Nightlies changelog

Changes available in nightlies, that will be included in next release of Haxe (5.0).

API removal

• all : move sys.db, php.Web and neko.Web to hx4compat lib (#11385)
• all : move haxe.remoting to hx4compat lib (#11387)
• all : move haxe.crypto to crypto lib (#TODO)
• macro : remove some API from haxe.macro.Compiler (#11540)

Other removal

• all : remove 32 bit windows builds (#11541)
• cs/java : remove C# and Java targets (#11551)

Breaking changes

See Breaking changes in Haxe 5.0.0 for some help with dealing with these.

• all : rework module resolution (#11168)
• all : don't infer string on concat (#11318)
• all : delay typer creation to after init macros (#11323)
• all : don't create a class field for every enum field (#11452)
• all : only set cf_expr_unoptimized if we think we need it (#11462)
• all : fix the way optional arguments are handled when using bind (#11533)
• macro : Build macro order vs inheritance (#11582)

Other changes

TODO apply usual formatting

General improvements:

• hxb (#11504)
• Rework module resolution (#11168)
• [typer] Delay typer creation to after init macros (#11323)
• Add "Custom" target (#11128)
• [server] add support for ipv6 addresses for --wait/--connect (#11310)
• Allow boolean operators in patterns (#11157)
• Functional interface support (#11019)
• added haxe.macro.Context.resolveContextType
• [macro] add TypeTools.toBaseType() (#11153)
• Add TypeTools.resolveTypeParameters (#11053)

Bugfixes:

• [js] remove weird class name omission (#11071)
• Dont check return expr in assignments (#11114)
• [lua] Emit class name even if not required (#11112)
• [neko] Optimise BytesBuffer length field (#11090)
• [exceptions] fix @:wrappedException type (#11140)
• [parser] fix ?? precedence (#11144)
• [eval] Fix field typo in haxe.zip.Compress (#11143)
• [filters] avoid overlap work if we reserve anyway (#11174)
• [nullSafety] only process fields that do not have CfPostProcessed flag (#11185)
• Syntax.code: remove double curly braces escaping (#11231)
• [display] Avoid display issues with missing fields (#11251)
• [typer] fix custom array access temp var handling (#11248)
• Account for sub-types in ComplexTypeTools.toComplex(). (#11273)
• [jvm] allow - in resource names (#11275)
• [js] Fix enums parameters generation to make it compatible with advanced JS minification tools (#11328)
• [jvm] refer to static instance methods correctly (#11023)
• [macro] build metadata with basic types from current context (#11336)
• [macro] fix TVar resolution (#11339)
• [typer] give better "Cannot extend by" error (#11352)
• [JVM] Function arguments with type parameters not generating correctly (#11362)
• Inline ctors improved handling of ignored exprs. (#11356)
• [parser] catch duplicate #else (#11208)
• [matcher] don't allow null-only switches if we need a value (#11366)
• [parser] check for Eof (#11368)
• [macro] respect imports on @:build (#11373)
• [typer] delay unknown ident errors in overloads (#11372)
• [typer] support safe nav for assign ops (#11379)
• [typer] don't allow @:structInit to call abstract constructors (#11342)
• [inliner] fix captured checks in constructor inliner (#11356)
• [analyzer] fix stack overflow on empty TBlock (#11393)
• [analyzer] disallow Void in compound block expressions (#11391)
• Jvm annotation rework (#11398)
• Run some filters in diagnostics (#11220)
• add support for --undefine foo to remove define (#11400)
• [typer] deal with for (i in throw) (#11403)
• Use available terminal columns instead of hardcoded 80 columns (#11404)
• Track actual path position for path.Path (#11405)
• [hl/c] fix reserved keywords (#11408)
• [macro] don't exception-wrap every API function (#11374)
• [display] diagnostics as json rpc (#11412)
• [hl] added hl.Api.unsafeCast, allow CArray unsafe set
• [js] Add externs for the Screen Wake Lock API (#11421)
• [js] Add externs for the Web Share API (#11423)
• [js] Update Object and Symbol externs (#11331)
• [typer] align null coalescing top down inference with normal if/else (#11425)
• [display] browse for EDisplay when calls fail (#11422)
• [typer] type operator lhs against expected type (#11428)
• [messageReporting] Add config to use absolute positions (#11439)
• [cpp] Enum Type Checking (#11444)
• [display] Insert EDisplay in the proper position when parsing a call expression. (#11441)
• [hl] make sure -dce full will not remove @:struct fields as they match native code
• [lua] Fix unnecessary _hx_do_first (#11453)
• Allow generating sourcemaps for Lua in the same format as JS (#11454)
• [hl] Fix do-while loop in genhl+hlopt (#11461)
• [filters] recurse into expressions of local statics (#11469)
• [macro] don't apply @:native names (#11481)
• [diagnostics] use correct position for alias imports (#11516)
• [typer] consume bypass_accessor only if it's actually relevant (#11488)
• Set --run args only when we're actually running (#11524)
• [typer] don't hide abstract type when resolving through @:forward (#11526)
• [jvm] Assign dynamic method only if it's null (#11530)
• [jvm] fix invokeDynamic arity
• [jvm] use HashMap for IntMap too
• [server] do not crash when client exits before end of compilation
• [typer] don't consider @:structInit + @:from when inferring (#11535)
• Skip abstract impl classes when applying addGlobalMetadata (#11546)
• Add server/resetCache (#11482)
• Always allow local function type parameters (#11520)
• check default type parameter constraints (#11556)
• String.indexOf (#7402)
• Make String.indexOf actually conform to some specification (#11569)
• all : build macOS universal binaries (#11572)
• [lua] Share metatables with other class instances (#11103)
• [jvm] remove redundant ordinal comparison on enums (#11591)
• [hl] hlopt rework try-catch control flow (#11581)

If you've missed it, changes from Haxe 4.3.4 and previous 4.3.x bugfix releases are also included.

We also made a lot of internal changes which usually should not have a visible impact, other than (hopefully!) increased stability of Haxe compilation server.