[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: '_read' and '_write' are two new special methods that allow to make any object serializable by the READ and WRITE instructions.
* NEW: Rename macro that convert a Gambas stream object to the internal stream structure and add a macro that does the reverse conversion.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: OPEN NULL is a new syntax that opens a null stream. Reading always returns end of file, and writing does nothing except advancing the file pointer, allowing to know how many bytes were written.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: OPEN NULL is a new syntax that opens a null stream.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Stream.NullTerminatedString is a new property that tells if writing a string on the stream emits the string length first, or a null terminated zero byte. This property is TRUE by default on memory streams.
[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.
[GB.DRAW]
* NEW: Paint.TextHeight is a new property that returns the height of one line of text. This is not the same as Paint.Font.Height, as the device resolution is taken into account.
[GB.GTK]
* NEW: Paint.FontScale is now "transparent". Paint.Font.Size is not changed anymore when assigning the Paint.Font property.
[GB.GTK3]
* NEW: Paint.FontScale is now "transparent". Paint.Font.Size is not changed anymore when assigning the Paint.Font property.
[GB.QT4]
* NEW: Paint.FontScale is now "transparent". Paint.Font.Size is not changed anymore when assigning the Paint.Font property.
[GB.QT5]
* NEW: Paint.FontScale is now "transparent". Paint.Font.Size is not changed anymore when assigning the Paint.Font property.
* BUG: Utility windows now kept being in front of their parent window correctly.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Do JIT compilation after class loading. Otherwise the JIT compiler may want to load the class that triggers the compilation again.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Add command-line help for the '-t' option.
* NEW: The '-t' command-line option has a '--trace' long version.
* NEW: System.Trace is a new property that toggles the dump of the position of each executed line.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Uncatched errors raised from an event handler can be ignored now.
[GB.GTK]
* NEW: Uncatched errors raised from an event handler can be ignored now.
[GB.GTK3]
* NEW: Uncatched errors raised from an event handler can be ignored now.
[GB.QT4]
* NEW: Uncatched errors raised from an event handler can be ignored now.
[GB.QT5]
* NEW: Uncatched errors raised from an event handler can be ignored now.
[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.
* NEW: Add a driver API that handles debugging messages.
* NEW: Print the current date/time before any debugging message.
[GB.DB.MYSQL]
* NEW: Use the new driver API to print debugging messages.
[GB.DB.ODBC]
* NEW: Use the new driver API to print debugging messages.
[GB.DB.POSTGRESQL]
* NEW: Use the new driver API to print debugging messages.
[GB.DB.SQLITE2]
* NEW: Use the new driver API to print debugging messages.
[GB.DB.SQLITE3]
* NEW: Use the new driver API to print debugging messages.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Array.ReadOnly is a new property that make an array read-only. Once set, the property cannot be unset.
* NEW: The "Embedded array" error message has been rewritten as "Read-only array".
* NEW: Add two new standard errors: "Multidimensional array" and "Unknown class".
* NEW: Replace some specific error messages by standard errors.