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Boo 0.8.2 is out!

Posted 3 months ago by Cedric Vivier

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Yeah, it's that time again!

As usual lots and lots of improvements in this new release including :

(almost) complete nullable ... [More] type support
shorthandsfor nullable types (T?) and enumerables (T* instead of IEnumerable[of T])
improved booish behavior with nicer colors (and it should work inside emacs now )
'else' block for 'for' and 'while loops
fixes and improvement related to generic methods (overloads and interface declarations)
and lots of other fixes here and there

 Complete list of changes available here.

Contributors to this release :
Avishay Lavie, Cedric Vivier, Marcus Griep, Rodrigo B. De Oliveira

Have fun!

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Boo 0.8.1 released ! (created)

Posted 7 months ago by Cedric Vivier

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Created by Cedric Vivier on Feb 08, 2008 12:16

This release includes lots of improvements including :

- a simpler way for writing ... [More] macros
- support for nested functions
- generic methods overloading works
- support for CLR 3.5 extension methods (moreover boo extension methods)
- compile-time conditionals through ConditionalAttribute and the new -define SYMBOL booc option
- AttributeUsageAttribute is now supported and enforced
- a better interactive interpreter (previously known as booish2)
- warnings about unused private members, unused namespaces, unreachable code
- new error messages, including suggestions for misspelled members or types
- exception filters, exception fault handlers
- for loop IDisposeable.Dispose integration

Contributors to this release :
Avishay Lavie, Bill Pierce, Cédric Vivier, Daniel Grunwald, Marcus Griep, and last but not least Rodrigo B. De Oliveira.

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