Parrot 0.5.2 "P.e. nipalensis"
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- Project:
- Parrot
- Series:
- development
- Version:
- 0.5.2
- Code name:
- P.e. nipalensis
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- Registrant:
- smash
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Release notes
- Documentation
+ PDD27 (multiple dispatch) - debut of new design
+ Numerous small updates to glossary.pod, etc
- Compiler Toolkit
+ NQP: optional, named, and named/required parameters
+ PIRC: cleanups
+ PAST: "defined-or"
- Languages
+ New mk_language_
+ LOLCODE: new
+ Lua: various
+ Eclectus: start with support for local variables and procedures,
use SXML as intermediate representation
+ Perl 6: list builtins, compiler directives, command-line options, etc.
+ "make perl6" now builds a Perl 6 executable
+ punie: more builtins, control structures, code refactoring
+ pynie: builtin stubs, more tests
- Implementation
+ New "pbc_to_exe" utility turns bytecode to executables
+ New set_outer method for subs
+ Further configuration refactoring for testability
+ All functions now completely headerized
+ Concurrency: interpreter schedulers
- Deprecations
+ DYNSELF (changes to SELF; SELF to STATICSELF)
+ METHOD (replaced by renaming PCCMETHOD)
+ pmcinfo op (superseded by 'inspect')
+ get_attr, set_attr, and 8 other vtable methods
+ See DEPRECATED.pod for details
- Miscellaneous
+ Many bug fixes
+ Minor speed enhancements with UTF-8 string handling
+ Debian packaging
+ consting, attribute marking, warnings cleanup, memory leaks plugged ...
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