Changelog.md

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[1.3.10] - 2023-01-05

• Updated Catch2 to fix several compilation issues
• Correct error in tutorial about precedence of functions

[1.3.9] - 2022-06-17

• Fixed issue with duplicate non-local function registration
• Fix unit tests to allow easier max instruction tests
• Minor spelling corrections
• Corrected previously out-of-sync patch messages in changelog

[1.3.8] - 2022-03-27

• Improved error messages
• Fixed URL to tutorial in JinxPad

[1.3.7] - 2022-03-27

• Fixed memory allocation stats in amalgamated header

[1.3.5] - 2022-03-27

• Added support for calling async functions from native code
• Update MSVC build scripts to support VS2022
• Update tools to .NET target to 4.7.2
• Update obsolete .NET function

[1.3.4] - 2021-02-21

• Improved compiler error messages
• Minor code cleanup

[1.3.3] - 2021-02-10

• Added support for string index pair operator for extraction and insertion of text
• Additional performance optimizations
• Improve test coverage
• Remove unused code

[1.3.2] - 2021-02-04

• Various internal optimizations improves Jinx runtime performance by up to 25%
• Updated Performance doc
• Free and realloc memory callbacks now pass an additional size parameter
• Fix small internal memory leaks
• Fix multi-threaded safety issue
• Improved fuzz tester

[1.3.1] - 2021-01-20

• Updated amalgamated header

[1.3.0] - 2021-01-20

• Add support for first-class functions
• Add support for coroutines
• Improve error handling for library functions
• Update documentation

[1.2.4] - 2021-01-07

• Fixed function lookup with matching optional/non-optional parts

[1.2.3] - 2020-12-27

• Fixed issue with initialization lists parsing as function parameters

[1.2.2] - 2020-12-14

• Fixed issue introduced in 1.2.1 causing functions to always wait on exit

[1.2.1] - 2020-12-11

• Allow character-based access to strings using [] operators
• {} size function now returns number of Unicode characters for strings instead of byte count
• Added support for decorative possessive of variables using apostrophe-s
• Changed parsing precedence to fix some problematic compound function calls
• Fix bug when parsing and/or/not as part of function name
• Updated documentation

[1.2.0] - 2020-09-11

• Removed pool allocator due to lack of measurable performance benefits
• Changed memory stats API appropriately for a more generic allocator
• Removed obsolete Jinx::Shutdown() function
• Updated documentation

[1.1.9] - 2020-08-04

• Fix property name lookup when using multiple libraries

[1.1.8] - 2020-07-24

• Fix local scope bug, manifesting in named-counter loop errors on subsequent loops
• Improved loopcount op variable names

[1.1.7] - 2020-07-12

• Fix locale-based error on Linux
• Minor code cleanup

[1.1.6] - 2019-09-18

• Slightly more efficient numeric conversions of continental-style tables
• Fix syntax coloring error in single-line commands in JinxPad

[1.1.5] - 2019-09-05

• Explicitly allow return statements outside of functions
• Added documentation to clarify return statements
• Added unit tests for new return functionality
• Fixed issue with function calls calculation of stack return values
• Minor fixes to JinxPad project

[1.1.4] - 2019-08-12

• Fixed an issue with C# editor not displaying text on initial load

[1.1.3] - 2019-06-15

• Logging callback function now passes log level: Info, Warning, or Error

[1.1.2] - 2019-04-07

• Improved CSV parsing to include quoted values and continental format
• Floating-point and integer parsing can optionally use faster std::from_chars() method
• Floating-point parsing is no longer affected by locale

[1.1.1] - 2019-02-12

• Fix bug when max instruction count is reached
• Fix core write line to add newline after extra parameters

[1.1.0] - 2019-02-08

• Fix index operator to allow arbitrary nesting depth
• Fix erase keyword to use arbitrary nesting depth
• Add CSV or tab-delimited table support via string to collection cast
• Fix path error in CMake file
• Updated tutorial

[1.0.1] - 2019-01-20

• Fix unused variable warning in gcc
• Update tutorial

[1.0.0] - 2019-01-01

• Jinx stable release

[0.22.1] - 2018-12-30

• JinxPad projects are now generated by CMake
• Minor improvements to JinxPad

[0.22.0] - 2018-11-18

• Add CMake support
• Reorganize folders to separate source from projects

[0.21.1] - 2018-11-02

• Added missing 'set' keyword to C# editor library

[0.21.0] - 2018-10-21

• Removed local script function override

[0.20.0] - 2018-10-14

• Changed API functions registering function callbacks to use string instead of initializer lists
• IString::FindFunction() no longer requires a Visibility type parameter
• Function names passed via API are now processed using the same lexer and parser as scripts, ensuring more robust error checking
• Fixed minor error in tutorial
• Add std::any aliases due to macOS platform limitations

[0.19.0] - 2018-10-09

• Added API to find and call Jinx functions from C++

[0.18.3] - 2018-10-07

• Added additional tests

[0.18.2] - 2018-10-04

• Replaced void* with std::any
• Minor fixes to tutorial

[0.18.1] - 2018-09-29

• Minor improvement to parser error handling message
• Added new parser error tests

[0.18.0] - 2018-09-27

• Added unary negation operator (-)
• Added new tests and updated documentation
• Silenced MSVC warnings if C++ exceptions are disabled

[0.17.0] - 2018-09-22

• Jinx is now available as an optional single-header library
• Updated tests and documentation

[0.16.1] - 2018-08-11

• Keywords are now case-insensitive
• Added more detailed examples in tutorial for function parameters
• Changed Jinx object allocator to use perfect forwarding

[0.16.0] - 2018-08-04

• Added script-specific native function overrides

[0.15.6] - 2018-07-17

• Unicode conversion no longer uses deprecated standard libraries
• Updated projects to compile in C++ 17 mode
• Updated Doxygen binaries

[0.15.5] - 2018-04-29

• Added debug info to identify source line number for runtime errors
• Version string is acquired via a function instead of being a constant
• Fixed overly-cluttered changelist with a simpler format

[0.15.4] - 2018-04-18

• Added 'get call stack' core library function

[0.15.3] - 2018-04-17

• Improved runtime performance of local variable lookups

[0.15.2] - 2018-02-22

• Fixed a bug related to function chains

[0.15.1] - 2018-02-03

• Fixed a bug when assigning collection elements within a collection

[0.15.0] - 2017-12-26

• Function precedence now works left to right
• Compound expressions are no longer a problem for the parser

[0.14.0] - 2017-12-06

• Opcode debug output now shows symbol and function names
• Logical 'not' operation now has same precedence as 'or/and'
• Mod operators now works like Python instead of C++
• Parser now rejects function parameter names that collide with properties

[0.13.0] - 2017-12-01

• Logical operators now perform short-circuit evaluation
• Updated Catch unit test library

[0.12.0] - 2017-11-19

• Most operators no longer perform automatic type coersion, and errors are more explicitly handled.
• Documented type coersion behavior in tutorial.
• Fixed comparison between integer and numeric types

[0.11.0] - 2017-11-07

• Added per-script user context pointer for native library functions.
• Made changes to reduced probability of name collisions.

[0.10.3] - 2017-10-25

• Fix potential error in allocator with static initialization ordering

[0.10.2] - 2017-10-13

• Minor change for Xcode 9 compatibility

[0.10.1] - 2017-08-26

• Improved local script variable lookup speed
• Fixed potential crash on shutdown in allocator

[0.10.0] - 2017-08-24

• New ellipse operator allows explicit continuation of statements on a new line
• Initialization lists can handle new lines between items in the list
• Check for name collision of variables assigned in loop statements

[0.9.0] - 2017-08-17

• Added test case for case-folding variable rules
• Added total performance time interval to performance data
• Optimized allocator for better multi-threaded performance
• Optimized script runtime to avoid unneeded case folding on internal function calls
• PerfTest and FuzzTest now use standard C++ threads for test code

[0.8.0] - 2017-07-09

• Index operators can now be used directly following function calls for returned collections
• Added new performance metric for completed scripts
• Added new performance test
• Added new initialization parameter for caching memory blocks
• Math operations now use C-style precedence rules
• Function return values are now always optional

[0.7.0] - 2017-07-07

• Added better support for alternative string character encodings / types
• Changed function registration with more explicit parameters
• Changed required ordering of readonly parameter for properties

[0.6.0] - 2017-06-02

• Implemented Unicode-aware case folding algorithm to make Jinx case insensitive
• Runtime type conversion errors properly checked, and unit tests added

[0.5.0] - 2017-03-08

• Added erase keyword for removing collection elements
• Variable and property assignment now uses set {var} to {expression} pattern
• Collection iterators now store an iterator/collection pair
• Multi-part variable names can include keywords as second or later parts
• Removed obsolete library functions to erase collection element

[0.4.5] - 2017-03-04

• Jinxpad keyword list corrected
• Collection elements are removed by setting value to null
• Removed some potentially problematic library functions

[0.4.4] - 2017-02-27

• Error when parsing multi-part variables
• Potential infinite loop in core library
• Potential for incorrect memory values in multi-threaded programs
• Improved fuzz testing program for better performance and easier debugging

[0.4.3] - 2017-02-08

• Function name parts can now be optional
• Function name registration was incorrectly converting to lower case
• Function as last parameter of another function call was not being handled correctly

[0.4.2] - 2017-01-31

• New 'external' keyword for variables set via API
• Obsolete library functions dealing with externally set variables have been removed
• Tutorial updated with 'external' keyword use and examples

[0.4.1] - 2016-12-08

• Instruction count performance metric
• Cleaned up expression parsing code
• Add Variant class documentation
• Fixed bug in block parsing
• Improved documentation to better describe complex function parameters

[0.4.0] - 2016-12-01

• Add new keyword 'until' used similarly to 'while' in loops and conditional wait statements, but with inverted conditional logic
• Add new test cases for 'until' keyword
• Add new 'until' keyword added to Jinx editor
• 'yield' keyword is now 'wait', a more user-friendly term
• Deleted unused keywords in source

[0.3.0] - 2016-11-04

• Support for multi-word variable and property support without requiring enclosing quotes

[0.2.2] - 2016-11-01

• Improved variant conversion function
• New variant conversion tests and methods
• Variant conversion unit test

[0.2.1] - 2016-09-21

• Improved thread-safety of collection operators
• Fixed mutex issues on macOS and Linux
• Add new test case for collections
• Changed OSX to macOS

[0.2.0] - 2016-09-14

• Added yield while {conditional} support
• Added documentation for yield while conditional
• Added test cases for yield
• Fixed minor documentation errors

[0.1.3] - 2016-09-04

• Default library import API
• Prevent memory leaks due to circular references by collections
• Validate collection key types at runtime
• Allow initialization lists inside initialization lists

[0.1.2] - 2016-08-14

• Added PDF version of tutorial and LibCore library doc
• Overview doc removed, as it's now a bit redundant
• Jinx now uses % operator instead of mod keyword
• Floating-point mod operations now supported
• Minor fixes to Variant class
• Updated documentation

[0.1.1] - 2016-08-14

• LogAllocations() function generates a detailed report of all allocated memory

[0.1.0] - 2016-08-12

• Added fuzzing test to ensure runtime robustness
• Added new unit tests for incrementing/decrementing properties
• Added bytecode execution count limiter and behavior flag
• Modified changelog date format to year-month-date as intended
• Increment and decrement keywords now work correctly with properties
• Memory shutdown function fixed
• Fixed several runtime crashes or asserts from initial fuzz tests

[0.0.4] - 2016-07-29

• Added WPF/.NET Editor control for Jinx
• Added JinxPad sample project demonstrating use of editor control
• Reorganized library projects

[0.0.3] - 2016-07-17

• Added makefiles and NetBeans projects for Linux platform
• Projects compile cleanly under Linux/g++

[0.0.2] - 2016-07-09

• Added support for UTF-16 conversions in Variant class
• Added unit tests for Unicode conversion and variable names
• Fixed potential memory corruption bug when using Jinx::Shutdown() and not all memory has been freed
• Identifiers now have fewer naming restrictions
• Updated tutorial with new Unicode and naming rules
• Regenerated API documentation
• Renamed "callback" unit test to "native"
• Deleted unused opcode
• Removed case insensitivity

[0.0.1] - 2016-07-08

• Initial release
• Added initial library version numbers and string
• Added changelog
• Fixed minor documentation issues