Logtalk full changelog

ADDED: trap/1: aliases for e.g. type_error -> type_error(_,_) So one does not need to remember the number of arguments.

BUILD: Make sure to clear DISPLAY when running xpce steps While the build works without a DISPLAY variable, an invalid variable causes the build to fail.
TEST: Disable collation_key/2 test for MacOS Macos Sequoia (15) wcsxfrm() returns garbage.

FIXED: Type for PL_get_intptr_ex(). Breaks on Win32

FIXED: Type for PL_get_intptr_ex(). Breaks on Win32

Logtalk compiler and runtime:
ADDED: Lint check for redundant use of the call/1 control construct as argument to the +/1 built-in predicate.
ADDED: Also check correctness of variable_names/1 options in calls to the write_term/2-3 Prolog standard predicates.
IMPROVED: Compiler performance for protocols.
IMPROVED: More efficient compiler checking for parameter variables.
FIXED: Using a overriding meta-predicate template for predicates defined in user listed in uses/2 directives.
FIXED: Bug in the logtalk_make/0-1 predicates when reloading a main file due to an updated included file when the clean flag is turned off and the reload file is set tp changed where the main file would not be recompiled to include the new contents of the included file.
FIXED: Bug in the asserta/1 built-in method when the argument is only know at runtime.
Prolog adapter and integration files:
ADDED: Adapter file for Trealla Prolog. Experimental. With the help of Andrew Davison.

Logtalk compiler and runtime:
ADDED: Compiler lint check for non-tail recursive predicate definitions.
ADDED: New compiler flag, tail_recursive, with possible values warning and silent (the default value).
ADDED: Compiler deprecated warning for DEC-10 Prolog I/O, fail_if/1 and prolog_flag/2 built-in predicate calls.

Logtalk compiler and runtime:
ADDED: New meta message Format+Arguments for use with the message printing mechanism. See the logtalk built-in object API documentation for details.
ADDED: Compiler optimization for the special case where an object sends a message to itself. The practical case is a parametric object where one of more parameters are updated by the object predicates.
ADDED: Support for using the user pseudo-object as an event monitor by defining before/3 and after/3 plain Prolog predicates.

Distribution:
CHANGED: Version data in info/1 directives in all source files to use the compound term Major:Minor:Day format.
CHANGED: Date data in info/1 directives in all source files to the ISO 8601 standard format, Year-Month-Day.

ADDED: New compiler lint warning for redefined Logtalk operators and standard Prolog operators. These redefinitions can break term parsing causing syntax errors or change how terms are parsed introducing bugs.
ADDED: New compiler lint flag redefined_operators (with its default value set to warning).
ADDED: Support for using parameter variables in the second argument of uses/2 and use_module/2 directives.
ADDED: Support for declaring predicate and non-terminal aliases in reexport/2 directives.

Logtalk compiler and runtime:
CHANGED: Allow a local operator to also be declared in a scope directive to simplify compilation of included files and compilation of modules as objects.
CHANGED: Throw a representation error instead of failing if it is not possible to convert an entity prefix to an entity template. The error is highly unlikely to occur in practice, however, and only affects the runtime error handler code that attempts to convert exception terms for readability.
ADDED: Support for defining predicate shorthands to the uses/2 and use_module/2 directives where some or all arguments may be instantiated.