odin-lang/Odin v0.3.0

Odin v0.3.0

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What's New

• bit_field
• Lexical Sugar: ≠, ≤, ≥
• u128 i128
• Label syntax change:
  • name: for { break name; }
• %% divisor based modulo operator
• "bits.odin"
• Casting syntax change:
  • Regular cast: type(expr)
  • Bit cast: transmute(type, expr)
  • Type assertion (replaces union_cast): expr.(type)
• Address of operator & replacing ^
  • Pointer types and dererefencing still use ^
• default: replaced with case:
• #ordered reimplemented
• #no_alias (replacing keyword no_alias)
• XOR for booleans
• rune as a basic type rather than alias of i32
  • Provides extra type information at runtime
• byte is removed
  • Use u8 instead
• Removed quaternion128 and quaternion256

Naming Convention

Odin has finally chose an official naming convention
In general, PascalCase for types and snake_case for values.

Import Name:        snake_case (but prefer single word)
Types:              PascalCase
Union Variants:     PascalCase
Enum Values:        PascalCase
Procedures:         snake_case
Local Variables:    snake_case
Field Values:       snake_case
Constant Variables: SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE