nickel 1.2.0

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release notes

Version 1.2
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Version 1.2 comes with several improvements on the LSP and other components of the Nickel tooling. The new customize mode of the CLI makes it possible to dynamically turn a configuration into a command-line interface, which you can interact with.
Several related long-standing issues and limitations when typechecking polymorphic functions are also finally fixed.
Core language

Make the lexer accept scientific notation by @vkleen in Make the lexer accept scientific notation tweag/nickel#1456
Improve polymorphism handling, bidirectional typechecking and fix unsound generalization by @yannham in Introduce unification variable levels and fix unsound generalization tweag/nickel#1372
Error on serializing very large numbers by @vkleen in Error on serializing very large numbers tweag/nickel#1470
Import YAML files containing multiple documents as arrays by @vkleen in Import YAML files containing multiple documents as arrays tweag/nickel#1497
Normalize line endings in string literals during parsing (Windows compatiblity) by @vkleen in Normalize line endings in string literals during parsing tweag/nickel#1562
Implement curried dot operator by @suimong in Implement curried dot operator tweag/nickel#1578
Statically merge partial record definitions by @vkleen in Statically merge partial record definitions tweag/nickel#1599
Disable recursive priorities by @yannham in Disable recursive priorities tweag/nickel#1600

Fixes

Various fixes to the pretty-printer by @vkleen (Make the pretty printer understand let rec tweag/nickel#1411, Stop recompiling the quoting regex for printing identifiers tweag/nickel#1412, Make the pretty printer correctly escape field names tweag/nickel#1410, Make the pretty printer parenthesise negative numbers tweag/nickel#1417)
Fix REPL panic on transitive imports by @Radvendii in Fix REPL panic on transitive imports tweag/nickel#1474
Fix contract application order in let bindings and annotations by @vkleen in Fix contract application order in let bindings and annotations tweag/nickel#1544
Fix cursor desyncing when using REPL by @deotimedev in Fix cursor desyncing when using REPL tweag/nickel#1546
Fix handling of relative imports @jneem in Convert paths to absolute before normalization tweag/nickel#1489
LSP Fix two issues with incomplete input by @jneem in Two issues with incomplete input tweag/nickel#1550
Fix incomplete check of record row constraints by @yannham in Fix incomplete check of record row constraints tweag/nickel#1558
Fix LSP regression on hovering by @yannham in Fix LSP regression tweag/nickel#1583

Tooling

Full vscode extension by @szlend and @yannham in (Full vscode extension tweag/nickel#1405, Various fixes to VSCode extension tweag/nickel#1413, Fix LSP panic on requesting doc symbols from VSCode tweag/nickel#1416)
Invalidate importers in NLS (plus a couple other import-related issues) by @jneem in Invalidate importers in NLS (plus a couple other import-related issues) tweag/nickel#1426
Improve nickel query (and :query in the REPL) interface by @yannham in

Improve query inteface tweag/nickel#1447
Topiary integration (formatting) as nickel format by @vkleen in Topiary integration as nickel format tweag/nickel#1371
LSP: various improvements to completion by @jneem (Use the Types AST variant for completion tweag/nickel#1450, Proper type instantiation discipline tweag/nickel#1473)
Improve doc extraction capabilities through nickel doc (evaluate terms before extracting documentation) by @vkleen in Evaluate terms before extracting documentation tweag/nickel#1463
LSP Fix persistent diagnostics by @jneem in Issue diagnostics, even if empty. tweag/nickel#1478
Restore --version for CLI, include git revision by @yannham in Restore --version for CLI, include git revision tweag/nickel#1486
Disable the colors when stdout isn't a tty by @thufschmitt in Disable the colors when stdout isn't a tty tweag/nickel#1508
Improve type variables name allocation when reporting type errors by @yannham in Improve type variables name allocation when reporting type errors tweag/nickel#1512
LSP formatting without calling the topiary binary by @vkleen in LSP formatting without calling the topiary binary tweag/nickel#1526
LSP Initial handling of incomplete input by @jneem in Initial handling of incomplete input in nls tweag/nickel#1541
LSP resolve imports for incomplete inputs also by @jneem in Resolve imports for incomplete inputs also tweag/nickel#1542
Add multiline string support for VSCode autoclosing pairs by @deotimedev in Add multiline string support for VSCode autoclosing pairs tweag/nickel#1553
Display icon for nickel file in vscode explorer by @suimong in display icon for nickel file in vscode explorer tweag/nickel#1556
New experimental customize mode CLI to interact with a configuration on the

command line (see nickel help export) by @Radvendii and @yannham in

set record arguments with -- tweag/nickel#1475
(LSP) Import completion by @deotimedev in (LSP) Import completion tweag/nickel#1561
Get rid of uninformative generic notes for higher-order contract errors by @yannham in Get rid of uninformative generic notes for higher-order contract errors tweag/nickel#1564
Render hover documentation as Markdown in LSP by @deotimedev in Render hover documentation as Markdown in LSP tweag/nickel#1559
Exit with nonzero exit code on failure by @vkleen in Exit with nonzero exit code on failure tweag/nickel#1576

Stdlib

add std.contract.Sequence by @Radvendii in add std.contract.Sequence tweag/nickel#1452

Documentation

manual docs: fix mismatch between input command and its echo in the output by @foo-jin in manual docs: fix mismatch between input command and its echo in the output tweag/nickel#1421
Add two examples: imports and foreach pattern by @mipmip in Add two examples: imports and foreach pattern tweag/nickel#1387
Fix some leftover instances of the old enum syntax in the manual by @vkleen in Fix some leftover instances of the old enum syntax in the manual tweag/nickel#1548

New Contributors

@szlend made their first contribution in Full vscode extension tweag/nickel#1405
@foo-jin made their first contribution in manual docs: fix mismatch between input command and its echo in the output tweag/nickel#1421
@nrhtr made their first contribution in Add linker directive for *-darwin to fix PyO3 tweag/nickel#1454
@deotimedev made their first contribution in Fix "wich" typo in documentation tweag/nickel#1547
@suimong made their first contribution in display icon for nickel file in vscode explorer tweag/nickel#1556

Full Changelog: tweag/nickel@1.1.1...1.2.0

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• relates to Cache more tweag/nickel#1580

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