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Changes for version 9.020

  • Parser:
  • "->@*" support
  • new namespaces for modules that require backend-specific implementations: lib/Perlito5X/Java/ and lib/Perlito5X/Javascript/ and configuration modules: lib/Perlito5/Java/Lib.pm and lib/Perlito5/Javascript/Lib.pm
  • Java:
  • '&subr', '&subr()', '\&subr' idioms
  • '*name = \&subr' idiom
  • sprintf(), printf(), fc()
  • increment/decrement operations on native types
  • support for primitive data types, work in progress: "byte", "short"

Documentation

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Modules

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