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. Unify expression and macro blocks in the middle end. 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.

lib/std/core/string.c3

@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ macro ZString tformat_zstr(String fmt, ...)
 	str.appendf(fmt, $vasplat());
 	return str.zstr_view();
 }
-
-macro String new_format(String fmt, ..., Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+macro String new_format(String fmt, ..., Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	@pool(allocator)
 	{
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ macro String new_format(String fmt, ..., Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap(
 	};
 }
 
-macro ZString new_format_zstr(String fmt, ..., Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+macro ZString new_format_zstr(String fmt, ..., Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	@pool(allocator)
 	{
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ macro bool char_in_set(char c, String set)
 	return false;
 }
 
-fn String join_new(String[] s, String joiner, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String join_new(String[] s, String joiner, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	if (!s)
 	{
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ fn String String.strip_end(string, String needle)
  * @require needle.len > 0 "The needle must be at least 1 character long"
  * @ensure return.len > 0
  **/
-fn String[] String.split(s, String needle, usz max = 0, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String[] String.split(s, String needle, usz max = 0, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz capacity = 16;
 	usz i = 0;
@@ -328,7 +327,7 @@ fn usz ZString.len(str)
 }
 
 
-fn ZString String.zstr_copy(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn ZString String.zstr_copy(s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz len = s.len;
 	char* str = allocator::malloc(allocator, len + 1);
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@ fn ZString String.zstr_copy(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
 	return (ZString)str;
 }
 
-fn String String.concat(s1, String s2, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String String.concat(s1, String s2, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz full_len = s1.len + s2.len;
 	char* str = allocator::malloc(allocator, full_len + 1);
@@ -353,7 +352,7 @@ fn String String.tconcat(s1, String s2) => s1.concat(s2, allocator::temp());
 
 fn ZString String.zstr_tcopy(s) => s.zstr_copy(allocator::temp()) @inline;
 
-fn String String.copy(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String String.copy(s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz len = s.len;
 	char* str = allocator::malloc(allocator, len + 1);
@@ -362,7 +361,7 @@ fn String String.copy(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
 	return (String)str[:len];
 }
 
-fn void String.free(&s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn void String.free(&s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	if (!s.len) return;
 	allocator::free(allocator, s.ptr);
@@ -371,7 +370,7 @@ fn void String.free(&s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
 
 fn String String.tcopy(s) => s.copy(allocator::temp()) @inline;
 
-fn String ZString.copy(z, Allocator* allocator = allocator::temp())
+fn String ZString.copy(z, Allocator allocator = allocator::temp())
 {
 	return z.str_view().copy(allocator) @inline;
 }
@@ -387,7 +386,7 @@ fn String ZString.tcopy(z)
  * @return! UnicodeResult.INVALID_UTF8 "If the string contained an invalid UTF-8 sequence"
  * @return! AllocationFailure "If allocation of the string fails"
  **/
-fn Char16[]! String.to_new_utf16(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn Char16[]! String.to_new_utf16(s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz len16 = conv::utf16len_for_utf8(s);
 	Char16* data = allocator::alloc_array_try(allocator, Char16, len16 + 1)!;
@@ -407,7 +406,7 @@ fn Char16[]! String.to_temp_utf16(s)
 	return s.to_new_utf16(allocator::temp());
 }
 
-fn WString! String.to_new_wstring(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn WString! String.to_new_wstring(s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	return (WString)s.to_new_utf16(allocator).ptr;
 }
@@ -417,7 +416,7 @@ fn WString! String.to_temp_wstring(s)
 	return (WString)s.to_temp_utf16().ptr;
 }
 
-fn Char32[]! String.to_new_utf32(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn Char32[]! String.to_new_utf32(s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz codepoints = conv::utf8_codepoints(s);
 	Char32* data = allocator::alloc_array_try(allocator, Char32, codepoints + 1)!;
@@ -436,14 +435,14 @@ fn void String.convert_ascii_to_lower(s)
 	foreach (&c : s) if (c.is_upper()) *c += 'a' - 'A';
 }
 
-fn String String.new_ascii_to_lower(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String String.new_ascii_to_lower(s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	String copy = s.copy(allocator);
 	copy.convert_ascii_to_lower();
 	return copy;
 }
 
-fn String String.temp_ascii_to_lower(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String String.temp_ascii_to_lower(s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	return s.new_ascii_to_lower(allocator::temp());
 }
@@ -453,7 +452,7 @@ fn void String.convert_ascii_to_upper(s)
 	foreach (&c : s) if (c.is_lower()) *c -= 'a' - 'A';
 }
 
-fn String String.new_ascii_to_upper(s, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String String.new_ascii_to_upper(s, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	String copy = s.copy(allocator);
 	copy.convert_ascii_to_upper();
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ fn String String.temp_ascii_to_upper(s)
 	return s.new_ascii_to_upper(allocator::temp());
 }
 
-fn String! new_from_utf32(Char32[] utf32, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String! new_from_utf32(Char32[] utf32, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz len = conv::utf8len_for_utf32(utf32);
 	char* data = allocator::malloc_try(allocator, len + 1)!;
@@ -480,7 +479,7 @@ fn String! new_from_utf32(Char32[] utf32, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap
 	return (String)data[:len];
 }
 
-fn String! new_from_utf16(Char16[] utf16, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String! new_from_utf16(Char16[] utf16, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz len = conv::utf8len_for_utf16(utf16);
 	char* data = allocator::malloc_try(allocator, len + 1)!;
@@ -490,7 +489,7 @@ fn String! new_from_utf16(Char16[] utf16, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap
 	return (String)data[:len];
 }
 
-fn String! new_from_wstring(WString wstring, Allocator* allocator = allocator::heap())
+fn String! new_from_wstring(WString wstring, Allocator allocator = allocator::heap())
 {
 	usz utf16_len;
 	while (wstring[utf16_len] != 0) utf16_len++;