Dear all, chuck-1.5.1.0 (chai) has been released: https://chuck.stanford.edu/release/ WebChuck & IDE have also been updated to 1.5.1.0: https://chuck.stanford.edu/webchuck/ https://chuck.stanford.edu/ide/ what's new? (full release notes) https://chuck.stanford.edu/release/VERSIONS =============== Some highlights =============== This release (1.5.1.0) updates a long-standing policy regarding `return`statements in function declarations (see below); added @array.sort(); added new command-line option (--pid-file), useful for process monitoring in long-running installations; general bug fixes and stability improvements. --- NEW: the chuck compiler now rejects non-void function definitions in which not all control paths return a value, and will print a compiler error in the form of: "error: not all control paths in 'fun int f()' return a value" RATIONALE: while *** this may break some existing code (apologies!) *** that assumed the previous return semantics (or forgot to return a value or accidentally declared a function as returning something when it should return `void`), we believe this change will be more beneficial in the long term and will lead to clearer, more intentional code. --- FYI much has been added recently between 1.5.0.0 and 1.5.1.0: * new for-each loop syntax for iterating through arrays (1.5.0.8) * enhanced and more accurate compiler error reporting; now highlights code and pinpointing error location in code (1.5.0.5) * detection and reporting for out-of-order dependencies (1.5.0.8) ...the cause of much mysterious behavior and crashing previously * color terminal support for CLI chuck (1.5.0.5) * expanded class library support in IO, random number generation, Machine.eval(), chugins management, and array * new features in CLI chuck, miniAudicle, WebChucK & IDE * (developer) streamlined c++ integration for those wishing to incorporate ChucK core into other c++ hosts (1.5.0.7) https://github.com/ccrma/chuck/tree/main/src/host-examples Our work is never done. Here's to supporting research, teaching, and art-making. Keep on ChucKin' ChucK Team ===================================== Join us on Discord! https://chuck.stanford.edu/community/ ===================================== ~~~ Ge Wang Associate Professor Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) Department of Music (also Computer Science, by Courtesy) Stanford University https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~ge/ ~ Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime! -- what we make, makes us -- https://artful.design/ ~~~