Alpha v0.5.7

Vaca v0.5.7

Changelog

• Improved error report
• Added support for user defined macros using [( -> ) syntax
• Added support for partial resolution of macros
• Added pipe forward |> macro and format function
• Proper treatment for NaN
• Added back ;env in repl to show all defined symbols

Unfinished Added Features

• Don't cares
• Library importing

Technical Changes

• Using mold as unix linker
• Using linked lists as type for handling arrays rather than vectors

Alpha v0.5.3

Vaca v0.5.3

Fixes

• Negative numbers were interpreted as symbols

Changelog

• Symbols can't start with -
• Extended math library with: power, b-root ($a ^ (1/b)$), modulus, integer division, max, min
• Extended array library with: scan, nth, append, prepend, concat
• Extended io library with: parse-int, parse-float
• Temprary removed ;env repl meta command
• Project folder restructure (for future vaca-core release)
• All values are now better reference counted

Alpha v0.3.0

Vaca v0.3.0

Fixes

• Recursion always lead to stackoverflow due to if's not being lazy
• Repl didn't permit inline navigation

Changelog

• Repl is the default mode when no subcommand informed
• Native defined macros
• Improved repl experience with history, history navigation and inline navigation
• Array map and reduce implemented
• Partial resolution of functions
• .leite are now .casco files
• Redefined project milestones [wip]

Alpha 0.1.0

Vaca v0.1.0

Features

• Variable declaration using #(), giving a name and a value
• Function creation using <( -> ), passing args names before -> and passing the body after it
• Basic data types: integer, float, bool, char, string
• Array type
• Nil type
• Basic standard library with:
  • if
  • print
  • basic arithmetic (+, -, *, /)
  • relational operators (<, >, <=, >=)
  • boolean and and or (&, |)
• Command line interface
  • repl: starts a repl interactive environment
  • run <file>: reads a .vaca or a .leite file and executes it
  • build <input> [output]: reads a .vaca file and compiles it to a .leite file (if no output provided, the output name will be the same as the input, just replacing the extension)

Known issues

• recursion leads to stack overflow
• poor error messages