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Lingua Franca 0.3.0

v0.3.0 (2022-07-22)

Highlights

This release adds broader support for methods (C and Python), syntax for annotations similar those in Java, an adaptive scheduler in the C runtime, and a new platform target property to furnish support for specialized execution platforms.

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🚀 New Features

• Support for C methods #1215 (edwardalee)
• Support for Python methods #1230 (Soroosh129)
• Adaptive scheduler for C target #1207 (petervdonovan)
• Platform target property #1246 (Soroosh129)
• Annotations #977 (lsk567)

✨ Enhancements

• New handling of startup/shutdown/reset reactions in modes #1169 (a-sr)
• Diagram layout improvements #1206 (a-sr)
• History transitions are now indicated using the history keyword #1247 (a-sr)
• Compile warnings are fixed and clang-tidy is ran when compiling C++ tests in CI #1259 (cmnrd)
• New design for reset symbols in diagrams #1241 (a-sr)
• Improvements of mode diagram layout #1282 (a-sr)
• [cpp] Additional checks to determine whether a subdirectory should be included in compilation #1283 (cmnrd)
• [cpp] CLI parser errors are caught and a print help message is printed #1288 (cmnrd)
• [ts] Handling of physical action-triggered outputs in federated execution (previously handled by TAN - Time Advance Notice) #1275 (hokeun)

🔧 Fixes

• TAN messages no longer used and in-transit messages recorded in the RTI #1074 (Soroosh129)
• [c] A deadline of 0 is no longer interpreted as an absent deadline but one that can never be met #1217 (billy-bao)
• Fix for deadlock in federated execution #1189 (Soroosh129)
• [c] Removal of STP violation inheritance mechanism #1251 (Soroosh129)
• Fix for properly handling paths with spaces in lfc launch script #1257 (cmnrd)
• Fix that repairs the ability to execute commands with Bash in case command is not found on path #1265 (petervdonovan)
• Fix to not include downstream reactions in highlighted cycles #1270 (edwardalee)
• Correction of misplacement of self loops in diagrams #1274 (a-sr)
• Fix that silences spurious error messages from Pylint #1280 (petervdonovan)
• Patch that avoids NullPointerException in CompileActionHandler #1267 (lhstrh)
• Do not minimize the shadow jar #1285 (cmnrd)
• Fix for ASTUtils.width() returnning -1 even when the width can be inferred from connections #1287 (hokeun)
• Fix banks of modal reactors #1279 (a-sr)
• Ensure that reactions consistently trigger banks #1289 (edwardalee)
• Cpp: fix triggering of reactions in multiple nested reactors #1286 (cmnrd)
• Fix to ensure the ordering of reactions relative to modes is correct #1303 (a-sr)

🚧 Maintenance and Refactoring

• Machine-applicable refactorings #1224 (petervdonovan)
• Inclusion of reactor-rs as a submodule #1296 (cmnrd)

⬆️ Updated Dependencies

• Upgrade to Xtext 2.27.0 and Lsp4j 0.14.0 #1234 (lhstrh)
• Bump Klighd version to 2.2 #1297 (a-sr)

Submodule lf-lang/reactor-c

✨ Enhancements

• New handling of startup/shutdown/reset reactions in modes #79 (a-sr)
• STP violations now result in error messages #82 (edwardalee)
• Removal of TAN messages and new capability to record in-transit messages in the RTI #61 (Soroosh129)

🔧 Fixes

• Patch to ensure that deadlines with zero delay are never met #86 (billy-bao)

Submodule lf-lang/reactor-cpp

✨ Enhancements

• Nix tooling expanded with cachegrind, callgrind, and memtest #13 (revol-xut)
• Relocation of unistd.h and execinfo.h includes to void namespace pollution #14 (erlingrj)
• Fixes that addresses warnings reported by clang-tidy #15 (cmnrd)
• Optimized port communication for scalar types #17 (cmnrd)

🔧 Fixes

• Fix to allow ports to have both triggers and further bindings #16 (cmnrd)

Submodule lf-lang/reactor-rs

• No Changes

Submodule lf-lang/reactor-ts

🚀 New Features

• JSON serialization #99 (CloverCho)

🧪 Tests

• Increased coverage of unit tests in bank.ts, multiport.ts and port.ts #100 (goekberk)

Lingua Franca 0.2.1

v0.2.1 (2022-06-01)

Highlights:

This release includes bug fixes related to IDE tooling and federated execution. Various code cleanups and refactoring efforts have also been included in this release.

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Implemented enhancements:

• Introduce a thread-safe logging API for Rust #1138
• Turn warning for absence of main reactor into an informational message #1113
• Adjusted build to fall back to python command if python3 is not available #1197 (Soroosh129)
• Add more suitable default template for LF projects to Epoch #1180 (lhstrh)
• Add support for the STP handler to the Python target #1176 (Soroosh129)
• Add federated docker file generation for TS target #1165 (housengw)
• Smarter default number of workers in C runtime #1139 (erlingrj)
• Add support for interleaved operator to Rust target #1133 (jhaye)
• Change TS generator to support serialization of communication in federated execution #1125 (CloverCho)

Fixed bugs:

• Default template for "New LF Project" is federated program #1172
• Stop time is not handled correctly with decentralized coordination #1166
• Federated feedback with delay falsely detects cycles #1086
• Repair LSP tests #1199 (petervdonovan)
• Fix segfault for internally disconnected output ports #1195 (Soroosh129)
• Restore the ability to put the RTI on a remote machine #1164 (edwardalee)
• Fix segfault in python target argument handling #1161 (housengw)
• Fixed a few calls to deprecated functions that were missed #1131 (edwardalee)

Closed issues:

• GitHub Actions unable to install Java due to problems with Cloudflare CDN #1196
• Maven build failing on MacOS #1153
• "Required target resource not found" in Epoch 0.2.0 #1142

Merged pull requests:

• Augmented ErrorReporter API with informational messages #1192 (zekailin00)
• Update path to new documentation website in generated Dockerfile #1187 (erlingrj)
• Improve warning message when zero reactions in program #1186 (erlingrj)
• Fix white space issues in Lingua Franca test code #1185 (petervdonovan)
• Fix whitespace in tests #1183 (petervdonovan)
• Fix LSP test in expressions branch #1182 (petervdonovan)
• Address LSP test failures. #1179 (petervdonovan)
• Logging cleanups for VS Code #1174 (petervdonovan)
• Added federated tests for TypeScript target #1159 (suyourice)
• Update deprecated API in ui examples and tests #1155 (housengw)
• Remove trailing whitespace in C and Python generators #1154 (housengw)
• Have Epoch welcome page point to website rather than wiki page #1152 (edwardalee)
• Major refactor of the docker generators #1150 (housengw)
• Update references to deprecated APIs in C ui examples #1144 (housengw)
• lf_ prefix more functions and reorganize files in C target #1143 (housengw)
• Refactor doGenerate in C generator and parts of Python and Typescript docker generators #1141 (housengw)
• Disable pylint c-extension-no-member warning #1140 (housengw)
• Check for Java 17 in lfc scripts and properly exit on error #1136 (cmnrd)
• Let package_lfc script put files in appropriately named directory #1135 (lhstrh)
• Update references to deprecated print APIs in python target #1134 (housengw)
• Drop PermSize and MaxPermSize options as they are not supported by Java 17 #1132 (cmnrd)
• Do not create the temporary dependency link if a connection between f… #1085 (edwardalee)
• Replace Value with Expression in the grammar #1023 (cmnrd)
• Scale back LSP tests #944 (petervdonovan)

Lingua Franca 0.2.0

v0.2.0 (2022-05-01)

Highlights:

This release brings the minimum version requirement of Java to 17, which is a long-term support version that is also broadly supported by newer platforms (e.g., Apple silicon). Other changes included in this release are: a refactoring of the user-facing API of reactor-c, various bugfixes and enhancements of Rust, TypeScript, and C target, and minor improvements of the diagram synthesis.

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Implemented enhancements:

• The Rust target should support the 'workers' and 'threading' target properties #991
• Optionally suppress the red No Main Reactor icon #1089 (edwardalee)

Fixed bugs:

• Segfault when calling _lf_check_deadline #1123
• In generated Rust code, logical actions in main reactors aren't mutable, making them not schedulable #1110
• Add categories explicitly to the diagram synthesis options #1119 (soerendomroes)

Closed issues:

• User facing utility functions such as info_print should also have lf_ prefix #1124
• Tracking the renaming of APIs in C and Python target #1108
• Remove logic for handling examples from testing framework #1079

Merged pull requests:

• Prefix print functions with lf_ #1127 (housengw)
• Fix set executing_reaction in self struct #1126 (housengw)
• Remove references to deprecated APIs in the code generator #1122 (housengw)
• Update Python target APIs to match the C target updates #1116 (housengw)
• Update SET, schedule and tag APIs in the C target #1103 (housengw)
• Remove redundant struct and related code in python target #1102 (housengw)
• Allow bank_index in initializers #1101 (edwardalee)
• Added support for state variables in diagrams #1100 (a-sr)
• Support inline code arguments on main reactor for Rust target #1099 (jhaye)
• Add support for threading compiler flag to Rust target #1098 (jhaye)
• Update SET, schedule and tag APIs in the C target #1097 (housengw)
• Java configuration bumped to version 17 #1094 (lhstrh)
• Add validation tests for ports in main or federated reactor #1091 (housengw)
• Update and add federated execution tests for TypeScript target #1062 (hokeun)

Lingua Franca 0.1.0

v0.1.0 (2022-04-11)

Highlights:

This is the first stable release of Lingua Franca. Aside from numerous bugfixes, a number of new features have been introduced since v0.1.0-beta, including: generation of ROS2 nodes directly from LF code (C++); improved error handling; support for multiports and banks (TypeScript); modular support for runtime schedulers (C); and modal reactors (C and Python). Finally, a major refactoring has been performed in which all remaining Xtend code was ported to Java.

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Implemented enhancements:

• Add a -v / --version flag to lfc #927
• Produce informative message when lfc is run on non-LF files #919
• Make Docker generation compatible with the files target property #887
• Preconfigure Epoch with example projects #374
• In banks of reactors, make bank_index a proper parameter #343
• Align the meaning of the threads target property across targets #290
• Improve Stability of Positioning Edges connected to Reactions in Diagrams #1040 (a-sr)
• Improve layout options #1015 (soerendomroes)
• Support modal models in Python #1009 (edwardalee)
• Replace the 'threads' target property with the 'workers' and 'threading' properties #993 (cmnrd)
• Docker files property #987 (housengw)
• Enable generation of ROS2 nodes directly from C++ code #984 (cmnrd)
• Added --version flag to lfcand improved error messages #979 (cmnrd)
• Improve warning message for unrecognized target parameters #964 (cmnrd)
• Add bank & multiport support in TypeScript code generator with > 30 multiport tests. #942 (hokeun)
• Added support for modular scheduler in C runtime #743 (Soroosh129)
• Added support for Modal Models #501 (a-sr)

Fixed bugs:

• Tracing does not get enabled in all files of reactor-c #1067
• C benchmark PingPong is broken #1058
• Command line argument -w does not work. #1056
• Maven build is broken #1033
• FilterBank benchmark in C++ has cycles #1031
• EclipseErrorReporter reports errors in the wrong file #1030
• Dependency cycle detection does not seem to work #1024
• Spurious warnings in Epoch #1016
• Error reporting in Epoch is broken #994
• Epoch fails to highlight errors on codegen #966
• Some cargo errors are not reported in LF #936
• Files without main don't compile if they have imports #913
• Invalid time literal causees IllegalArgumentException #908
• Reactor extending itself causes StackOverflowError #907
• Having multiple unnamed main reactors causes nullPointerException #905
• Catch errors from the TS type checker in the examples category #405
• Fixed an issue with bank_index #1087 (Soroosh129)
• Fix bug where tracing does not get fully enabled #1068 (hokeun)
• Fix errors in tracing util. #1043 (hokeun)
• Properly recognize network message actions in TypeScript generator #1042 (hokeun)
• [error reporting] Correct bugs reported on Epoch #1038 (petervdonovan)
• Fix handling of ganged connections #1037 (edwardalee)
• Broaden a pylint ignore. #1029 (petervdonovan)
• Fixed causality loop detection bug #1026 (edwardalee)
• Suppress line-too-long warnings in the Python target. #1018 (petervdonovan)
• [C] do not generate code without main reactor #1000 (housengw)
• Check for null reactor to avoid NPE #998 (edwardalee)
• Fix eclipse error reporting #995 (cmnrd)
• Epoch error reporting #967 (edwardalee)
• Detect and flag and as error multiple mains #965 (edwardalee)
• Inheritance cleanups #962 (edwardalee)
• Fixes #768 #952 (housengw)
• Report raw, unparsed error streams as a last resort. #941 (petervdonovan)

Closed issues:

• Epoch fails on valid file #1027
• List modal reactor tests in own test category #1020
• Merge JavaAstUtils and ASTUtils #1003
• Kotlin classes do not get build by buildLfc task (unless the clean task is also run) #930
• Navigate to imported reactors in diagrams #889
• Port Xtend classes to Java #838
• Use the same implementation of deque accross all C benchmarks #765
• Use the BenchmarkRunner reactor in all C benchmarks #764
• Build both Epoch with maven and lfc with gradle in our CI workflow #575
• Declutter repo and move into separate Github Organization #347
• C syntax for referencing parameters and state variables #82

Merged pull requests:

• Switched to building the Python extension module in-place #1088 (Soroosh129)
• Remove example directory #1077 (lhstrh)
• Remove experimental directory #1076 (lhstrh)
• Accommodations for automated version changes #1071 (lhstrh)
• Enable tycho-versions-plugin to manage versioning #1070 (lhstrh)
• Commented out annotation of outputs on transitions #1065 (edwardalee)
• Fixed Problem with Mode Transitions and Edges in VS Code #1063 (a-sr)
• Fix network sender reaction multiport #1061 (Soroosh129)
• Fix missing -w command line argumen...

Lingua Franca Beta

Full Changelog: v0.1.0-alpha...v0.1.0-beta

Compiler

• Reduced size of generated C code when using banks and multiports (#759 and #875)
• Significantly reduced memory footprint and compilation time (#759 and #875)
• Ported the C++ code generator to Kotlin (#345)
• Ported the TypeScript code generator to Kotlin (#431, #486)
• Added enforcement of LF scoping rules in generated C++ code (#375)
• Fixed support for generic reactors in the C++ target (#467)
• Dropped the rebuild feature of lfc (#530)
• Fixed after for various complex connection patterns (#541, #553, #593)
• Improved error reporting in the standalone compiler (#543)
• The C target now uses CMake to compile generated code (#402)

Dependencies

• eclipse.core.resources 3.15.0 -> 3.16.0 (#829)
• eclipse.core.runtime 3.22.0 -> 3.24.0 (#829)
• exec-maven-plugin 1.6.0 -> 3.0.0 (#829)
• gradle 6.5 -> 7.0 (#829)
• junit 4.12 -> 4.13.2 (#829)
• junit-jupiter-* 5.7.2 -> 5.8.2 (#829)
• junit-platform-* 1.7.2 -> 1.8.2 (#829)
• kotlin 1.4.10 -> 1.6.10 (#866)
• lsp4j 0.10.0 -> 0.12.0 (#829)
• shadowJar 6.0.0 -> 7.1.2 (#829)
• xtext-gradle-plugin -> 2.0.8 -> 3.0.0 (#829)

Federation support

• Added support for federated Python programs
• Added support for federated TypeScript programs (#538, #596, #646, reactor-ts#71)
• Enhanced support for Docker containers (including for federated programs) (#700, #750, #754)
• Added built-in support for ROS 2 serialization (#449)
• RTI is now a standalone application (#395)

Language

• Introduced syntax for method definitions (currently only supported by the C++ target) (#382)
• Added support for giving widths of banks and multiports as runtime parameters or target code in the C++ target (#387, #420)
• Added syntax for interleaved connections (#416)
• Created a new Rust target (#488, #628)
• Added the CCpp target, which accepts C++ code but is supported by the C runtime (#513)

Platform support

• LF programs with the TypeScript target can now be compiled on Windows (#850).
• Added Windows support for the C and Python targets (#532)

Runtime

• Implemented the Savina benchmark suite in the C, C++, and Rust target (modulo those that require mutations)
• Improved performance of the C++ runtime considerably

Python

• Multiports and banks are now iterable in the Python target (#713)
• Fixed an issue where top-level custom Python classes were being serialized incorrectly
• bank_index (useful for banks of reactors) is now a proper parameter (#424)
  that can be passed down the reactor hierarchy via parameter assignment.

Tool support

• Created an Language and Diagram Server that enables our new VS Code extension

VS Code extension

• Generated code is now validated when an LF file is saved for all targets except C (#828). Generated C code is only validated when it is fully compiled.

Epoch

• Added compile button as an alternative to the Eclipse automatic build feature (#848)
• Added terminal window support (#509)
• Updated icons

Utilities

• Added tools for exporting dependency information from the C++ runtime (#788)
• Added tracing support for the Python target (#568)
• Added a script for conveniently running benchmarks (#243)
• Added version bump script (#829)

Lingua Franca Alpha

This is a preliminary release of the Lingua Franca Compiler (lfc), a command-line code generator that translates Lingua Franca programs into target language programs, and an Eclipse-based IDE (integrated development environment) that provides a sophisticated editor as well as a code generator. This release supports four target languages: C, C++, Python, and Typescript. See documentation. Of the four target languages, C is the most complete. It supports all documented language features including an experimental implementation of federated execution.

The IDE is suitable for the following platforms:

• Linux (lingua-franca-rca-0.1.0-alpha-linux.gtk.x86_64.tar.gz)
• MacOS (lingua-franca-rca-0.1.0-alpha-macosx.cocoa.x86_64.tar.gz)
  • IMPORTANT NOTE: MacOS will report that lflang.app is broken because it was not signed. To execute it, please run xattr -cr lflang.app first on the command line. Eventually, we will provide a signed download.
• Windows (lingua-franca-rca-0.1.0-alpha-win32.x86_64.zip)

The lfc command line application is suitable for:

• Linux, MacOS (lfc-0.1.0-alpha.tar.gz)
• Windows (lfc-0.1.0-alpha.zip)

System Requirements

• Java 11 or up (download from Oracle)
• Various target-specific dependencies, documented here

IDE Features

• code generation
• diagram synthesis
• error forwarding from target compiler
• validation

Language Features (see language specification)

• imports
• banks
• multiports
• list-valued parameters
• target properties
• time type

Targets

• C
• C++
• Python
• TypeScript