V 0.4.5 released!

NewsBot · 20 March 2024 05:16

V 0.4.5 has been released.

V 0.4.5

20 March 2024

Improvements in the language

Add map update-init syntax: new_map := {...old_map, 'k1': 1, 'k2': 5} (#20561)

Improve coroutines, Photon vcpu creation, coroutines + GC fixes (#20549)

Update Boehm GC libs/headers to the latest version 8.3.0 (#20772)

$dbg statement - native V debugger REPL (#20533)

Implement @[_linker_section] attribute (#20629)

Enable @[export] for global variables too (#20649)

Add callstack support on v.debug (#20680)

Breaking changes

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Checker improvements/fixes

Check invalid lambda expr (#20461)

Fix comptime if with comptime smartcast (#20466)

Fix anon struct init with const fields (fix #20452) (#20463)

Disallow option or result return type, for infix operator overloading (#20494)

Cleanup the const variable evaluate for fixed array fields of structs (#20503)

Fix missing check for struct initialization with @[noinit] attribute, through using T{} (#20516)

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Link: Release 0.4.5 · vlang/v · GitHub