v1.18.5

What's Changed

• Release/bumpversion by @boriel in #1019
• build(deps): bump urllib3 from 2.5.0 to 2.6.0 in /docs by @dependabot[bot] in #1020
• build(deps-dev): bump filelock from 3.18.0 to 3.20.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1024
• build(deps): bump pymdown-extensions from 10.12 to 10.16.1 in /docs by @dependabot[bot] in #1023
• Fix/lbound by @boriel in #1028
• Fix/usr not called by @boriel in #1029
• refact: use a ICInstruction dummy interface by @boriel in #1030
• build(deps): bump urllib3 from 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 in /docs by @dependabot[bot] in #1031
• Feature/include arch prefix by @boriel in #1032
• Update README.md by @warpdesign in #1033
• build(deps-dev): bump virtualenv from 20.31.2 to 20.36.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1034
• Fix/typo in mul32 asm by @boriel in #1037
• build(deps-dev): bump filelock from 3.20.1 to 3.20.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #1035
• Refact/use include arch for zxnext arch by @boriel in #1036
• Bump version: 1.18.4 → 1.18.5 by @boriel in #1038

New Contributors

• @warpdesign made their first contribution in #1033

Full Changelog: v1.18.4...v1.18.5

v1.18.4

What's Changed

• refact: update links to forum to use forum.boriel.com by @boriel in #1007
• Fix/byref str array assignment by @boriel in #1008
• Updated tests and winscroll.bas by @ConradoBadenas in #1010
• Updated tests and scroll.bas by @ConradoBadenas in #1011
• docs: fix issue forms Code of Conduct links by @boriel in #1013
• fix: allow ../ in #include paths by @boriel in #1014
• Small update by @MrKOSMOS in #1016
• Fix documentation by @rtorralba in #1017
• Docs by @boriel in #1018

New Contributors

• @ConradoBadenas made their first contribution in #1010
• @rtorralba made their first contribution in #1017

Full Changelog: v1.18.3...v1.18.4

v1.18.3

What's Changed

• Refact/runtime lib by @boriel in #997
• Small Docs update by @MrKOSMOS in #996
• Docs by @boriel in #998
• Fixes @array label emission by @boriel in #1000
• feat: add getPaintData and getChars functions by @boriel in #999
• fix: implement ByRef with an Array Element by @boriel in #1001
• Review and change al files to AGPLv3 by @boriel in #1004
• Release/bumpversion by @boriel in #1005

New Contributors

• @MrKOSMOS made their first contribution in #996

Full Changelog: v1.18.2...v1.18.3

v1.18.2

• ! Allows installation with pip install in python 3.11 environments
• Add hmirror.bas library

v1.18.1

• ! Fixes crash when converting from ULong to Long and vice versa

v1.18.0

v1.18.0

• ! Fixes bug with local arrays and arrays pased byRef
• All booleans are now normalized smartly!
• Labels must be declared now at the beginning of the line.
• ! Fixes several bugs and improved stability
• Added a tool for compiler developers that unifies (hardlink) identical libs.
• Severe internal refact and more to come.

v1.17.3

• Add ROUND function
• ! Fix constant folding with Floats to prevent loss of precision
• ! Fix LN Function which was broken
• ! Fix String comparison which failed upon certain conditions
• VAL "" is now evaluated too.
• ! Asm: allow extra new lines at the end of ASM files
• Add IM2 Library by @Duefectu
• Updated links in doc to https
• ! FastPlotXOR lib now uses local labels
• ! Added typing to String library by Rogerio Biondi (@rogeriobiondi)
• Internal refacts and code rearrangements
• Add support to output .z80 and .sna files
• Intermediate Code files now have .ir extension (previously was .ic)
• !Fix bugs in optimizer
• Change prologue initialization in ZXNext to set IY value
• Add NextLibLite.bas library (@em00k's NextLib stripped down version)
• Add ON GOTO / ON GOSUB examples and fix typo in pong.bas example
• Fix some other errors and improve stability

v1.17.2

• ! Fixes bugs related to using CONST strings
• ! Fixed a bug with local Arrays of Floats
• ! Fix PEEK (ULong, ...)
• Other minor errors fixes and improvements
• NextTool is now directly executable

v1.17.1

• ! Fixed a bug when saving config files for the 1st time
• ! Fixed a bug with MUL in ZX Next
• Code refacts and optimizations
• Little updates to NextCreator tool
• Allow declaring CONST strings
• Fixes WindowPaint listing in the Wiki

v1.17.0

• ! Fixed some bugs and improved stability
• ! Fixed and improved the peep hole optimizer
• Compiling speed increased
• Fixes bug with SAVE and USR
• Internal code refacts
• All routines using the screen (PLOT, DRAW, PRINT, SCROLL...)
  now use the screen back buffer! So you can draw in other address of RAM.
• Requires Python 3.10+
• Allow setting the HEAP address with --heap-address=0xNNNN
• Fixes bugs with zxbpp (preprocessor) and zxbasm (assembler)
• Updated documentation and README.md (thx to @chronomantic)
• Add PutChars() library function
• Add ClearBox() library function
• Add PutTile() library function