v0.0.5-alpha - Convenience and Bug Fixes

Fixes

• Fixed crash if some argument types cannot be resolved in a function call
• Fixed If and While conditions not acting as expression consumers
• Fixed Greater instruction not working correctly
• Fixed crash if left operand of shift operators cannot be resolved to a type
• Fixed structures that can be both structures and expressions (e.g., function calls) always acting like an expression in if statement and while loops

Additions

• Added variable type inference at declaration
• Added variable initializers in declaration statements
• Added WordRepeater sample program showcasing loops
• Added Inflation sample program showcasing loops
• Added StarPyramid sample program showcasing loops
• Added Temperature Converter sample program with a loop
• Added Quadratic Calculator sample program showcasing operations with floating point numbers, including square roots, printing negative numbers, and absolute value
• Added Int32 and Int64 literals
• Rewrote sqrt sample program with multiple returns per function
• Allowed multiple return statements to be placed in a function
• Added NaN to the Float32 and Float64 literals
• Added TemperatureConverter sample program showcasing scanning, printing, and performing arithmetic with floats
• Moved memory-related functions from vm.c to memory.c
• Added Calculator sample program showcasing scanning, printing, and performing arithmetic with both integers and floats
• Allowed scan to be used as a standalone statement
• Fixed structures that can be both structures and expressions (e.g., function calls) always acting like an expression in if statement and while loops
• Allowed functions to contain statements that do not generate code (e.g., comments)
• Allowed Scan to be used as a statement

v0.0.5-alpha - Floating Point Numbers

Added:

• Floating point numbers
  • float32 and float64 types
  • +, -, *, /, ==, >, < equivalents for floats
  • Int to float conversion operation
  • Float to int conversion operation
• More descriptive syntax error reports
• Step-by-step debug mode for the VM

Modified:

• Cast operations can now cast to types of any size, even if it differs from the source type size

v0.0.4-alpha - Type Declarations & Compile-Time Function Call Validation

Fixed:

• Compiler crashes when certain expressions cannot be resolved to a type

Added:

• Type declaration
• Compiler error if a non-existent function is called
• Made the compilation unit name in a function call statement optional. If not specified, it defaults to the containing compilation unit.

v0.0.3-alpha - Pointers

Added:

• Reference
• Dereference
• Dynamic allocation
• Dynamic deallocation

v0.0.2-alpha

• Added entrypoint compiler command
• Added batch file to keep VM on screen after terminating

v0.0.1-alpha

First release