Odin v0.2.0 - Windows

Added

• Complex numbers

  • complex64, complex128

• Quaternions

  • quaternion128, quaternion256

• New built in procedures

  • conj(x)
  • len(x), cap(x)
  • make([]T), make([dynamic]T), make(map[K]V)
  • transmute(T, x)

• #require_results for procedures

• Interval syntax

  • a..b open range [a, b]
  • a..<b half-closed range [a, b)

• Interval expression is match statements

  • case 'A'..'Z', 'a'..'z':

• Addressing operator & (replaces ^)

  • x: int; p: ^int = &x; i: int = p^;

• New casting syntax

  • Basic type conversion: type(x)
    • Replaces cast(type)x
  • Type assertion: x.(type)
    • Replaces union_cast and works with any not just unions
  • Bitcast: transmute(T, x)
    • Replaces transmute(T)x

• os.args Command line arguments in os.odin

• Correct C ABI for x86/amd64 on Windows

Changes

• Remove .count and .capacity and replace with len() and cap()
• Remove new_slice and replace with `make
• Removed down_cast
• Move Raw_* types to raw.odin
• Change memory layout of any
• Changes to fmt.odin
  • Remove sprint*
  • Add aprint*, bprint*, sbprint*
• strconv.parse_int in strconv.odin

Bug fixes

• Cast to any of untyped constants
• Fix append crash when pointer is passed
• Fix slicing bug on dynamic arrays
• Fix map key not getting transferred on rehash
• Bugs with union size and alignment
• Fix procedure literal scopes and dependencies
• Fix subtype polymorphism
• Fix double declaration in when statements
• Fix float precision printing