v0.12.0

New Features

• Indexed and ranged fields for array compound literals:
  • [?]int {0 = 123, 5..9 = 54, 10..<16 = 72}
• Constant compound literals declarations
  • FOO :: [5]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
• #partial switch
  • Implement the previous #complete switch as the default behaviour
• Enumerated Arrays:
  • [Enum_Type]Value
  • #partial [Enum_Type]Value
• SOA Arrays, Slices, and Dynamic Arrays
  • #soa[N]T
  • #soa[]T
  • #soa[dynamic]T
• New #simd type syntax
  • #simd[N]T
• Add @(private="file") and @(private="package")
• Make string type elements immutable, akin to char const * in C
• Allow #no_bounds_check on an expression
• Deprecate using import
• Full System V ABI support
• Remove requirement for vcvarsall.bat for Windows. Windows SDK and Binaries are found automatically
• Add -help which prints information about the compiler flags
• Add x y z w fields to quaternion types
• Add r g b a fields to array types len(array) <= 4 alongside x y z w fields

Library Improvements

• Improve package math
• Add package math/linalg
• Improve runtime/default_allocators.odin
• Make default context.temp_allocator thread safe
• Add strings.unsafe_string_to_cstring
• Add strings.ptr_from_string
• Support package thread on unix

Bug Fixes

• Fix string reversal
• Fix linux build
• Fix System V bitcast/transmute bug
• Fix os.write on darwin
• Fix transmute of uintptr to/from proc
• Fix fmt.string_to_enum_value
• Fix mem.Arena
• Fix using on array in struct
• Fix -no-crt on Windows
• Fix loadsatypos