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@IsaacShelton IsaacShelton released this 11 Nov 18:04
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Adept 2.5 has been released

Freshly updated documentation is available at https://github.com/AdeptLanguage/Adept/wiki

Changes since Adept 2.4

Language:

  • Removed using namespace
  • Now supports new macOS M1 chip arm64 architecture
  • Added support for anonymous structs/unions
  • Added support for anonymous structs/unions as unnamed fields
  • Added typenameof $T expression
  • Added embed "filename.txt" expression
  • Added ability to rename idx in repeat loops via using my_idx
  • Added null ubyte literal '\0'ub
  • Added support for chained methods as statements - thing1().thing2().thing3()
  • Completed runtime type information for complex composite types
  • Added new transcendent variables __compiler_major__, __compiler_minor__, __compiler_release__, and __compiler_version_name__
  • Changed __compiler_version__ to be a number instead of a string (__compiler_version_name__ now exists for string version)
  • Added alignof Type expression
  • Package manager now included
  • Lots of bug fixes

Standard Library:

  • Fixed an issue with 2.x/captain.adept on HDPI displays. Solution was back-ported to earlier versions
  • Fixed an issue in 2.4/aabb.adept
  • Added more math definitions in 2.5/cmath.adept
  • Changed 2.5/* to use new typenameof $T expression instead of RTTI when possible
  • Added unix/sys/time.adept
  • Added new helper functions in 2.5/captain.adept
  • Added new method clone(this *<*$P> List) <*$P> List in 2.5/List.adept
  • Added basic JSON parser 2.5/JSON.adept
  • Added more functionality for 2.5/Matrix4f.adept and 2.5/Vector3f.adept
  • Fixed an issue in 2.x/Optional.adept
  • Added stuff to stb/image.adept
  • Added unique pointer type 2.5/Unique.adept
  • Added generic grid data-structure 2.5/Grid.adept
  • Added new user utility functions for 2.5/captain.adept
  • Added native libraries for Mach-O arm64
  • Added experimental WebAssembly target
  • Added new method join(this *<String> List) String to 2.5/parse.adept
  • Added meta variables __arm64__, __x86_64__, and __wasm__
  • Upgraded warning guard in sys/cfloat.adept

Adept 2.5 also supports backwards-compatibility with most programs written in Adept 2.0 through Adept 2.4.

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