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2016-01-XX Version 0.13.0 released
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2016-01-XX Version 0.13.0 released
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Once again we are proud to announce the latest release of the Nim compiler
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and related tools. This release comes just 3 months after the last
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release!
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A new version of Nimble which depends on this release, has also been
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released. See `this <http://forum.nim-lang.org/t/1912>`_ forum thread for
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more information about the Nimble release.
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This release of Nim includes over 116 bug fixes, many of which are related
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to closures. The lambda lifting algorithm in the compiler has been completely
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rewritten, and some changes have been made to the semantics of closures in
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Nim as a result. These changes may affect backwards compatibility and are all
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described in the section below.
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With this release, we are one step closer to Nim version 1.0.
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The 1.0 release will be a big milestone for Nim, because after that version
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is released there will be no more breaking changes made to the language
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or the standard library.
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That being said, the next release will likely be Nim 0.14. It will focus on
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improvements to the GC and concurrency. We will in particular be looking at
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ways to add multi-core support to async await. Standard library improvements
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are also on our roadmap but may not make it for Nim 0.14.
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As always you can download the latest version of Nim from the
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`download <download.html>`_ page.
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Happy coding!
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Changes affecting backwards compatibility
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Changes affecting backwards compatibility
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- ``macros.newLit`` for ``bool`` now produces false/true symbols which
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- ``macros.newLit`` for ``bool`` now produces false/true symbols which
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actually work with the bool datatype.
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actually work with the bool datatype.
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- When compiling to JS, ``Node``, ``NodeType`` and ``Document`` are no longer
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- When compiling to JS: ``Node``, ``NodeType`` and ``Document`` are no longer
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defined. Use the types defined in ``dom.nim`` instead.
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defined. Use the types defined in ``dom.nim`` instead.
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- The check ``x is iterator`` (used for instance in concepts) was always a
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- The check ``x is iterator`` (used for instance in concepts) was always a
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weird special case (you could not use ``x is proc``) and was removed from
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weird special case (you could not use ``x is proc``) and was removed from
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The parser now considers leading whitespace in front of operators
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The parser now considers leading whitespace in front of operators
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to determine if an operator is used in prefix or infix position.
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to determine if an operator is used in prefix or infix position.
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This means that finally ``echo $foo`` is parsed as people expect
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This means that finally ``echo $foo`` is parsed as people expect,
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which is as ``echo($foo)``. It used to be parsed as ``(echo) $ (foo)``.
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which is as ``echo($foo)``. It used to be parsed as ``(echo) $ (foo)``.
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``echo $ foo`` continues to be parsed as ``(echo) $ (foo)``.
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``echo $ foo`` continues to be parsed as ``(echo) $ (foo)``.
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code like ``0..kArraySize div 2 -1`` needs to be changed to
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code like ``0..kArraySize div 2 -1`` needs to be changed to
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``0..kArraySize div 2 - 1``.
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``0..kArraySize div 2 - 1``.
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This release also adds multi-line comments to Nim. They look
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This release also adds multi-line comments to Nim. The syntax for them is:
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like ``#[ comment here ]#``. For more details read the section of
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``#[ comment here ]#``. For more details read the section of
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the `manual <manual#multiline-comments>`_.
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the `manual <manual#multiline-comments>`_.
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Iterator changes
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Iterator changes
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s.add(proc(): string = return ii*ii))
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s.add(proc(): string = return ii*ii))
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This behaviour has changed in 0.13.0 and now needs to be written as:
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This behaviour has changed in 0.13.0 and now needs to be written as:
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.. code-block:: nim
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.. code-block:: nim
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proc outer =
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proc outer =
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