Scale Version 24.0

Added

• await and async
  • A function can be marked as async to indicate that it is an asynchronous function
  • Asynchronous functions are always called asynchronously
  • To wait for an asynchronous function to finish, use the await keyword:
    • myAsyncFunction await
  • Asynchronous functions have a return type of async<T> where T is the actual return type of the function
  • awaiting an asynchronous function returns the value of the function or nothing if the function returns none
• float32 type
  • The float32 type acts exactly like a float in C and C++
• Global Variable initializer expressions
  • See global-variable-initializers for the syntax

Changes

• Passing a struct by value now uses @ for the type instead of *
  • For now * is still recognized, but this will be removed in a future version
• On install, the standard library in Scale.framework will now be compiled into a dynamic library. This speeds up compile times immensely