Panda 0.3.0-alpha

Panda 0.3.0-alpha has been released! 🎉

Changes in language:

GH-298 Simple type inference through let keyword

module lang

main {
    /* Immutable */

    let rawValue = '#onlypanda x '
    let methodValue = 0xCAFEBABE.toString()

    log rawValue + methodValue

    /* Mutable */

    mut let mutableValue = '#onlydiorite'
    mutableValue = '#onlypanda'

    /* Nillable */

    nil let nillableValue = '#'
}

GH-472 Removed null

/* No longer possible */
nil String value = null // <-- interpretation error

/* Nillable variables */
nil String playingWithFire = Java.null()

GH-608 Modulo operation

log 3 == (8 % 5)

GH-611 Support for hexadecimal longs

log 0xCAFEBABE
log 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

GH-593 GH-609 Fixed operators like !, not, ~, -, ++, -- that could not be used without ( ) in complex operations

log !false && true // --> worked as !(false && true)
log !false && true // fixed -> (!false) && true

13c7a34d9ab4a9018c3a4e0154dd3043ae354051 Fixed call to another constructor through 'this' keyword

open type Foo {
    internal String field

    constructor (String field) {
        this.field = field
    }

    constructor () {
        this('Default') // Fixed
    }
}

Changes in internals:

2b661242d1647483fb74bb43a0fb59f66b44a7d8 Fixed invalid generated method names that uses java keywords
c81a733043ea95edaca2c928eb9e31d3d778f602 Improved the possibility of redirecting output
GH-550 Added multiple language tests in examples directory, increased overall coverage

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

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