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Change Log

Build 1.0.50 (2 Feb 10)

  • Pod.loc => locale
  • Locale.get => Env.locale
  • Remove UriSpace
  • Change syntax of fan: URI scheme
  • Change flux options design
  • Change build symbols to be config props
  • Pod.files: now returns list, added Pod.file, now used fan: URI
  • Repo replaced with util::PathEnv
  • Remove readSymbols, writeSymbols APIs
  • sql::SqlService.autoCommit change to field
  • sql::Dialect - renamed some methods for consistency
  • lib/sys.props => etc/sys/config.props
  • JarDistEnv and JarDist build task
  • #753: JDBC drivers and preloading
  • #867: JVM ClassLoader per Pod
  • #935: Env API
  • #952: Jar Dist
  • #953: Fanp can't find a pod in a custom ${FAN_REPO}

Build 1.0.49 (27 Jan 10)

  • Obj.type => typeof
  • List added: containsAny, moveTo
  • List removed: containsSame, containsAllSame
  • Buf.empty => isEmpty
  • Test.id => curTestMethod
  • Field.of, Param.of, Symbol.of, Pod.findType => type
  • DateTime, Time: isMidnight
  • DateTime, Date support for DDD pattern 1st, 2nd, etc
  • Integrate JavaScript compiler into main compiler pipeline
  • js: Int.toCode, toDuration, toDateTime
  • js: Remove Long support; use native Numbers for integers
  • compiler::Location => Loc
  • Remove methods deprecated in 1.0.48
  • Remove deprecated support for |,| closure syntax
  • Remove deprecated support for val in field setters
  • #749: compilerJs bug in list initializer
  • #750: JS: (Int?)null == (Int)0
  • #789: File upload support for web pod
  • #800: += operator doesn't work correctly in JavaScript
  • #849: Internal compiler error
  • #869: Obj.type => Obj.typeof
  • #870: Proposal: bitwise operators
  • #878: Use Native Number type for sys::Int on JavaScript
  • #883: Simplify standard build targets
  • #889: compilerJs Rework
  • #892: Proposal: using ?: operator with throw
  • #922: Don't allow one char scheme names in File(Uri)
  • #927: List API Changes

Build 1.0.48 (21 Dec 09)

  • Fix List.insertAll error checking
  • Int.toLocale "B" pattern for formatting size in bytes
  • Add sys::deprecated facet and compiler warnings
  • DateTime, Date, and Time support in sql
  • Fix Uri.relTo(/) to remove leading slash
  • Change build::CreateZip.inDir => inDirs
  • Rename dom::Window -> dom::Win
  • Move dom::Win, dom::Doc to singletons
  • #768: Fan source to HTML bug
  • #796: Using Json to read/write Fan objects
  • #797: Setting const fields with reflection
  • #826: New docTools::IDEs chapter
  • #836: New WebMod API
  • #841: Proposal: fand to util
  • #844: List.getSafe
  • #848: Remove sys::Context
  • #851: Change |,| to |->|
  • #853: InStream::readChars
  • #854: Dom API cleanup
  • #855: Some API renames
  • #860: Range.offset
  • #861: compiler: fix Obj to Void coercion bug
  • #865: Make fwt::TreeModel.children non-nullable
  • #869: deprecate Obj.type, Type.loc, Type.log
  • #870: depreate bitwise operators ~ | ^ &
  • #873: InStream / OutStream endianness
  • #874: Field setters: val => it
  • #875: Add 1-step bootstrap script
  • #876: Source Doc Changes

Build 1.0.47 (17 Nov 09)

  • Rename Fan to Fantom!
  • Range fromStr, isEmpty, min, max, first, last
  • List.eachrWhile
  • Map.getOrAdd
  • FWT javascript enhancements
  • Float.random
  • Range.map
  • Date.today and Time.now take optional TimeZone
  • Date firstOfMonth, lastOfMonth
  • Fix StrBuf.out anomalies
  • XNode.writeToStr
  • dom::Doc.cookies
  • Tweak compiler to hide private/internal default exprs in fandoc
  • Graphics: drawPolyline, drawPolygon, fillPolygon
  • JavaScript: proper type coercion
  • FWT Tree/Table onPopup support for Event.pos
  • Fix Future.get timeouts for OS X
  • js: Fully pass UriTest; encode/decode Uris properly in browser
  • Sys os, arch, platform
  • Upgrade SWT from 3.4 to 3.5.1
  • Redesign Java extension mechanism to use lib/java/ext/{Sys.platform}
  • #685: File naming bug?
  • #697: Remove & curry/partial apply operator
  • #731: Method calls should always require parens
  • #740: Cannot load 32-bit SWT libraries on 64-bit JVM
  • #743: Issues building from hg on Snow Leopard
  • #788: Coercion of indexed assignment shortcut
  • #806: can't read MapType from ObjectDeserializer

Build 1.0.46 (8 Sep 09)

  • Closure variable redesign
  • Change JavaScript field naming model
  • gfx::Border
  • gfx::Pattern
  • Move Halign, Valign, Orientation from fwt to gfx
  • Color: alpha => a, makeHsv, h, s, v, lighter, darker
  • Obj.toImmutable
  • Err.trace now takes options
  • Fix chunked transfer encoding bug in wisp
  • DateTime.timeZone => tz
  • Func.curry => bind
  • WebClient.postStr
  • Fix fwt::ScrollPane to actually work
  • Compiler warning for curry & operator
  • #676: Compiler bug? walkback in closure type inference
  • #679: JVM - emit LocalVariable attr for debuggers
  • #710: Actor programming example?
  • #712: UI enhancements
  • #721: Cookbook versus Examples

Build 1.0.45 (24 Jul 09)

  • Roll fcode version code 0x01_00_0034 => 0x01_00_0045
  • LoadSymbol opcode
  • Change field storage operator from "@" => "*"
  • fwt::Canvas support in IE using JavaFX
  • DateTime,TimeZone support for JavaScript
  • Fix Int.fromStr to work for signed 64-bit integers with radix 16
  • Split webappClient into sys and dom
  • Change all uses of javascript => js
  • Fix Str indexIgnoreCase/indexrIgnoreCase bug
  • Switch to new, more compressed timezone database format
  • #425: Separate pod install location
  • #558: DocCompiler - Facet Documentation
  • #564: Symbols
  • #606: Partial closure type inference?
  • #620: Dynamically controlled function types
  • #651: Type description of inferred function types
  • #657: Bug in docs with default arguments
  • #659: Rename sys::Namespace to sys::UriSpace
  • #663: wisp sluggish via apachebench
  • #664: Nullable params w/out name in func sig

Build 1.0.44 (25 Jun 09)

  • Fix bug in WebReq.absUri
  • Fix webappClient to use Uri instead of Str
  • Remove old webServlet code
  • Regex.glob
  • Flux Goto File command
  • DateTime.toHttpStr use toLocale to avoid race conditions
  • FWT Canvas widget (Widget.make is now internal)
  • Graphics removed clipRect, drawPoint
  • fwt::Command.invoke final, override invoked now
  • Int.pow
  • List on JVM now uses backing store with typed array
  • Json fixes
  • Fix Wisp HTTP pipeling bug when no request body
  • JavaScript compiler enhancements for script support
  • 64-bit integer emulation in JavaScript
  • #612: Change signature of List.map and Map.map
  • #617: Compiler bug - traceback in switch with missing case expression
  • #618: Ambiguous method call on java object
  • #629: NoClassDefFoundError when accessing public static final field with JavaFFI

Build 1.0.43 (28 May 09)

  • FWT port to JavaScript
  • Change default for value type local variables
  • Remove support for "..." range literals (replaced with "..<")
  • Add register parameter to sys::Log.make
  • ObixClient
  • #429: Triple Quoted Strings and DSL Str/Regex
  • #438: DSL Proposal
  • #532: Improved detection immutable closures
  • #578: Uri Interpolation
  • #595: Definite assignment of non-nullable fields

Build 1.0.42 (13 May 09)

  • Tweaks to flux
  • Loosen restrictions on it/this ambiguity errors
  • webappClient::Effect
  • Disallow nullable types in as expression
  • Fix as with generics to work like cast
  • Rename ActorGroup to ActorPool
  • Move Point, Size, Rect, Hints, Pen, Color, Brush to gfx
  • Color/Font system color/font methods moved to Desktop
  • Date: isYesterday, isToday, isTomorrow
  • DateTime: nowUnique
  • Window: showTrim, activate
  • List: eachRange
  • Duration: nowTicks
  • StrBuf.grow => capacity
  • InStream.makeForStr => Str.in
  • OutStream.makeForStrBuf => StrBuf.out
  • Func/Method call => callList
  • Func/Method callx => call
  • fanx.sys.Interop utility methods
  • #518: Problem in check of reflective field set
  • #520: Flux Last Line
  • #527: Func.curry with optional parameters
  • #528: Compiler bug - duplicate slot x$num
  • #529: Private method in mixin bad classfile
  • #530: Ctor bug with default params
  • #531: Allow curry of private methods
  • #533: Fandoc bug
  • #534: RichText scrollbar bug
  • #542: Compiler - Internal class cast error
  • #543: Compiler - Chaining dynamic calls
  • #544: Move graphics API out of fwt
  • #545: Compiler bug: using ... as ...
  • #546: Packaging of Fan
  • #547: WebOutStream - FavIcon tag
  • #548: Flux bug - tabstops not quite right
  • #551: it and Str interpolation
  • #554: docCompiler bug with |,| signatures
  • #559: API request: sys::StrBuf.remove(Range)
  • #561: Compiler: Internal error - auto-cast of Func
  • #574: Request: Range.random, List.random
  • #591: Flux: View menu in NavBar for .fan files doesn't show
  • #592: Proposal: Method/Func call

Build 1.0.41 (11 Apr 09)

  • It-Blocks
  • Comma operator for it.add
  • Closure type inference
  • Require return expr to be on same line
  • Duration: minVal, maxVal
  • Move jfan to sys/java; nfan to sys/dotnet
  • Change exclusive range from "..." to "..<"
  • Disallow it-block: Point, Size, Rect, Insets, Hints
  • Require it-block: Font
  • Rename def => defVal: Point, Size, Rect, Insets, Hints, Pen
  • Rename Locale.with => use

Build 1.0.40 (2 Apr 09)

  • Added sys::Actor API
  • Added sys::Service API
  • Renamed UnknownThreadErr to UnknownServiceErr
  • Refactor fand to work with Services
  • SqlService API changed from Thread to Service
  • Image resize
  • ScrollBar added
  • ProgressBar.value renamed val

Build 1.0.39 (25 Mar 09)

  • Remove dynamic types
  • Redesign sql::Row API
  • Int: minValue/maxValue -> minVal/maxVal
  • Uuid: removed createdTicks and created
  • Bool: toLocale
  • Date: toDateTime, midnight, plus, minus
  • DateTime: midnight, nowTicks
  • Decimal: toLocale
  • Duration: abs
  • Float: toLocale
  • Int: toLocale, toDuration, toDateTime
  • List: fill
  • Num: localeDecimal, localeGrouping, localePercent, localeInf, localeNaN
  • Map: any, all
  • Str: padr, padl, toLocale
  • Time: toDateTime, toDuration, fromDuration
  • Thread: loopCoalescing, stop/kill
  • Type: toLocale
  • Uri: toLocale
  • Tree: nodeAt
  • Table: rowAt, colAt
  • BuildScript: defaultTarget now defaults to first script declared
  • BuildPod: rename compileJavascript to javascript
  • WebOutStream: css->includeCss, js->includeJs, style, script
  • WebOutStream: change title,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 to use separate start/end tags
  • Reflection fix to inherit concrete slot over abstract slot if two choices
  • Fix buildall.pods to bootstrap correctly on Unix

Build 1.0.38 (15 Feb 09)

  • Str: in, toBuf, toDisplayName, fromDisplayName
  • Buf: dup, fill, hmac
  • Duration, DateTime, Date, Time: toIso, fromIso
  • Map: ordered, join, setList, addList
  • Test: verifyNull, verifyNotNull
  • Type: make support for defVal
  • Type: emptyList
  • MimeType: charset, parseParams
  • Add toCode: Bool, Int, Float, Decimal, Uri, Duration, DateTime, Date, Time, List, Map
  • Unsafe wrapper class
  • New compilerJavascript and webappClient APIs
  • New obix API
  • Rework webapp APIs
  • Doc compiler support for @nodoc facet
  • Web Cookie refactor into const class
  • Web Cookie enforce name and value chars and use quoted string value
  • Web Cookie fix use both max-age and expires for cookies for IE and Safari
  • More linux timezone work arounds
  • Json fix for parsing top level array
  • Json.write API change
  • Flux add findInFiles into context popup of dirs
  • Flux fix undo/redo stack to check point on save
  • Flux syntax definition for ActionScript
  • Compiler allow single statement expression based return
  • Compiler allow const field to override a method
  • Compiler fix when local variable shadows field with storage operator
  • Compiler fix when using null safe call with no-leave primitive return
  • Compiler fix when calling super with default params results in stack overflow
  • Compiler fix allow mixins use const keyword
  • Compiler fix for once methods used with subclasses in same pod
  • Compiler fix for construction call against fromStr in super class
  • Compiler fix to check for dup method params and dup enum defs

Build 1.0.37 (11 Jan 09)

  • Java FFI: array overrides of methods which use primitives or arrays
  • Java FFI: coerce sys::Func to Java interface with one abstract method
  • New sys::Date and sys::Time APIs
  • New sys::Unit API
  • New sys::Uuid API
  • New web::WebClient API
  • Wisp support for chunked transfers and persistent connections
  • Str isAlpha, isAlphaNum
  • OutStream sync
  • Allow closures in constructor to set const fields (same for static ctors)
  • Change Obj.trap arg signature to Obj?[]?
  • Flux enhancements for goto into, find, find in files
  • Protection checks to prevent internal types being used in public APIs
  • Expose sys::File ctor to allow new implementations
  • Optimize common MimeTypes to be interned
  • BuildScript dumpenv target

Build 1.0.36 (13 Dec 08)

  • Java FFI
  • Use dotnet to denote .NET instead of net
  • Initial json API
  • Remove compiler support for for(...); and while(...);
  • DateTime toJava, fromJava
  • Reorganize icons
  • Fan launcher -fcodeDump option to disassemble a Fan script
  • List, Map eachBreak -> eachWhile
  • Emacs support adm/tools/emacs/fan-mode.el

Build 1.0.35 (14 Nov 08)

  • Update documentation for nullable and value types
  • New docLib::Fwt chapter
  • New docLang::Deployment chapter
  • Turn on non-null coercion runtime checking
  • Allow function types const fields with implicit toImmutable
  • Allow any list or map type as const field via implicit toImmutable
  • New xml API
  • OutStream.writeXml
  • Fix compiler checking of internal types
  • Fix compiler auto-casting of function types
  • Fix compiler to disallow empty try blocks
  • Fix compiler to allow for(...); and while(...);
  • Fix compiler to include fandoc for enum defs
  • Enhance docCompiler to show overridden slot and inherited fandoc
  • Fwt: file and directory dialogs
  • Fwt: RichText line background styling
  • Flux: persist undo/redo stack between hyperlinks
  • Flux: allow drag and drop of files to hyperlink
  • Flux: highlight current line
  • Flux: show short filenames in console instead of full paths

Build 1.0.34 (24 Oct 08)

  • Roll fcode version for value-type support
  • Bool, Int, Float are now value types
  • Disallow covariance with value types
  • Disallow === !== is isnot as operators to be used againt value types
  • Java runtime maps sys::Boolean to primitive boolean
  • Java runtime maps sys::Int to primitive long
  • Java runtime maps sys::Float to primitive double
  • Change semanatics of Float.nan compare to match JVM

Build 1.0.33 (13 Oct 08)

  • Java runtime: fan.sys.Obj -> java.lang.Object
  • Java runtime: fan.sys.Bool -> java.lang.Boolean
  • Java runtime: fan.sys.Int -> java.lang.Long
  • Java runtime: fan.sys.Float -> java.lang.Double
  • Java runtime: fan.sys.Num -> java.lang.Number
  • Java runtime: fan.sys.Decimal -> java.math.BigDecimal
  • Nullable type support
  • Support for parameterized fields (sys::Map.def)
  • Add build::CreateZip task, buildall.fan handles dist zip
  • Fix RichText editor home/end to take whitespace into account
  • Change fwt::Image constructors
  • Add icons to flux history items

Build 1.0.32 (20 Sep 08)

  • Remove support for old type literal syntax
  • Add adm/tools with fan support for various editors
  • Remove haven pod
  • Fix thread queue notify bug
  • Fix infinite loop in compiler bug
  • Fix race condition loading $Pod class
  • Fix win32 launchers to not require .NET
  • Fix compiler handling of unparameterized generic types like List
  • Fix adm/unixsetup script (mostly)
  • Breaking change to Uri.get (inserted base parameter before checked)
  • Breaking change Locale.prop -> get
  • Process API enhanced: join, out, err, in, mergeErr, and env
  • Int.equalsIgnoreCase
  • Str.indexIgnoreCase, indexrIgnoreCase
  • List.eachBreak, flatten
  • Map.eachBreak
  • Uri.sliceToPathAbs, isPathOnly
  • Pod.uri, loc
  • Type.loc
  • File.normalize now includes file: scheme
  • Require Namespace uris to be path only
  • New UriScheme naming design
  • New docLang chapters: Naming, Conventions
  • New docTool chapters: Flux
  • New docLib chapters: Flux
  • Refactor native methods in fwt
  • fwt::Command localization
  • fwt::Font metrics
  • New fwt::Dialog API
  • New fwt::Desktop and Monitor APIs
  • New fwt::TextWidget base class for Text and RichText
  • New fwt text selection and clipboard APIs
  • Flux prototype!

Build 1.0.31 (24 Aug 08)

  • New leading whitespace rules for multi-line Str literals
  • Upgrade SWT to 3.4
  • Using statement support in serialization files
  • List.removeRange
  • Range.toList
  • Str.containsChar, trimStart, trimEnd, numNewlines, splitLines
  • StrBuf.join
  • Relax rules for const field types to allow Obj, Obj[], Obj:Obj
  • Change fwt callbacks to be EventListeners
  • Enhance fwt eventing
  • Key eventing and accelerators
  • New fwt::CommandStack API

Build 1.0.30 (30 Jul 08)

  • Short construction call syntax Type(args)
  • FWT widgets: Combo, Tree, RichText
  • fwt::Command
  • GridPane enhanced, see tab in demo
  • File.listDirs, listFiles, walk, osRoots
  • Expand auto-cast to include any assignable type
  • Weblet.doGet,doPost,... => Weblet.onGet,onPost,...
  • webapp::Widget API changes
  • Add field default to fandoc
  • Change Uri.name to return "" instead of null
  • Rework sample code apps/ to examples/
  • List.binarySearch
  • New type literal syntax: Type#
  • Slot literals: Type#slot or #slot

Build 1.0.29 (18 Jul 08)

  • New isnot operator
  • New null convenience operators: ?: ?. ?->
  • New FWT widgets: WebBrowser, Text, InsetPane, SashPane
  • FWT graphics: Pen, Brush, Gradient
  • FWT serialization support
  • New icons pod
  • Web view priorities
  • Require indexing open bracket on same line
  • Allow |->Int| to fit |->Void|
  • Sys.idHash
  • List.findIndex, indexSame, containsSame, containsAllSame, removeSame
  • Pod.log, Type.log
  • Str.split(Str) => Str.split(Int,Bool)
  • Compiler implicitly generates toImmutable for const List/Map/Type fields

Build 1.0.28 (25 Jun 08)

  • Fix bug in threading flow control
  • Map.def
  • Update unix scripts to use bash
  • Fix timezone on unix when GMT offset
  • Require call open paren on same line
  • With-blocks support implicit call to add
  • Support @collection facet in readObj and writeObj
  • C# fixes including filtered catch blocks
  • Launcher exe and bash support for lib/java/ext
  • Fix closures inside once methods
  • Improved support for calling main
  • Rename some of the shortcut operators methods
  • New fwt pod which wraps SWT

Build 1.0.27 (28 May 08)

  • Fix this return for mixins
  • Sanity check for bootstrap build
  • sys::MimeType, Uri.mimeType, File.mimeType
  • New email pod for MIME and SMTP support
  • Charset.make => fromStr (now serializable simple)
  • Thread.isService, findService
  • Fix fandoc blockquotes
  • Native fields
  • Allow non-storage fields in const class
  • Fix constructor, field init ordering
  • Allow single statement for try, catch, finally
  • Log.setLevel() => Log.modified
  • File.setModified() => File.modified

Build 1.0.26 (26 Apr 08)

  • Require f suffix for float literals
  • Decimal type and literal syntax
  • Decimal API enhancements: InStream, OutStream, Num, Str
  • This return types
  • Update APIs to use return This return
  • Fix Firefox3 form handling
  • Allow this and super keywords in string interpolation
  • Fix various fandoc bugs seen on discussion forum

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

Build 1.0.24 (14 Apr 08)

  • Cleanup old ruby scripts
  • Cleanup docs

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 1.0.22 (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 1.0.21 (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 1.0.20 (13 Jan 08)

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

Build 1.0.19 (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 1.0.18 (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 1.0.17 (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 1.0.16 (11 Sep 07)

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

Build 1.0.15 (5 Sep 07)

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

Build 1.0.14 (12 Aug 07)

  • Add maxStack to fcode format

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 1.0.12 (17 Jul 07)

  • InStream.eachLine
  • Covariant field overrides of methods

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 1.0.10 (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 1.0.9 (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 1.0.8 (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 1.0.7 (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 1.0.6 (5 Feb 07)

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

Build 1.0.5 (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 1.0.4 (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 1.0.3 (8 Jan 07)

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

Build 1.0.2 (1 Jan 07)

  • New pod format for pod meta-data and facets

Build 1.0.1 (1 Jan 07)

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

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

Nov 06

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

Oct 06

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

Sep 06

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

Aug 06

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

Jul 06

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

Jun 06

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

May 06

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

Apr 06

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

Mar 06

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

Feb 06

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

Jan 06

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

Dec 05

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

Nov 05

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

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)

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