This release contains bug fixes plus a number of additional features. A
summary is below. See git for the full changelog.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release.
Bugs fixed in version 0.81
- info complete - return 0 if the script is missing an end quote
- sqlite3 - return integers as 64 bit values, not 32 bit
Features and improvements added in version 0.81
- New redis client extension
- expr - TIP 582 - support comments in expressions
- Many commands now accept “safe” integer expressions rather than simple
integers: loop, range, incr, string repeat, lrepeat, pack, unpack, rand
- string and list indexes now accept “safe” integer expressions
- loop can now omit the start value
- New xtrace command for execution trace support
- Add history keep
- Add support for lsearch -index and lsearch -stride, the latter per TIP 351
- lsort -index now supports multiple indices
- Add support for lsort -stride
- open now supports POSIX-style access arguments
- sdl extension now supports SDL2, and basic text support is added as well
as polling support
- ABI version checking is now available to allow dynamic modules to verify
they are loaded into a compatible interpreter
Possible incompatibilities in version 0.81
- If the --compat configure option is not set, expr now only allows a single
argument (per TIP 526)
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