odin-lang/Odin dev-2022-03

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New Language Features

• [Enum]Type{...} checks for missing enumerated fields in a compound literal by default
  • Opt-out with #partial [Enum]Type{...}
• #sparse[Enum]Type for non-contiguous enum fields used in an enumerated array type
  • #partial #sparse[Enum]Type{...} can be combined to allow for missing fields in a sparse enumerated array compound literal

New Compiler Features

• OpenBSD support
• Objective-C Runtime Intrinsics
  • intrinsics.objc_send
  • intrinsics.find_selector
  • intrinsics.find_class
  • intrinsics.register_selector (only required when creating Objective-C classes at runtime)
  • intrinsics.register_class (only required when creating Objective-C classes at runtime)
• intrinsics.constant_utf16_cstring

Compiler Improvements

• //+private file support
• Numerous bug fixes
• Removal of context.user_data
  • Prefer context.user_ptr

New Packages

• Native Metal package:
  • These directly call the Objective-C message sending runtime directly and does not use a wrapper
    • Article: https://odin-lang.org/news/major-graphics-apis/
  • vendor:darwin/Metal
  • vendor:darwin/QuartzCore
  • vendor:darwin/Foundation
• DirectX packages
  • Article: https://odin-lang.org/news/major-graphics-apis/
  • vendor:directx/d3d11
  • vendor:directx/d3d12
  • vendor:directx/d3d_compiler
  • vendor:directx/dxgi
• core:container/topological_sort

Package Improvements

• core:mem/virtual Linux Support
• Add is_16_bit_from_memory to vendor:stb/image