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Changes from 0.13.0
.. default-role:: code
[ Removals ]
Changes from 0.13.0
===================
Removals
------------------------------
* Python 3.3 is no longer supported
* `def` is gone; use `setv` instead
* `apply` is gone; use the new `#*` and `#**` syntax instead
* `yield-from` is no longer supported under Python 2
* Periods are no longer allowed in keywords
* Numeric literals can no longer begin with a comma or underscore
* Literal `Inf`s and `NaN`s must now be capitalized like that
* Literal `Inf`\s and `NaN`\s must now be capitalized like that
[ Other Breaking Changes ]
Other Breaking Changes
------------------------------
* `apply` has been replaced with Python-style unpacking operators `#*` and
`#**` (e.g., `(f #* args #** kwargs)`)
* Single-character "sharp macros" are now "tag macros", which can have
@ -17,7 +22,8 @@ Changes from 0.13.0
* `xi` from `hy.extra.anaphoric` is now a tag macro `#%`
* `eval` is now a function instead of a special form
[ New Features ]
New Features
------------------------------
* The compiler now automatically promotes values to Hy model objects
as necessary, so you can write ``(eval `(+ 1 ~n))`` instead of
``(eval `(+ 1 ~(HyInteger n)))``
@ -34,7 +40,8 @@ Changes from 0.13.0
* `get` is available as a function
* `~@` (`unquote-splice`) form now accepts any false value as empty
[ Bug Fixes ]
Bug Fixes
------------------------------
* Relative imports (PEP 328) are now allowed
* Numeric literals are no longer parsed as symbols when followed by a dot
and a symbol
@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ Changes from 0.13.0
* No TypeError from multi-arity `defn` returning values evaluating to `None`
* `try` forms are now possible in `defmacro` and `deftag`
* Multiple expressions are now allowed in `try`
* Fixed a crash when `macroexpand`ing a macro with a named import
* Fixed a crash when `macroexpand`\ing a macro with a named import
* Fixed a crash when `with` suppresses an exception. `with` now returns
`None` in this case.
* Fixed a crash when `--repl-output-fn` raises an exception
@ -64,14 +71,17 @@ Changes from 0.13.0
* `break` and `continue` now raise an error when given arguments
instead of silently ignoring them
[ Misc. Improvements ]
Misc. Improvements
------------------------------
* `read`, `read_str`, and `eval` are exposed and documented as top-level
functions in the `hy` module
* An experimental `let` macro has been added to `hy.contrib.walk`
Changes from 0.12.1
==============================
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Pythons 2.6, 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2 are no longer supported
* `let` has been removed. Python's scoping rules do not make a proper
implementation of it possible. Use `setv` instead.
@ -105,7 +115,8 @@ Changes from 0.12.1
* `hy.core.reserved` is now `hy.extra.reserved`
* `cond` now supports single argument branches
[ Bug Fixes ]
Bug Fixes
------------------------------
* All shadowed operators have the same arities as real operators
* Shadowed comparison operators now use `and` instead of `&`
for chained comparisons
@ -119,23 +130,28 @@ Changes from 0.12.1
* The REPL now prints the correct value of `do` and `try` forms
* Fixed a crash when tokenizing a single quote followed by whitespace
[ Misc. Improvements ]
Misc. Improvements
------------------------------
* New contrib module `hy-repr`
* Added a command-line option `--repl-output-fn`
Changes from 0.12.0
==============================
[ Bug Fixes ]
Bug Fixes
------------------------------
* Allow installation without Git
Changes from 0.11.0
==============================
This release brings some quite significant changes on the language and as a
result very large portions of previously written Hy programs will require
changes. At the same time, documentation and error messages were improved,
hopefully making the language easier to use.
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* New syntax for let, with and defclass
* defmacro will raise an error on &kwonly, &kwargs and &key arguments
* Keyword argument labels to functions are required to be strings
@ -166,7 +182,8 @@ hopefully making the language easier to use.
* comp, constantly, complement and juxt added
* keyword arguments allowed in method calls before the object
[ Bug Fixes ]
Bug Fixes
------------------------------
* Better error when for doesn't have body
* Better error detection with list comprehensions in Python 2.7
* Setting value to callable will raise an error
@ -177,7 +194,8 @@ hopefully making the language easier to use.
* In python 3.3+, generator functions always return a value
* &rest can be used after &optional
[ Misc. Improvements ]
Misc. Improvements
------------------------------
* Version information includes SHA1 of current commit
* Improved Python 3.5 support
* Allow specification of global table and module name for (eval ...)
@ -205,8 +223,10 @@ hopefully making the language easier to use.
* contrib.anaphoric moved to hy.extra
Changes from 0.10.1
==============================
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* new keyword-argument call syntax
* Function argument destructuring has been added.
* Macro expansion inside of class definitions is now supported.
@ -223,14 +243,16 @@ Changes from 0.10.1
* Support for the @ matrix-multiplication operator (forthcoming in
Python 3.5) has been added.
[ Bug Fixes ]
Bug Fixes
------------------------------
* Nested decorators now work correctly.
* Importing hy modules under Python >=3.3 has been fixed.
* Some bugs involving macro unquoting have been fixed.
* Misleading tracebacks when Hy programs raise IOError have been
corrected.
[ Misc. Improvements ]
Misc. Improvements
------------------------------
* attribute completion in REPL
* new -m command-line flag for running a module
* new -i command-line flag for running a file
@ -241,6 +263,7 @@ Changes from 0.10.1
let form has been improved.
Changes from 0.10.0
==============================
This release took some time (sorry, all my fault) but it's got a bunch of
really nice features. We hope you enjoy hacking with Hy as much as we enjoy
@ -256,7 +279,8 @@ Changes from 0.10.0
- Hy Society
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Implement raise :from, Python 3 only.
* defmain macro
* name & keyword functions added to core
@ -269,24 +293,29 @@ Changes from 0.10.0
* keyword? to find out keywords
* setv no longer allows "." in names
[Internals ]
Internals
------------------------------
* Builtins reimplemented in terms of python stdlib
* gensyms (defmacro/g!) handles non-string types better
[Tools]
Tools
------------------------------
* Added hy2py to installed scripts
[ Misc. Fixes ]
Misc. Fixes
------------------------------
* Symbols like true, false, none can't be assigned
* Set sys.argv default to [''] like Python does
* REPL displays the python version and platform at startup
* Dockerfile added for https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/hylang/
[ Contrib changes ]
Contrib changes
------------------------------
* Fix ap-first and ap-last for failure conditions
Changes from 0.9.12
==============================
0.10.0 - the "oh man I'm late for PyCon" release
@ -294,7 +323,8 @@ Changes from 0.9.12
together. You're the best!
- Hy Society
[ Breaking Changes ]
Breaking Changes
------------------------------
We're calling this release 0.10 because we broke
API. Sorry about that. We've removed kwapply in
@ -303,7 +333,8 @@ Changes from 0.9.12
(apply function-call args kwargs) ; is the signature
[Thanks]
Thanks
------------------------------
Major shoutout to Clinton Dreisbach for implementing loop/recur.
As always, massive hugs to olasd for the constant reviews and for
@ -320,11 +351,12 @@ Changes from 0.9.12
-Hy Society
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* `for' revamped again (Last time, we hope!), this time using a saner
* `for` revamped again (Last time, we hope!), this time using a saner
itertools.product when nesting
* `lisp-if'/`lif' added for the lisp-like everything is true if, giving
* `lisp-if`/`lif` added for the lisp-like everything is true if, giving
seasoned lispers a better if check (0 is a value, etc)
* Reader Macros are macros now!
* yield-from is now a proper yield from on Python 3. It also now breaks on
@ -333,24 +365,26 @@ Changes from 0.9.12
* We finally have a lisp like cons cells
* Generator expressions, set & dict comprehensions are now supported
* (.) is a mini DSL for attribute access
* `macroexpand' & `macroexpand-1' added to core
* `disassemble' added to core, which dumps the AST or equivalent python code
* `coll?' added to core to check for a collection
* `identity' function added to core
* `macroexpand` & `macroexpand-1` added to core
* `disassemble` added to core, which dumps the AST or equivalent python code
* `coll?` added to core to check for a collection
* `identity` function added to core
[ Misc. Fixes ]
Misc. Fixes
------------------------------
* Lots of doc fixes. Reorganization as well as better docs on Hy internals
* Universal Wheel Support
* Pygments > 1.6 supports Hy now. All codeblocks in docs have been changed
from clojure to hy
* Hy REPL supports invoking with --spy & -i options [reword]
* `first' and `rest' are functions and not macros anymore
* `first` and `rest` are functions and not macros anymore
* "clean" target added to Makefile
* hy2py supports a bunch of commandline options to show AST, source etc.
* Sub-object mangling: every identifier is split along the dots & mangled
separately
[ Bug Fixes ]
Bug Fixes
------------------------------
* Empty MacroExpansions work as expected
* Python 3.4 port. Sorry this wasn't in a 3.4 release time, we forgot to do
a release. Whoops.
@ -359,7 +393,8 @@ Changes from 0.9.12
* Fixed unicode encoding issue in REPL during unicode exceptions
* Fixed handling of comments at end of input (#382)
[ Contrib changes ]
Contrib changes
------------------------------
* Curry module added to contrib
* Loop/recur module added which provides TCO at tail position
* defmulti has been added - check out more in the docs -- thanks to Foxboron for this one!
@ -367,6 +402,7 @@ Changes from 0.9.12
Changes from Hy 0.9.11
==============================
tl;dr:
@ -393,7 +429,8 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.11
0.9.12's NEWS. Thanks, y'all! (PT)
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Translate foo? -> is_foo, for better Python interop. (PT)
* Reader Macros!
* Operators + and * now can work without arguments
@ -407,7 +444,8 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.11
* Added type coercing to the right integer for the platform
[ Misc. Fixes ]
Misc. Fixes
------------------------------
* Added information about core team members
* Documentation fixed and extended
* Add astor to install_requires to fix hy --spy failing on hy 0.9.11.
@ -423,31 +461,36 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.11
* Badges for pypi version and downloads.
[ Syntax Fixes ]
Syntax Fixes
------------------------------
* get allows multiple arguments
[ Bug Fixes ]
Bug Fixes
------------------------------
* OSX: Fixes for readline Repl problem which caused HyREPL not allowing 'b'
* Fix REPL completions on OSX
* Make HyObject.replace more resilient to prevent compiler breakage.
[ Contrib changes ]
Contrib changes
------------------------------
* Anaphoric macros added to contrib
* Modified eg/twisted to follow the newer hy syntax
* Added (experimental) profile module
Changes from Hy 0.9.10
==============================
* Many thanks to Guillermo Vayá (Willyfrog) for preparing this release's
release notes. Major shout-out. (PT)
[ Misc. Fixes ]
Misc. Fixes
------------------------------
* Many many many documentation fixes
* Change virtualenv name to be `hy'
* Change virtualenv name to be `hy`
* Rewrite language.hy not to require hy.core.macros
* Rewrite the bootstrap macros in hy
* Cleanup the hy.macros module
@ -468,7 +511,8 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.10
* Finally fixed access to hy.core.macros here. have to explicitly require
them.
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Slightly cleaner version of drop-while, could use yield-from when ready
* Added many native core functions
@ -489,25 +533,30 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.10
* Make assoc accept multiple values, also added an even/odd check for
checkargs
* Added ability to parse doc strings set in defclass declarations,
* Provide bin scripts for both Windows and *nix
* Provide bin scripts for both Windows and \*nix
* Removes setf in favor of setv
Changes from Hy 0.9.9
==============================
[ Stupid Fixes ]
Stupid Fixes
------------------------------
* I forgot to include hy.core.language in the sdist. (PT)
Changes from Hy 0.9.8
==============================
[ Syntax Fixes ]
Syntax Fixes
------------------------------
* Macros are now module-specific, and must be required when used. (KH)
* Added a few more string escapes to the compiler (Thomas Ballinger)
* Keywords are pseudo-callable again, to get the value out of a dict. (PT)
* Empty expression is now the same as an empty vector. (Guillermo Vaya)
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* HyDicts (quoted dicts or internal HST repr) are now lists
that compiled down to dicts by the Compiler later on. (ND)
@ -519,7 +568,8 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.8
* Importing a broken module's behavior now matches Python's more
closely. (Morten Linderud)
[ Misc. Fixes ]
Misc. Fixes
------------------------------
* Ensure compiler errors are always "user friendly" (JD)
* Hy REPL quitter repr adjusted to match Hy syntax (Morten Linderud)
@ -527,8 +577,10 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.8
Changes from Hy 0.9.7
==============================
[ Syntax Fixes ]
Syntax Fixes
------------------------------
* Quasi-quoting now exists long with quoting. Macros will also not
expand things in quotes.
@ -536,7 +588,8 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.7
* Try / Except will now return properly again. (PT)
* Bare-names sprinkled around the AST won't show up anymore (ND)
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Added a new (require) form, to import macros for that module (PT)
* Native macros exist and work now! (ND)
@ -544,18 +597,21 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.7
* New (defclass) builtin for class definitions (JD)
* Add unquote-splicing (ND)
[ Errata ]
Errata
------------------------------
* Paul was an idiot and marked the j-related bug as a JD fix, it was
actually ND. My bad.
Changes from Hy 0.9.6
==============================
[ Syntax Fixes ]
Syntax Fixes
------------------------------
* UTF-8 encoded hy symbols are now hy_... rather than __hy_..., it's
* UTF-8 encoded hy symbols are now `hy_`... rather than `__hy_`..., it's
silly to prefex them as such. (PT)
* `j' is no longer always interpreted as a complex number; we use it much
* `j` is no longer always interpreted as a complex number; we use it much
more as a symbol. (ND)
* (decorate-with) has been moved to (with-decorate) (JD)
* New (unless) macro (JD)
@ -564,11 +620,12 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.6
* New (drop) macro (@eigenhombre)
* import-from and import-as finally removed. (GN)
* Allow bodyless functions (JD)
* Allow variable without value in `let' declaration (JD)
* Allow variable without value in `let` declaration (JD)
* new (global) builtin (@eal)
* new lambda-list syntax for function defs, for var-arity, kwargs. (JK)
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* *HUGE* rewrite of the compiler. Massive thanks go to olasd
and jd for making this happen. This solves just an insane number
@ -579,13 +636,15 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.6
Changes from Hy 0.9.5
==============================
[ Syntax Fixes ]
Syntax Fixes
------------------------------
* .pyc generation routines now work on Python 3. (Vladimir Gorbunov)
* Allow empty (do) forms (JD)
* The `else' form is now supported in `try' statements. (JD)
* Allow `(raise)', which, like Python, will re-raise
* The `else` form is now supported in `try` statements. (JD)
* Allow `(raise)`, which, like Python, will re-raise
the last Exception. (JD)
* Strings, bools, symbols are now valid top-level entries. (Konrad Hinsen)
* UTF-8 strings will no longer get punycode encoded. (ND)
@ -594,9 +653,9 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.5
* Add in the missing operators and AugAssign operators. (JD)
* (foreach) now supports the (else) form. (JD)
[ Language Changes ]
WARNING: WARNING: READ ME: READ ME:
-----------------------------------
=============== WARNING: WARNING: READ ME: READ ME: ===================
From here on out, we will only support "future division" as part of hy.
This is actually quite a pain for us, but it's going to be quite an
amazing feature.
@ -604,7 +663,9 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.5
This also normalizes behavior from Py 2 --> Py 3.
Thank you so much, Konrad Hinsen.
=======================================================================
Language Changes
------------------------------
* (pass) has been removed from the language; it's a wart that comes from
a need to create valid Python syntax without breaking the whitespace
@ -619,25 +680,28 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.5
* Keywords (such as :foo) are now valid and loved. (GN)
Changes from Hy 0.9.4
==============================
[ Syntax Fixes ]
Syntax Fixes
------------------------------
* `try' now accepts `else': (JD)
(try BODY
(except [] BODY)
(else BODY))
* `try` now accepts `else`: (JD)
`(try BODY (except [] BODY) (else BODY))`
Changes from Hy 0.9.4
==============================
[ Syntax Fixes ]
Syntax Fixes
------------------------------
* Statements in the `fn' path early will not return anymore. (PT)
* Statements in the `fn` path early will not return anymore. (PT)
* Added "not" as the inline "not" operator. It's advised to still
use "not-in" or "is-not" rather than nesting. (JD)
* `let' macro added (PT)
* `let` macro added (PT)
* Added "~" as the "invert" operator. (JD)
* `catch' now accepts a new format: (JD)
* `catch` now accepts a new format: (JD)
(catch [] BODY)
(catch [Exception] BODY)
(catch [e Exception] BODY)
@ -646,9 +710,10 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.4
(with [name context-managed-fn] BODY)
(with [context-managed-fn] BODY)
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Added `and' and `or' (GN)
* Added `and` and `or` (GN)
* Added the tail threading macro (->>) (PT)
* UTF encoded symbols are allowed, but mangled. All Hy source is now
presumed to be UTF-8. (JD + PT)
@ -656,87 +721,102 @@ Changes from Hy 0.9.4
* If hoisting (for things like printing the return of an if statement)
have been added. '(print (if true true true))' (PT)
[ Documentation ]
Documentation
------------------------------
* Initial documentation added to the source tree. (PT)
Changes from Hy 0.9.3
==============================
[ Syntax Fixes ]
Syntax Fixes
------------------------------
* Nested (do) expressions no longer break Hy (PT)
* `progn' is now a valid alias for `do' (PT)
* `defun' is now a valid alias for `defn' (PT)
* `progn` is now a valid alias for `do` (PT)
* `defun` is now a valid alias for `defn` (PT)
* Added two new escapes for \ and " (PT)
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Show a traceback when a compile-error bubbles up in the Hy REPL (PT)
* `setf' / `setv' added, the behavior of `def` may change in the future.
* `print' no longer breaks in Python 3.x (PT)
* Added `list-comp' list comprehensions. (PT)
* `setf` / `setv` added, the behavior of `def` may change in the future.
* `print` no longer breaks in Python 3.x (PT)
* Added `list-comp` list comprehensions. (PT)
* Function hoisting (for things like inline invocation of functions,
e.g. '((fn [] (print "hi!")))' has been added. (PT)
* `while' form added. (ND)
* `while` form added. (ND)
(while [CONDITIONAL] BODY)
[ Documentation ]
Documentation
------------------------------
* Initial docs added. (WKG + CW)
Changes from Hy 0.9.2
==============================
[ General Enhancements ]
General Enhancements
------------------------------
* hy.__main__ added, `python -m hy' will now allow a hy shim into existing
* hy.__main__ added, `python -m hy` will now allow a hy shim into existing
Python scripts. (PT)
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* `import-as' added to allow for importing modules. (Amrut Joshi)
* `slice' added to slice up arrays. (PT)
* `with-as' added to allow for context managed bits. (PT)
* `%' added to do Modulo. (PT)
* `import-as` added to allow for importing modules. (Amrut Joshi)
* `slice` added to slice up arrays. (PT)
* `with-as` added to allow for context managed bits. (PT)
* `%` added to do Modulo. (PT)
* Tuples added with the '(, foo bar)' syntax. (PT)
* `car' / `first' added. (PT)
* `cdr' / `rest' added. (PT)
* `car` / `first` added. (PT)
* `cdr` / `rest` added. (PT)
* hy --> .pyc compiler added. (PT)
* Completer added for the REPL Readline autocompletion. (PT)
* Merge the `meth' macros into hy.contrib. (PT)
* Merge the `meth` macros into hy.contrib. (PT)
* Changed __repr__ to match Hy source conventions. (PT)
* 2.6 support restored. (PT)
Changes from Hy 0.9.1
==============================
[ General Enhancements ]
General Enhancements
------------------------------
* Hy REPL added. (PT)
* Doc templates added. (PT)
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Add `pass' (PT)
* Add `yield' (PT)
* Moved `for' to a macro, and move `foreach' to old `for'. (PT)
* Add the threading macro (`->'). (PT)
* Add `pass` (PT)
* Add `yield` (PT)
* Moved `for` to a macro, and move `foreach` to old `for`. (PT)
* Add the threading macro (`->`). (PT)
* Add "earmufs" in. (tenach)
* Add comments in (PT)
Changes from Hy 0.9.0
==============================
[ Language Changes ]
Language Changes
------------------------------
* Add `throw' (PT)
* Add `try' (PT)
* add `catch' (PT)
* Add `throw` (PT)
* Add `try` (PT)
* add `catch` (PT)
Changes from Hy 0.8.2
==============================
[ Notes ]
Notes
------------------------------
* Complete rewrite of old-hy. (PT)