[COMPILER]
* BUG: Allow static arrays to be used with the point operator.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Fix static array management. They are not read-only anymore. Only methods that want to modify the size of the array are forbidden, as well as the ReadOnly property.
[COMPILER]
* BUG: Fix compilation of function calls with variable arguments passing.
* BUG: Remove some useless structure packing directives.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Fix compilation of function calls with variable arguments passing.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Don't emit debugging information for generated functions, but emit void sections for backward compatibility.
* NEW: Don't emit source file path in the debugging information.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Add ByRef annotations to the ".info" files generated by the compiler. The name of "ByRef" method arguments is now prefixed with a '&' character.
[COMPILER]
* OPT: Some optimizations in symbol table routines.
* NEW: Emit column position in almost all error messages. It makes the compiler 2.5% slower, even with the optimizations.
[CONFIGURATION]
* NEW: Update version to 3.13.90.
[DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT]
* NEW: Redone extra references support.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Take project extra references into account.
[GB.TERM.FORM]
* BUG: Fix project description.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Assert is an new instruction that raises an error as soon as its boolean argument is FALSE. The associated bytecode is not emitted if the '-x' option is specified.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Assert is an new instruction that raises an error as soon as its boolean argument is FALSE.
[GB.DEBUG]
* BUG: Fix a potential array overflow.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Allow loop variables to be declared inside the loop syntax.
* NEW: Consequently, FOR EACH now can only use local variables.
[INTERPRETER]
* OPT: A little optimization of integer loops. They are about 5% faster now.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Allow local variable declaration anywhere in the function. The local symbol still has a function scope, but can be used after its declaration only.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Do not use __DATE__ and __TIME__ macros, they prevent reproducible builds.
[COMPILER]
* BUG: Do not use __DATE__ and __TIME__ macros, they prevent reproducible builds.
[ARCHIVER]
* BUG: Do not use __DATE__ and __TIME__ macros, they prevent reproducible builds.
[INFORMER]
* BUG: Do not use __DATE__ and __TIME__ macros, they prevent reproducible builds.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: String value can be used like object.
* NEW: String[X] returns the X-th character of the string, 0 being the first one.
* NEW: String[X, N] returns N characters from the position X, 0 being the first one. IF N is strictly negative, then all characters from the position X, except the last N characters are returned.
* NEW: String.Len returns the length of the string.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Allow the [] operator to be applied to a string.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Rename a macro constant to avoid a symbol clash when compiling the interpreter.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Get rid of a macro trick in 'gbx_eval.h' header.
[GB.EVAL]
* NEW: Highlight: Add three new color constants for syntax highlighting: Escape, Label and Constant.
* NEW: Rename some source files.
* NEW: Rename some constants.
* NEW: Gambas syntax highlighter now use the three new contants for escape characters in strings, for labels, and for language contants (True, False, Null, +Inf and -Inf).
[GB.EVAL.HIGHLIGHT]
* NEW: Support for the new syntax highlighting color constants.
[GB.FORM.EDITOR]
* NEW: Support for the new syntax highlighting color constants.
* NEW: UNSAFE is a new keyword used in conjunction with FAST. It tells the JIT compiler not to do any safety check (null objects, division by zero, out of array bounds...). It makes the code a bit faster, but prone to segmentation fault.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Support for the UNSAFE keyword.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Support for the UNSAFE keyword.
* NEW: Check validity of objects that can be invalid.
[INTERPRETER]
* OPT: String routines are now compiled with -O3.
* NEW: Don't display JIT debugging message unless GB_JIT_DEBUG is set to something different from zero.
* NEW: String whose length is greater than 256 now have a growth step of 256 bytes instead of 16.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Do many global optimizations as now the class metadata is fully available.
* NEW: Support for optional argument. Still buggy at the moment.
[BENCHMARKS]
* NEW: Little meaningless changes.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: JIT: Support for FOR EACH loops.
* BUG: JIT: Handle function values that are put on stack before calling them.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: JIT: Optimization of mathematic functions.
* NEW: JIT: Support for FOR EACH loops.
* NEW: JIT: Remove successive POP_x() / PUSH_x().
* NEW: JIT: Optimization of DIV and MOD.
* NEW: JIT: Support of internal control local variables used by SELECT and FOR EACH.
* NEW: JIT: Support for SWAP.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Optimization of mathematic functions.
* NEW: Variants management.
* NEW: All conversions are handled now.
* NEW: FOR EACH loops are implemented.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Implement return value of JIT methods.
* NEW: Support for calling '.' operator from a JIT method.
[COMPILER]
* BUG: JIT: Fix detection of native arrays.
* BUG: JIT: Delete translated file if a class has no fast method anymore.
* BUG: JIT: Prefix JIT method with "jit_" to avoid possible conflicts.
* BUG: JIT: Fix variable initialization.
* NEW: JIT: Complete datatype support.
* NEW: JIT: Support for SWAP.
* NEW: JIT: Support for array operators.
* BUG: JIT: Fix arithmetic operators.
* NEW: JIT: Implement ME and "." operator.
* NEW: JIT: Complete GOSUB / RETURN support.
* NEW: JIT: Support for DIV and MOD operators. Not optimized yet.
[ARCHIVER]
* NEW: Put JIT translation in the archive.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Complete datatype support. Variant is not supported yet.
* NEW: Complete GOSUB / RETURN support.
* NEW: Support for ME and '.' operator.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Release arguments after having called a JIT method.
* NEW: Add JIT interface for returning a value.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: JIT: Nicer translation for quick add of negative numbers.
[CONFIGURATION]
* NEW: Add '.jit' directory to '.gitignore'.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: New '-j' option that disables just in time compilation.
* NEW: JIT: Support for private functions calls.
* NEW: JIT: Support for native arrays accessors.
* BUG: JIT: Fix loop support.
* NEW: JIT: Support for GOSUB.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: GB_JIT_DEBUG is an environment variable that defines if JIT compilation debugging messages are printed.
* NEW: GB_JIT_CFLAGS is an environment variable that defines the JIT compilation flags. The default is "-O3".
* NEW: Support for native arrays accessors.
[COMPILER]
* BUG: JIT: Fix local variable referencing.
* NEW: JIT: Implement NEW operator and array accessors.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Support for JIT NEW operator and array accessors.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Support for object datatypes.
* NEW: Implement NEW operator and array accessors.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: JIT: Support for FOR...TO...NEXT loops.
* NEW: JIT: Support for Len(), Left$(), Mid$(), and Right$().
* NEW: JIT: Subroutines return values are now hadled correctly.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Compile JIT code with -O3.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Internal initialization functions now can be JIT translated.
* NEW: Support of subroutine calling completed. Interpreter subroutines are called if there is no optimization implemented in the JIT translation.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Remove old JIT stuff.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Use 'gambas.h' and 'gb.jit.h' to compile translated code.
* NEW: Work on JIT continues...
* NEW: Better panic errors.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Remove the old JIT stuff.
* NEW: Calls gb.jit at runtime if needed. If a fast function has no jit implementation, the bytecode version is used.
* NEW: Start defining the JIT interface needed by the JIT functions.
* NEW: The common static character buffer is now twice the size of the maximum symbol length, to avoid possible overflows.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Compilation starts to work.
* NEW: Debugging messages.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Work continues on new JIT system.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Make comparison operator true functions so that they can be called by the JIT code.
