V: V 0.1.23 is out!

Created on 30 Nov 2019 · 2Comments · Source: vlang/v

V 0.1.23

30 Nov 2019

The last release before 0.2.

Direct x64 machine code generation. Hello world being built in 3 milliseconds.
Bare metal support via the -freestanding flag, allowing to build programs without linking to libc.
Prebuilt V packages for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
string.index() now returns ?int instead of int/-1.
Lots of fixes in Generics.
vweb framework for developing web applications is back.
Vorum, the forum/blogging software written in V/vweb, can now be compiled and has been added to CI.
REPL, v up have been split up into separate applications to keep the core V compiler small.
V now enforces short enum syntax (.green instead of Color.green) when it's enough.
V UI for macOS.
Interfaces have been rewritten. []interface support.
os.cp() for copying files and directores.
Additional compile-time flags: $if clang, msvc, mingw, x32, x64, big_endian, little_endian {.
All C functions now have to be declared, all missing C functions have been defined.
Global variables (only with the --enable-globals flag) for low level applications like kernels and drivers.
Nothing can be cast to bool (previously code like if bool(1) { worked.
<< and >> now work with all integer types.
V detects Cygwin and shows an error. (V supports Windows natively)
Improved type checking of some operators (%, |, & etc).
Windows 7 support.
println(true) now prints true instead of 1.
os.exec() now uses CreateProcess on Windows.
fast.vlang.io website for monitoring the performance of V after every commit.
On Windows Visual Studio is now used automatically if GCC is not installed.
vfmt!
Lots of cleaning up in the compiler code.
Multi-level pointers in unsafe code (****int).
MSVC backtrace.
$if os { blocks are now skipped on a different OS.
C string literals (c'hello').
AlpineLinux/musl fixes + added to CI.
Inline assembly.
Clipboard module (Windows, macOS, X).
foo()? syntax for error propagation.
Docs have been migrated from HTML to doc/docs.md.
eventbus module.
Haiku OS support.
malloc/free on bare metal.
utf8 helper functions (to_lower(), to_upper(), etc).
Optimization of for c in str {.
string/array.left/right/slice/substr were removed ([a..b] slicing syntax should be used instead).