Change Log

2020-04-19

• Restored #i infix expressions as #infix.

2020/04/17

• Added loopv.
• Refactored compiler usage of SetMemberBinder and GetMemberBinder.

2020/04/06

• BREAKING CHANGES:
• Replaced defpackage, in-package by package.
• Changed terminology from export to public/private.

2020/03/30

• Rewrote code to import .net classes.

2020/03/25

• Added Nuget package Dynamic Language Runtime 1.2.3-rc1
• Fixed bug: Expression.Goto usage by leave and redo incompatible with DLR interpreter.
• Moved from .NET Framework/Core to .NET Core only.

2020/02/16

• Removed $repl-optional-parentheses setting.
• Added F12 to wrap form in parentheses and then execute.
• Added regex options n and x.

2019/08/31

• Fixed as-multiple-elements function: initialize tail with nulls.

2019/08/27

• Documentation changes mostly related to .NET Core.

2019/04/20

• Added "\e" and #\escape character.
• Refactored autocomplete to work as bash autocomplete.

2019/04/13

• Added unuse-package and unexport-symbol.
• Added list-symbols, list-external-symbols and list-internal-symbols.
• Refactored package and symbol code.

2019/04/06

• c# void functions now return (void) instead of null.

2019/03/31

• Fixed bug in except.

2019/03/29

• Added kiezellisp-nc.sln for .Net Core
• Redesigned functions shell:exec, shell:run.
• Added $get-clipboard-text-hook.

2019/03/26

• Removed listener (incompatible with net core - needs rewrite).

2019/03/21

• Added $repl-optional-parentheses setting.
• Fixed cache control header.

2019/03/20

• Fixed version/copyright strings.

2019/03/16

• Removed command line options for foreground and background color.
• Added :ansi-terminal feature.

2019/03/10

• Improved code completion.

2019/02/07

• Removed multiple value features due to implementation issues.
• Modified find, math:floor etc to return a single value again.

2018/12/31

• Removed support for chained properties as in (.name.to-upper obj) due to compilation complexity.
• Renamed first-position to find.
• find returns a multiple value (item, index, flag).

2018/12/12

• Added values, values-list, multiple-value-list,
• Modified math:floor and its look-alikes to use multiple values.
• Removed divrem and rem.
• Added math:rem and math:mod.

2018/12/1

• Moved kiezellisp-init.k to application data folder.
• Moved history to application data folder.
• Save history immediately after entering a line.
• Checked solution to use Microsoft Visual Studio document formatting.
• Fixed recursion problem in ReadDelimitedList.

2018/11/6

• Added source of documentation and build scripts.
• Restricted documentation build to html.

2018/08/29

• Fixed bug in reduce.
• Fixed bug in min, max , minimize and maximize.
• Fixed bug in loop.

2018/07/31

• Removed DLR (lightcompile, lightdynamic) from project.
• Added lazy compilation of linq expressions in lambda definitions.

2018/07/30

• Renamed recur to reprog.

2018/05/18

• Removed goto and label.
• Changed block to special form.
• Added redo and leave special forms to jump in named blocks.

2017/12/30

• Allow :commands and ,commands in REPL.

2017/12/01

• Fixed pop macro.

2017/10/09

• loop collecting clause now returns list instead of vector.

2017/08/31

• Parse a:b:c as package name a and symbol name b:c to support things like :xmlns:xlink as a keyword in XmlElement.
• Improved warning about shadowing symbols.
• Fixed bug in generated loop code, present in debug version only.
• Fixed call-next-method macro.
• Prevent keyword-like variable names.
• Added lftp wrapper.

2017/08/20

• Fixed bug in keep and keep-indexed.

2017/08/20

• Added mono5 commandline option.

2017/08/04

• Kiezellisp 4.0
• Removed options for debug/release.
• Renamed $debug-mode to $debugging.
• Added set-debug-level function.
• Added decompile function (diagnostics.k).
• Fixed bug in compilation of .a.b.c and ?a.b.c forms.
• Removed chaining with ~ from do special form.
• Added chain macro.
• Added :eval and :modify debugger commands.

2017/07/28

• Removed multiple-let, multiple-var and merging-do.
• Added with-multiple-let and with-multiple-var.

2017/06/25

• Added fg and bg commandline options.

2017/05/13

• Added #\single-quote.

2017/04/17

• Fixed conversion bug in property and indexer assigments.
• Added xwt.k (open source gtk...wrapper)

2017/04/09

• Removed kiezellisp-repl project (text windows).
• Added curses.k (open source ncurses wrapper).
• Improved code-completion in kiezellisp-con.

2017/03/23

• Added transducers a la Clojure.
• Added transduce, dedupe, reduced, reduced?, unreduced, completing, eduction, sequence, cat.
• Renamed count-if to count.
• Renamed find-if to first.
• Renamed position to index-of.
• Renamed position-if to first-position.
• Removed find-in-property-list.
• Renamed collect loop clause to collecting.
• Similar change of count, sum, minimize, maximize, multiply.
• Added sort-by, merge-by.
• Renamed min to minimize.
• Renamed max to maximize.
• Added min, max reducer functions.

2016/12/09

• Using nameof(...) feature.

2016/12/01

• Changed TextForm construction.

2016/11/24

• Fixed bug: not scrolling at end of buffer.

2016/11/22

• Added CTRL+K, CTRL+U and CTRL+W readline editing key codes.

2016/11/20

• Refactored everything ala StyleCop.
• Fixed display of selection in readline editing code.

2016/11/17

• Refactored readline editing code.

2016/11/16

• Fixed CRLF vs LF bug on windows.

2016/11/15

• Added flatpak feature.
• Added set-assembly-path function.
• Fixed code gen issues appearing in mono 4.6 and monodevelop 6.

2016/11/15

• Reformatting by NArrange.

2016/11/14

• Refactored kiezellisp-gfx into kiezellisp-repl and kiezellisp-gui.
• Removed terminal class (kiezellisp-repl).
• Changed window class to text-window (kiezellisp-repl).
• Added open-log.
• Added show-log-window and hide-log-window (kiezellisp-repl).
• Changed print and print-line.

2016/10/24

• Added intellisense tab expansion to kiezellisp-con.
• Changed help from function to macro.
• Added man macro.
• Added CTRL+C to copy the REPL input line to the clipboard.
• Added CTRL+ENTER to append a LF to the REPL input line.
• Added more pager function.

2016/10/20

• Added history to kiezellisp-con.
• Fixed omission of executables in downloadable bin archive.
• Added interpose sequence function.

2016/10/14

• Refactored CompilerHelpers class.

2016/10/13

• Renamed macro tail-recursion to special-form prog.
• Made LispReader invisible: use TextReader instead of LispReader with Kiezellisp read functions.
• Removed open-lisp-reader.

2016/10/09

• Renamed kiezellisp to kiezellisp-gfx.
• Added kiezellisp-con.
• Added repl and no-repl commandline options.

2016/09/20

• Refactored shell.k.

2016/08/27

• Added get-setf-expansion and define-modify-macro.
• Added #<backquote> reader macro.
• Added $macroexpand-hook.

2016/07/23

• Fixed bug: impossible to run with option --release.
• Removed tailcall.
• Added special form recur (tail recursion).
• Added macro tail-recursion.
• Added &rawparams parameter modifier.
• Changed multi-arity functions from special form to macro.
• Refactored loop macro.

2016/07/11

• Refactored lisp reader.
• Removed greek lambda.
• Added function undef.
• Added macros psetq and psetf.
• Renamed recur to self.

2016/06/21

• Added special form define-symbol-macro.
• Added special form let-symbol-macro.
• Added special form let-macro.
• Added function symbol-macro?.
• Added earmuff style *var* to special variables.

2016/06/06

• Added accidentally omitted help files.
• Fixed init.k script.

2016/05/29

• Undid changes to CollectParameterInfo() diagnostic code.
• Removed all occurrences of Cons.EMPTY.
• Fixed bug in Prototype.Apply.

2016/05/24

• Refactored prototype implementation.

2016/05/23

• Fixed documentation errors.
• Removed prototype getter mechanism.

2016/05/12

• Fixed stack overflow bug caused by recursion in prototype getters (lambda-valued members).

2016/03/23

• Update cursor position after entering a REPL command.

2016/01/28

• Changed most files due to conversion to monodevelop syntax formatter.
• Changed case and ecase macros to evaluate the the cases.
• Fixed pretty printing of case and cond forms.
• REPL smart parentheses feature for lines not starting with a space.
• Redesign of REPL.
• Redesign of man and help functions.
• Added terminal package with curses like window functions.
• Added about package with additional help topics.

2015/07/28

• Added #if, #elif, #else and #endif conditional feature to lisp reader.
• Added #ignore to lisp reader.

2015/07/22

• Fixed online help on linux/windows.

2015/07/15

• Fixed bug in ImportMissingSymbol caused by some underscored names.
• Added unsigned integer support.

2015/07/13

• Added w option to regular expression literal to support wildcard patterns.
• Regular expression literal is also a function.
• Removed double back tick string interpolation marker.
• Added lib/pandoc.k and lib\commonmark.k.

2015/07/03

• Added lisp package to the use-list of the csv package.

2015/06/23

• Refactored symbol/package lookup/creation.

2015/06/11

• Moved backquote/quasiquote expansion from compiler back to reader.
• Added $repl-force-it variable.

2015/05/20

• Removed --listener command line option.
• Added start-listener function.
• Undid removal of REPL smart parentheses feature.
• Modified Ctrl+Enter to suppress REPL smart parentheses feature.
• Removed function unuse-package.

2015/05/17

• Fixed implicit conversion bug.
• Modified describe for compiler macro feature.

2015/05/16

• Added define-compiler-macro.
• Removed REPL smart parentheses feature.

2015/05/01

• Added warning when shadowing symbol from inherited package.
• Changed application of UnwindException.

2015/04/27

• Fixed bug in merging-do compilation.
• Separated namespaces for specialforms/macros and functions/variables.

2015/04/26

• Changed implementation of documentation functions.

2015/04/17

• Changed #"..." regex literal to #/.../.
• Added defclass and defstruct macros.
• Added #s(...) reader macro.
• Added #v(...) reader macro.
• Fixed (rare) bug in loop macro expansion.
• Added $print-vector-with-brackets.
• Added $print-prototype-with-braces.

2015/03/16

• Added assoc and assoc-if functions.
• Added [STAThread] attributes that went missing.

2015/03/15

• Changed the name of kiezellisp-init to be a constant.

2015/03/12

• Simplified EmbeddedMode class.
• Added math::random function.

2015/03/06

• Added EmbeddedMode feature.

2015/02/21

• Added lambda* and defun* defining multi-arity functions.
• Fixed recur bug.

2015/01/08

• Better handling of numeric conversions.
• Fixed extension handling in reference function.
• Fixed bug in shell.k.
• Added ~/ expansion in strings.
• Added ${...} expansion in strings.

2014/12/28

• Changed all files to LF instead of CRLF line endings.
• Fixed warnings detected by mono compiler.
• Added $home and other variables to shell.k.
• Added function shell:expand-path-name to expand path names starting with a tilde.

2014/12/22

• Renamed :windows-nt feature to :windows.
• Renamed :windows-mode feature to :graphical-mode.
• Fixed bug in shell::enclose-in-quotes.

2014/12/19

• Fixed bug using PATH environment variable on unix.
• Changed location of DLR dlls to be in the src tree.

2014/12/07

• Added IApply interface to Symbol.
• Pretty print extensions for Kiezellisp IDE (in progress).
• Moved backquote/quasiquote expansion from reader to compiler.
• Fixed bug in function call to > operator with three or more arguments.

2014/11/21

• Renamed skip to drop.
• Changed map to support multiple sequences.
• Added remove, map-indexed, keep, keep-indexed.
• Added reductions, cycle, repeatedly, iterate.
• Refactored method selection code.
• Changed multiple-var etc from special form to macro.
• Added complement.
• Fixed bug in code of array/indexer assignment.

2014/09/07

• Added multiple-var.
• Added multiple-let.
• Added multiple-setf.

2014/08/18

• Fixed bug: any sequence function.
• Refactored loop macro.
• Refactored pattern matching functions.
• Added breakpoint function.
• Fixed bug: changed reference from make-reader to lisp-reader:new.
• Added copy-tree.
• Renamed make-environment to make-extended-environment.
• Added &environment argument modifier.
• Added environment parameter to macroexpand and macroexpand-1.
• Added code-walk and code-walk-list.
• Added find-name-in-environment.
• Added make-environment.
• Added letfun.
• Replaced keyword labels by the label special form.
• Fixed bug in equal function.

2014/06/16

• Added var and let declarations to file scope.
• REPL expression does not need parentheses if first term is a function or a special form.
• Added block, return-from for named blocks.
• Added $package-name-prefix special variable.

2014/05/29

• Merged tagbody into do to improve loop performance. do forms that are keywords are interpreted as labels.
• Removed tagbody.
• Renamed go to goto.

2014/05/24

• Fixed bug in handling of function call with too few arguments.
• Changed #(...) lambda expression to be compatible with clojure's.
• Added sequence functions repeatedly, iterate and cycle.

2014/05/12

• Added ecase, etypecase and ecase-match macros.
• Added loop clauses like (for i :from a :to b).
• Added series-enumerator.

2014/05/08

• Added (lazy sym expr)).
• Added (future sym expr)).
• Fixed bug: infinite loop compiling call to multi-method with null eql specifier.

2014/04/15

• Removed $strict and strict.

2014/04/08

• REPL expression does not need parentheses if first term is a function.
• Renamed $quick-import to $lazy-import.
• Added accessor chaining feature: (.name.to-upper obj)
• Symbols generated by gentemp are now placed in the temp package.
• Deimplemented uninterned symbols.
• Fixed bug in code generated for lambda derived delegate with value type parameters.
• Rewrote parser/scanner to use readtables.
• Removed function make-reader in favor of lisp-reader:new.

2014/03/03

• BREAKING CHANGE: changed try to ignore-errors; introduced try with catch and finally clauses.

2014/02/22

• BREAKING CHANGE: using colon and double colon package-symbol separators instead of period and exclamation mark.

2014/02/02

• Removed $print-max-elements.

2014/01/21

• Fixed bug where then and else branch of if yielded different types.
• Fixed bug where a prototype getter function was called on the wrong object.
• Added &whole parameter modifier.
• Added --listener command line option.

2014/01/20

• Fixed numeric arguments conversion bugs.

2014/01/03

• Added DLR restrictions for calls to multi-methods.
• Fixed bug in reduce.
• Added mapcat.
• Added conjoin.
• Added r/map, r/mapcat, r/filter, r/take, r/take-while.
• Added $print-max-elements.
• Changed Ctrl+ENTER action in the REPL.

2013/11/29

• Renamed set-package-alias to use-package-alias.
• Restricted use of parameter modifiers such as &key to just one in order to optimize calls to lisp functions.
• Removed the &whole modifier.
• Extended <= and other relational parameters to have two or more arguments.

2013/11/14

• Replaced #{...} string interpolation markers with double-back-tick...double-back-tick.

2013/11/04

• Fixed bug in json-decode.

2013/10/21

• Refactored console.cs.
• Added -init command line option.
• Added exit function.

2013/10/18

• Added variable $quick-import.
• Other optimizations.
• Added winforms.k.

2013/10/04

• Added (declare (ignore var)).
• DataSource support for prototype objects.
• Added (as-vector seq type).
• Changed Vector type to List<object>.
• Fixed bug in code for constructing value types.
• Removed add-event-handler.
• Support for adding event handlers through setf.

2013/09/17

• Fixed bug loop macro.
• Added delta parameter to incf and decf.
• Added some unit tests.
• Added as-tuple.

2013/09/16

• Fixed bugs in split-with and skip-while.
• Fixed internal pattern matching bugs.
• Implemented numbered ~ variables to improve debugging experience.
• Replaced gensym by gentemp to improve debugging experience.
• Rewrote (part of) binding of lambda arguments to parameters.
• Added prototype and vector literals.
• Restricted scope of set-package-alias to the current package.
• Automatic conversion of enumerable arguments to enumerable parameters.
• Support for generic type by adding type-parameters argument to the function import.
• Added string.regex-match-all and string.wildcard-match.
• Added options to natural-compare.
• Added gentemp.
• Fixed handling of explicit enumerator interfaces.

2013/08/19

• Added prototype as a function feature.
• Changed member accessor function '.' to have string argument only.
• Added elt support for lists.
• Added function set-read-decimal-numbers(flag) for better interfacing with math libraries.
• Fixed error in codegen of index binders.
• Allow any key type in prototype objects.

2013/08/02

• Fixed spelling of external dll names for case-sensitive OS.
• Fixed error in usage of as-array function.

2013/07/30

• Initial release.