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2021-05-14 4.2.2:
Bugfixes:
all : fixed piping stdin/stdout in `--cmd` (#4660, #6726)
all : fixed rest args typing for overloaded functions (#10143)
all : fixed using `var` fields as static extensions (#10144)
all : fixed completion for a type in `expr is Type` (#10167)
all : fixed subtypes in `expr is Module.SubType` expressions (#10174)
all : fixed typing chains of calls with constrained type params (#10198)
all : fixed mixed constraints of anonymous structures and other types (#10162)
all : fixed operator overloading for enum abstracts (#10173)
hl : fixed debugging of `catch` blocks (#10109)
jvm : fixed manifest generation for cases with a lot of jar libraries (#10157)
js : fixed extending extern classes for es5 (#10192)
js : fixed checking `this` before `super` for es6 (#10193)
eval : fixed null pointer exception in `eval.NativeString.fromString(null)`
eval : fixed multiple locks of `sys.thread.Mutex` from the same thread (#10249)
2021-02-26 4.2.1:
General improvements:
threads : changed main thread initialization to make main event loop available during static initialization (#10114)
php : added extern for `number_format` function (#10115)
python : rewrote `sys.thread.Thread`, `Mutex` and `Lock` as classes instead of abstracts.
Bugfixes:
all : fixed compiler compatibility with OS X 10.13 (#10110)
all : fixed compiler hanging on `switch` for abstracts with implicit casts involving type parameters and constraints (#10082)
all : fixed inlining of `haxe.DynamicAccess.keyValueIterator` (#10118)
all : fixed rest arguments typing against type parameters (#10124)
analyzer : fixed side effect handling for enums (#10032)
cpp : fixed handling of `cpp.ConstCharStar` with analyzer enabled (#9733)
php : fixed failure with trailing slash in output dir (#6212)
hl : fixed call stack of rethrown exceptions (#10109)
2021-02-09 4.2.0:
New features:
all : implemented "classic" abstract classes and functions (see [haxe-evolution#69](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe-evolution/pull/69)) (#9716)
all : module-level static declarations (#8460)
all : implemented rest arguments (variadic functions) for all targets with `haxe.Rest` type (#9961)
all : per-thread event loops `sys.thread.Thread.events` (#9868)
all : added `@:inheritDoc` meta to inherit documentation for a type or field from another type or field (#9817)
all : support method overloading for extern methods on all targets (#9793)
all : constructors forwarding for abstracts with `@:forward.new` (#9735)
all : added `EIs` constructor to `haxe.macro.Expr` (#9689)
all : added variance forwarding with `@:forward.variance` (#9741)
all : treat `Any` as `Dynamic` in variance unification (#6649)
all : added some common exception types to `haxe.exceptions` package
all : support metadata in var declaration syntax (#9618)
all : added `StringTools.unsafeCharAt` (#9467)
eval : added libuv bindings under `eval.luv` package (#9903)
eval : added bindings to native `Int64` and `UInt64` implementations under `eval.integers` package (#9903)
cs : UDP socket implementation (#8498)
cs : added `cs.Syntax` module (#10051)
jvm : added `-D jvm.dynamic-level` to control the amount of dynamic support code being generated. 0 = none, 1 = field read/write optimization (default), 2 = compile-time method closures
java,jvm : support `--java-lib <directory>` (#9551)
python : threading API implementation (#9754)
General improvements:
all : `expr is SomeType` doesn't require parentheses anymore (#9672)
all : increased priority of @:using extensions (#9681)
all : allowed usage of static extensions with super (#10062)
all : allow @:noDoc on fields too (#9893)
all : made `Map` abstract transitive (#9877)
all : support `@:native` on enum constructors (#9806)
all : support `@:using` on typedefs (#9749)
all : changed multiline errors format to use "..." as a prefix for subsequent lines (#9651)
all : improved type inference with constrained monomorphs (#9549)
all : print no-argument function types as `()->...` instead of `Void->...` (#8148)
all : allow `function` as package name
all : improved object inlining (#9599)
display : narrow range for hover on parametrized types (#8073)
cs : added .NET 5.0 support (#10043)
cpp : support native constructors on extern classes (#9516)
php: `php.Syntax.customArrayDecl` (#9113)
php : added externs for various php functions and classes
php : optimized anonymous objects instantiation (#7916)
hl : skip compilation if no module has been changed (#9922)
lua : use hx-lua-simdjson for Lua json parsing (#9885)
jvm : less CPU consuming `sys.thread.Lock` implementation
Bugfixes:
all : fixed Template.resolve when current context is not an object (#9372)
all : `get` and `set` functions of `haxe.io.Float64Array` actually use 64-bit floats now (#9972)
all : treat empty blocks `{}` as object declarations in array comprehension (fixes #9971)
all : `haxe.format.JsonParser`: preserve Float-typed values when they are written as such in JSON (ie. "5.0" or "0.0") (#9844)
all : fixed priority of forwarded static extensions (#9680)
all : fixed some inconsistency in variance unification for abstracts (#9743)
display : fixed completion with platform-specific files (#9423)
cpp : fixed conversion of `cpp.Int64` to/from `haxe.Int64` (#10101)
cpp : fixed extending extern classes with `@:nativeGen` classes (#9431)
php : fixed generation with subdirectories in `-D php-front=subdir/index.php` (#10037)
php : fixed local vars with the same names as super global vars (#9924)
eval : allow full range of 32bit integers in `Std.random` (#9974)
js : fixed `haxe.CallStack.exceptionStack` (#9968)
js : fixed compatibility issue with closure compiler upon unused `catch` vars (#9617)
lua : fixed anonymous object printing issue with null fields on tables
hl : drop data of terminated threads (#9875)
macro : fixed `haxe.macro.Context.storeTypedExpr` for enum constructs (#9828)
macro : emit a deprecation warning upon a macro call instead of upon a macro function declaration (#9425)
macro : fixed uncatchable error from `haxe.macro.Context.getType` (#9449)
jvm : fixed `Type.resolveEnum` for enums in the root package (#9809)
jvm : fixed `Type.resolveEnumName` for enums in the root package (#9759)
cs : fixed cs.Lib.rethrow (#9738)
nullsafety : respect `@:nullSafety(Off)` on var declarations: `var @:nullSafety(Off) v`
nullsafety : respect `@:nullSafety(Off)` in closures in constructors (#9643)
nullsafety : fixed error "Type not found : haxe.macro._Compiler.NullSafetyMode_Impl_" (#9483)
2020-12-31 4.1.5:
General improvements:
all : added an argument to `haxe.CallStack.exceptionStack` to return full stack up to the topmost call (#9947)
php : compatibility with PHP 8
Bugfixes:
all : fixed empty object declarations in array comprehension (#9971)
jvm : fixed equality checks for `Null<Float>` and `Null<Int>` (#9897)
hl : fixed crash if a thread finishes without invoking `sendMessage`/`readMessage` (#9920)
php : fixed local vars with certain names (_SERVER, _GET etc) overriding super global values (#9924)
php : fixed generation with directories in `-D php-front`. For example `-D php-front=sub/index.php` (#10037)
macro : added return type hint to haxe.macro.MacroStringTools.formatString (#9928)
cs : fixed catching exceptions from static closures (#9957)
eval : fixed `Std.random(arg)` for `arg` values of more than 30 bits (#9974)
js : fixed `haxe.CallStack.exceptionStack` (#9968)
2020-09-11 4.1.4:
General improvements:
all : allowed `Any` as type parameter in `catch(e:SomeType<Any>)` (#9641)
all : improved compilation speed for `try..catch` expressions (#9848)
Bugfixes:
all : fixed `switch` typing error for arrow functions with `Void` return type (#9813)
all : fixed typing of arrow functions with empty blocks as bodies (closes #9843)
macro : fixed `haxe.macro.Context.getResources()` (#9838)
php : fixed false detection of `catch` vars in anonymous functions as captured from outer scope
php : fixed return type of extern definition for `fseek` function
cs,java : fixed generation of `@:generic` classes with anonymous functions (#9799)
jvm : fixed sending/reading messages with `sys.thread.Threads` for threads created outside of Haxe (#9863)
jvm : fixed multiplication of `Null<Float>` and `Int` (#9870)
flash : fixed loading swc libraries containing `Vector` without a type parameter (#9805)
hl : fixed messages being send to wrong threads with `sendMessage`/`readMessage` in `sys.thread.Thread` (#9875)
cpp : fixed `cpp.Lib.stringReference()` (#8457)
2020-07-22 4.1.3
General improvements:
all : added an error on `return` outside of a function (#9659)
php : support @:native("") for extern classes (#6448)
python : support @:native("") for extern classes (#6448)
Bugfixes:
all : fixed compilation server bug caused by removing `inline` from a method (#9690)
macro : fixed compiler crash if `@:genericBuild` meta is removed by a macro during building (#9391)
jvm : fixed "--java-lib-extern" (#9515)
flash : fixed var shadowing issue for variables captured in a closure inside of a loop (#9624)
flash : fixed `VerifyError` exception when `Void` end up as an argument type after inlining (#9678)
php : fixed runtime error "cannot use temporary expression in write context" for call arguments passed by reference
cs : fixed `cs.Lib.rethrow` (#9738)
nullsafety: fixed `@:nullSafety(Off)` in closures inside of constructors (#9643)
nullsafety: fixed "Type not found NullSafetyMode_Impl_" (#9483)
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)
2020-05-22 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)