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You can download the latest version of the Nimrod compiler here.
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You can download the latest version of the Nim compiler here.
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**Note:** The Nimrod compiler requires a C compiler to compile software. On
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**Note:** The Nim compiler requires a C compiler to compile software. On
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Windows we recommend that you use
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`Mingw-w64 <http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/>`_. GCC is recommended on Linux
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and clang on Mac OS X.
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Binaries
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========
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Unfortunately for now we only provide builds for Windows.
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Unfortunately for now we provide no binary builds.
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* 32 bit: `nimrod_0.9.6.exe <download/nimrod_0.9.6.exe>`_
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* 64 bit: `nimrod_0.9.6_x64.exe <download/nimrod_0.9.6_x64.exe>`_
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..
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Unfortunately for now we only provide builds for Windows.
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* 32 bit: `nim_0.10.2.exe <download/nim_0.10.2.exe>`_
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* 64 bit: `nim_0.10.2_x64.exe <download/nim_0.10.2_x64.exe>`_
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Installation based on generated C code
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like systems. Binary packages may be provided later.
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Download `nimrod_0.9.6.zip <download/nimrod_0.9.6.zip>`_, extract it and follow
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Download `nim_0.10.2.zip <download/nim_0.10.2.zip>`_, extract it and follow
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these instructions:
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* sh build.sh
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* Add ``$your_install_dir/bin`` to your PATH.
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There are other ways to install Nimrod (like using the ``install.sh`` script),
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There are other ways to install Nim (like using the ``install.sh`` script),
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but these tend to cause more problems.
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News
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====
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..
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2014-10-21 Version 0.10.2 released
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==================================
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2014-12-29 Version 0.10.2 released
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==================================
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This release marks the completion of a very important change to the project:
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the official renaming from Nimrod to Nim. Version 0.10.2 contains many language
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changes, some of which may break your existing code. For your convenience, we
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added a new tool called `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ that will help you convert your
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existing projects so that it works with the latest version of the compiler.
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This release marks the completion of a very important change to the project:
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the official renaming from Nimrod to Nim. Version 0.10.2 contains many language
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changes, some of which may break your existing code. For your convenience, we
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added a new tool called `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ that will help you convert your
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existing projects so that it works with the latest version of the compiler.
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Progress towards version 1.0
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Progress towards version 1.0
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Although Nim is still pre-1.0, we were able to keep the number of breaking
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changes to a minimum so far. Starting with version 1.0, we will not introduce
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any breaking changes between major release versions.
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One of Nim's goals is to ensure that the compiler is as efficient as possible.
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Take a look at the
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`latest benchmarks <https://github.com/logicchains/LPATHBench/blob/master/writeup.md>`_,
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which show that Nim is consistently near
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the top and already nearly as fast as C and C++. Recent developments, such as
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the new ``asyncdispatch`` module will allow you to write efficient web server
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applications using non-blocking code. Nim now also has a built-in thread pool
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for lightweight threading through the use of ``spawn``.
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Although Nim is still pre-1.0, we were able to keep the number of breaking
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changes to a minimum so far. Starting with version 1.0, we will not introduce
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any breaking changes between major release versions.
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One of Nim's goals is to ensure that the compiler is as efficient as possible.
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Take a look at the
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`latest benchmarks <https://github.com/logicchains/LPATHBench/blob/master/writeup.md>`_,
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which show that Nim is consistently near
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the top and already nearly as fast as C and C++. Recent developments, such as
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the new ``asyncdispatch`` module will allow you to write efficient web server
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applications using non-blocking code. Nim now also has a built-in thread pool
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for lightweight threading through the use of ``spawn``.
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The unpopular "T" and "P" prefixes on types have been deprecated. Nim also
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became more expressive by weakening the distinction between statements and
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epxressions. We also added new and searchable forums, a new website, and our
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documentation generator ``docgen`` has seen major improvements.
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The unpopular "T" and "P" prefixes on types have been deprecated. Nim also
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became more expressive by weakening the distinction between statements and
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epxressions. We also added a new and searchable forum, a new website, and our
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documentation generator ``docgen`` has seen major improvements.
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What's left to be done
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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What's left to be done
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The 1.0 release is actually very close. Apart from bug fixes, there are
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two major features missing or incomplete:
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The 1.0 release is actually very close. Apart from bug fixes, there are
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two major features missing or incomplete:
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* ``static[T]`` needs to be defined precisely and the bugs in the
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implementation need to be fixed.
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* Overloading of the assignment operator is required for some generic
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containers and needs to be implemented.
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* ``static[T]`` needs to be defined precisely and the bugs in the
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implementation need to be fixed.
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* Overloading of the assignment operator is required for some generic
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containers and needs to be implemented.
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This means that fancy matrix libraries will finally start to work, which used
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to be a major point of pain in the language.
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This means that fancy matrix libraries will finally start to work, which used
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to be a major point of pain in the language.
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Nimble and other Nim tools
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Nimble and other Nim tools
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Outside of the language and the compiler itself many Nim tools have seen
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considerable improvements.
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Outside of the language and the compiler itself many Nim tools have seen
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considerable improvements.
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Babel the Nim package manager has been renamed to Nimble. Nimble's purpose
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is the installation of packages containing libraries and/or applications
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written in Nim.
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Even though Nimble is still very young it already is very
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functional. It can install packages by name, it does so by accessing a
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packages repository which is hosted on a Github repo. Packages can also be
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installed via a Git repo URL or Mercurial repo URL. The package repository
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is searchable through Nimble. Anyone is free to add their own packages to
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the package repository by forking the
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`nim-lang/packages <https://github.com/nim-lang/packages>`_ repo and creating
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a pull request. Nimble is fully cross-platform and should be fully functional
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on all major operating systems.
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It is of course completely written in Nim.
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Babel the Nim package manager has been renamed to Nimble. Nimble's purpose
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is the installation of packages containing libraries and/or applications
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written in Nim.
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Even though Nimble is still very young it already is very
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functional. It can install packages by name, it does so by accessing a
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packages repository which is hosted on a Github repo. Packages can also be
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installed via a Git repo URL or Mercurial repo URL. The package repository
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is searchable through Nimble. Anyone is free to add their own packages to
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the package repository by forking the
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`nim-lang/packages <https://github.com/nim-lang/packages>`_ repo and creating
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a pull request. Nimble is fully cross-platform and should be fully functional
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on all major operating systems.
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It is of course completely written in Nim.
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Changelog
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~~~~~~~~~
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Changelog
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~~~~~~~~~
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Changes affecting backwards compatibility
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-----------------------------------------
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Changes affecting backwards compatibility
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-----------------------------------------
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- **The language has been renamed from Nimrod to Nim.** The name of the
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compiler changed from ``nimrod`` to ``nim`` too.
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- ``system.fileHandle`` has been renamed to ``system.getFileHandle`` to
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prevent name conflicts with the new type ``FileHandle``.
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- Comments are now not part of the AST anymore, as such you cannot use them
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in place of ``discard``.
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- Large parts of the stdlib got rid of the T/P type prefixes. Instead most
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types now simply start with an uppercased letter. The
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so called "partial case sensitivity" rule is now active allowing for code
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like ``var foo: Foo`` in more contexts.
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- String case (or any non-ordinal case) statements
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without 'else' are deprecated.
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- Recursive tuple types are not allowed anymore. Use ``object`` instead.
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- The PEGS module returns ``nil`` instead of ``""`` when an optional capture
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fails to match.
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- The re module returns ``nil`` instead of ``""`` when an optional capture
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fails to match.
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- The "symmetric set difference" operator (``-+-``) never worked and has been
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removed.
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- ``defer`` is a keyword now.
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- ``func`` is a keyword now.
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- The ``using`` language feature now needs to be activated via the new
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``{.experimental.}`` pragma that enables experimental language features.
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- Destructors are now officially *experimental*.
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- Standalone ``except`` and ``finally`` statements are deprecated now.
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The standalone ``finally`` can be replaced with ``defer``,
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standalone ``except`` requires an explicit ``try``.
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- Operators ending in ``>`` are considered as "arrow like" and have their
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own priority level and are right associative. This means that
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the ``=>`` and ``->`` operators from the `future <future.html>`_ module
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work better.
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- Field names in tuples are now ignored for type comparisons. This allows
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for greater interoperability between different modules.
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- Statement lists are not converted to an implicit ``do`` block anymore. This
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means the confusing ``nnkDo`` nodes when working with macros are gone for
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good.
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- **The language has been renamed from Nimrod to Nim.** The name of the
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compiler changed from ``nimrod`` to ``nim`` too.
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- ``system.fileHandle`` has been renamed to ``system.getFileHandle`` to
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prevent name conflicts with the new type ``FileHandle``.
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- Comments are now not part of the AST anymore, as such you cannot use them
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in place of ``discard``.
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- Large parts of the stdlib got rid of the T/P type prefixes. Instead most
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types now simply start with an uppercased letter. The
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so called "partial case sensitivity" rule is now active allowing for code
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like ``var foo: Foo`` in more contexts.
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- String case (or any non-ordinal case) statements
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without 'else' are deprecated.
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- Recursive tuple types are not allowed anymore. Use ``object`` instead.
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- The PEGS module returns ``nil`` instead of ``""`` when an optional capture
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fails to match.
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- The re module returns ``nil`` instead of ``""`` when an optional capture
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fails to match.
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- The "symmetric set difference" operator (``-+-``) never worked and has been
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removed.
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- ``defer`` is a keyword now.
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- ``func`` is a keyword now.
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- The ``using`` language feature now needs to be activated via the new
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``{.experimental.}`` pragma that enables experimental language features.
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- Destructors are now officially *experimental*.
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- Standalone ``except`` and ``finally`` statements are deprecated now.
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The standalone ``finally`` can be replaced with ``defer``,
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standalone ``except`` requires an explicit ``try``.
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- Operators ending in ``>`` are considered as "arrow like" and have their
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own priority level and are right associative. This means that
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the ``=>`` and ``->`` operators from the `future <future.html>`_ module
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work better.
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- Field names in tuples are now ignored for type comparisons. This allows
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for greater interoperability between different modules.
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- Statement lists are not converted to an implicit ``do`` block anymore. This
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means the confusing ``nnkDo`` nodes when working with macros are gone for
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good.
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Language Additions
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------------------
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Language Additions
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------------------
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- The new concurrency model has been implemented including ``locks`` sections,
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lock levels and object field ``guards``.
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- The ``parallel`` statement has been implemented.
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- ``deepCopy`` has been added to the language.
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- The builtin ``procCall`` can be used to get ``super``-like functionality
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for multi methods.
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- There is a new pragma ``{.experimental.}`` that enables experimental
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language features per module, or you can enable this features on a global
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level with the ``--experimental`` command line option.
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- The new concurrency model has been implemented including ``locks`` sections,
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lock levels and object field ``guards``.
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- The ``parallel`` statement has been implemented.
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- ``deepCopy`` has been added to the language.
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- The builtin ``procCall`` can be used to get ``super``-like functionality
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for multi methods.
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- There is a new pragma ``{.experimental.}`` that enables experimental
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language features per module, or you can enable this features on a global
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level with the ``--experimental`` command line option.
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Compiler Additions
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------------------
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Compiler Additions
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------------------
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- The compiler now supports *mixed* Objective C / C++ / C code generation:
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The modules that use ``importCpp`` or ``importObjc`` are compiled to C++
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or Objective C code, any other module is compiled to C code. This
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improves interoperability.
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- There is a new ``parallel`` statement for safe fork&join parallel computing.
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- ``guard`` and ``lock`` pragmas have been implemented to support safer
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concurrent programming.
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- The following procs are now available at compile-time::
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- The compiler now supports *mixed* Objective C / C++ / C code generation:
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The modules that use ``importCpp`` or ``importObjc`` are compiled to C++
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or Objective C code, any other module is compiled to C code. This
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improves interoperability.
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- There is a new ``parallel`` statement for safe fork&join parallel computing.
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- ``guard`` and ``lock`` pragmas have been implemented to support safer
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concurrent programming.
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- The following procs are now available at compile-time::
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math.sqrt, math.ln, math.log10, math.log2, math.exp, math.round,
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math.arccos, math.arcsin, math.arctan, math.arctan2, math.cos, math.cosh,
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math.hypot, math.sinh, math.sin, math.tan, math.tanh, math.pow,
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math.trunc, math.floor, math.ceil, math.fmod,
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os.getEnv, os.existsEnv, os.dirExists, os.fileExists,
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system.writeFile
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math.sqrt, math.ln, math.log10, math.log2, math.exp, math.round,
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math.arccos, math.arcsin, math.arctan, math.arctan2, math.cos, math.cosh,
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math.hypot, math.sinh, math.sin, math.tan, math.tanh, math.pow,
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math.trunc, math.floor, math.ceil, math.fmod,
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os.getEnv, os.existsEnv, os.dirExists, os.fileExists,
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system.writeFile
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- Two backticks now produce a single backtick within an ``emit`` or ``asm``
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statement.
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- There is a new tool, `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ to help you in updating your
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code from Nimrod to Nim.
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- The compiler's output has been prettified.
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- Two backticks now produce a single backtick within an ``emit`` or ``asm``
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statement.
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- There is a new tool, `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ to help you in updating your
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code from Nimrod to Nim.
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- The compiler's output has been prettified.
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Library Additions
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-----------------
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Library Additions
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-----------------
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- Added module ``fenv`` to control the handling of floating-point rounding and
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exceptions (overflow, division by zero, etc.).
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- ``system.setupForeignThreadGc`` can be used for better interaction with
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foreign libraries that create threads and run a Nim callback from these
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foreign threads.
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- List comprehensions have been implemented as a macro in the ``future``
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module.
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- The new Async module (``asyncnet``) now supports SSL.
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- The ``smtp`` module now has an async implementation.
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- Added module ``asyncfile`` which implements asynchronous file reading
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and writing.
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- ``osproc.kill`` has been added.
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- ``asyncnet`` and ``asynchttpserver`` now support ``SO_REUSEADDR``.
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- Added module ``fenv`` to control the handling of floating-point rounding and
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exceptions (overflow, division by zero, etc.).
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- ``system.setupForeignThreadGc`` can be used for better interaction with
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foreign libraries that create threads and run a Nim callback from these
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foreign threads.
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- List comprehensions have been implemented as a macro in the ``future``
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module.
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- The new Async module (``asyncnet``) now supports SSL.
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- The ``smtp`` module now has an async implementation.
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- Added module ``asyncfile`` which implements asynchronous file reading
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and writing.
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- ``osproc.kill`` has been added.
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- ``asyncnet`` and ``asynchttpserver`` now support ``SO_REUSEADDR``.
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Bugfixes
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--------
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Bugfixes
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--------
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- ``nil`` and ``NULL`` are now preserved between Nim and databases in the
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``db_*`` modules.
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- Fixed issue with OS module in non-unicode mode on Windows.
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- Fixed issue with ``x.low``
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(`#1366 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1366>`_).
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- Fixed tuple unpacking issue inside closure iterators
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(`#1067 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1067>`_).
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- Fixed ENDB compilation issues.
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- Many ``asynchttpserver`` fixes.
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- Macros can now keep global state across macro calls
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(`#903 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/903>`_).
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- ``osproc`` fixes on Windows.
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- ``osproc.terminate`` fixed.
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- Improvements to exception handling in async procedures.
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(`#1487 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1487>`_).
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- ``try`` now works at compile-time.
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- Fixes ``T = ref T`` to be an illegal recursive type.
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- Self imports are now disallowed.
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- Improved effect inference.
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- Fixes for the ``math`` module on Windows.
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- User defined pragmas will now work for generics that have
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been instantiated in different modules.
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- Fixed queue exhaustion bug.
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- Many, many more.
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- ``nil`` and ``NULL`` are now preserved between Nim and databases in the
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``db_*`` modules.
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- Fixed issue with OS module in non-unicode mode on Windows.
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- Fixed issue with ``x.low``
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(`#1366 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1366>`_).
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- Fixed tuple unpacking issue inside closure iterators
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(`#1067 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1067>`_).
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- Fixed ENDB compilation issues.
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- Many ``asynchttpserver`` fixes.
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- Macros can now keep global state across macro calls
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(`#903 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/903>`_).
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- ``osproc`` fixes on Windows.
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- ``osproc.terminate`` fixed.
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- Improvements to exception handling in async procedures.
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(`#1487 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1487>`_).
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- ``try`` now works at compile-time.
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- Fixes ``T = ref T`` to be an illegal recursive type.
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- Self imports are now disallowed.
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- Improved effect inference.
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- Fixes for the ``math`` module on Windows.
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- User defined pragmas will now work for generics that have
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been instantiated in different modules.
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- Fixed queue exhaustion bug.
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- Many, many more.
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2014-12-09 New website design!
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<a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-12-29-version-0-10-2-released">
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<h4>Dec 29, 2014</h4>
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<p>Nim version 0.10.2 has been released!</p>
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<a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-12-09-new-website-design">
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<h4>Dec 9, 2014</h4>
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<p>The new website design and forum are now online!</p>
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</a>
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<a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-10-19-version-0-9-6-released">
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<h4>Oct 19, 2014</h4>
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<p>Nimrod version 0.9.6 has been released!</p>
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</a>
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<a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-02-11-nimrod-featured-in-dr-dobb-s-journal">
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<h4>Feb 11, 2014</h4>
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<p>Nimrod featured in Dr. Dobb's Journal</p>
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