v0.9.0

Blink 0.9.0

This release contains new features and some bugfixes.

Added

• Added support for comments.
• Added support for nested scopes.
• Added support for struct generics.
• Added auto bracket to studio plugin.

Changes

• Ranges and arrays will now use the smallest number type needed to represent them.

Fixes

• Fixed declarations not being deep cloned correctly.
• Fixed studio plugin error widget text being invisible.
• Fixed studio auto indent not indenting closing braces properly.

v0.8.2

Changes

• Length for variable size primitives (buffer, string) and arrays will now use the optimal number type

Fixes

• Fix studio companion plugin crashing
• Fix text within error widget not being visible

v0.8.1

Bug Fixes

• Now attempts to recover using .txt or .blink extension
• No longer tries to create file at nil directory when input doesn't start with relative path

v0.8.0

What's new?

• New parser
• Added Casing option
• Added benchmarks
• CLI now uses source file cwd to generate files
• CLI now prompts user to create output directory if it doesn't exist
• Syntax changes, refer to documentation for new syntax
• Added vector and CFrame components support using angled brackets <>
• Generation now in-lines references in order to improve allocation merging
• Generation now allocates entire array for cases where it's possible to do so

What's changed?

• Removed Unreliable queue
• Events/functions now accept lowercase fields
• Events/functions no longer enforce field order
• Non primitive types can now reference other same-type types (enum, map)

Bug fixes

• Fixed shadowing with nested arrays
• Fixed error module outputting ROBLOX RichText errors when using the CLI

v0.7.0

What's new?

Core

• Added "unknown" primitive
• Added "TypesOutput" option, specifying a destination will output a file which contains only type definitions
• Generation now attempts to merge all Allocate and Read calls into one

Studio Plugin

• Selections are now visible
• Added auto indent for events, functions and structs

What's changed?

Bug fixes

• Fixed studio plugin creating a new output folder instead of reusing an existing one
• Fixed studio plugin generating local script and script instances instead of module scripts

v0.6.3

What's new?

What's changed?

• Improved tests to now check for player being recieved

Bug fixes

• Fixed events received on the server not passing the Player back to the event callback

v0.6.2

What's new?

• Studio plugin
• New error library

What's changed?

Bug fixes

• Fixed maps accepting references to maps as keys and values

v0.6.1

What's new?

What's changed?

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with map generation in structs
• Fixed an issue with referencing in scope types in maps

v0.6.0

What's new?

• New float16 type
• Rewrote the generator

What's changed?

• Slight reduction in allocations

Bug fixes

v0.5.0

What's new?

• New unit tests ensuring further stability
• Added support for single depth maps
• Added support for tuples in event/function data field

What's changed?

• Changed buffer reallocation factor 2 --> 1.5

Bug fixes