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# Changelog
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## [Next version]
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### REPL changes
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* New experimental Scheme based evaluator (only available if compiled via
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Chez scheme or Racket). To access this at the REPL, set the evaluator mode to
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the scheme based evaluator with `:set eval scheme`.
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* New option `evaltiming` to time how long an evaluation takes at the REPL,
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set with `:set evaltiming`.
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* Renames `:lp/loadpackage` to `:package`.
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### Language changes
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* There were two versions of record syntax used when updating records:
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```idris
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record { field = value } r
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```
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and
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```idris
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{ field := value } r
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```
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The former is now deprecated in favour of the latter syntax.
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The compiler will issue a warning when using the `record` keyword.
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* Interpolated strings now make use of `concat` which is compiled into `fastConcat`
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The interpolated slices now make use of the `Interpolation` interface available
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in the prelude. It has only one method `interpolate` which is called for every
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expression that appears within an interpolation slice.
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```idris
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"hello \{world}"
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```
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is desugared into
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```idris
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concat [interpolate "hello ", interpolate world]
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```
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This allows you to write expressions within slices without having to call `show`
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but for this you need to implement the `Interpolation` interface for each type
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that you intend to use within an interpolation slice. The reason for not reusing
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`Show` is that `Interpolation` and `Show` have conflicting semantics, typically
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this is the case for `String` which adds double quotes around the string.
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### Compiler changes
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* Removes deprecated support for `void` primitive. Now `void` is supported via
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`prim__void`.
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* Adds `%deprecate` pragma that can be used to warn when deprecated functions are used.
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* Package files now support a `langversion` field that can be used to specify what versions of Idris a package supports. As with dependency versions, `>`, `<`, `>=`, and `<=` can all be used.
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+ For example, `langversion >= 0.5.1`.
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### IDE protocol changes
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* The IDE protocol and its serialisation to S-Expressions are factored
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into a separate module hierarchy Protocol.{Hex, SExp, IDE}.
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* File context ranges sent in the IDE protocol follow the same
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convention as Bounds values in the parser:
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+ all offsets (line and column) are 0-based.
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+ Lines: start and end are within the bounds
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+ Column:
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+ start column is within the bounds;
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+ end column is after the bounds.
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This changes behaviour from previous versions of the protocol.
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Matching PRs in the emacs modes:
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+ idris2-mode [PR#11](https://github.com/idris-community/idris2-mode/pull/11)
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+ idris-mode [PR#547](https://github.com/idris-hackers/idris-mode/pull/547)
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### Library changes
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#### Prelude
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* `elemBy` and `elem` are now defined for any `Foldable` structure. The specialised
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versions defined in `Data.(List/SnocList/Vect)` have been removed.
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#### Base
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* Adds `System.run`, which runs a shell command, and returns the stdout and
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return code of that run.
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* Adds escaped versions of `System.system`, `Systen.File.popen`, and
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`System.run`, which take a list of arguments, and escapes them.
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* Adds the `Injective` interface in module `Control.Function`.
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* Changes `System.pclose` to return the return code of the closed process.
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* Deprecates `base`'s `Data.Nat.Order.decideLTE` in favor of `Data.Nat.isLTE`.
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* Removes `base`'s deprecated `System.Directory.dirEntry`. Use `nextDirEntry` instead.
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* Removes `base`'s deprecated `Data.String.fastAppend`. Use `fastConcat` instead.
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* `System.File.Buffer.writeBufferData` now returns the number of bytes that have
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been written when there is a write error.
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* `System.File.Buffer.readBufferData` now returns the number of bytes that have
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been read into the buffer.
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* Adds the `Data.List.Quantifiers.Interleaving` and
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`Data.List.Quantifiers.Split` datatypes, used for provably splitting a list
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into a list of proofs and a list of counter-proofs for a given property.
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#### Test
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* Refactors `Test.Golden.runTest` to use `System.Concurrency` from the base
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libraries instead of `System.Future` from `contrib`. In addition to reducing
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the dependency on `contrib` in the core of Idris2, this also seems to provide
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a small performance improvement for `make test`.
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#### Contrib
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* `System.Random` support for `Int` changed to `Int32`; it already limited itself
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to 32 bits but now that is codified. JavaScript backends are now supported.
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* Removes `contrib`'s deprecated `Data.Num.Implementations` module. See
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`Prelude.Interfaces` instead.
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## v0.5.0/0.5.1
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### Language changes
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* Missing methods in implementations now give a compile time error. This was
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always the intended behaviour, but until now had not been implemented!
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* Records now work in `parameters` blocks and `where` clauses.
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* Implementations of interfaces now work in `parameters` blocks and
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`where` clauses
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* The syntax for Name reflection has changed, and now requires a single brace
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instead of a double brace, e.g. `` `{x} ``
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* Raw string literals allows writing string while customising the escape
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sequence. Start a string with `#"` in order to change the escape characters
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to `\#`, close the string with `"#`. Remains compatible with multiline
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string literals.
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* Interpolated strings allows inserting expressions within string literals
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and avoid writing concatenation explicitly. Escape a left curly brace `\{`
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to start an interpolation slice and close it with a right curly brace `}` to
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resume writing the string literal. The enclosed expression must be of type
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`String`. Interpolated strings are compatible with raw strings (the slices
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need to be escaped with `\#{` instead) and multiline strings.
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* We now support ellipses (written `_`) on the left hand side of a `with`
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clause. Ellipses are substituted for by the left hand side of the parent
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clause i.e.
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```idris
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filter : (p : a -> Bool) -> List a -> List a
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filter p [] = []
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filter p (x :: xs) with (p x)
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_ | True = x :: filter p xs
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_ | False = filter p xs
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```
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means
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```idris
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filter : (p : a -> Bool) -> List a -> List a
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filter p [] = []
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filter p (x :: xs) with (p x)
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filter p (x :: xs) | True = x :: filter p xs
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filter p (x :: xs) | False = filter p xs
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```
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### Compiler changes
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* Added incremental compilation, using either the `--inc` flag or the
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`IDRIS2_INC_CGS` environment variable, which compiles modules incrementally.
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In incremental mode, the final build step is much faster than in whole
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program mode (the default), at the cost of runtime performance being about
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half as good. The `--whole-program` flag overrides incremental compilation,
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and reverts to whole program compilation. Incremental compilation is currently
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supported only by the Chez Scheme back end.
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This is currently supported only on Unix-like platforms (not yet Windows)
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- Note that you must set `IDRIS2_INC_CGS` when building and installing
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all libraries you plan to link with an incremental build.
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- Note also that this is experimental and not yet well tested!
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* The type checker now tries a lot harder to avoid reducing expressions where
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it is not needed. This can give a huge performance improvement in programs
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that potentially do a lot of compile time evaluation. However, sometimes
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reducing expressions can help in totality and quantity checking, so this may
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cause some programs not to type check which previously did - in these cases,
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you will need to give the reduced expressions explicitly.
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### REPL/CLI/IDE mode changes
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* Added `--list-packages` CLI option.
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* Added `--total` CLI option.
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### Library changes
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#### Prelude
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Changed
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- Removed `Data.Strings`. Use `Data.String` instead.
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#### System.Concurrency
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* Reimplement the `Channels` primitive in the Chez-Scheme backend since it had
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some non-deterministic properties (see issue
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[#1552](https://github.com/idris-lang/idris2/issues/1552)).
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NOTE: Due to complications with race-conditions, Chez not having channels
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built in, etc, the reimplementation changes the semantics slightly:
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`channelPut` no longer blocks until the value has been received under the
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`chez` backend, but instead only blocks if there is already a value in the
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channel that has not been received.
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With thanks to Alain Zscheile (@zseri) for help with understanding condition
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variables, and figuring out where the problems were and how to solve them.
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#### Control.Relation, Control.Order
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* The old system of interfaces for defining order relations (to say,
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for instance, that LTE is a partial order) is replaced with a new
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system of interfaces. These interfaces defines properties of binary
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relations (functions of type `ty -> ty -> Type`), and orders are
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defined simply as bundles of these properties.
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### Installation changes
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* Added a new makefile target to install Idris 2 library documentation. After `make install`, type
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`make install-libdocs` to install it. After that, the index file can be found here: ``idris2
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--libdir`/docs/index.html`.``
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## v0.4.0
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### Syntax changes
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* Desugar non-binding sequencing in do blocks to (`>>`)
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([#1095](https://github.com/idris-lang/idris2/pull/1095))
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* Multiline Strings with `"""` as delimiters
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([#1097](https://github.com/idris-lang/idris2/pull/1097))
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* Force strict indentation after usage of `with` keyword
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([#1107](https://github.com/idris-lang/idris2/pull/1107))
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* The syntax for parameter blocks has been updated. It now allows to declare
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implicit parameters and give multiplicities for parameters. The old syntax is
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still available for compatibility purposes but will be removed in the future.
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* Add support for SnocList syntax: `[< 1, 2, 3]` desugars into `Lin :< 1 :< 2 :<
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3` and their semantic highlighting.
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* Underscores can be used as visual separators for digit grouping purposes in
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integer literals: `10_000_000` is equivalent to `10000000` and
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`0b1111_0101_0000` is equivalent to `0b111101010000`. This can aid readability
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of long literals, or literals whose value should clearly separate into parts,
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such as bytes or words in hexadecimal notation.
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### Compiler changes
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* Added more optimisations and transformations, particularly on case blocks,
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list-shaped types, and enumerations, so generated code will often be slightly
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faster.
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* Added `--profile` flag, which generates profile data if supported by a back
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end. Currently supported by the Chez and Racket backends.
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* New `%builtin` pragma for compiling user defined natural numbers to primitive
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`Integer`s (see the
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[docs](https://idris2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/builtins.html))
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* The `version` field in `.ipkg` files is now used. Packages are installed into
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a directory which includes its version number, and dependencies can have
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version number ranges using `<=`, `<`, `>=`, `>`, `==` to express version
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constraints. Version numbers must be in the form of integers, separated by
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dots (e.g. `1.0`, `0.3.0`, `3.1.4.1.5` etc)
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* Idris now looks in the current working directory, under a subdirectory
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`depends` for local installations of packages before looking globally.
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* Added an environment variable `IDRIS2_PACKAGE_PATH` for extending where to
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look for packages.
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* Added compiler warnings flags (`-W` prefix):
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- `-Wno-shadowing`: disable shadowing warnings.
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- `-Werror`: treat warnings as errors.
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* Experimental flag (`-Xcheck-hashes`) to check hashes instead of filesystem
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times to determine if files should be recompiled. Should help with CI/CD
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caching.
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### REPL/IDE mode changes
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* Added `:search` command, which searches for functions by type
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* `:load`/`:l` and `:cd` commands now only accept paths surrounded by double
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quotes
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* Added a timeout to "generate definition" and "proof search" commands,
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defaulting to 1 second (1000 milliseconds) and configurable with
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`%search_timeout <time in milliseconds>`
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### Library Changes
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#### Prelude
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Added
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- `Bifoldable` and `Bitraversable` interfaces.
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- `Foldable` add `foldlM`, `foldMap`, and `toList`.
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- `Monad` interface `>=>`, `<=<` (Kleisli Arrows), and flipped bind (`=<<`).
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- `Pair` Applicative and Monad implementations.
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- `SnocList` datatype (fliped cons of a linked list).
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- `(.:)` function "blackbird operator" (Composition of a two-argument function
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with a single-argument one.)
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- `on` function (Eg, ```((+) `on` f) x y = f x + f y```)
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Changed
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- `===`, `~=~`, and `<+>` operator precedence
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- Exctracted `Cast` interface and implementations from `Prelude.Types` to
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`Prelude.Cast`
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- Renamed `Data.Strings` to `Data.String`
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Hidden
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- `countFrom`
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#### Base
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Added
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- `Control.Applicative.Const`.
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- New `Control.Monad` Monad Transformers types.
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- `Data.Bits`, an interface for bitwise operations.
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- `Data.Colist` and `Data.Colist1`.
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- `Data.Contravariant` interface for contravariant functors.
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- `Data.List` `unzip` function.
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- `Data.List1` `zip*` and `unzip*` functions.
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- `Data.SnocList`.
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- `Data.Stream` `unzipWith` and `unzipWith3` fuctions.
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- `Data.Vect` `unzipWith` and `unzipWith3` functions.
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- `System.File` `withFile` and total read functions.
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Changed:
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- Restructured Monad Transformers in `Control.Monad`
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- `zip` precedence
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#### Contrib
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Added
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- `Control.Validation`, a library for dependent types input validation.
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- `System.Console.GetOpt`, a library for specifying and parsing command line
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options.
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#### New test package
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- Moved `tests/Lib.idr` to package as `Test/Golden.idr`.
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- Removed `contrib/Test/Golden.idr` which duplicated the test framework now in
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the `test` package.
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### Codegen changes
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#### Racket
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* Now always uses `blodwen-sleep` instead of `idris2_sleep` in order to not
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block the Racket runtime when `sleep` is called.
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* Redid condition variables in the Racket codegen based on page 5 of the
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Microsoft [Implementing CVs paper](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/ImplementingCVs.pdf).
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Previously, they were based on an implementation using semaphores and
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asynchronous channels, which worked apart from `broadcast`. The rework fixes
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`broadcast` at the cost of losing `wait-timeout` due to increased complexity
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of their internals and interactions between their associated functions.
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#### JavaScript
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* Now use `Number` to represent up to 32 bit precision signed and unsigned
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integers. `Int32` still goes via `BigInt` for multiplication to avoid
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precision issues when getting results larger than `Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`.
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`Bits32` goes via `BigInt` for multiplication for the same reason as well as
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for all bitops, since `Number` uses signed 32 bit integers for those.
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* Now use `Number` instead of `BigInt` to represent up to 32 bit fixed precision
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signed and unsigned integers. This should make interop with the FFI more
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straight forward, and might also improve performance.
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#### New chez-sep
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* This code generator produces many Chez Scheme files and compiles them
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separately instead of producing one huge Scheme program. This significantly
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reduces the amount of memory needed to build large programs. Since this
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backend will skip calling the Chez compiler on modules that haven't changed,
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it also leads to shorter compilation times in large codebases where only some
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files have changed -- for example when developing Idris2 code generators. The
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codegen has a large parallelisation potential but at the moment, it is
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significantly slower for a full rebuild of a large codebase (the code
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generation stage takes about 3x longer).
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### API changes
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* The API now exposes `Compiler.Separate.getCompilationUnits`, which
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can be used for separate code generation by any backend.
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* New fixed precision signed integer types `Int8`, `Int16`, `Int32`,
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and `Int64` where added. In addition, all integral types now properly support
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all arithmetic and bitwise operations.
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* The compiler now provides primitive cast operations for all combinations
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of primitives with the exception of going from `Double` to `Char` and
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back, and going from `String` to `Char`.
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* A new pragma `%doubleLit` to support overloaded floating point literals
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was added.
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### Other changes
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* Lots of small performance improvements, some of which may be especially
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noticeable in programs that do a lot of type level evaluation.
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* Added HTML documentation generation, using the `--mkdoc` flag
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* Support for auto-completion in bash-like shells was added.
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* Fixed case-splitting to respect any indentation there may be in the term being
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case-split and the surrounding symbols, instead of filtering out the
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whitespace and putting it back as indentation.
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## v0.3.0
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Library changes:
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* Overhaul of the concurrency primitives:
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- Renamed `System.Concurrency.Raw` to `System.Concurrency`.
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- Modified the implementation of `Prelude.IO.fork` in the Chez Scheme RTS, which
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now returns a semaphore instead of a thread object. This allows the main
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thread to wait for the child thread to finish (see next bullet). The Racket
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implementation already returned a thread descriptor, which could be used to
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wait for the thread to finish.
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- Added `Prelude.IO.threadWait` which waits for a thread, identified by a
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`ThreadID`, to finish. This operation is supported by both the Chez Scheme and
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the Racket RTS'es.
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- Added semaphores to `System.Concurrency`, supported by both the Chez Scheme
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and Racket RTS'es.
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- Added barriers to `System.Concurrency`, supported by both the Chez Scheme
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and Racket RTS'es.
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- Added synchronous channels to `System.Concurrency`, supported by both the Chez
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Scheme and Racket RTS'es.
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- Fixed the support for mutexes in the Racket RTS. Formerly, they were
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implemented with semaphores, and calling`mutexRelease` multiple times would
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increment the internal counter multiple times, allowing multiple concurrent
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`mutexAcquire` operations to succeed simultaneously. Currently, `mutexRelease`
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fails when called on a mutex which isn't owned. (However, `mutexRelease` does
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not check whether the mutex is in fact owned by the current thread, which may
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be a bug.)
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- Modified the support for condition variables in the Racket RTS. Formerly,
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they were implemented using synchronous channels, meaning that:
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+ `conditionSignal` was a blocking operation; and
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+ calling `conditionSignal` on a condition variable on which no thread
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was waiting would wake the next thread to call `conditionWait`,
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whereas condition variables are supposed to be stateless, and only
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wake threads already in the queue.
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The implementation was replaced with an implementation based on asynchronous
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channels and mutexes, based on the following paper:
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[Implementing Condition Variables with Semaphores](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/ImplementingCVs.pdf) by Andrew Birrell
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- Removed `threadID` and `blodwen-thisthread`. Formerly, in the Chez Scheme
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backend, this function returned "the thread ID of the current thread" as a
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value of type `ThreadID`. However, `fork` returned a "thread object" as a
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value of type `ThreadID`. These are *different kinds of values* in Chez
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Scheme. As there was nothing one could do with a value of type `ThreadID`, I
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chose to remove `threadID`, as it allowed me to implement `threadWait` more
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easily.
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- Renamed `blodwen-lock` and `blodwen-unlock` to `blodwen-mutex-acquire` and
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`blodwen-mutex-release` for consistency, as these functions are referred to
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with acquire and release both in Chez Scheme and in the Idris2 concurrency
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module.
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* Added `Data.HVect` in `contrib`, for heterogeneous vectors.
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* Various other library functions added throughout `base` and `contrib`
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Command-line options changes:
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* Added `--color` and `--no-color` options for colored terminal output.
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Color is enabled by default.
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* Added `--console-width <auto|n>` option for printing margins. By default the
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`auto` option is selected, the result is that the compiler detects the current
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terminal width and sets it as the option value, otherwise a user value can be
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provided. An explicit `0` has the effect of simulating a terminal with
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unbounded width.
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Language and compiler changes:
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* Removed multiplicity subtyping, as this is unsound and unfortunately causes
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more problems than it solves. This means you sometimes now need to write
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linear versions of functions as special cases. (Though note that the 1
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multiplicity is still considered experimental, so hopefully this will change
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for the better in the future!)
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* Added new syntax for named applications of explicit arguments:
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`f {x [= t], x [= t], ...}`
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`f {x [= t], x [= t], ..., _}`
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* Added syntax for binding all explicit arguments (in the left hand side);
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`f {}`
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* Added new syntax for record updates (without the need for the `record`
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keyword):
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`{x := t, x $= t, ...}`
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* Local implementations of interfaces (in `let` or `where` blocks) now work,
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along with `%hint` annotations on local definitions, meaning that local
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definitions can be searched in auto implicit search.
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+ Note, though, that there are still some known limitations (with both local
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hints and local implementations) which will be resolved in the next version.
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* New experimental ``refc`` code generator, which generates C with reference
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counting.
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* Added primitives to the parsing library used in the compiler to get more precise
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boundaries to the AST nodes `FC`.
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REPL/IDE mode changes:
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* Added `:color (on|off)` option for colored terminal output.
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* Added `:consolewidth (auto|n)` option for printing margins. Mirrors the
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command-line option.
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## v0.2.1
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Language changes:
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* `Bits8`, `Bits16`, `Bits32` and `Bits64` primitive types added, with:
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+ `Num`, `Eq`, `Ord` and `Show` implementations.
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+ Casts from `Integer`, for literals
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+ Casts to `Int` (except for `Bits64` which might not fit),
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`Integer` and `String`
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+ Passed to C FFI as `unsigned`
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+ Primitives added in `Data.Buffer`
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* Elaborator reflection and quoting terms
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+ Requires extension `%language ElabReflection`
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+ API defined in `Language.Reflection`, including functions for getting
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types of global names, constructors of data types, and adding new top
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level declarations
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+ Implemented `%macro` function flag, to remove the syntactic noise of
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invoking elaborator scripts. This means the function must always
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be fully applied, and is run under `%runElab`
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* Add `import X as Y`
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+ This imports the module `X`, adding aliases for the definitions in
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namespace `Y`, so they can be referred to as `Y`.
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* `do` notation can now be qualified with a namespace
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+ `MyDo.do` opens a `do` block where the `>>=` operator used is `MyDo.(>>=)`
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Library changes:
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* `IO` operations in the `prelude` and `base` libraries now use the
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`HasIO` interface, rather than using `IO` directly.
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* Experimental `Data.Linear.Array` added to `contrib`, supporting mutable
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linear arrays with constant time read/write, convertible to immutable arrays
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with constant time read.
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+ Anything in `Data.Linear` in `contrib`, just like the rest of `contrib`,
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should be considered experimental with the API able to change at any time!
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Further experiments in `Data.Linear` are welcome :).
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* Experimental `Control.Linear.LIO` added to `contrib`, supporting computations
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which track the multiplicities of their return values, which allows linear
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resources to be tracked.
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* Added `Control.Monad.ST`, for update in-place via `STRef` (which is like
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`IORef`, but can escape from `IO`). Also added `Data.Ref` which provides an
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interface to both `IORef` and `STRef`.
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* Added `Control.ANSI` in `contrib`, for usage of ANSI escape codes for text
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styling and cursor/screen control in terminals.
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Command-line options changes:
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* Removed `--ide-mode-socket-with` option. `--ide-mode-socket` now accepts an
|
|
optional `host:port` argument.
|
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* Added options to override source directory, build directory and output
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directory: `--source-dir`, `--build-dir`, `--output-dir`.
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+ These options are also available as fields in the package description:
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`sourcedir`, `builddir`, `outputdir`.
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Compiler changes:
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* It is now possible to create new backends with minimal overhead.
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`Idris.Driver` exposes the function `mainWithCodegens` that takes
|
|
a list of codegens. The feature in documented [here](https://idris2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends/custom.html).
|
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* New code generators `node` and `javascript`.
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|
|
REPL/IDE mode changes:
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|
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* Implemented `:module` command, to load a module during a REPL session.
|
|
* Implemented `:doc`, which displays documentation for a name.
|
|
* Implemented `:browse`, which lists the names exported by a namespace.
|
|
* Added `:psnext`, which continues the previous proof search, looking for the
|
|
next type correct expression
|
|
+ Correspondingly, added the IDE mode command `proof-search-next` (which takes
|
|
no arguments)
|
|
* Added `:gdnext`, which continues the previous program search, looking for the
|
|
next type correct implementation
|
|
+ Correspondingly, added the IDE mode command `generate-def-next` (which takes
|
|
no arguments)
|
|
* Improved program search to allow deconstructing intermediate values, and in
|
|
simple cases, the result of recursive calls.
|
|
|
|
## v0.2.0
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|
|
The implementation is now self-hosted. To initialise the build, either use
|
|
the [bootstrapping version of Idris2](https://github.com/edwinb/Idris2-boot)
|
|
or build from the generated Scheme, using `make bootstrap`.
|
|
|
|
Language changes:
|
|
|
|
* `total`, `covering` and `partial` flags on functions now have an effect.
|
|
* `%default <totality status>` has been implemented. By default, functions must
|
|
be at least `covering`
|
|
+ That is, `%default covering` is the default status.
|
|
* 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 [the "records" entry in the user manual](https://idris2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/records.html)
|
|
* New function flag `%tcinline` which means that the function should be
|
|
inlined for the purposes of totality checking (but otherwise not inlined).
|
|
This can be used as a hint for totality checking, to make the checker look
|
|
inside functions that it otherwise might not.
|
|
* %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)
|
|
* To improve error messages, one can use `with NS.name <term>`
|
|
or `with [NS.name1, NS.name2, ...] <term>` to disable disambiguation
|
|
for the given names in `<term>`. Example: `with MyNS.(>>=) do ...`.
|
|
|
|
Library additions:
|
|
|
|
* Additional file management operations in `base`
|
|
* New module in `base` for time (`System.Clock`)
|
|
* New modules in `contrib` for JSON (`Language.JSON.*`); random numbers
|
|
(`System.Random`)
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
* Extend Idris2's literate mode to support reading Markdown and OrgMode files.
|
|
For more details see: ["literate" in the user manual](https://idris2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/literate.html).
|
|
|
|
## Changes since Idris 1
|
|
|
|
Everything :). For full details, see:
|
|
[updates](https://idris2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/updates/updates.html)
|