Panda 0.1.1-alpha

Panda 0.1.1-alpha has been released! 🎉

Changes in language

• GH-528 Move return type of method to the end of its signature

shared shouldReturnTrue () -> Bool {
  return true
}

• GH-526 Support string method names

shared 'should return true' () -> Bool {
  return true
}

• GH-529 Support backquote sequences

String text = `text with ' ' and " " :)`

// useful when we want to mix ' and "
`"Two things are infinite: 
the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe."`

• GH-532 Rename public visibility to open

open type World { 
  open String name = `Earth`

  open getName () -> String {
    return this.name
  }
}

Changes in API

• GH-527 Remove InterceptorData and LocalCache and delegate its functionalities to LocalChannel
• GH-527 Always fork context to guarantee independence of layers
• GH-531 Optimize PandaSourceStream#getUnreadLength
• GH-531 Add immutability signature to improve the performance of not modifiable snippets
• GH-531 + GH-527 Rename CustomPattern to FunctionalPattern, improve its performance and add simplified API to the BootstrapInitializer
• GH-531 Use generated method injectors to call bootstrap methods to improve the performance

Download

Installation: panda-lang.org/install
Developers: panda-lang.org/guide#installation

Archives:

• Panda 0.1.1-alpha [ jar ]
• Panda 0.1.1-alpha without dependencies [ jar ]

To download and install Panda, visit the install page.