github HaxeFoundation/haxe 3.2.0-rc1

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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
  • 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
  • The Flash 8 target has been removed

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