ELENA Integrated Development Environment full changelog

New Functionality:
A new syntax dialect was introduced - EL7
A parameterized templates was introduced. Meta programming supports now #for / #endfor statement
A nullable variables / parameters / fields are supported
The compiler supports a cross-platform compilation for x86-64 (Linux / Windows)
Usability:
Several improvements were made to make the compiler output is more user-friendly
New API:
Several new libraries to work with the internet were added : net'http'server, webapi
:sizeof operator was implemented
Fixes # (issue)
[!ADDED] a new dialect EL7
[ADDED] direct extension template call
[ADDED] the explicit lambda function returning value
[ADDED] #606 : parameterized templates
[ADDED] meta programming : supporting #for / #endfor statement
[ADDED] invoking get property with a message name literal
[ADDED] intermediate local variables (aka object shortcuts)
[ADDED] #562 : nullable
[ADDED] new attribute "__nonboxable" - requiring only memory allocated objects
[ADDED] shorthand syntax for lambda function without arguments : ([] => "Hello from Func")
[ADDED] "#else" statement
[ADDED] option "-xn-" to turn off nullable types
[ADDED] option "-xtwin32" to support cross-platform compilation
[ADDED] option "-xtwin64" to support cross-platform compilation
[FIXED] aarch64 : xlabeldp opcode
[ADDED] aarch64 : fsindp / fcosdp / fp opcodes
[FIXED][CRITICAL] x86 : lloaddp opcode
[FIXED] suppress a method not found warning when calling itself
[ADDED] #781 : Cross-compile on Windows for Linux
[ADDED] #778 : Cross-compile from Unix to Windows
[ADDED] warning if the inherited method has different nullable signature than the parent one
[CRITICAL][FIXED] __intermediate variable
[ADDED] warning if the target is a structure for ?. / !. operations
[CRITICAL][FIXED] resolving a template compiled in a third-part module
[FIXED]an issue with a template-based field of the structure
[FIXED] duplicate boxing / unboxing
[FIXED] correct

[ADDED] key-value expression
[ADDED] #265 : Support enumeration list
[ADDED] self attribute
[ADDED] new operator $size
[ADDED] text blocks
[ADDED] method reference - &myMethod
[FIXED] single dispatcher : if an argument is nillable, it can accept nil value
[ADDED] String interpolation
[REDUX] iterator method
[ADDED] #496 : private fields
[FIXED] private constructor must be called directly
[FIXED] accessing static fields inside a structure
[FIXED] ppc64le : decoratorTest()
[FIXED] #667 : Boxing the symbol expression
[FIXED] only public classes can be loaded in run-time
[ADDED] #637 : bt optimization 4 unit test
[FIXED] var attribute is allowed to be in the method argument list
[FIXED] "__typeof self" expression inside the nested class / closure
[FIXED] GC_ALLOC routine for vm mode
[ADDED] CF : alternative output
[ADDED] reusing PermVectorTable after windows are closed
[ADDED] xforms60 script
[FIXED] external calls to be excluded from managed stack frames
[FIXED] Directory.getFiles : raising an exception if no files were found
[ADDED] xforms example
[ADDED] #658 : new project LDBG - ELENA Debugger Adapter

[ADDED]implementing corex60 routines
[ADDED]constant array of integers
[ADDED]native support for ?: operator
[FIXED]#524 : Alt expression breaks the compilation
[ADDED]message name functionality
[ADDED]new opcodes : fiadd, fisub, fimul, fidiv
[ADDED]basic bytecode optimization rules
[ADDED]basic build optimization rules
[ADDED]warn on unassigned variables
[FIXED]nested class fields
[FIXED]assignment operations with integers
[FIXED]calling an interface / closed-class method
[FIXED]warning on resending to itself (e.g. for constructor)
[FIXED]resending to the property
[FIXED]template-based extensions
[FIXED]template of template
[FIXED]do not box the returning self for the stacksafe method
[FIXED]string comparison routines
[FIXED]conversion routines
[FIXED]nested exception catching
[ADDED]number of new unit-tests
[ADDED]system'runtime'commonOp - extension to read package info
[ADDED]system'culture
[ADDED]system'routines'stex
[ADDED]new unit-tests: methodnotfound, nilreference

A lot of bug fixes

Fixing critical bug in external routine call
284, #283 : duplicate output nested fields

ELENA:
binary incompatible due to implementing issues #100 and #333
#100 : classOp : test if object is subclass of
#333 : multimethods