CHANGELOG-0.2.x

0.2.12 (2018-12-31)

Features:

HDF5 high-level functions:

  • h5dump: Dump the content of hdf5 file as text.

  • h5ls: List the content of an hdf5.

  • h5writeatt: Writes HDF5 attribute.

  • h5readatt: Read HDF5 attribute.

  • h5write: Writes HDF5 data set.

  • h5readatt: Read HDF5 data set.

  • h5create: Creates a data set.

Bug Fixes:

  • #170: Travis CI Macos X (mojave) build failed.

  • #168: integer display was not interruptable.

Compilation:

  • BOOST 1.68 on Windows

  • Eigen 3.3.7

0.2.11 (2018-11-24)

Features:

  • Nelson in the cloud:

    • easy way to deploy (npm package and docker)

    • add 'sioemit' builtin. Send data from Nelson to client.

    • add 'siogetvariable' function. Send variable value to cliend.

    • add nelson_sio_client executable used by Nelson in the cloud framework.

  • addition, substration, mtimes, times, power with integers reworked.

  • integer cast optimized.

  • modernize/optimize C++ with LLVM tools.

0.2.10 (2018-10-20)

Features:

  • string array type added:

    • strings, string builtin: string array constructor.

    • isstring: Return true if variable var is a string array.

    • parser updated to manage string array:

      A = ["Nelson" "manages"; "string" "array"]

    • isequal, isequaln, isequalto extended to manage string array.

    • transpose, ctranspose extended to manage string array.

    • horzcat, vertcat extended to manage string array.

    • cell extended to manage string array.

    • double extended to manage string array.

    • tolower, toupper extended to manage string array.

    • strtrim extended to manage string array.

    • strlength extended to manage string array.

    • count extended to manage string array.

    • contains extended to manage string array.

    • startsWith, endsWith extended to manage string array.

    • replace, strrep extended to manage string array.

    • str2double extended to manage string array.

    • fprintf, sprintf extended to manage string array.

    • strfind extended to manage string array.

    • strcmp, strcmpi, strncmp, strncmpi extended to manage string array.

    • fileread, filewrite extended to manage string array.

    • operators ==, ~=, <, >, >=, <= extended to manage string array.

    • operator plus extended to manage string array.

    • loadbin, savebin extended to manage string array.

    • MPI interface extended to manage string array.

  • deblank builtin: removes trailing whitespace from a cell of strings, a string array or a character vectors.

  • ismissing builtin: search missing values.

  • cellstr function: converts to cell array of character vectors.

  • operators ==, ~=, <, >, >=, <= reworked (Compatiblity Array Sizes increased).

  • ==, ~=, isequal: speed optimization.

  • internal API C++ methods renamed:

    • "stringConstructor" --> "characterArrayConstructor".

    • "isString" --> "isCharacterArray"

    • "isSingleString" --> "isRowVectorCharacterArray"

  • #164: operators ==, ~=, <, >, >=, <= code factorized.

  • #159: addpath must return an warning and not an error for an non existing path.

  • #157: fix warnings detected by LGTM.com.

  • #156: Moves dbstack in 'debugger' module.

0.2.9 (2018-09-23)

Features:

  • Overload and speed optimization:

    • all operators use by default predefined functions. Nelson will search if operators are missing for a specific type.

    • add overloadbasictypes function to change default behavior.

    • gamma function speed x4 (overloading)

  • power element-wise operator reworked (overloading and mixed types).

  • colon operator reworked (overloading and mixed types).

  • ndarray subclass no more exists. class merged with basic type (speed optimization).

  • isequalto builtin added (returns true if all arguments x1, x2, ... , xn are equal i.e same type, same dimensions, same values or NaNs).

  • tanm, sinm builtin added.

  • strtrim builtin: removes leading and trailing whitespace from a cell of strings or a string.

  • cell & struct managed for complex transpose & transpose.

  • for, index column or matrix: behavior changed.

    Warning: It is a breaking feature.

    // Please replace:
A = [1:4]';
for i = A, x = i + 1, end
// by:
A = [1:4]';
for i = A(:)', x = i + 1, end

Bug Fixes:

  • #133: Replaced uncommon term "trinary" by "ternary".

  • #119: Execution of simple expression "1+2+3" was rather slow.

  • #115:code about single & double operators was factorized

  • #114: Move gamma function in a dedicated module "special_functions".

Compilation:

  • Enable LGTM.com analysis for C/C++ code.

0.2.8 (2018-08-26)

Features:

  • error manager reworked.

    • internal C++ function did no more require reference to evaluator.

    • error and warning internally managed as exceptions.

  • 'dbstack' builtin get current instruction calling tree.

  • #16: lastwarn builtin (Last recorded warning message).

  • #15: warning builtin was extended (state and identifier added).

Bug Fixes:

  • #152: insertion did not return expected result for empty matrix.

  • #138: colon operator did not return expected for non scalar element.

Compilation:

  • Qt 5.11.1 on Windows

0.2.7 (2018-07-29)

Features:

  • sqrt builtin (Square root)

  • log builtin (Natural logarithm)

  • angle function (Phase angle)

  • atan2 builtin (four-quadrant inverse tangent)

  • exp builtin (exponential)

  • #142: clear('functionName') clears all persistent variables of functionName function.

  • addition, substraction reworked (Compatiblity Array Sizes increased, code factorized).

  • &, |, &&, || operators reworked (Compatiblity Array Sizes increased).

  • havecompiler uses a persistent variable to speedup result.

Bug Fixes:

  • #145: int32(NaN) did not return 0.

  • #131: for, parfor, switch, try keywords were not documented.

0.2.6 (2018-06-26)

Features:

  • Nelson provides a cross-platform command-line tool written in Nelson for compiling native addon modules for Nelson. It takes away the pain of dealing with the various differences in build platforms:

    • helper's functions to build C/C++ code easily on Windows, Linux, MacOS X:

      • dlgeneratemake: generates a makefile for building a dynamic library.

      • dlgeneratecleaner: generates cleaner.nls file for C++ gateway.

      • dlgenerateloader: generates loader.m file for C++ gateway.

      • dlgenerateunloader: generates unloader.m file for C++ gateway.

      • dlgenerategateway: generates C++ gateway.

      • findcmake: find CMake path.

      • cmake function: call CMake tool.

      • dlmake: call make or nmake tool.

    • detect and configure C/C++ compilers on Windows, Linux, MacOS:

      • On Windows:

        • VS 2017 Professional, Entreprise, Community supported.

        • MinGW-W64 for 32 and 64 bit supported.

        • By default, Nelson does not try to detect a C/C++ compiler on Windows. Do not forget to run 'configuremsvc' or 'configuremingw' once.

      • On Linux:

        • GNU C/C++ Compilers, Clang.

      • MacOS X:

        • Xcode or GNU compiler available via Homebrew .

    • havecompiler function: returns if a compiler is configured.

    • configuremingw function: select and configure Mingw-w64 compilers.

    • configuremsvc function: select and configure Microsoft compilers.

    • loadcompilerconf function: load compiler configuration

    • removecompilerconf function: remove compiler configuration

    • vswhere function: detects easily modern Microsoft compilers.

  • module skeleton updated to build an example with C++ function (cpp_sum).

  • sprintf, fprintf functions: format data into a string or a file.

  • add "<--C/C++ COMPILER REQUIRED-->" tag managed by test engine.

  • add "<--INDEX 64 BIT REQUIRED-->" tag managed by test engine.

  • norm function: matrix and vectors norms.

  • #128: code indented with clang-format (webkit coding style)

Bug Fixes:

  • #139: fix(1e10) returned a wrong value.

  • #136: Corrected predecence of Colon ":" operator.

  • #134: Evaluation of Non-Scalar If-Condition Expression was not managed.

  • #116: fix display size of big sparse matrix.

Compilation:

  • libffi 3.2.1 dll on Windows 32 & 64 bit

0.2.5 (2018-05-23)

Features:

  • logm: matrix logarithm.

  • sqrtm: square root of a square matrix.

  • eval function: evaluates string for execution in Nelson.

  • evalin function: evaluates string for execution in Nelson in a specified scope.

  • evalc function: Evaluate Nelson code with console capture.

  • winqueryreg function read the Windows registry (Windows only).

  • factorial function.

  • gamma function.

  • plus, minus, le, ne, ge, gt, lt, eq, colon operators added for all integer types.

  • le, ne, ge, gt, lt, eq for mixed single & double types.

  • add generic overload mechanism for all integers: integer keyword.

  • vertcat and horzcat: mixed concatenations logical with integers, single and double added.

  • #110: add isproperty & ismethod to all handle types.

  • add "isHandleProperty", "isHandleMethod", "getHandleCategory" C++ API Methods.

  • #108: cast function: converts variable to a different data type.

  • MPI Module loaded if MPI dependency is available.

Bug Fixes:

  • #125: cosm function was slow.

  • #123: addpath stopped to work after repeatedly call to the same path.

  • #121: home key did not work in GUI terminal on prompt.

  • #118: add information in DEVELOPMENT.md about how to buid Boost on old Ubuntu versions.

  • #109: add missing horzcat, vertcat for all handle types.

Compilation:

  • BOOST 1.67 on Windows

  • MSMPI 9.0.1 on Windows

  • Update Visual Studio 15.7.1

0.2.4 (2018-04-30)

Features:

  • Foreign Function Interface: call C/Fortran functions that are compiled into shared libraries.

    • dlopen: loads an dynamic library.

    • dlclose: removes/unload dllib object.

    • dlsym: loads a C/Fortran symbol for an dynamic library.

    • dlcall: C or Fortran Foreign function call.

    • dllibinfo: returns list of available symbols in an shared library.

    • dllibisloaded: checks if shared library is loaded.

    • libpointer: creates an C pointer object usuable in Nelson.

    • getdynlibext : returns the extension of dynamic libraries.

  • #101: allows cell_vertcat_generic & cell_horzcat_generic.

Bug Fixes:

#106: update slicot url references.

#104: mpiexec did not work on some linux.

0.2.3 (2018-03-22)

Features:

  • 'strlength': length of strings in an cell of strings.

  • 'strrep' and 'replace' builtin : replace substring in a string.

  • export AUDIODEV=null disables audio module (used for Travis CI)

  • 'xmldoctomd' : Converts xml Nelson help files to markdown format.

  • 'buildhelpmd' : Build help of Nelson's modules for GitBook.

    see Nelson's GitBook.

0.2.2 (2018-02-25)

Features:

  • 'count' : computes the number of occurrences of an pattern.

  • 'startsWith' : checks if string starts with pattern.

  • 'endsWith' : checks if string ends with pattern.

  • 'contains' : checks if string contains a pattern.

  • audiometadata can modify metadata tags.

  • Qt 5.10 used on Windows binaries

Bug Fixes:

#98: jsonencode was slow with a big file (> 60 Mo).

#97: fileread was slow with a big file (> 60 Mo).

#93: playblocking updated to manage range.

#92: play updated to manage range.

#90: factorize handle objects methods.

0.2.1 (2018-01-30)

Features:

  • pause: pause script execution.

  • keyboard: stop script execution and enter in debug mode.

  • Audio module:

    • beep: do a beep sound.

    • audiodevinfo: Information about audio device.

    • audioplayer: creates an audio player object.

    • play: plays audio object.

    • playblocking: plays audio object and block execution until finish.

    • pause: pauses audio object.

    • stop: stops audio object.

    • resume: resumes audio object.

    • isplaying: returns if audio object is playing.

    • audioread: read an audio file.

    • audioread: write an audio file.

    • audioinfo: get information about audio file.

    • audiometadata: get metadata information about audio file.

  • JSON module:

    • jsonencode: encodes a Nelson object into a JSON string.

    • jsondecode: decodes a JSON string into a Nelson object.

    • jsonprettyprint: JSON pretty printer.

  • #89: extends fileread behavior.

  • 'filewrite' builtin allows to easily write to file a string array or a cell of strings.

  • 'newline' function: returns newline character i.e char(10).

  • ndarraychar_disp was missing.

  • NIG slicot uses json files.

Bug Fixes:

Regenerates help files index if database is empty or wrong (>= Qt 5.9)

#87: struct did not support sparse matrix.

Compilation:

  • Update VS 2017 solution to VS 2017 15.5.4

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