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Sep 05

  • Begin work on Java version of Fan parser
  • Compiler emits straight to Java bytecode or .NET IL
  • Basic expr compilation
  • Basic class, method support

Oct 05

  • Original jblock and nblock native method design
  • Methods
  • Fields
  • Type checking
  • Method argument overloading (since removed)
  • New operator (since removed)
  • If, throw statements
  • Class aliasing (original Java/.NET integration strategy)

Nov 05

  • Casting
  • Primitive operators and auto-boxing (since removed)
  • String concat, unary operators, assignment operators
  • Local variables

Dec 05

  • Redesign to use pure OO (everything boxed)
  • Type inference for locals
  • Duration literals
  • Shortcut operator overloading
  • Static initializers
  • Comparision operators
  • Constructors

Jan 06

  • Generic types
  • Support for is and as operators
  • Type literals
  • Method parameter defaults
  • Unit test harness

Feb 06

  • Refactor to use fcode intermediate format
  • Refactor local variables for .NET emit
  • Fandoc comments

Mar 06

  • Native methods
  • Superclass constructor chaining
  • Closures
  • I/O, List, and Map APIs
  • Mixins

Apr 06

  • Tomcat integration
  • Field accessors
  • Enums
  • Charset I/O support

May 06

  • Refactor Err to use Fan type system
  • Math methods for Int, Float
  • Switch statement
  • New character methods for Int, Str

Jun 06

  • Dynamic -> call operator
  • Try/catch blocks
  • Initial web API
  • String interpolation
  • CompareNull, CompareNotNull opcodes
  • Tokenizer rewritten in Fan

Jul 06

  • Parser rewritten in Fan
  • Version API
  • Using/import statements
  • Facets
  • Uri API, refactor File to use Uri
  • Stub Time API

Aug 06

  • Fan compiler does first end-to-end compile
  • Fanp disassembler ported from Java to Fan
  • Zip API

Sep 06

  • First Fandoc goes live on fandev.org
  • Precompiled Java bytecode mode

Oct 06

  • Props file and Sys.env
  • Constant folding in compiler
  • Compiler can finally compile itself!

Nov 06

  • Deprecate DupDown (dup_x1) opcode
  • Nested closure support
  • List.dup(), Map.dup()
  • Not a statement checking
  • Protection scope checking

Dec 06

  • CLR protected region support
  • Try finally blocks
  • Virtual fields (mixins support abstract fields)
  • Mixin reflection
  • Covariant return types
  • Change inheritance syntax to use colon
  • Named super calls
  • Const fields and const classes
  • Launcher C++ executables for Win32
  • Transition from Ruby build scripts to Fan build scripts

Build 1.0.1 (1 Jan 07)

  • First official build
  • Both old Ruby build scripts and new Fan build scripts

Build 1.0.2 (1 Jan 07)

  • New pod format for pod meta-data and facets

Build 1.0.3 (8 Jan 07)

  • Fan launcher options (--v and --D)
  • Refactor Sys methods into respective classes
  • Field storage @ operator
  • Storage fcode flag

Build 1.0.4 (14 Jan 07)

  • Virtual fields
  • Move field accessor generation to Parser
  • Fix closures in field accessor methods
  • Fix multiple static initializer closures and scoping
  • Optimize if(true), if(false)
  • Fix indirect mixin router emitting

Build 1.0.5 (21 Jan 07)

  • Use () operator on sys::Methods as callx() shortcut
  • Curried methods
  • Use soft references for pod cache
  • InStream, OutStream.charset changed to abstract field
  • Float constants changed to static const fields
  • Fan.exe now uses Fan compiler to run scripts

Build 1.0.6 (5 Feb 07)

  • Make sys::Err const
  • Obj.isImmutable, List.toImmutable, Map.toImmutable
  • Slot.isConst for thread-safe methods
  • Thread API

Build 1.0.7 (12 May 07)

  • New inet pod
  • IpAddress, TcpSocket, TcpServerSocket
  • Str.equalsIgnoreCase, compareIgnoreCase, any, all
  • Time.now with tolerance
  • Time.parseHttp, formatHttp
  • InStream.readLine max parameter
  • Map cannot have null keys
  • Map.caseInsensitive
  • New fandoc pod to parse fandoc into DOM
  • New docCompiler pod to generate HTML documentation
  • Doc chapters: docIntro::Overview, docLang::Literal
  • .NET runtime support for most of sysTest

Build 1.0.8 (30 Jun 07)

  • Add doc target to buildall script
  • Add StrBuf.remove, buff up test suite
  • DocLang chapters: Expressions, Statements, Exceptions, TypeSystem, CompilationUnits, Fields, Methods
  • InStream peek, peekChar, readStrToken
  • Changes to web API
  • New wisp pod with simple web server implementation

Build 1.0.9 (1 Jul 07)

  • Add: List.containsAll
  • Remove: Type.sourceFile, Type.lineNumber, Slot.lineNumber
  • Hidden: Field.getter, Field.setter
  • Dynamic types
  • Dynamic types emitter for subclass with type per instance
  • Dynamic fields
  • New sql pod using JDBC
  • New chapters: docLang::DynamicTypes, docLib::Sql

Build 1.0.10 (7 Jul 07)

  • Remove all the old Java based compiler code
  • Change Int intern to -256 to 1024
  • Major refactoring of compiler - fcode now implements namespace mixins
  • Ability to compile against any arbitrary dependsDir

Build 1.0.11 (10 Jul 07)

  • Java runtime dependency checking
  • Compiler dependency checking
  • MethodParam->Param, fieldField->of, paramType->of, returnType->returns
  • Split Func out of Method

Build 1.0.12 (17 Jul 07)

  • InStream.eachLine
  • Covariant field overrides of methods

Build 1.0.13 (4 Aug 07)

  • Indexed assignment expressions: x[y] += z
  • Buf no longer mixins InStream and OutStream
  • InStream and OutStream changed from mixins to classes
  • Fix case insensitive Map equality/hash
  • FileWeblet with ETag and Last-Modified support
  • Rewrite Uri with custom parser
  • Allow escape sequence in Uri literals
  • Uri decoding/encoding
  • Fix maxLocals, maxStack in emitter

Build 1.0.14 (12 Aug 07)

  • Add maxStack to fcode format

Build 1.0.15 (5 Sep 07)

  • Serialization support
  • Simple literals
  • With blocks
  • Refactor fcode attributes
  • New facet design

Build 1.0.16 (11 Sep 07)

  • Facets completed
  • Override implies virtual fix
  • Roll fcode version to support method var attributes

Build 1.0.17 (5 Nov 07)

  • Obj auto-casts to anything
  • Use serialization for thread messaging when not immutable
  • Dynamic methods
  • Buf: hex, base64, digest support
  • TimeZone database and buildtz script for importing Olsen database
  • Rename Time -> DateTime
  • DateTime ticks to date/time calculations
  • Locale API
  • Rename parse -> fromStr

Build 1.0.18 (13 Dec 07)

  • Int, Str, Month, Weekday, DateTime localization methods
  • DateTime string encoding/decoding
  • Resource and MemResource APIs
  • Support final override modifiers
  • Int.random
  • Pretty stack traces
  • Tons of new documentation

Build 1.0.19 (30 Dec 07)

  • Basic fand bootstrap
  • Tweaks to InStream.readObj
  • Logging APIs
  • File now subclasses Resource
  • WebService pipeline
  • Refactor Resource implementation
  • SysResources
  • Sys.appDir
  • Raw string literals
  • Regex regular expression API
  • Optimize pod/type lazy loading
  • Pod level user defined facets
  • Type database

Build 1.0.20 (13 Jan 08)

  • Fan shell
  • Type literal support in serialization syntax
  • More docs (docTools, docIntro)
  • Rework build scripts to use facets

Build 1.0.21 (10 Mar 08)

  • Haven ORM engine
  • Type immutability
  • Doc meta-data, doc default expressions
  • File copyTo, copyInto, moveTo, moveInto, rename, open, mmap
  • Buf redesign -> MemBuf, FileBuf, MmapBuf
  • Redesign Resource -> Namespace
  • Uri pathOnly, relToAuth, plusName, tail -> slice, minus -> relTo
  • Allow const field set in ctor with block
  • Rename test pods: testSys, testNatives, testCompiler
  • Move Windows executables from bin/win/ to bin/
  • Sys.compile and script caching
  • Coverage for .NET sysTests 364/375 - 97%

Build 1.0.22 (30 Mar 08)

  • web::Cookie support
  • WebSession support
  • Once methods
  • Func.curry
  • Slot, Field, and Method are now const
  • Make parameter names optional in function signatures
  • New Cookbook chapters: Reflection
  • Unix launcher scripts

Build 1.0.23 (14 Apr 08)

  • Weekday, Month increment/decrement
  • Enhance webapp steps
  • File support for checkSlash
  • New docs: Namespaces, Fandoc, Web, WebApp, Widget, Maps
  • LogStep for W3C extended log format
  • Haven enhancements - prepared statements
  • Duration boot, uptime, toLocale
  • Sys.diagnostics (mem, threads, classes)
  • Uri queryPlus and escaping fixes

Build 1.0.24 (14 Apr 08)

  • Cleanup old ruby scripts
  • Cleanup docs

Build 1.0.25 (16 Apr 08)

  • Fix Unix build problems
  • Sys.env is now case insensitive map
  • File.pathSep
  • Skip .NET compiles if not on Windows