HaxeFoundation/haxe v3.1.0

3.1.0

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New features:

• all : allowed null-patterns in pattern matching
• all : allowed extractors in pattern matching using => syntax
• all : allowed extending generic type parameters
• all : allowed (expr : type) syntax (ECheckType)
• all : allowed @:enum and @:forward on abstracts
• all : allowed using abstracts as static extension
• all : allowed Class.new
• all : added EnumValue.match
• all : allow multiple structural extension using { > T1, > T2, fields }
• all : inline array and structure declarations if possible
• cs : added -net-lib
• cs : support for native delegates
• cs : support for attributes
• cs : support for events

Standard Library:

• all : support abstract types in haxe.rtti.XmlParser
• all : added Std.instance
• all : added length field to BytesBuffer, BytesOutput, BytesInput and StringBuf
• all : added UInt for all targets
• all : added Array.indexOf and Array.lastIndexOf
• all : added haxe.xml.Printer
• all : added haxe.Int32 as abstract type
• all : added haxe.format.JsonParser/Printer

General improvements and optimizations:

• all : optimized pattern matching output
• all : allowed recursive type parameter constraints
• all : improved support of custom @:coreType abstracts
• all : evaluate conditional expressions in @:require
• all : improved inline constructors by detecting more cases where it can be applied
• js : improved inlining
• js : always use JSON extern (compile with -D old-browser to disable)
• js : added -D js-flatten
• js : added -D js-es5
• cpp : improved side-effect detection

Bugfixes:

• all : inlining a parameter which has side effects will not remove it even if not used
• all : implemented constraints check on enum and enum field type parameters
• all : fixed memory leak in compilation server and optimized caching in general
• all : fixed issue with invalid lowercase class name in Windows completion
• flash : fixed font embedding with UTF8 chars
• flash : give error if non-nullable basic types are skipped in a call
• flash : give error if assigned parent class field values would be overwritten by super()

Macro features and changes:

• macro : add Context.onAfterGenerate
• macro : add Context.typeExpr
• macro : add Context.getExpectedType
• macro : add ExprTools.getValue
• macro : allowed $v{(c:Float|Int|String)}
• macro : resolve error line number in external files
• macro : rewrote macros used as static extension
• macro : exposed typed AST
• macro : added @:genericBuild
• macro : [breaking] first argument of ComplexType.TExtend is now Array<TypePath> instead of TypePath
• macro : improved expression printing