

2013-02-24: 3.0.0-RC
	flash : updated player 11.4 api
	all : allowed named functions as r-value
	all : fixed using + overload usage
	all : allow any type constraint for type parameters
	all : make property type optional (when a initial value is set)
	all : Std.random(x) when x <= 0 is now always 0
	spod : added serialized data with SData<T>
	all : Dispatcher will now throw DETooManyValues
	all : speed up neko compilation by using native compiler
	all : allow @:generic on functions
	all : allow constructing generic type parameters
	swf : added support for SWC files in -swf-lib
	macro : added Context.onTypeNotFound callback for unresolved types
	js : no JS embed as default (use -D embed-js instead)
	all : added abstract types (Int/Float/Bool/Void/Class/Enum/EnumValue)
	all : added --help-defines
	all : changed DCE with three modes : std(default), no and full
	all : Haxe3 packages changes (see http://haxe.org/manual/haxe3)
	all : Removed haxe.Int32, haxe.Firebug, haxe.TimerQueue
	all : added -D key=value and #if (key >= value) operations
	all : StringTools.htmlEscape/unescape nows handle "/&quot; and '/&#039;
	all : using and import must now appear before any type declaration in a file
	all : no longer create variable fields for pure getter/setter properties (unless @:isVar is used)
	all : use default get_prop/set_prop instead of custom getter/setter names for properties
	js : added JQuery.delegateTarget
	macro : removed EType and CType, added EMeta, modified ESwitch
	all : allow @metadata expr
	all : replaced haxe.rtti.Generic interface with @:generic metadata
	all : no longer infer arrays of mixed types as Array<Dynamic>
	all : all type/import/enum constructor resolution now follows the shadowing principle (latest has priority)
	all : added EReg.matchSub, renamed EReg.customReplace to map
	all : no longer allow initialization of extern non-inline variables
	swf : fixed out of memory errors on very large swf-lib files
	swf : added -D swf_preloader_frame, swf_gpu, swf_direct_blit
	swf : added -D swf_script_timeout=seconds, swf_debug_password=password, swf_metadata=file
	swf : added -swf-lib-extern
	swf : added @:font support (beta)
	all : added GADT support in enums
	all : added pattern matching (beta)
	all : changed callback(func, args) to func.bind(args)
	macro : added haxe.macro.ExprTools/ComplexTypeTools/TypeTools
	macro : changed reification syntax to ${expr}, $a{array}, $p{path}, $v{value}
	macro : allow macro @:pos(pos-expr) to inject positions for reification
	all : added array comprehension
	flash : Vector.length is now Int instead of UInt
	all : moved haxe.BaseCode, haxe.Md5 and haxe.SHA1 to haxe.crypto package
	all : disallow Void variables and arguments (still allow S -> T to S -> Void)
	all : added Array.map/filter
	all : added spell check suggestions for enum constructors and fields
	all : added opaque abstract(T) types
	all : allow operator overloading on opaque abstract types
	all : renamed IntIter to IntIterator
	all : added Map
	all : added haxe.ds with StringMap, IntMap, HashMap, ObjectMap, Vector, GenericStack
	all : removed Hash, IntHash and haxe.FastList in favor of the types in haxe.ds
	all : haxe.xml.Parser now handles entities consistently across platforms
	all : renamed HAXE_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to HAXE_STD_PATH

2012-07-16: 2.10
	java/cs : added two new targets (beta)
	all : fixed List and Null<T> for first, last, pop
	js : added js.Lib.debug()
	flash : fixed Xml.parent() when no parent
	flash : fixed haxe.io.Bytes.blit when len=0
	js/php/flash8 : fixed haxe.Int32.mul overflow on 52 bits
	js : fixed haxe.Utf8 usage (static 'length' issue)
	all : does not allow overriding var/prop
	flash : removed wrapping for Xml nodes, use instead specific compare when comparing two typed nodes
	js : use new haxe.xml.Parser (faster, not based on Regexp)
	flash : fixed completion issue with for( x in Vector )
	all : optimized Std.int(123) and Std.int(123.45)
	flash : bugfix for @:bitmap with 24-bits PNG (flash decode wrong colors)
	as3 : fixed EnumValue becomes Object
	js : removed js.Lib.isIE/isOpera (not complete, use js.JQuery.browser instead)
	all : function parameters are nullable if they are declared with '?'
	all : added support for finding common base types of multiple types (unify_min) for array, switch, if
	php : do not implement duplicate interfaces
	haxelib : added git support through haxelib git
	all : allow derived classes to widen method visibility
	macro : added haxe.macro.Context.getLocalMethod
	macro : improved support of "using" macro functions
	php : optimized Xml implementation
	php : fixed Reflect.get/setProperty not working on PHP < 5.3
	all : support for callback(f, _, x)
	all : allow private access between classes that have a common base class
	all : added Output.writeFloat/Double and Input.readFloat/Double
	all : support for var:{x:Float} = { x = 1 } constant structure subtyping
	all : allow contravariant function arguments and covariant function returns in overrides
	macro : support for final Array<Expr> argument as rest argument
	macro : use top-down inference on macro calls
	all : made "using" imply "import"
	all : made String concat more consistent across platforms (add Std.string wrappers)
	all : allow direct member variable/property and static property initialization
	js : greatly reduced amount of generated code by using smarter DCE
	php : made modulo operations more consistent
	all : allow local functions to have both type parameters and be inlined
	all : functions type parameters can be constraint (will be checked at end of compilation)
	macro : use NekoVM runtime for regexps, process and xml parsing
	flash : allow @:getter/@:setter in interfaces
	flash : added support for "arguments" in methods
	all : not used enums and inline var/methods are now removed by DCE
	all : allow @:overload to use type parameters and not-absolute type paths
	all : ensure that Std.string of arrays and enums are now consistent across platforms
	all : allow to inline functions containing other functions
	xml : added metadata output to xml generator
	macro : added macro <expr> and macro : <type> reification
	all : renamed type(e) to $type(e)
	as3 : support for metadata and resources, and other fixes

2012-04-14: 2.09
	all : optimized const == const and const != const (with different const types)
	all : add Type.allEnums(e)
	all : big improvements with completion speed and fixed many issues
	flash9 : fixed -D swfprotected with swc output
	neko : added ~ implementation
	js : upgraded jquery version, more api overloads
	sys : added "in" operator for spod macros, added relation access in expressions
	macro : added ECheckType
	macro : added TLazy for not-yet-typed class fields
	js/php/neko : added haxe.web.Request
	all : added Std.format
	js : trace() output fallback on console.log if no id="haxe:trace"
	all : ensure that Std.is(2.0,Int) returns true on all platforms
	js : replaced $closure by function.$bind + changes in output format
	all : allowed @:extern on static methods (no generate + no closure + force inlining)
	all : added documentation in --display infos + display overloads in completion
	js : removed --js-namespace, added $hxClasses
	flash : output traces to native trace() when using -D fdb or -D nativeTrace
	all : allowed abitrary string fields in anonymous objects
	all : allowed optional structure fields (for constant structs)
	all : allowed optional args in functions types (?Int -> Void)
	all : added Reflect.getProperty/setProperty (except flash8)
	all : added --wait and --cwd and --connect (parsed files and module caching)
	all : fixed completion in macros calls arguments
	all : fixed DCE removing empty but still used interfaces/superclasses
	all : added haxe.Utf8 (crossplatform)
	neko : Reflect now uses $fasthash (require neko 1.8.2)
	all : allow \uXXXX in regexp (although not supported everywhere)
	js : make difference between values and statements expressions in JSGenApi
	js : added source mapping with -debug (replace previous stack emulation)
	flash : added @:file("a.dat") class File extends flash.utils.ByteArray
	flash : added @:sound("file.wav|mp3") class S extends flash.media.Sound
	js : added --js-modern for wrapping output in a closure and ES5 strict mode
	all : null, true and false are now keywords
	all : neko.io.Path, cpp.io.Path and php.io.Path are now haxe.io.Path
	neko, cpp, php : added Sys class, sys.io and sys.net packages and "sys" define
	all : allow to access root package with std prefix (std.Type for example)
	all : added haxe.EnumFlags
	sys : io.File.getChar/stdin/stdout/stderr are now in Sys class
	cpp : Reflect.getField and Reflect.setField no longer call property functions.  Use Reflect.getProperty and Refelect.setProperty instead.
	cpp : Default arguments now use Null<T> for performance increase and interface compatibility
	cpp : Added metadata options for injecting native cpp code into headers, classes and functions
	php : added php.Lib.mail
	(hotfix) fixed bug in completion and disabled profiling on Linux
	(hotfix) fixed $ssize when doing new String(v) in neko
	(hotfix) fixed bug with properties in interfaces for Flash & PHP

2011-09-25: 2.08
	js : added js.JQuery
	all : added @:overload
	js : upgraded js.SWFObject from 1.4.4 inlined to 1.5 embedded
	js : code generator beautify
	all : ensure that modifying returned Type.getEnumConstructs array does not affect enum
	all : allow macro typed parameters (other than Expr)
	flash : added flash11 apis
	neko : added support for https to haxe.Http (using hxssl library)
	all : added haxe.Int64
	all : added haxe.Int32 isNeg,isZero,ucompare, fixed overflows for js/flash8/php
	all : bugfix when optimizing inlined immediate function call
	all : fixed "using" on macro function
	all : allowed member macros functions (called as static)
	neko : allowed serialization of haxe.Int32 (as Int)
	all : fixed invalid optimization of two constant numbers comparison
	flash8 : bugfix Std.parseInt with some hex values
	flash9 : added flash.utils.RegExp
	all : changed @:build behavior, now takes/returns a var with anonymous fields
	all : added @:native support for enums
	neko : changed the result of array-assign expression (was null)
	flash9 : no longer auto create enums from SWF classes
		(need explicit "enum" type patch)
	all : optimized variable tracking/renaming
	all : optimized macro engine (speed x2)
	all : added -D macrotimes support
	flash9 : store resources in bytes tag instead of bytecode
	all : allow $ prefixed identifiers (for macros usage only)
	all : allow to access modules subtype statics with pack.Mod.Type.value
		and fixed identifier resolution order
	flash9 : added @:bitmap("file") for simple embedding
	all : added haxe.web.Dispatch
	js : added js.Storage
	all : allow this + member variables access in local functions
		added untyped __this__ support and transition error
	all : added haxe.macro.MacroType
	neko : neko.Lib.serialize/unserialize now returns bytes
	neko : added sys.db package (crossplatform with -D spod_macro support)
		spod_macro now uses wrappers for Bytes (require neko 1.8.2)
	php : added --php-prefix for prefixing generated files and class names
	all : added type_expr_with_type enum support
	php/js : fixed adding 'null' to StringBuf
	all : added haxe.macro.Context.defineType

2011-01-30: 2.07
	all : fixed completion support with --remap
	all : added macros, added --interp
	all : removed 'here' special identifier
	neko : fixed neko.Web.getParamsString() returning "null" instead of ""
	flash9 : fixed issue with @:bind
	flash9 : added some missing errors
	flash9 : fixed TypedDictionary.exists
	all : added @:build and @:autoBuild for enums and classes
	neko : Std.parseFloat now returns NaN with invalid string
	php: fixed Array.push must return the current length (issue 219)
	php: fixed EReg.replace (issue 194)
	php: FileSystem.readDirectory now skips '.' and '..' to be consistent with neko (issue 226)
	flash9 : add trace text on stage (always over current and subclips)
	flash9 : delay SWF initialization until it's added on stage and stageWidth > 0
	         (this can be disabled with -D dontWaitStage)
	all : added haxe.Timer.measure
	all : added Lambda.indexOf and Lambda.concat
	all : no longer allow inline vars as metadata values
	neko : added getFieldsNames to neko.db.ResultSet (supported in Neko 1.8.2 mysql driver)
	all : added --macro and haxe.macro.Compiler
	all : allow macro type patches
	flash9 : changed --gen-hx-classes implementation
		now use 'haxe -swf-lib lib.swf --gen-hx-classes' instead
	flash9 : added @:getter and @:setter
	all : added @:require
	flash9 : moved vector utils functions from flash.Lib to flash.Vector
	flash9 : added support for FP 10.1 and 10.2
	flash9 : added @:meta(Meta(k="v")) support
	all : improved #if support (fixed ! precedence)
	all : lookup unqualified types in all package hierarchy and not only in current package
	flash : set default flash version to 10 (-swf9 deprecated, use -swf-version 8 for avm1)
	php : added --php-lib to allow to rename the destination path of the generated lib
	all : added --dead-code-elimination, removes unused functions from the output
	     (beta feature could not make in the final release)
	all : added @:keep to prevent --dead-code-elimination of class/method
	flash9 : fixed issues with loading a Haxe SWF (boot_XXXX class extends flash.Boot)
	all : allow to inline override methods (if the superclass method is not inlined already)
	all : fixed escape sequences in literal regular expressions
	flash9 : fixed Xml.setNodeValue
	all : removed -excluded, replaced by --macro excludeFile('filename')
	all : added --macro exclude('package') and --macro include('package')
	all : importing a typedef of an enum allow to access its constructors
	all : removed String.cca (replaced by StringTools.fastCodeAt + StringTools.isEOF)
	flash9 : fixed use of default values when null is passed for nullable basic types
	all : fixed issues with inlining and class/function type parameters
	all : big speedup for compiler internal completion
	all : added --macro keepClass('classname')
	flash9 : fixed Xml.nodeValue for comments (does not include <!--/-->)
	all : added named local functions (allow self-recursion)
	all : use left-assoc for (==,!=,>,>=,<,<=)(==,!=,>,>=,<,<=) (&&)(&&) and (||)(||)
	all : give prefix unary operators higher priority than ?:
	php : fixed XML parsing
	cpp : many fixes

2010-08-14: 2.06
	neko : change serializer to be able to handle instances of basic classes from other modules
	js : add Document.createTextNode
	all : bugfix with inline when modifying var with same name as one of current local
	flash9 : classes implementing ArrayAccess<T> are now dynamic (including TypedDictionary)
	all : allow "using" on typedefs
	as3 : minor fixes in genas3 and --gen-hx-classes
	as3 : fix with readonly/writeonly properties accesses
	flash9 : list native getter/setters in Type API class/instance fields
	all : make haxe.rtti.Generic typing lazy (fix for self-recursion)
	all : allow haxe.rtti.Generic + inheritance
	all : added resource size limit to 12MB (ocaml max_string_size is 16MB + b64)
	flash : changes in swf handling to work with >16MB swfs
	flash9 : only init dynamic methods if not already defined (in subclass)
	std : added haxe.SHA1
	compiler : added TCast, allow cast optimization on flash9/cpp
	as3 : fixed Std.__init__ generating 'null'
	compiler : fixed -no-opt
	flash : allow several -swf-lib
		no longer support automatic creation of classes for f8 swfs in f9 mode
		classes defined in f9 swf are not redefinable in Haxe code (use extern)
	flash9 : allow direct access and completion with classes defined in -swf-lib's
	flash9 : remove imported libraries debug infos when not compiled with -debug
	all : only display errors with --display if no completion matched
	all : some completion related errors fixed
	flash9 : added @:bind support
	all : fixed StringTools.hex with negative numbers
	flash9 : fixed Type.typeof(1<<28) was TFloat
	flash9 : use flash.XML parser for Xml class implementation
	neko : fixed Array.splice (was not setting null at end of array)
	neko : rewrote Array class using neko.NativeArray
	all : core classes implementation are now in std/(platform)/_std
	all : added @:final support
	all : added haxe.rtti.Meta
	flash9 : added flash.desktop.Clipboard* classes (added in flash10)
	as3 : fixed Date.toString issue in flash.Boot (now use .toStringHX instead)
		this will only work if .toString called explicitely on Date class
	all : only allow "using" on Dynamic if first parameter is Dynamic
	php : haxe.Http now supports Https connections when OpenSSL extension is enabled (issue 143)
	php : fixed enum constructors sequence (issue 142)
	php : added error message when using 2 fields with different cases in the same class/enum
	php : fixed field declaration for properties with getter and setter (issue 124)
	php : fixed comparison issues between strings (issue 132)
	php : enhanced FileInput.readLine using native fgets function (issue 103)
	flash9 : renamed flash.Error to flash.errors.Error
	php : removed eval() everywhere and simplified _hx_lambda
	php : fixed return type for Std.string() with integers and floats
	php : fixed php.Lib.rethrow
	all : added custom Haxe serialization
	php : aligned php.Web.parseMultipart signature with neko implementation
	cpp : Added source location and stack dump for errors in debug mode
	cpp : Remapped more keywords
	cpp : Added templated fast iterator code for arrays and FastLists
	cpp : Added option for tracing GC references in debug mode
	cpp : Switch the native string implementation from wchar_t to utf8 - for regex speed
	cpp : Added extra "()" to ensure correct order of operations
	cpp : Fixed various bugs for unusual (and not so unusual) language constructs
	cpp : Fixed order of enum generation from index
	cpp : Added __unsafe_get and __unsafe_set to Array as possible optimizations
	cpp : Default to mult-thread compiling on windows for cl version >= 14
	cpp : Seed Math.random
	cpp : Use strftime for Dates
	cpp : Fix socket sellect passing _s
	cpp : Throw error when match count does not match regex
	cpp : Improve register capture in GC
	cpp : Fix Dynamic integer compare
	cpp : Implement makeVarArgs
	cpp : Fix toString for nulls in Enums and Arrays
	cpp : Added initial Android support
	cpp : Move initializers to entry functions in standard ndlls.
	cpp : Changes some CFFI register funtions to char*, from wchar_t*
	cpp : Added some initial support for v8 script target
	cpp : Use non-recursive GC marking to avoid overflow in big lists
	cpp : Added __hxcpp_obj_id

2010-01-09: 2.05
	js : added js.Scroll
	js : package names are now checked at runtime to avoid clashes with existing libs
	js : added --js-namespace to create a namespace for types that are defined in the root
	all : updated xml output and html doc - add inline, override, dynamic functions support
	all : added error when comparing enum with arguments
	all : optimize constant equality for enums
	flash9 : fixed verify error with inline + null type
	flash9 : bugfix when overriding/implementing an method with an applied type parameter
	php : fixed issues with classes that implement Dynamic
	all : ignore #! line at beginning of the hx file
	haxelib : added tags, added documentation
	flash8 : don't use b64 encoding for text ressources
	php : fixed bug in Hash.exists for null values and Reflect.callMethod
	js/flash9 : throw exception in Xml.parse when unclosed node
	all : improve return type progagation in inlined expression (fix some VerifyErrors)
	all : optimize {const} into const
	all : added structure / Dynamic<T> subtyping
	all : fixed List.map2 error when inline + optional args
	flash9 : encode all ISO constant strings into UTF8 at compilation time
	all : allow hxml with only -cmd statements
	spod : moved Manager.addQuote to Connection.addValue
	flash9 : removed .iterator() from Vector (not implementable)
	all : fixed haxe.rtti.Generic on interfaces
	php : fixed issue with Reflect.callMethod
	php : fixed issue with PHP reserved word used in callbacks
	all : bugfix with non-constant enums in switches
	flash9 : fix for interfaces (use namespace)
	all : "using" now works for identifiers in member methods
	flash9 : bugfix with switch on some big integers
	all : bugfix when optimizing (function(x) return x)(x)
	neko : improved speed of Xml.toString()
	all : added -D dump (for debugging purposes)
	neko : added neko.Web.isTora
	php : added php.db.PDO (php.db.Sqlite is now deprecated)
	php : fixed bug in Type.getClassFields() that reported duplicated entries
	php : fixed errror in XML error reporting
	all : allow sub-types declarations everywhere (pack.Type.Sub)
	all : added completion for sub-types declarations
	all : improved completion with lambda function
	as3 : several generation fixes
	all : bugfix haxe.rtti.Generic on private class
	php/js/cpp : sanitize binary expressions to prevent inlining errors
	spod : remove object from cache when deleted

2009-07-26: 2.04
	flash9 : fixed get_full_path error with -D fdb
	js : fixed Array.remove on IE
	flash8 : removed extra empty AS3 tag (causing some issue with F8 loadMovie)
	improved speed of Bytes unserializing (no need for BytesBuffer)
	flash9 : bugfix, Null<Typedef> was generating dynamic code
	flash9 : added error message in flash.Vector if used without flash 10
	flash9 : fixed some "never" property access issues
	all : added "never" property access support for all platforms
	js : small syntax fix with value-blocks
	js : fixed Type.enumEq with null values
	js/flash8 : use &0xFF in haxe.io.Bytes.set
	flash9 : fixed switch on Null<Int> verify error
	flash9 : fixes related to UInt type + error when using Int/UInt comparison
	as3 : improved Vector support, inline flash.Lib.as
	as3 : bugfix with skip_constructor
	as3 : added Enum.__constructs__ (allow Type.getEnumConstructs)
	as3 : make all constructor parameters optional (allow Type.createEmptyInstance)
	as3 : bugfix with property access inside setter (stack overflow)
	all : Enum is now Enum<T>
	all : added Type.createEnumIndex
	all : forbid same name for static+instance field (not supported on several platforms)
	all : renamed haxe.Http.request to "requestUrl"
	all : renamed neko.zip.Compress/Uncompress.run to "execute"
	spod : fix very rare issue with relations and transactions
	compiler : added TClosure - optimize closure creation and ease code generation
	cpp : added CPP platform
	all : added 'using' syntax
	neko : added 'domains' optional param to ThreadRemotingServer to answer policy-file-request
	php : fixed php.db.Mysql so that getResult is consistent with Neko behavior
	php : fixed __toString for anonymouse objects
	php : fixed bug in overridden dynamic functions
	php : fixed round to be consistent with other platforms
	php : fixed bug concatenating two dynamic variables
	php : php.Lib.rethrow now works as expected
	flash9 : fixed bug with SWC output and recursive types
	flash8 : fixed inversed arguments in __new__
	neko : added neko.net.Socket.setFastSend
	php: fixed String.charCodeAt
	php: minor optimization (removed foreach from std code)
	php: implemented haxe.Stack
	php: changed exception handler to use Haxe call stack
	php: changed special vars to use the '\xBB' prefix instead of __
	php: fixed use of reserved keywords for var names
	php: List iterator is now class based (faster)
	php: fixed behavior of class variables having assigned functions
	php: fixed php.db.Manager (was uncorrectly removing superclass fields)
	php: added support for native Iterator and IteratorAggregate interfaces
	all : added --display classes and --display keywords
	all : fixed issue with optional parameters in inline functions
	all : allow implementing interfaces with inline methods
	all : enable inlining for getter/setter/iterator/resolve/using

2009-03-22: 2.03
	optimized Type.enumEq : use index instead of tag comparison for neko/flash9/php
	bugfix for flash.display.BitmapDataChannel and GraphicsPathCommand (allow inline static)
	resolve environment variable in -cmd commands
	added flash.Vector.indexOf and lastIndexOf
	fixed bug in interfaces that define the method toString (Haxe/PHP)
	fixed bug in haxe.io.BytesInput.readBytes in Flash9 (was throwing Eof if full buffer can't be read)
	fixed implements/extends special classes when they are imported
	StringBuf now uses an array for JS implementation (around same on FF, faster on IE)
	fixed assignment of field length in anonym objects (Haxe/PHP)
	fixed addEventListener typing for flash9
	fixed __vector__ generation for AS3 target
	fix with inline functions : position is now the inserted position and not the original one (better error reporting)
	added SWC output support
	fixed issues with unset of values in for loops and executing blocks that return functions (Haxe/PHP)
	"throw" type is now Unknown instead of Dynamic (prevent type-hole in "if A else if B else throw")
	added __foreach__ for flash9/as3
	fixed f9 verify error with different kind of functions
	moved eof() from neko.io.FileOutput to FileInput
	added haxe.rtti.HtmlEditor
	added neko.db.Manager.setLockMode
	genAS3 : fixed Error classes issues
	genAS3 : fixed default basic type value in interfaces
	flash9 : fixed UInt default parameter verify error
	flash9 : fixed issue with flash.* string enums verify error
	compiler : allowed \r line separators for HXML files
	flash9 : fixed verify error with loop variable beeing a specific class
	compiler : prevent truncating float dynamic values to int when using numerical operations
	neko.db.Manager fix : synchronize fields after locking an unlocked cached object
	compiler : fixed issue with cascading inline+haxe.rtti.Generic
	optimizer : reduce constant int/float/bool expressions and immediate function calls
	flash9/as3/php : don't add Boot.skip_constructor test if no side effects in constructor
	compiler : added --no-opt to disable expr reduction
	compiler : separated basic and advanced commandline options
	compiler : fixed printing of sub-function types
	genHX : fixed generation of classes that extends another class (shouldn't be turned into enums)
	speedup Array.remove on flash9/js

2008-11-23: 2.02
	Std.is(MyInterface, Class) now returns true (Haxe/PHP)
	php arrays are wrapped into _hx_array instances, fixes issues with references (array cast, access out of bounds ...)
	removed untested php classes (php.DBase, php.IniHash)
	added -D use_rtti_doc
	flash.Lib.getTimer() now returns Int and is inlined
	fixed php.FileSystem.stat
	added memory related functions to php.Sys
	added error when trying to extend Array, String, Date and Xml
	fixed handling of implements ArrayAccess
	fixed some minor things in flash10 api
	switch/for/while/do/try/if are no longer using parse_next (parenthesises requ. instead)
	fixed Type.typeof and Std.is in case of too much large integers for Flash6-8/JS
	haxe.xml.Check : treat comments the same as PCDATA spaces
	haxe.io.BytesData now uses strings instead of arrays for PHP
	compiler : optimized line calculus from ast position
	lexer : allow identifiers starting with _[0-9]
	fixed access to flash.Vector methods : use AS3 namespace (faster)
	bugfix in inline functions : modifying a parameter can't modify a real local var anymore
	bugfix in inline functions : handle class type parameters and method type parameters
	fixed issue with Int default value for Float parameter
	flash9 : bugfix when using the retval after setting a closure variable
	added flash.Memory API for flash10 alchemy opcodes access
	changed #if as3gen to #if as3 when generating as3 code
	fixed as3 flash.Vector generation
	fixed haxe.io.BytesOutput for flash9 : set default to little-endian
	some flash9 fixes related to extern enums
	updated flash.text.engine package with haxe enums
	flash9 : use target file path for Boot unique ID instead of random number
	as3 : fixed bug when anonymous field was a reserved identifier
	flash9 : added flash.Lib.vectorOfArray and vectorConvert for flash10
	added -D check-js-packages to allow several haxe-generated js files in same page

2008-10-04: 2.01
	fixed php.Sys
	added neko.NativeString and neko.NativeArray
	fixed php.Boot.__string_rec() when invoked from toString
	fixed null references in class constructors for array arguments
	fixed Type.enumParameters() and Type.typeOf() for PHP
	fixed SPOD/MySql for PHP
	fixed php.net.Socket.setTimeout(), php.io.Process
	fixed php.Web.setCookie() for expire time
	fixed php rethrow in catches and added the possibility to catch native exceptions
	added runttime check for php.io.Socket.shutdown (uses fclose in php 5.1.x)
	allowed optional Context in remoting connections
	fixed extern classes for flash < 8
	fixed inherited protected/private properties in as3 SWF library
	fixed haxe.io float/double in Neko (when bigEndian was null)
	added __FSCommand2__ support
	optimized haxe.Unserializer (use faster buffer access)
	use "Dynamic" instead of Dynamic->Void for flash9 IEventDispatcher
	always use full classes paths for genAS3
	prevent different get/set property accesses when implementing an interface
	fixed assign of dynamicfunction references in PHP
	Haxe/PHP now generates code for extern classes __init__
	added strings literal support in haxe.Template
	fixed Process arguments and exitCode() in Haxe/PHP
	fixed hierarchy problem for classes with the name from different packages Haxe/PHP
	php.db.Mysql now throws an exception when tries to connect to an unexistant DB
	fixed blocks in if statements for Haxe/PHP
	added php check on the full hierarchy for colliding names
	added support for "g" modifier in EReg for PHP
	PHP now generates __toString for classes that have toString defined
	implemented php.Lib.getClasses()
	fixed duplicate fields in Type.getInstanceFields on subclass
	Enum is no longer defined inside Type but is standalone class
	fixed Date.getDay on Neko/Windows (use %w instead of %u)
	fixed memory leak with PHP closures
	fixed wrong scope in PHP closures
	fixed Array.reverse() in PHP
	fixed Reflect.compareMethods in Neko (require Neko 1.8.0)
	fixed flash7-8 register usage for __init__ and static variables initialization
	moved StringTools.baseEncode/Decode to haxe.BaseCode
	fixed binary resources for Flash, JS and PHP outputs
	fixed compiler bug with inline + optional arguments
	fixed Type.createInstance and createEmptyInstance with Array for flash6-8

2008-07-28: 2.0
	fixed current package bug in inherited constructor type
	delayed type-parameter constraints check (allow mutual rec extends for SPOD)
	improved unclosed macro error reporting
	Haxe/PHP integration
	renamed NekoSocketConnection to SyncSocketConnection (php support)
	fixes in genAs3
	fix for flash9 : always coerce call return type
	set all private+protected names from SWF lib to public (allow override+reflect)
	flash9 : use findprop instead of findpropstrict for 'this' access (allow dynamic)
	don't allow nullness changes in overrided/implemented
	prevent typing hole with overridden polymorphic methods
	added neko.vm.Mutex and neko.vm.Deque (included in neko 1.7.1)
	added package remapping using --remap

2008-07-17: 2.0-RC1
	genneko : remove big array error (fixed in neko 1.7.1)
	fixed neko.net.ThreadRemotingServer.onXML
	genswf9 : fixed verify error with Null<Class> (was using dynamic access)
	small patch for jsfl support
	added .cca for faster string operations on Flash9/Flash/JS
	bugfix with inlined local variables
	upgraded flash9 api to flex3/player 9.0.115
	override is now mandatory, no more --override
	dynamic is now a keyword
	f9dynamic is now dynamic and is mandatory on all platforms
	public/private/dynamic are inherited by default when overriding a method
	removed Reflect.empty() : use {} instead
	changed #else by #elseif, added #else
	flash9 : optimized Hash,IntHash,StringBuf (use typed value)
	Reflect.field/setField/callMethod , Type.enumIndex and StringBuf methods are now inlined
	optimized haxe.Md5 : don't use statics
	allow up to 8 parameters in Reflect.createInstance
	flash9 : some minor optimizations in haxe.Serializer
	added haxe.io package (removed things from neko.io)
	__resolve becomes resolve (and should be documented)
	added haxe.Int32
	removed neko.Int32
	removed neko.io.Input/Output/Eof/Error/Logger/Multiple/StringInput/StringOutput
	removed neko.net.RemotingServer
	changed neko apis to use haxe.io and Bytes instead of String buffers
	fixed big bug in js/flash8 debug stack handling
	complete rewrite of haxe.remoting package
	haxe.io.Bytes serialization support	(replace deprecated string support)
	removed === and !==
	removed Std.bool
	fixed : Reflect.field(null) in flash9 doesn't throw an error anymore
	removed Type.toClass and Type.toEnum
	Dynamic type is now a class and not an enum
	moved reflection support for core types from Boot to Std
	fixed Type.getClassName/getEnumName/resolve for core flash9 types
	renamed haxe.rtti.Type to haxe.rtti.CType (with changes in prefix)
	added haxe.TimerQueue, added haxe.Timer.delay, remove haxe.Timer.delayed
	flash9 : bugfix, generated interfaces were empty
	fixed bug while writing block-vars in flash/js
	added parameters default value (constants)
	removed Std.resource, Std.ord, Std.chr
	added haxe.Resource, allow binary data in resources
	added Type.createEnum
	check that local variables get correctly initialized before usage
	haxe.Stack support for flash9

2008-04-05: 1.19
	fixed flash9 Array.toString
	fixed inline return bug
	added haxe.rtti.Generic behavior
	added haxe.FastList
	bugfix to prevent recursive anonymous
	fixed some incorrectly reported "recursive inline" errors
	fixes in genas3 + genswf9 for Dynamic/* in methods
	{} is now an empty object and not an empty block
	fixed some verify errors left in flash9
	fixed private/protected differences in gen-hx-classes
	genswf9 : allowed to store a Class in a typed register
	fixed switch-on-bool (don't use matching)
	genswf9 : optimized switch on ints
	some renames in haxe.rtti.Type
	added flash.utils.TypedDictionary for F9
	genswf9 : fixe debug filename with inline code
	fixed completion for packages starting with 'a' or 'z'
	added flash9.Lib.as
	prevent double Movieclip class declaration when linking flash9 lib
	allow numerical operations on type parameters constraint by Float
	genswf9 : fixed dynamic inheritance

2008-02-23: 1.18
	some optimization and bugfix for as3 codegen
	bugfix : allow bitmaps and fonts classes for F9 library
	bugfix : neko.Web.setCookie
	bugfix : as3 switches in -swf-lib, and enable to "repair" corrupted as3 bytecode
	fixed --i return value in flash9
	fixed some transforms in flash9
	added js.Selection
	simplified js.Dom (more events)
	added haxe.xml.Fast.innerHTML
	added Reflect.compare
	fixed "".split() in Neko (now returns [""] instead of [])
	bugfix for swf-lib f9 classes ordering
	added EReg.customReplace
	added neko.Lib.lazyLoad and improved neko.net.Poll for Neko 1.6.1
	prevented static fields in interfaces
	added neko.Sys.cpuTime()
	fix for protected as3 classes
	added support for flash9 XML (in flash.xml package)
	added neko.vm.Tls for Neko 1.6.1
	added --no-inline
	renamed neko.zip.File to neko.zip.Reader
	added neko.zip.Writer and neko.zip.CRC32
	fixed multilevel Transform.block_vars
	added js.SWFObject
	fixes for if/switch with null or Null<T> on Flash9

2008-01-13: 1.17
	fixed Int32.compare, added Int32.read and Int32.write
	fixed type of unitialized registers in flash9
	fixed Sqlite transactions (commit and rollback now restart a transaction)
	several flash9 optimizations
	flash9 debug support (with -D fdb)
	set align to TopLeft if not defined for flash9
	added neko.vm.Gc
	fixed Null should not be a value
	bugfix in serialization format with USE_ENUM_INDEXES
	added apis in DateTools for time manipulation
	bugfix in flash9 : strictly typed local vars used in local functions
	always force swf version and sandbox redefinition
	added as3hl layer
	merge as3 classes
	use flash9 fast switch for enums
	always use match for enums (no switch even if constant)
	fixed DateTools.format %I and %l in Flash/JS
	securized Hash for JS and Flash
	compiletime F9 class generation for F8 swflib
	optimized for loops (Array and IntIter)
	added #line support
	more f9 Null<T> support for "if" and array declarations
	more neko.Web.setCookie parameters
	added "inline" for methods and static vars
	fixed % type in flash9

2007-10-31: 1.16
	use _sans font for default flash traces (better Linux support)
	fixed haxe.remoting.Connection compilation for Flash<8
	added fix to prevent 64K identifiers limit on Flash<9
	ensure order of anonymous fields initialization
	fixed haxe.remoting.Connection.urlConnect in JS
	use amortized O(1) for Neko Array implementation
	ndlls libraries should now use .neko() instead of __a
	allowed 'u' utf8 for regexp (needs Neko 1.6.1 regexp.ndll on windows)
	onclick and onsubmit JS events returns Bool
	fixed inherited constructor of extern class was always private
	fixed Ereg.split without 'g' flag on JS/Flash9
	fixed haxe.Stack in JS without -debug
	added support for -D no-swf-compress
	fixed ByteArray.readObject
	fixed implements Dynamic in Flash9
	removed neko.io.FileInput.eof, fixed neko.io.Input.readLine
	fixed haxe.Template for Flash9
	added neko.Sys.command optional array of arguments
	removed haxe.Proxy
	added flash.XMLRequest
	fixed Type.enumParameters for Neko
	guaranteed order of Type.getEnumConstructs same as code
	used index-based dispatch for enums
	added Type.enumIndex
	fixed enum.toString for Flash and JS
	support for -Dnetwork-sandbox
	trim -cp and -resource
	various genas3 fixes

2007-08-29: 1.15
	fixed bug with Enum.construct when Enum have type parameters
	change with "untyped" : arguments types are checked (because of opt select)
	haxedoc : fixed type parameters display
	fix for JS and Flash9 XML parser : allow newlines in attributes
	disable Flash9 resources with AS3Gen
	error on extra anonymous fields
	error on too much big neko array declaration (neko 1.6 max_stack limit)
	fixed Flash9 statics slots (FP 9,0,60 compatibility)
	fixed Flash9 Type.getClassName
	optional enums arguments on Flash9 are now automatically Null
	forbid usage of type parameters in static functions
	fixed Std.int with negative numbers
	fixed some F9 issues with Haxe-specific Array, Date and Math methods
	used AS3 namespace for F9 Array and String instance methods
	fixed F9 with uninitialized integer registers
	fixed F9 + operator with Dynamic/Null operands
	added Enum subtyping
	fix with remoting threadserver and exceptions
	fixed Flash9 dynamic runtime type field access
	fixed very tricky typing bug with constructors inheritance
	fixed some documentation related parser bug
	fixed stack overflow with static setter
	fixed package completion bug when -cp points to an not existing dir
	fix duplicate sandboxes tags with -swf
	__resolve in Haxe Remoting is now public

2007-07-25: 1.14
	fixed no error when invalid "catch" expression
	remove variance
	fixed prototype bug in neko when "Main" class is defined
	fixed flash9 xml iterator methods
	bugfix in flash9 ByteArray serialization
	fixed genAS3 conflicting classes and interfaces
	preserve neko output file extension
	added flash.Event for Flash9
	added --no-output
	fixed neko.net.Socket peer and host methods
	added neko.io.Process and neko.vm.Ui
	added haxe.xml.Proxy
	some flash6 fixes
	allowed simplequotes for xml attributes in Flash9 and JS
	flash9 optimizing compiler
	new faster neko binary AST
	added haxe.remoting.NekoSocketConnection and SocketProtocol
	don't allow for...in iteration with Dynamic or Unknown
	added flash9 resources
	fixed precedence of ternary operator ?:

2007-05-18: 1.13
	fixed bug with local variable masking package in catch type
	fixed "Not_found" when enum params differs
	added "override" for AS3 generator
	fixed stack overflow in typedefs
	added haxe.Timer.queue, removed delayedArg (use callback instead)
	fixed haxe.remoting.SocketConnection (msg invertions might occur)
	add uniqueness check for switch constants
	js : HtmlCollection and MetaDom.childNodes are not true Arrays
	allowed semicolon after typedef declaration
	fixed in-loop closure usage of "for" variable for Flash and JS
	added neko.net.ThreadRemotingServer.onXml (to handle crossdomain xml)
	more accurate stack trace for socket remoting
	prevent some memory leak in haxe.Timer / JS
	added flash fullscreen support
	added cond?a:b syntax support
	added utf8 buffer api
	added haxelib "dev" mode
	renamed Http.asyncRequest to customRequest
	add classes to Neko module export table
	fixed parametrized enums for Flash6
	fixed bug with completion and interfaces
	fixed --flash-use-stage in Flash9

2007-03-06: 1.12
	added flash lite support with -D flash_lite
	bugfix for Unknown<X> should Unknown<X>
	prevent some exceptions in neko.net.ProxyDetect
	fixed ByteArray serialization
	added neko.Int32
	added -x for fast neko scripting
	prevent locals from breaking class access (works with imports)
	fix in function overriding subtyping
	added haxe.remoting.FlashJsConnection
	fixed tar support in neko.zip.File
	ide completion support using --display
	give access to neko.net.Host ip (as Int32)
	fixed bug when calling super.UpperCaseMethod()
	hide additional flash Array methods
	allow leading comma in anonymous types
	added haxe.Public interface
	added AS3 code generator
	field lookup gives priority to superclass over interfaces
	improved haxedoc output
	fixed bug in neko regexp split/replace when empty match at eol
	fixed bug in flash 6-7-8 resources generation

2007-01-28: 1.11
	changed StringBuf.add implementation
	added haxe.Firebug
	allowed variable return type for overridden/implemented methods
	display error position in front of each error line
	improved error messages when optional arguments not matched
	added neko.io.Path
	added neko.net.ProxyDetect
	bugfix in unify : prevent recursive anonymous objects
	haxe.Http call "prepare" only if size is known
	added multiple expressions in "case"
	serialization : deprecated old string format, use urlEncode/Decode
	added flash9 bytearray serialization (to binary string, for neko com)
	fixed Type.typeof on some flash9 instances
	no more dontUseCache (haxe.Serializer.USE_CACHE, default to false)
	small genxml/haxedoc improvements
	added Type.enumEq
	local function parameters are now inferred in several cases
	optional RTTI for Spod Object
	bugfix related to callback in neko code generator
	more type error stack (now includes type parameters)
	type system fixes in anonymous subtyping
	added Iterable<T>, changed Lambda
	added TAR and GZIP support to neko.io.Zip
	compute minimal array content type
	fixes in enum switchs

2007-01-01: 1.10
	fix in haxe.remoting.SocketConnection.readAnswer
	fix in postfix incr/decr and getter/setter
	added haxe.Http.fileTransfert for Neko
	fixed haxelib to 1.02 (use multipart file transfert)
	fixed Array.reverse
	added flash.Lib.getURL and fscommand for Flash9
	fixed some ignored parse errors
	fixed minor syntax : immediate object access
	allow extend/implements a typedef
	fixed Flash9 AMF remoting
	fixed Flash9 bugs in Date object
	fixed dynamic Array typing bug
	allowed typedef private field access
	added Class<T> base class type
	AsyncConnection.call callback is now optional
	fixed if/switch with no else/default compilation
	moved Reflect.createInstance to Type
	added Reflect.makeVarArgs
	haXelib 1.03 : several developers per project + web interface

2006-11-22: 1.09
	added neko.vm.Module and neko.vm.Loader
	haxelib : allowed spaces in "run" arguments
	allowed Thread comparison
	fixed bug in SWF6 compilation
	allowed either Mysql or Mysql5 usage
	replaced db.Connection.hasFeature by db.Connection.dbName
	added Socket.custom field
	moved neko.Thread to neko.vm.Thread
	define haxe_109 (for api changes)
	fixes in haxe.remoting.Connection and haxe.Unserializer for F9
	added haxe.remoting.Connection.urlConnect for JS
	allowed private typedef fields
	added neko.net.ThreadServer, ThreadRemotingServer and Poll
	removed neko.net.RemotingBuffer
	relaxed enums switchs (allow value in first case)
	changed "cast" codegeneration (fix some F9 usages)
	change in POST data handling in mod_neko (max 256K, except multipart)
	added neko.Web.getClientHeaders and neko.Web.flush
	"callback" is now a keyword
	fixed stack overflow when typedef = Dynamic
	fixed Reflect.createInstance on F9
	Array : slice optional length, fixed neko slice & splice
	+ fixed cast return type

2006-10-29: 1.08
	fixed bug in flash -debug
	fixed Sqlite result .length
	fixed missing "." in OSX/Linux default classpath
	fixed haxelib NDLL autoloading on OSX
	fixed bug in deserialization of "\\\r" sequence
	added inheritance and fields getter/setter to xml output
	haxedoc 2.0
	fixed neko native enum serialization
	fixed "all constructors matched" for enums without params
	fixed returned value semantics in neko (prevent remoting leak)
	more documentation
	added haxe.rtti package (classes can implement haxe.rtti.Infos)
	fixed windows line endings in exclude files under linux/osx
	fixed small bug in "cast" syntax
	added "callback" for partial function application
	added --auto-xml for future haxeFD usage
	fixed Reflect.isFunction
	minor bugfix in JS code generator
	new neko.net package
	allow recursive remoting proxys (skip instead of error)
	added neko.Thread and neko.Lock MultiThread classes
	added neko.net.ServerLoop for multiple clients handling

2006-09-11: 1.07
	fixed resources in Neko
	typedef, override, package and f9dynamic are now keywords
	slighly changed error format output
	fixed "undefined" serialization and Type.typeof
	some fixes in haxelib
	set default classpath for non windows systems
	added variance
	fixed bug in bounded type parameters
	fixed scope bug in try/catch with Flash9
	added remoting over XMLSocket and LocalConnection for Flash9
	fixed Std.is(*,null) = false
	allowed >64K Haxe/neko strings
	-debug and stack traces support for Flash and JS
	minor changes in xml output

2006-08-28: 1.06
	allowed extern enums
	use only matching construct when parameters are matched
	fixed bug preventing & char to be sent between JS and Flash remoting
	improved flash9 api (more strict)
	flash9 xml : use JS ReXml parser
	added neko.io package (Input/Output)
	moved neko.File and neko.Socket to neko.io package
	fixed flash optional arguments (when extending flash.MC)
	fixed neko native serialization problems
	variable modification does not have side effects in 'for x in a...b'
	jit disabled by default for neko web server
	enable flash7-8 libraries usage from flash9
	unknown identifier become "class not found" when representing a classpath
	changed haxe.PosInfos handling
	added -debug (removed --flash-debug) effective on flash9 and neko only now
	added Type.typeof
	improved Serializer speed
	added Serialization support for Date, Hash, IntHash, List
	added flash9 and JS IE/Opera class reflection
	added haxe.xml.Check and haxe.xml.Fast
	added Xml.parent
	added haxelib
	added ArrayAccess interface

2006-08-16: 1.05
	moved Md5 to haxe package.
	some method renamed in neko.FileSystem.
	added neko.remoting.Server.setLogger
	fixed bug in haxe.Serializer on neko (was preventing List serialization)
	fixed bugs in Haxe.Unserializer on neko (invalid enum tag & pbs with UTF8 strings)
	fixed sqlite escape & quote , added BOOL support
	allowed direct property access in getter/setter (prevent rec loop)
	allowed event-driven neko http requests
	forbidden "name" static in js
	don't allow variable redeclaration in subclasses
	added && || and ! in conditional compilation rules
	metas : removed __construct__ and class.toString.
	metas : __super__ and __interfaces__ now optional
	added Type api (seperated from Reflect)
	flash 9 support

2006-07-25: 1.04
	added macros in haxe.Template
	allowed static variables access from a signature shortcut
	allowed new Signature when signature is a class
	fixed : modulo priority is now higher than mult and div
	fixed bug in haxe.Proxy generation
	fixed more stack overflows with recursive signatures
	fixed bug in class <: anonymous subtyping (inherited fields)
	override is not mandatory by default (need --override)
	added neko just-in-time
	fixed bugs in haxe.Serializer and haxe.Unserializer (enum format change)
	changed "signature" by "typedef" (more comprehensible)
	restricted objects comparisons
	fixed bug with js operator priority
	improved performances for haxe.Serializer and haxe.Unserializer
	fixed bug in static variable lookup (should look class in the last case)
	prevented several prints of "not enough arguments".

2006-06-23: 1.03
	haxedoc executable now part of the distribution
	removed selectDB from the neko.db.Connection API
	added optional parameters with selection
	removed --no-flash-opt-args
	changes in SWF packages handling
	fixed optional leading comma in anonymous object and array values
	fixed bug in inheritend constructor type parameters
	fixed bug in type_field with inherited type parameters
	added haxe.Proxy
	added code transformations for swf/js block variables
	fixed very tricky bug with constraint parameters used together with polymorphic methods
	added selective import (import x.y.Class.InnerType)
	added optional enum constructor parameters
	added opened anonymous types (no more Unknown has no field...)
	fixed "MovieClip extends flash.MovieClip".
	added Reflect.copy
	added neko.Random
	added Date.fromString
	fixed bug in haxe.Unserializer, slighlty optimized haxe.Serializer
	added __setfield magic (complete __resolve)
	added explicit override when overriding methods

2006-06-08: 1.02
	fixed stack overflow when recursive class <: recursive signature
	improved a bit commandline : allow several hxml arguments
	added {> Class, fields... } types declarations
	added cast without type (less dangerous than untyped)
	no stage objects by default, added --flash-use-stage
	added haxe.remoting.DelayedConnection
	added -exclude
	removed classpath from neko debug infos filenames
	fixed bug in Neko empty Array.pop and Neko EReg.replace ""
	fixed nodeValue for Neko XML comments, doctype, prolog
	improved DocView : formating, signatures, files generation
	added neko.zip package
	fixed bug in neko.File binary flags
	fixed problems when downloading large files using haxe.Http under Neko
	neko.db.Connection and neko.db.ResultSet are now interfaces
	added neko.db.Sqlite and neko sqlite ndll
	mod_neko2.ndll for Apache2 in Windows distribution
	fixed bug in static properties method resolution
	change js.Dom : use cascading signatures and improved api
	added haxe.unit Unit test framework

2006-05-25: 1.01
	added neko.Utf8
	Serializer/Unserializer now support utf8 strings
	allowed subtyping of prop accesses public/private when implementing an interface
	removed "eval" from Remoting APIs (only calls - more easy to handle).
	added flash6 support
	fixed Std.is on different platforms (interfaces implements interface)
	added AsyncConnection.amfConnect for flash
	added SWF overflow checks
	changed "property" to "var"
	don't allow monorph unification with Dynamic (more safe)
	allowed multiple parsing and typing errors
	review and completed commandline options
	error on backwards constant integer iterators
	remoting proxy constructor is now public
	fixed -swf-header override the swflib background color
	moved all remoting classes into the haxe.remoting package
	added haxe.remoting.LocalConnection

2006-05-17: 1.0
	fixed small bugs in JS Xml Parser (empty attribute, newlines in attributes)
	added default Content-Type for haxe.Http in JS
	haxe.AsyncConnection : onError should not be call if error occur in onData
	fixed infinite loop if haxe.Unserializer.readDigits reach eof on JS/Flash
	fixed bugs in neko.Web and neko.Sys (some methods returning "null" instead of null)
	added neko.Socket.setBlocking for nonblocking sockets
	fixed bug in js generator when using cascading iterators
	fixed typing bug when overloading parametrized method
	fixed bug in js generator when "try" without curly braces.
	allowed enum catching
	added remoting proxys
	allowed neko.Web API commandline emulation outside mod_neko
	removed subtyping Anon :> Instance
	added signatures, Iterator is now a signature
	getter/setter and public/private unification
	allowed anonymous declaration with interface-style syntax (for signatures)
	optimized code generated for underscore in enum matches parameters
	fixed flash/js String.charCodeAt(outside) => null
	fixed neko charAt(outside) => ""
	added errors for strings containing \0 in JS and Flash
	added HAXE_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable support
	fixed interfaces inheritance : can't extend, can implement (type-sums)
	fixed fixed >64K resource bug in SWF
	fixed newline problems with Flash/JS Connection

2006-05-02: RC1
	added the Socket class
	fixed a bug of returned value in neko with 6 or more parameters
	added "Missing type" error for catchs.
	added regular expressions (still missing Flash implementation)
	fixed type printing and parenthesis in type declarations
	different behavior when elements removed during Array.iteration
	fixed genswf : local variables used in for...function
	improved type parameters structure coherency
	enable usage of Spod without Transaction
	implemented neko.db.Transaction.isDeadlock
	slighly relaxed one of the javascript generator constraint
	added haxe.Template
	moved Log , PosInfos and ImportAll to haxe package
	completed private class/interface/enum support
	removed Array.indexes
	added __resolve compile-time support when class implement Dynamic
	added haxe Remoting
	added "module with different case" error (for windows)
	added Reflect.resolveClass, Reflect.resolveEnum, Reflect.setPrototype
	added access to classes by name in genneko
	added enum.__ename__
	fixed Std.is(e,enum)
	fixed infinite loop in neko EReg split/replace and epsilon matching
	added neko native serialization support
	fixed syntax for multiple constraints in type parameter
	added recursive type parameters constraints (T : C<T> constraints)
	updated Xml handling

2006-04-17: beta 5
	fixed bug : continue in do...while
	changed typing order for do...while (infer condition after block)
	fixed JS "catch" generation
	fixed extending flash.* extern class
	fixed bug in neko generator w/ closures
	fixed bug in js generator (return switch need correct "this" context)
	fixed bug in for x in a...b : invalid local variables overridding
	added properties
	fixed bug in js generator : while...switch...break
	new List implementation
	can use static function __init__ on every platform
	bug fixes in Reflect.fields
	added Hash.remove, changed Hash/JS implementation
	added flash __delete__ support
	added neko.db.Object, Manager, Transaction
	fixed neko class.__interfaces__
	added "assigning a value to itself" error
	added automatic PosInfos when is last parameter
	added polymorphic methods
	added check_flash_args support

2006-04-02: beta 4
	fixed javascript events case
	fixed invalid use of physeq
	fixed + type inference
	added -altfmt
	allowed anonymous <: class subtyping
	relaxed unifications of expressions in "for" and "while"
	more methods in List
	syntax changes : mandatory parenthesis for "for" and "while"
	allowed any kind of identifier almost everywhere
	moved tools, flash, js and neko inside "std"
	no need for 0x in flash header bgcolor
	added -res
	fixed type parameter contraint holes
	Std.is Dynamic always returns true
	added Enum.toString
	neko : env locals can be modified in inner functions
	completed js keywords list in generator
	added Reflect.typeof
	prioritize neko.Lib.load static calls
	fixed bugs in for...in optimization with continue
	fixed Reflect fields, added documentation, added Class
	added javascript closures, fixed null closures on flash and Neko
	added javascript __init__ statics and js.XMLHttpRequest
	added neko.Stack
	fixed bug in Std.ord
	convert neko string to haxe string on catch
	automaticaly creates empty clips for classes extending flash.MovieClip
	unify stack : several meaningful unification errors
	added cast operation and keyword

2006-03-11: beta 3
	javascript generator
	optimized for in interval
	renaming of locals (name must be unique)
	added uncaught exceptions handling in Flash
	fixed Bool.true == true and Bool.false == false on all platforms
	fixed matching on Bool different from enums
	removed -fplayer (use -D instead) and added -fheader
	fixed infinity is Int
	added "here" special identifier
	neko Apis : File, FileSystem, Sys
	added base JS API

2006-02-19: beta 2
	renamed neko.db.Result to neko.db.ResultSet
	added Date support for Mysql results
	added private fields for static class anonymous types
	disambigous >=, >>= and >>>=
	fixed inheritance bug in swf and neko generators
	improved function parameters type error reporting.
	allowed variable number of args for flash.* constructors.
	added Math.random(), Reflect.empty()
	added flash.XMLSocket and flash.Timer classes
	completed Std class with conversion functions and others.
	completed flash.Lib class with flash toplevel functions.
	fixed bugs in neko webserver

2006-02-04: beta 1
	allowed array literals to be dynamic
	use neko 1.2 commandline and prototypes
	changed #cond to #if cond for conditional compilation
	all fields are defined to null by default
	defined __class__ and other meta accesses for Flash and Neko
	fixed type hole for compiler-know types (should not resolve using imports)
	changed packages : neko.* and flash.* (with protection)
	added Lazy types : type the fields when they are needed with recursion
	untyped accesses are monomorphs, not dynamics
	generated __string check that toString() return an object
	XmlParser and other APIs for Neko
	fixed escaped chars in Neko generation
	conservative static initialization order
	allowed no type parameters for new Class
	function types carry parameter names
	anonymous types contain private variables (for private static accesses)
	added optional name for anonymous types in typer (for static accesses)
	private classes and enums (partial support)
	improved error message for invalid number of arguments
	flash extern classes can take variable number of args.
	added -swf-lib for importing SWF library
	added neko.db package

2005-12-23: alpha 5
	added -main commandline parameter
	catches are now working with Neko
	restricted catch types for type-safety
	added constructor inheritance + check if superconstructor is called
	allowed Dynamic-only subtyping on type parameters
	added method closures to Neko generation
	added class Reflect
	added License : libraries are BSD
	added -xml documentation output
	allowed class instance :> anonymous subtyping

2005-12-10: alpha 4
	forbid break and continue outside loops
	fixed SWF generation bugs
	added SWF "extends" support
	added method closures
	added some flash lowlevel operations (__xxx__)
	added Log, LogInfos and trace
	added Neko generation
	fixed problems with conditional compilation macros

2005-11-30: alpha 3
	added Flash extern classes
	Boot initialization
	added "untyped"
	added conditional compilation
	added interfaces
	changed iterators from closures to objects
	added (XML)Node and XmlParser for Flash

2005-11-25: alpha 2
	swf generation (missing iterators)
	some typing fixes

2005-11-17: alpha 1b
	fix some bugs
	changed package tests.lang

2005-11-14: alpha 1
	lexer
	parser
	typer