0.6.0: init_new/init_temp removed. LinkedList API rewritten. List "pop" and "remove" function now return Optionals. RingBuffer API rewritten. Allocator interface changed. Deprecated Allocator, DString and mem functions removed. "identity" functions are now constants for Matrix and Complex numbers. @default implementations for interfaces removed. any* => any, same for interfaces. Emit local/private globals as "private" in LLVM, following C "static". Updated enum syntax. Add support [rgba] properties in vectors. Improved checks of aliased "void". Subarray -> slice. Fix of llvm codegen enum check. Improved alignment handling. Add --output-dir #1155. Removed List/Object append. GenericList renamed AnyList. Remove unused "unwrap". Fixes to cond. Optimize output in dead branches. Better checking of operator methods. Disallow any from implementing dynamic methods. Check for operator mismatch. Remove unnecessary bitfield. Remove numbering in --list* commands Old style enum declaration for params/type, but now the type is optional. Add note on #1086. Allow making distinct types out of "void", "typeid", "anyfault" and faults. Remove system linker build options. "Try" expressions must be simple expressions. Add optimized build to Mac tests. Register int. assert(false) only allowed in unused branches or in tests. Compile time failed asserts is a compile time error. Remove current_block_is_target. Bug when assigning an optional from an optional. Remove unused emit_zstring. Simplify phi code. Remove unnecessary unreachable blocks and remove unnecessary current_block NULL assignments. Proper handling of '.' and Win32 '//server' paths. Add "no discard" to expression blocks with a return value. Detect "unsigned >= 0" as errors. Fix issue with distinct void as a member #1147. Improve callstack debug information #1184. Fix issue with absolute output-dir paths. Lambdas were not type checked thoroughly #1185. Fix compilation warning #1187. Request jump table using @jump for switches. Path normalization - fix possible null terminator out of bounds. Improved error messages on inlined macros.

Upgrade of mingw in CI. Fix problems using reflection on interface types #1203. Improved debug information on defer. $foreach doesn't create an implicit syntactic scope.
Error if `@if` depends on `@if`. Updated Linux stacktrace. Fix of default argument stacktrace. Allow linking libraries directly by file path. Improve inlining warning messages. Added `index_of_char_from`. Compiler crash using enum nameof from different module #1205. Removed unused fields in find_msvc. Use vswhere to find msvc. Update tests for LLVM 19

lib/std/io/stream/buffer.c3

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module std::io;
 
 struct ReadBuffer (InStream)
 {
-	InStream* wrapped_stream;
+	InStream wrapped_stream;
 	char[] bytes;
 	usz read_idx;
 	usz write_idx;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct ReadBuffer (InStream)
  * @require bytes.len > 0
  * @require self.bytes.len == 0 "Init may not run on already initialized data"
  **/
-fn ReadBuffer* ReadBuffer.init(&self, InStream* wrapped_stream, char[] bytes)
+fn ReadBuffer* ReadBuffer.init(&self, InStream wrapped_stream, char[] bytes)
 {
 	*self = { .wrapped_stream = wrapped_stream, .bytes = bytes };
 	return self;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fn void! ReadBuffer.refill(&self) @local @inline
 
 struct WriteBuffer (OutStream)
 {
-	OutStream* wrapped_stream;
+	OutStream wrapped_stream;
 	char[] bytes;
 	usz index;
 }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct WriteBuffer (OutStream)
  * @require bytes.len > 0 "Non-empty buffer required"
  * @require self.bytes.len == 0 "Init may not run on already initialized data"
  **/
-fn WriteBuffer* WriteBuffer.init(&self, OutStream* wrapped_stream, char[] bytes)
+fn WriteBuffer* WriteBuffer.init(&self, OutStream wrapped_stream, char[] bytes)
 {
 	*self = { .wrapped_stream = wrapped_stream, .bytes = bytes };
 	return self;

lib/std/io/stream/bytebuffer.c3

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import std::math;
 
 struct ByteBuffer (InStream, OutStream)
 {
-	Allocator* allocator;
+	Allocator allocator;
 	usz max_read;
 	char[] bytes;
 	usz read_idx;
@@ -16,17 +16,7 @@ struct ByteBuffer (InStream, OutStream)
  * max_read defines how many bytes might be kept before its internal buffer is shrinked.
  * @require self.bytes.len == 0 "Buffer already initialized."
  **/
-fn ByteBuffer*! ByteBuffer.init_new(&self, usz max_read, usz initial_capacity = 16, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap()) @deprecated("Replaced by new_init")
-{
-	return self.new_init(max_read, initial_capacity, allocator) @inline;
-}
-
-/**
- * ByteBuffer provides a streamable read/write buffer.
- * max_read defines how many bytes might be kept before its internal buffer is shrinked.
- * @require self.bytes.len == 0 "Buffer already initialized."
- **/
-fn ByteBuffer*! ByteBuffer.new_init(&self, usz max_read, usz initial_capacity = 16, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn ByteBuffer*! ByteBuffer.new_init(&self, usz max_read, usz initial_capacity = 16, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	*self = { .allocator = allocator, .max_read = max_read };
 	initial_capacity = max(initial_capacity, 16);
@@ -34,11 +24,6 @@ fn ByteBuffer*! ByteBuffer.new_init(&self, usz max_read, usz initial_capacity =
 	return self;
 }
 
-fn ByteBuffer*! ByteBuffer.init_temp(&self, usz max_read, usz initial_capacity = 16) @deprecated("Replaced by temp_init")
-{
-	return self.temp_init(max_read, initial_capacity) @inline;
-}
-
 fn ByteBuffer*! ByteBuffer.temp_init(&self, usz max_read, usz initial_capacity = 16)
 {
 	return self.new_init(max_read, initial_capacity, allocator::temp());

lib/std/io/stream/bytereader.c3

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn usz! ByteReader.seek(&self, isz offset, Seek seek) @dynamic
 	return new_index;
 }
 
-fn usz! ByteReader.write_to(&self, OutStream* writer) @dynamic
+fn usz! ByteReader.write_to(&self, OutStream writer) @dynamic
 {
 	if (self.index >= self.bytes.len) return 0;
 	usz written = writer.write(self.bytes[self.index..])!;

lib/std/io/stream/bytewriter.c3

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ struct ByteWriter (OutStream)
 {
 	char[] bytes;
 	usz index;
-	Allocator* allocator;
+	Allocator allocator;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -14,23 +14,12 @@ struct ByteWriter (OutStream)
  * @require self.bytes.len == 0 "Init may not run on on already initialized data"
  * @ensure (bool)allocator, self.index == 0
  **/
-fn ByteWriter* ByteWriter.new_init(&self, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn ByteWriter* ByteWriter.new_init(&self, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	*self = { .bytes = {}, .allocator = allocator };
 	return self;
 }
 
-/**
- * @param [&inout] self
- * @param [&inout] allocator
- * @require self.bytes.len == 0 "Init may not run on on already initialized data"
- * @ensure (bool)allocator, self.index == 0
- **/
-fn ByteWriter* ByteWriter.init_new(&self, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap()) @deprecated("Replaced by new_init")
-{
-	return self.new_init(allocator) @inline;
-}
-
 /**
  * @param [&inout] self
  * @require self.bytes.len == 0 "Init may not run on on already initialized data"
@@ -41,16 +30,6 @@ fn ByteWriter* ByteWriter.temp_init(&self)
 	return self.new_init(allocator::temp()) @inline;
 }
 
-/**
- * @param [&inout] self
- * @require self.bytes.len == 0 "Init may not run on on already initialized data"
- * @ensure self.index == 0
- **/
-fn ByteWriter* ByteWriter.init_temp(&self) @deprecated("Replaced by temp_init")
-{
-	return self.temp_init() @inline;
-}
-
 fn ByteWriter* ByteWriter.init_with_buffer(&self, char[] data)
 {
 	*self = { .bytes = data, .allocator = null };
@@ -97,7 +76,7 @@ fn void! ByteWriter.write_byte(&self, char c) @dynamic
  * @param [&inout] self
  * @param reader
  **/
-fn usz! ByteWriter.read_from(&self, InStream* reader) @dynamic
+fn usz! ByteWriter.read_from(&self, InStream reader) @dynamic
 {
 	usz start_index = self.index;
 	if (&reader.available)

lib/std/io/stream/limitreader.c3

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module std::io;
 
 struct LimitReader (InStream)
 {
-	InStream* wrapped_stream;
+	InStream wrapped_stream;
 	usz limit;
 }
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct LimitReader (InStream)
  * @param [&inout] wrapped_stream "The stream to read from"
  * @param limit "The max limit to read"
  **/
-fn LimitReader* LimitReader.init(&self, InStream* wrapped_stream, usz limit)
+fn LimitReader* LimitReader.init(&self, InStream wrapped_stream, usz limit)
 {
 	*self = { .wrapped_stream = wrapped_stream, .limit = limit };
 	return self;

lib/std/io/stream/scanner.c3

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module std::io;
 
 struct Scanner (InStream)
 {
-	InStream* wrapped_stream;
+	InStream wrapped_stream;
 	char[] buf;
 	usz pattern_idx;
 	usz read_idx;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct Scanner (InStream)
  * @param [&in] stream "The stream to read data from."
  * @require buffer.len > 0 "Non-empty buffer required."
  **/
-fn void Scanner.init(&self, InStream* stream, char[] buffer)
+fn void Scanner.init(&self, InStream stream, char[] buffer)
 {
 	*self = { .wrapped_stream = stream, .buf = buffer };
 }