What's new in Beef IDE 0.43.4
Sep 8, 2022
- Added System.RefCounted<T>
- Added System.Collections.SplitList<T> SoA container
- Added nameof expression
- Named arguments
- append fields
- using fields
- Added .InitAll elemented initializer for sized arrays
- Added System.ITypedAllocator and System.SingleAllocator
- Serialize IDE source file collapse state
- Bookmark IDE panel
New in Beef IDE 0.43.3 (Jun 20, 2022)
- File-scoped namespaces
- Multi-$ string interpolation
- Embedded emit views in IDE
- Better high refresh rate support in IDE
- Formatting options in IDE
- isconst(expr)
- [ConstSkip] on blocks
- Added prebuilt JEMalloc and TCMalloc libs
New in Beef IDE 0.43.2 (Apr 4, 2022)
- Upgrade to LLVM 13.0.1
- Code file generator replacing "New Class…"
- Comptime file IO and process spawning
- Added CPU usage to profiler thread list
- Arithmetic overflow checks
- Sized array params
- Generic conversion operator overloads
- Support for const string generic params
- Partial explicit method generic args with … and ?
- Comptime IOnFieldInit
- Bitfields
- Static local methods and variables
- Const string interpolation
- @this delegate reference in lambda bodies
- Delegate equality improvements, hashable, == operator
- Comptime custom attributes
- IDE Collapsible regions
New in Beef IDE 0.43.1 (Nov 23, 2021)
- Field dtor support for auto-properties
- Overflow operators (&-, &+, &*)
- Ranges (ie: for (int a in 0..<count) for (int i in 1…10))
- offsetof(T, Member)
- IDE support for TrueType collections
New in Beef IDE 0.43.0 (Feb 23, 2021)
- Compile-time function evaluation
- Compile-time code generation
- AlwaysIncludeUser property in AttributeUsage
- Initializer expression '.{ x = 1, y = 2}'
- Argument cascades 'UseString(val.ToString(.. scope .()));'
- Auto-constructor 'struct Vec : this(float x, float y);'
- Lambda return type inference
- Ref for params in operator overloads
- 'in' parameters
- Improved C VarArg compatibility
New in Beef IDE 0.42.8 (Dec 10, 2020)
- Updated LLVM to 11.0
- String interpolation
- Address-of immutable is now a warning instead of error
- Internal protection, accessed with using internal name; where name is a namespace or type name
- Initializer blocks this { … }
- Operator precedence changed to match C#/C++
- Improved extension support
- 'enum' and 'interface' constraints
- Format on Save in IDE
New in Beef IDE 0.42.6 (Sep 11, 2020)
- Start of SIMD libraries
- alloctype(T)
- Made method mutability part of signature and method selection
- Support for non-static ++ and -- operator overloads
- Out parameter discard ?
- ??= operator
- Diagnostics panel added to IDE
- Reflection settings added to Distinct Build Options
- IDE theme support
- Ctrl+Tab recent file list
- IDE support for Move Line/Statement
New in Beef IDE 0.42.5 (Jun 29, 2020)
- Expanded custom attribute support with reflection
- Support for interface extensions
- Reflection includes custom attributes for types and methods
- Support for renaming labels and namespaces
- 'using static'
- Extension methods
- Added option to turn off Ctrl+Arrow for autocomplete
- Improved backend speed for very large methods
- Added sized-array size inference with '?'
- Improved global static sized array initialization
- More key char combos in editor
- Mouseover property evaluation
- Added strict equality operators === and !==
- Added initializer expressions
New in Beef IDE 0.42.3 (Apr 30, 2020)
- Fixed installer crash
- Fixed crash removing project from workspace
- Fixed issue opening samples on non-English systems
- Various other fixes
- Added null conditional operator overloading - implemented in Result
- Renamed System.Collections.Generic to System.Collections
- Added ICollection
New in Beef IDE 0.42.2 (Apr 18, 2020)
- Error panel, error icon in lower left
- Fixed data cycle crash for payload enums
- Fixed project creation where name doesn’t match directory
- Fixed “-run” crash with empty project
- Added “-generate” option to BeefBuild
- Added compound assignment operator overloads (ie: +=)
- Support for C-style varargs
- Fixed function inliner
- Added support for uninitialized ctors (this(?), base(?))
- ‘internal’ protection removed
- Added Quick Info key
- Added MD5 source file hashes
- Ctrl+click to go to definition
New in Beef IDE 0.42.1 (Apr 18, 2020)
- Improved cross-compilation capabilities
- Optimizations for debug allocator GC
- Added support for operator constraints
- Added allocation alignment override attributes
- Expanded lambda capture list support to include specific variable names
- Improved nullable capabilities, including operators
New in Beef IDE 0.42 (Jan 21, 2020)
- Improved cross-compilation capabilities
- Added macOS, iOS, and Android build targets
- Optimizations for debug allocator GC
- Added support for operator constraints
- Added allocation alignment override attributes
- Expanded lambda capture list support to include specific variable names
- Improved nullable capabilities, including operators