Anyolite version 1.1.0

[Hadeweka]

Version 1.1.0

NOTE: This version requires recompilation of mruby and the C files.

NOTE: This version will only work with mruby 3.2.0 and above.

Features

• Added direct bindings to Regex from Crystal (Regexp in Ruby)
• Added option to use a separate Ruby interpreter
• Added safeguard to catch non-fatal Crystal exceptions and raise them as Ruby errors
• Added option to transform procs into bytecode
• Added function to disable external program execution
• Added interpreter depth counter
• Updated to mruby 3.2.0
• Updated to MRI 3.0.5
• Added backtrace function for mruby
• Added option to fully protect Crystal values from the Ruby GC
• Added standalone wrappers for class properties

Usability

• Updated mruby config file to use libucrt instead of msvcrt
• Discarded old and problematic Regex mruby gem
• Made arguments for Anyolite.call_rb_method_of_object optional
• Added automatic conversion from Ruby class names to class objects in method callers
• Improved testing script
• Added check for RbValue and RbRef to some macro methods
• Added ability to pass Ruby blocks via Crystal to Ruby function calls
• Added some internal methods to mruby to handle fibers
• Added some exception checking methods
• Added methods to check reference table size
• Removed now optional Dir gem from default build config
• Removed need for use_general_object_format_chars flag for MRI
• Added global option to use keyword args for optional arguments only

Bugfixes

• Fixed error when running shards install on Windows
• Fixed compilation warning messages for Windows
• Fixed problems with Regexes due to PCRE conflicts
• Fixed problems with Anyolite on Crystal 1.5.1
• Unspecified arguments now always correctly throw warnings instead of confusing errors
• Fixed compiletime error when casting to Char
• Fixed errors when passing certain name arguments to Macros for calling Ruby functions
• Fixed Anyolite.call_rb_method_of_object argument args not being optional
• Fixed linker error due to typo in mruby bindings for block functions
• Fixed crash when casting Ruby numbers into objects in some cases
• Fixed script lines not printing exceptions
• Fixed memory leak when calling Ruby scripts and script lines
• Updated tests to account for reworked inspect method for enums
• Fixed errors when building Anyolite in a path with spaces
• Fixed problems on Linux when LD is set, but gcc should compile
• Fixed Crystal functions for accessing global variables in mruby
• Fixed Anyolite to allow enums with types different than Int32

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This discussion was created from the release Anyolite version 1.1.0.