odin-lang/Odin dev-2021-08

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New Language Features

• or_else built-in procedure for values which have an optional-ok value
• Allow x in ptr_to_map_or_bit_set
• Ability to add custom warnings to procedures with the attribute@(warning=<string>)

Compiler Improvements

• Multithread the entire Semantic Checker stage of the compiler
  • This will decrease odin check times
  • Can be disabled with either -no-threaded-checker (disables parsing in only the semantic checker) or -thread-count:1 (will also disable threading in parser)
• Improve error handling for parsing errors
• Replace the old big int library with libTomMath

Packages

• Add #no_bounds_check to linalg procedures
• Add slice.sort_by_cmp
• Add slice.min and slice.max
• Add strings.cut
• Deprecate sort.slice and sort.reverse_slice
• Add documentation for the overview of package fmt

Bug Fixes

• Fix numerous swizzle related bugs
• Fix parametric Polymorphic struct with default parapoly parameter bug