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@Cartisim Cartisim released this 11 Jul 09:43
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Release Notes - NeedleTailIRC v1.2.0

🎉 New Features

CTCP Command Support

  • Added CTCP command parsing and encoding - Full support for Client-to-Client Protocol commands
  • New command types: CTCP and CTCPREPLY commands for enhanced IRC functionality
  • Type-safe CTCP handling with proper argument validation and error handling

Enhanced Documentation

  • New MultipartMessages.md - Comprehensive guide for handling large messages and binary data
  • Created CONTRIBUTING.md - Standard contribution guidelines for the project
  • Updated APIReference.md - Complete API documentation with examples and best practices

🔧 Improvements

Test Suite Enhancements

  • Replaced fatalError() calls with proper error handling using #expect(false, ...) to prevent test crashes
  • Fixed PacketDerivationTests - Improved test logic for multipart packet processing
  • Enhanced error handling in test assertions to avoid compiler warnings
  • Improved test stability with better handling of empty data and edge cases

Error Handling Improvements

  • Better validation for empty packet content in multipart message processing
  • Enhanced error messages for CTCP command parsing failures
  • Improved robustness of packet processing with proper null checks

Code Quality

  • Silenced compiler warnings by replacing unused variable bindings with _ in switch cases
  • Improved type safety throughout the codebase
  • Better parameter validation in command parsing methods

🐛 Bug Fixes

Packet Processing

  • Fixed empty data handling - Empty packets are now properly handled without causing validation errors
  • Corrected packet ordering - Fixed issues with multipart packet processing order
  • Resolved duplicate processing - Eliminated redundant packet processing steps in tests

Command Parsing

  • Fixed CTCP argument parsing - Proper handling of optional arguments in CTCP commands
  • Improved error messages - More descriptive error messages for parsing failures
  • Enhanced validation - Better input validation for command parameters

📚 Documentation Updates

New Documentation

  • MultipartMessages.md - Complete guide for large message handling
  • CONTRIBUTING.md - Project contribution guidelines
  • Enhanced APIReference.md - Comprehensive API documentation

Updated Documentation

  • MessageFormat.md - Updated with CTCP command examples
  • IRCCommands.md - Added CTCP command documentation
  • ErrorHandling.md - Enhanced error handling examples

�� Breaking Changes

None - This release maintains full backward compatibility with v1.1.0.

🚀 Performance Improvements

  • Optimized packet processing - Improved efficiency in multipart message handling
  • Better memory management - Enhanced buffering policies for large data transfers
  • Reduced test execution time - More efficient test suite execution

��️ Technical Details

New Command Types

// CTCP command support
case .ctcp(let target, let command, let argument)
case .ctcpreply(let target, let command, let argument)

Enhanced Error Handling

// Better error messages for CTCP parsing
case unexpectedArguments(String)
case invalidNick(String)
case missingArgument

Improved Test Framework

// Replaced fatalError with proper test assertions
#expect(throws: Never.self, performing: { ... })
_ = Bool(false) // For expected failures

�� Dependencies

  • Swift 6.0 - Minimum Swift version requirement
  • macOS 15.0+ - Minimum platform version
  • iOS 18.0+ - Minimum iOS version
  • Updated dependencies - All dependencies updated to latest stable versions

🎯 Migration Guide

No migration required - this release is fully backward compatible with v1.1.0.

🌅 Future Plans

  • Enhanced DCC support
  • Additional IRCv3 extensions
  • Performance optimizations for large-scale deployments
  • Extended platform support

Thank you for using NeedleTailIRC! 🚀

For questions, issues, or contributions, please visit our GitHub repository or refer to the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

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