Change log

Revision 2023-03-18
  • try? / catch?
  • println -> printn
Revision 2023-02-15
  • Added uint128 / int128 to the documentation.
  • @private, @public and @local
Revision 2023-02-14
  • Updated typedef / define
Revision 2023-02-11
  • Changed @extname to @extern following compiler changes.
  • Document @export
Revision 2023-01-24
Revision 2023-01-07
  • Direct download links added.
  • Prefer "String" over char[]
Revision 2022-12-28
  • Bitstruct documented.
Revision 2022-11-18
  • Documented inline asm.
Revision 2022-11-16
  • Move description of static initialize.
  • Info on operator overload.
  • More details on function pointers.
  • Updated project tree.
Revision 2022-11-07
  • Added information on enum associated values.
Revision 2022-10-31
  • Updated project.json description.
  • Added information about static initializers and finalizers.
Revision 2022-10-14
  • libc::printf replaced with io::printf
Revision 2022-10-01
  • Expanded and updated types.
Revision 2022-07-20
  • Added start + len syntax
Revision 2022-07-15
  • Added "builtins"
Revision 2022-06-30
  • Updates to module system
Revision 2022-04-05
  • Removal of @opaque.
Revision 2022-03-26
  • Remove escape macros.
  • Adding stringify and first class names.
  • Removing "?? jump"
Revision 2022-03-15
  • Removal of multi-line strings
Revision 2022-03-04
  • Updates to $sizeof.
  • Addition of $eval / $evaltype.
  • Removal of $unreachable.
Revision 2022-02-16
  • Updates to imports.
  • Updates to project files.
Revision 2022-02-09
  • Major revision to bring everything up to date.
Revision 2021-10-20
  • func replaced by fn
  • Compound literal now Type { ... } like C++.
  • Update of conversion rules
  • New error syntax
Revision 2021-08-27
  • Updated reflection functionality.
  • Added documentation for multi-line strings.
  • Added documentation for base64 and hex array literals.
Revision 2021-08-12
  • Updated error type and error handling with try/catch
Revision 2021-07-13
  • Added nesting to / ... / removed /+ ... +/
  • Added primer.
Revision 2021-06-20
  • Updated array layout.
  • Revised macros for foreach.
  • Removed old generic functions.
  • Added new ideas around generic, macros
  • Changed macro body definition syntax.
  • Introduced both $for and $foreach.
Revision 2021-05-31
  • Removal of vararray type.
  • Updated user defined attributes.
  • Removed incremental arrays.
  • Added information on define.
  • Added private modules and import.
Revision 2021-05-18
  • Change cast to (type)(expression)
Revision 2021-05-08
  • Added rationale for some changes from C.
  • Updated undefined and undefined behaviour.
  • Removed many of the fine grained module features.
  • Removed "local" visibility in modules.
  • All modules are now distinct, parent modules do not have any special access to sub modules.
  • Added as module imports.
Revision 2021-04-05
  • "next" is now "nextcase".
  • Added link to the C3 discord.
  • The conversions page updated with new conversion rules.
  • Updated compound literal syntax.
  • Removed undefined behaviour behaviour on integer overflow and added a list of unspecified behaviour.
Revision 2020-12-23
  • Updated slice behaviour.
  • Updated expression block syntax.
  • Added link to specification-in-progress.
Revision 2020-12-04
  • Local variables are implicitly zero.
  • Removed in-block declarations.
  • Changed struct member initialization syntax.
  • Changed named parameter syntax.
  • Updated on macro syntax.
  • Removed built in c types.
Revision 2020-08-22
  • Added slice operations.
  • Changed cast syntax to cast(<expr> as <type>).
Revision 2020-07-08
  • Additions to error handling.
  • Introduction of labelled nextcase, break and continue.
  • Removal of goto.
Revision 2020-06-17
  • Alternate casts in idea.
  • Method functions simply renamed to "method".
  • Completely revised error handling.
Revision 2020-04-23
  • Updated error handling, adding try-else-jump and changed how errors are passed.
  • Included reflection page
Revision 2020-03-30
  • Added Odin and D to comparisons.
  • Updated text on how to contribute.
  • Updated the example on undefined behaviour.
  • Updated text on conversions.
  • Moved double -> float conversion to "ideas"
  • Fixed some typos.
Revision 2020-03-29
  • Type inference for enums.
  • Included macro page.
  • Corrected precedence rules with try and @.
  • Type functions.
  • Managed variables back to ideas.
  • Volatile moved back to ideas.
  • Removed implicit lossy signed conversions.
  • Introducing safe signed-unsigned comparisons.
  • "Function block" renamed "expression block".
  • @ sigil removed from macros and is only used with macro invocations.
  • Changed cast syntax from @cast(Type, var) to cast(var, Type)
Revision 2019-12-26
  • Added module versioning system idea.
  • Fleshed out polymorphic functions.
  • Unsigned to signed promotion mentioned in "changes from C"
Revision 2019-12-25
  • Changes how generic modules work.
  • Switched so that vararrays use Type[*] and sub arrays use Type[].
  • Added sub module granularity, partial imports (only importing selected functions and types), removal of local, extended aliasing. See modules.
  • Updated "changes from C" with removal of multiple declarations.
Revision 2019-12-11
  • Updated the setup page.
Revision 2019-12-03
Revision 2019-11-01
Revision 2019-09-30
  • Removed references (non nullable pointers)
  • Removed idea with aliasing in import
Revision 2019-08-14
  • Compile time run-include and include ideas.
  • New module system idea.
Revision 2019-08-14
  • Namespace separator changed to :: instead of . to simplify parsing.
  • Added FourCC, Macro text interpolation to ideas.
  • Added Yacc grammar (incomplete)
  • Added "attribute" keyword.
  • Changed type alias declaration to use typedef ... as ....
  • Introduced type operator.
  • Added section about attributes.
Revision 2019-08-02
  • Added error example.
  • Added generics example.
  • Added method function example.
  • Added idea implicit method functions
  • Expanded the types page somewhat.
Revision 2019-07-30
  • Added default and named arguments to the functions page.
  • Added varargs to the functions page.
  • Added idea about hierarchal memory.
  • Added idea of raw dynamic safe arrays & strings.
  • Volatile sections are no longer prefixed by '@'
  • Added idea regarding c3 interop
  • Added page about c interop.
  • Removed c_ichar and c_uchar types as they are redundant.
  • Updates to keywords on the grammar page../syntax).
Revision 2019-07-27
Revision 2019-07-24
  • Idea: typed varargs.
  • Added "pure" post condition
  • Updated c3c commands.
  • Removed the type keyword for defining union/struct/enum/error.
Revision 2019-07-23
  • Added to generic functions examples for [] and []=
  • Developed ideas about vectors in the idea section.
  • Defined 2's complement for signed integers.
  • Idea: Managed pointers.
  • Updated naming rules for types.
  • Added more naming rules + examples of them.
  • Removed "defer on function signatures" from ideas.
  • Removed "managed qualifier" from ideas.
  • Removed "defer sugar" from ideas.
  • Removed "built in dynamic arrays" from ideas.
  • Added standard_library section.
  • Added more about pre and post conditions.
Revision 2019-07-22
  • Added "Design Principles" to the index page.
Revision 2019-07-21