Cobra 2010-10-18 Released
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:46 amDownload from http://cobra-language.com/downloads/
Enhancements
(2010-04-23) New -document-library or -doc-lib option to document libraries as opposed to source code.
Use like: cobra -doc-lib:System.Web
(2010-04-23) Doc generator improvements.
* Show values for constants.
* Show events.
* Show `out` and `inout` modifiers on parameter types.
* Support indexers.
* Highlight references to types.
* Pick up styles from the current directory as well as the sibling ../styles/ directory.
(2010-05-01) Missing `inout` produces a C# error message rather than a Cobra error message. ticket:199 credit:hopscc
(2010-05-02) Added new overloads to String.split to take a single string rather than a character or an array of strings.
(2010-05-05) Improve error messages when in/out/inout arguments and parameters mismatch.
(2010-05-07) Improve error checking around capitalized local variables.
(2010-05-07) Improve error messages.
(2010-05-09) Suggest "print" when user attempts to use "puts" from Ruby.
(2010-05-10) Bump the Mono version requirement from 1.9 to 2.0 which was already in the docs and already effectively required. reported-by:themaniac
(2010-05-15) For dynamic-typed values, numeric promotion is now applied to comparisons the same way that is applied to arithmetic.
(2010-05-22) Added new sample: Simple English Parser.
(2010-06-01) Added a comment about a known exception when running unit tests on Windows on network drives.
(2010-06-05) Enumeration members can now be placed on the same line separated by commas. credit:hopscc
(2010-06-05) Improve -doc and -doc-type HTML output.
(2010-06-19) Made properties using `from var` search for a __name after _name. ticket:205 credit:hopscc
(2010-06-21) Reserved keyword "par" for parallel programming enhancements.
(2010-06-24) Improve the output of `ct_trace`.
(2010-07-02) Deprecate `$sharp(...)` in favor of `sharp'...'` and `sharp"..."`. ticket:207 credit:hopscc
(2010-07-02) Installer: Don't overwrite symbolic links. Fix bug in copying "cobra" into the path when it already exists. ticket:209 credit:nevdelap,Chuck.Esterbrook
(2010-07-04) Update copyright.
(2010-07-31) Print errors and warnings to stderr which is preferred by some IDEs and matches some other compilers.
(2010-07-31) Accommodate XNA library oddity where some method arguments have empty names ('').
(2010-07-31) Added new XNA How-To courtesy of Kurper. Can you outrun the dog?
(2010-08-23) Clarify -compile-if-needed in the cobra -help. In response to ticket:240
(2010-09-11) Structs have implicit parameterless initializers and do not allow explicit ones to be declared.
(2010-10-11) Improvements and fixes around Mono 2.8
(2010-10-13) Add a How-To for using OpenTK.
Fixes
(2010-04-10) Fixed: Cannot directly refer to an open generic type such as `t = List<of>`. ticket:192 reported-by:gauthier
(2010-04-22) Fixed: Missing error checks for `out` and `inout` being used on an indexer or property. reported-by:omar-syed
(2010-04-25) Fixed: `someEnum is nil` causes a run-time exception.
(2010-04-25) Fixed: `cobra -compile-if-needed ...` is broken on Mono only.
(2010-04-30) Fixed: Cannot access `libtcodWrapper.Console`.
(2010-05-01) Fixed: Failure to infer types related to System.Text.RegularExpressions (MatchCollection and GroupCollections items). ticket:163 credit:hopscc
(2010-05-05) Fixed: changeset:2304 caused a regression regarding the `void` type and member access.
(2010-05-07) Fixed: Cannot use a chained comparison (`0 <= i < 10`) in a `require` or `ensure` contract.
(2010-05-13) Fixed: Adding an `int` and a `decimal` through dynamic vars fails at run-time.
reported-by:omar.syed
(2010-05-15) Fixed: Cannot use a chained comparison (0 <= i < 10) in an invariant.
(2010-05-15) Fixed: Cannot inherit from a generic type with a type parameter that is nilable.
(2010-05-20) Fixed: The expression `nil is x`, where `x` is a nilable type, generates a false error message.
(2010-05-23) Fixed: The error message `A try needs at least one...` mentions `except` when it should mention `catch`.
(2010-06-05) Fixed: Only the last `test` of a series of tests is included in the compiler's output.
(2010-07-02) Fixed: Assignment expressions can cause an internal compiler error under certain conditions. ticket:206 reported-by:hopscc
(2010-07-02) Fixed: Dynamic binding cannot find `shared` methods. ticket:208
(2010-07-07) Fixed: The warning `File is empty.` does not mention a filename.
(2010-07-08) Fixed: File and line number are duplicated in some compiler error messages. ticket:212
(2010-08-15) Fixed: Some invariants cause an internal error. ticket:248 reported-by:nevdelap
(2010-08-23) Fixed: Bad code gen for structs containing ref types. ticket:238 credit:hopscc
(2010-09-02) Fixed: Bad code gen for equality and inequality comparisons for structs. reported-by:nevdelap
(2010-09-02) Fixed: Cannot use the `Cairo.Format.Argb32` enum. ticket:250 reported-by:nevdelap
(2010-09-02) Fixed: Some initialization expressions for a `var` or `const` declaration give an internal error. ticket:222 reported-by:nevdelap credit:hopscc
(2010-09-03) Fixed: Using a struct-typed `result` in a method's `ensure` produces a false error message. ticket:219 reported-by:nevdelap
(2010-09-11) Fixed: Invoking .getEnumerator binds to the wrong version (generic vs. non) in some cases.
(2010-10-11) Fixed: .isRunningOnUnix can incorrectly return false in some cases.
(2010-10-11) Fixed: The expression `Foo.(5)` causes an compiler exception rather than a syntax error. reported-by:soham
Enhancements
(2010-04-23) New -document-library or -doc-lib option to document libraries as opposed to source code.
Use like: cobra -doc-lib:System.Web
(2010-04-23) Doc generator improvements.
* Show values for constants.
* Show events.
* Show `out` and `inout` modifiers on parameter types.
* Support indexers.
* Highlight references to types.
* Pick up styles from the current directory as well as the sibling ../styles/ directory.
(2010-05-01) Missing `inout` produces a C# error message rather than a Cobra error message. ticket:199 credit:hopscc
(2010-05-02) Added new overloads to String.split to take a single string rather than a character or an array of strings.
(2010-05-05) Improve error messages when in/out/inout arguments and parameters mismatch.
(2010-05-07) Improve error checking around capitalized local variables.
(2010-05-07) Improve error messages.
(2010-05-09) Suggest "print" when user attempts to use "puts" from Ruby.
(2010-05-10) Bump the Mono version requirement from 1.9 to 2.0 which was already in the docs and already effectively required. reported-by:themaniac
(2010-05-15) For dynamic-typed values, numeric promotion is now applied to comparisons the same way that is applied to arithmetic.
(2010-05-22) Added new sample: Simple English Parser.
(2010-06-01) Added a comment about a known exception when running unit tests on Windows on network drives.
(2010-06-05) Enumeration members can now be placed on the same line separated by commas. credit:hopscc
(2010-06-05) Improve -doc and -doc-type HTML output.
(2010-06-19) Made properties using `from var` search for a __name after _name. ticket:205 credit:hopscc
(2010-06-21) Reserved keyword "par" for parallel programming enhancements.
(2010-06-24) Improve the output of `ct_trace`.
(2010-07-02) Deprecate `$sharp(...)` in favor of `sharp'...'` and `sharp"..."`. ticket:207 credit:hopscc
(2010-07-02) Installer: Don't overwrite symbolic links. Fix bug in copying "cobra" into the path when it already exists. ticket:209 credit:nevdelap,Chuck.Esterbrook
(2010-07-04) Update copyright.
(2010-07-31) Print errors and warnings to stderr which is preferred by some IDEs and matches some other compilers.
(2010-07-31) Accommodate XNA library oddity where some method arguments have empty names ('').
(2010-07-31) Added new XNA How-To courtesy of Kurper. Can you outrun the dog?
(2010-08-23) Clarify -compile-if-needed in the cobra -help. In response to ticket:240
(2010-09-11) Structs have implicit parameterless initializers and do not allow explicit ones to be declared.
(2010-10-11) Improvements and fixes around Mono 2.8
(2010-10-13) Add a How-To for using OpenTK.
Fixes
(2010-04-10) Fixed: Cannot directly refer to an open generic type such as `t = List<of>`. ticket:192 reported-by:gauthier
(2010-04-22) Fixed: Missing error checks for `out` and `inout` being used on an indexer or property. reported-by:omar-syed
(2010-04-25) Fixed: `someEnum is nil` causes a run-time exception.
(2010-04-25) Fixed: `cobra -compile-if-needed ...` is broken on Mono only.
(2010-04-30) Fixed: Cannot access `libtcodWrapper.Console`.
(2010-05-01) Fixed: Failure to infer types related to System.Text.RegularExpressions (MatchCollection and GroupCollections items). ticket:163 credit:hopscc
(2010-05-05) Fixed: changeset:2304 caused a regression regarding the `void` type and member access.
(2010-05-07) Fixed: Cannot use a chained comparison (`0 <= i < 10`) in a `require` or `ensure` contract.
(2010-05-13) Fixed: Adding an `int` and a `decimal` through dynamic vars fails at run-time.
reported-by:omar.syed
(2010-05-15) Fixed: Cannot use a chained comparison (0 <= i < 10) in an invariant.
(2010-05-15) Fixed: Cannot inherit from a generic type with a type parameter that is nilable.
(2010-05-20) Fixed: The expression `nil is x`, where `x` is a nilable type, generates a false error message.
(2010-05-23) Fixed: The error message `A try needs at least one...` mentions `except` when it should mention `catch`.
(2010-06-05) Fixed: Only the last `test` of a series of tests is included in the compiler's output.
(2010-07-02) Fixed: Assignment expressions can cause an internal compiler error under certain conditions. ticket:206 reported-by:hopscc
(2010-07-02) Fixed: Dynamic binding cannot find `shared` methods. ticket:208
(2010-07-07) Fixed: The warning `File is empty.` does not mention a filename.
(2010-07-08) Fixed: File and line number are duplicated in some compiler error messages. ticket:212
(2010-08-15) Fixed: Some invariants cause an internal error. ticket:248 reported-by:nevdelap
(2010-08-23) Fixed: Bad code gen for structs containing ref types. ticket:238 credit:hopscc
(2010-09-02) Fixed: Bad code gen for equality and inequality comparisons for structs. reported-by:nevdelap
(2010-09-02) Fixed: Cannot use the `Cairo.Format.Argb32` enum. ticket:250 reported-by:nevdelap
(2010-09-02) Fixed: Some initialization expressions for a `var` or `const` declaration give an internal error. ticket:222 reported-by:nevdelap credit:hopscc
(2010-09-03) Fixed: Using a struct-typed `result` in a method's `ensure` produces a false error message. ticket:219 reported-by:nevdelap
(2010-09-11) Fixed: Invoking .getEnumerator binds to the wrong version (generic vs. non) in some cases.
(2010-10-11) Fixed: .isRunningOnUnix can incorrectly return false in some cases.
(2010-10-11) Fixed: The expression `Foo.(5)` causes an compiler exception rather than a syntax error. reported-by:soham