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Changes to the Mercury language: * Support for constrained polymorphic modes. * Addition of state variable syntax. * Improved support for higher-order functions. * Predicate and function equivalence type and mode declarations. * Support for defining predicates or functions using different clauses for different modes. * Support for Haskell-like "@" expressions. * Generalized foreign language interface. Changes to the Mercury compiler: * A new `--make' option, for simpler building of programs. * A new `--smart-recompilation' option, for fine-grained dependency tracking. * A new optional warning: `--warn-non-tail-recursion'. * A new optimization: `--constraint-propagation'. * A new optimization: `--loop-invariants'. * Support for arbitrary mappings from module name to source file name. Portability improvements: * Mac OS X is now supported "out-of-the-box". * On Windows we now support generating non-Cygwin executables. * Better conformance to ANSI/ISO C. Changes to the compiler back-ends: * The native code Linux/x86 back-end is now "release quality". * The .NET CLR back-end is much improved. Major improvements to the Mercury debugger, including: * Support for source-linked debugging using vim (rather than emacs). * Command-line completion. * Ability to display values of higher-order terms. * Declarative debugging. * Support for transparent retries across I/O. A new profiler, which we call the Mercury deep profiler or mdprof: * Supports both time and memory profiling. * Gathers information about individual call sites as well as procedures. * Eliminates the assumption that all calls to a procedure have equal cost. * Allows users to explore the gathered data interactively with a web browser. Numerous minor improvements to the Mercury standard library. A new testing tool in the extras distribution. |
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