Changes since Idris 2 v0.1.0 ---------------------------- Compiler updates: * Data types with a single constructor, with a single unerased arguments, are translated to just that argument, to save repeated packing and unpacking. (c.f. `newtype` in Haskell) + A data type can opt out of this behaviour by specifying `noNewtype` in its options list. `noNewtype` allows code generators to apply special handling to the generated constructor/deconstructor, for a newtype-like data type, that would otherwise be optimised away. * 0-multiplicity constructor arguments are now properly erased, not just given a placeholder null value. Language extensions: * %transform directive, for declaring transformation rules on runtime expressions. Transformation rules are automatically added for top level implementations of interfaces. * A %spec flag on functions which allows arguments to be marked for partial evaluation, following the rules from "Scrapping Your Inefficient Engine" (ICFP 2010, Brady & Hammond) Library additions: * Additional file management operations in `base` * New modules in `contrib` for time (`System.Clock`); JSON (`Language.JSON.*`); random numbers (`System.Random`) Other improvements: * Various performance improvements in the typechecker: + Noting which metavariables are blocking unification constraints, so that they only get retried if those metavariables make progress. + Evaluating `fromInteger` at compile time. + In the run-time, reuse the old heap after garbage collection if it hasn't been resized, to avoid unnecessary system calls. * Extend Idris2's literate mode to support reading Markdown and OrgMode files. For more details see: https://idris2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/literate.html * Fields of records can be accessed (and updated) using the dot syntax, such as `r.field1.field2` or `record { field1.field2 = 42 }`. For details, see https://idris2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/records.html Changes since Idris 1 --------------------- Everything :). For full details, see: https://idris2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/updates/updates.html