Visual Prolog 8 New Features - Revision history

Thomas Linder Puls: Build 802

2018-05-14T11:05:27Z

Build 802

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	=== Language ===		=== Language ===

	* [~~http~~://discuss.visual-prolog.com/viewtopic.php?t=15676 Problem with scopeLinker ]		* [https://discuss.visual-prolog.com/viewtopic.php?t=15676 Problem with scopeLinker]
	* [~~http~~://discuss.visual-prolog.com/viewtopic.php?t=15678 Problem with incompatible types]		* [https://discuss.visual-prolog.com/viewtopic.php?t=15678 Problem with incompatible types]
	* Internal error in normalization		* Internal error in normalization
	* Compilation order bug		* Compilation order bug
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	* Automatic Code formatting enhanced		* Automatic Code formatting enhanced

			== Build 802 ==

			Build 802 mainly contains bug fixes as listed below.

			=== Language ===

			* [https://discuss.visual-prolog.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15712 DateControl in 64 bit application]
			* [https://discuss.visual-prolog.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15737 Problem with generic domain]
			* [https://discuss.visual-prolog.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15739 List unification problem]
			* [https://discuss.visual-prolog.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15794 Memory corruption in finalizer]

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Thomas Linder Puls: moved New Features in Visual Prolog 8 to Visual Prolog 8 New Features

2018-05-14T10:58:45Z

moved New Features in Visual Prolog 8 to Visual Prolog 8 New Features

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Thomas Linder Puls: Category

2018-05-14T10:49:07Z

Thomas Linder Puls: build 801

2017-11-15T12:47:57Z

build 801

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 [[Presenters]] is a new feature in Visual Prolog that is used for creating "nice" presentation of data.  It can be used when writing data, but more importantly it is used by the debugger to provide a much more programmer friendly presentation of complex data structures.
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 * Demo project for the logging tool
 * webService demo project that partly replaces the webRPC demo; it has a better structure and contains webSocket demonstration, but does not exist as an isApi version, since webSockets are not supported for isApi.
 == See also ==

Thomas Linder Puls: Personal Edition

2017-08-07T14:02:38Z

Personal Edition

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	=== PFC ===		=== PFC ===

			Notice that some PFC changes only apply to the Commercial Edition, because the relevant part of the software is not present in the Personal Edition.

	* Several data structures (notably set and map structures) have presenters attached		* Several data structures (notably set and map structures) have presenters attached

Thomas Linder Puls: otherwise

2017-08-07T13:58:38Z

otherwise

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	* Late initialization of {{Lang2\|Facts\|Fact Variable Declarations\|fact variables}} and new attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|immediate\|<vp>[immediate]</vp>}} for enforcing immediate fact variable initialization.
	* A new [[Presenters]] facility for improved debugging experience and runtime presentation of data.		* A new [[Presenters]] facility for improved debugging experience and runtime presentation of data.
	* A new [[Functor Domain Versioning]] facility with attributes {{Lang2\|Attributes\|default\|<vp>[default]</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Attributes\|retiredFunctor \|<vp>[retiredFunctor]</vp>}}.		* A new [[Functor Domain Versioning]] facility with attributes {{Lang2\|Attributes\|default\|<vp>[default]</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Attributes\|retiredFunctor \|<vp>[retiredFunctor]</vp>}}.
			* Late initialization of {{Lang2\|Facts\|Fact Variable Declarations\|fact variables}} and new attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|immediate\|<vp>[immediate]</vp>}} for enforcing immediate fact variable initialization.
			* A new {{Lang2\|Terms\|otherwise\|<vp>otherwise</vp>}} operator.
	* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|classInitializer\|<vp>[classInitializer]</vp>}} for initializing classes.		* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|classInitializer\|<vp>[classInitializer]</vp>}} for initializing classes.
	* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|compiletimeSetting\|<vp>[compiletimeSetting]</vp>}} specifuing that a constant is used as a compile time setting.		* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|compiletimeSetting\|<vp>[compiletimeSetting]</vp>}} specifuing that a constant is used as a compile time setting.

Thomas Linder Puls: late facts & immediate

2017-08-07T13:54:07Z

late facts & immediate

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	[[Presenters]] is a new feature in Visual Prolog that is used for creating "nice" presentation of data. It can be used when writing data, but more importantly it is used by the debugger to provide a much more programmer friendly presentation of complex data structures.		[[Presenters]] is a new feature in Visual Prolog that is used for creating "nice" presentation of data. It can be used when writing data, but more importantly it is used by the debugger to provide a much more programmer friendly presentation of complex data structures.
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	=== Language ===		=== Language ===

			* Late initialization of {{Lang2\|Facts\|Fact Variable Declarations\|fact variables}} and new attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|immediate\|<vp>[immediate]</vp>}} for enforcing immediate fact variable initialization.
	* A new [[Presenters]] facility for improved debugging experience and runtime presentation of data.		* A new [[Presenters]] facility for improved debugging experience and runtime presentation of data.
	* A new [[Functor Domain Versioning]] facility with attributes {{Lang2\|Attributes\|default\|<vp>[default]</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Attributes\|retiredFunctor \|<vp>[retiredFunctor]</vp>}}.		* A new [[Functor Domain Versioning]] facility with attributes {{Lang2\|Attributes\|default\|<vp>[default]</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Attributes\|retiredFunctor \|<vp>[retiredFunctor]</vp>}}.
			* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|classInitializer\|<vp>[classInitializer]</vp>}} for initializing classes.
			* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|compiletimeSetting\|<vp>[compiletimeSetting]</vp>}} specifuing that a constant is used as a compile time setting.
	* New built-in predicate {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|fact_address\|<vp>fact_address/1</vp>}}.		* New built-in predicate {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|fact_address\|<vp>fact_address/1</vp>}}.
	* New built-in reflection predicates {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|typeLibraryOf\|<vp>typeLibraryOf/1</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|typeDescriptorOf\|<vp>typeDescriptorOf/1</vp>}}.		* New built-in reflection predicates {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|typeLibraryOf\|<vp>typeLibraryOf/1</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|typeDescriptorOf\|<vp>typeDescriptorOf/1</vp>}}.

Thomas Linder Puls: initial

2017-08-07T12:33:50Z

initial

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			[[Presenters]] is a new feature in Visual Prolog that is used for creating "nice" presentation of data. It can be used when writing data, but more importantly it is used by the debugger to provide a much more programmer friendly presentation of complex data structures.


			== Build 800 ==

			=== Language ===

			* A new [[Presenters]] facility for improved debugging experience and runtime presentation of data.
			* A new [[Functor Domain Versioning]] facility with attributes {{Lang2\|Attributes\|default\|<vp>[default]</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Attributes\|retiredFunctor \|<vp>[retiredFunctor]</vp>}}.
			* New built-in predicate {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|fact_address\|<vp>fact_address/1</vp>}}.
			* New built-in reflection predicates {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|typeLibraryOf\|<vp>typeLibraryOf/1</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Built-in entities\|typeDescriptorOf\|<vp>typeDescriptorOf/1</vp>}}.
			* The type system now allows structural subtyping.

			=== PFC ===

			* Several data structures (notably set and map structures) have presenters attached
			* Asynchronous programming support with <vp>future</vp> and <vp>promise</vp> classes (pfc\asynchronous\future)
			* Asynchronous socket support (pfc\asynchronous\asyncSocket & pfc\asynchronous\asyncSocketListener)
			* The low level <vp>ioCompletionPort</vp> has been superceded by the the higher level <vp>threadpool</vp>
			* http server fuctionality has been moved from the <vp>ioCompletionPort</vp> to the <vp>threadpool</vp>
			* http server have extended with asynchronous <vp>webSocket</vp> support
			* Library support for logging with several different loggers and an XML based configuration system
			* Support for accessing and manipulating Windows Active Directory (pfc\windowsApi\activeDS_api)
			* Windows compression API support
			* Binding to Microsoft Message Queue (pfc\windowsApi\msmq_api)
			* Support for hashing data (pfc\hash)
			* Segmented memory has been added to avoid huge memory alloctions (pfc\memory\segmented)
			* String and binary streams has been updated to use segmented memory internally to avoid huge memory allocations
			* New multi thread synchronization support (pfc\multithread\atomic & pfc\multithread\compareAndSwap)
			* Non-blocking (compare and swap) synchronized sets and maps (<vp>setM_redBlack_cas</vp> & <vp>mapM_redBlack_cas</vp>).
			* Blocking synchronized sets and maps (<vp>setM_redBlack_block</vp> & <vp>mapM_redBlack_block</vp>)

			=== VIP ===

			Vip is a directory (Commercial Edition only) that provides access to certain internal tools and structures

			* Most of the [[LALR Parser Generator]] is moved to the <vp>vip</vp> directory, so the vipLalrGen demo project in itself contains very little code.


			=== IDE ===

			The IDE supports automatic formatting of source code. The feature can be applied manually on the active editor using '''Edit -> Format File Ctrl+Alt+T''', but it can also be switched on as a project setting on '''Project -> Settings... Alt+F7 -> Build Options'''.

			When creating a new project the option is initially switched on for that project.

			=== Debugger ===

			* Presenters are used to provide programmer friendly view of program data.

			=== Others ===

			* The [[LALR Parser Generator]] is updated to automatically generate a lexer from the grammar specification.
			* PIE: Support for integer64
			* vipPP demo for pretty printing Visual Prolog source code (used for formatting in the IDE)
			* Demo project for the logging tool
			* webService demo project that partly replaces the webRPC demo; it has a better structure and contains webSocket demonstration, but does not exist as an isApi version, since webSockets are not supported for isApi.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Thomas Linder Puls: initial stub

2017-06-29T07:48:03Z

initial stub

New page

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== See also ==

* [[Visual Prolog 8 Upgrade Notes]]

[[Category:Release Notes]]

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	=== Language ===		=== Language ===

	* Late initialization of {{Lang2\|Facts\|Fact Variable Declarations\|fact variables}} and new attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|immediate\|<vp>[immediate]</vp>}} for enforcing immediate fact variable initialization.
	* A new [[Presenters]] facility for improved debugging experience and runtime presentation of data.		* A new [[Presenters]] facility for improved debugging experience and runtime presentation of data.
	* A new [[Functor Domain Versioning]] facility with attributes {{Lang2\|Attributes\|default\|<vp>[default]</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Attributes\|retiredFunctor \|<vp>[retiredFunctor]</vp>}}.		* A new [[Functor Domain Versioning]] facility with attributes {{Lang2\|Attributes\|default\|<vp>[default]</vp>}} and {{Lang2\|Attributes\|retiredFunctor \|<vp>[retiredFunctor]</vp>}}.
			* Late initialization of {{Lang2\|Facts\|Fact Variable Declarations\|fact variables}} and new attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|immediate\|<vp>[immediate]</vp>}} for enforcing immediate fact variable initialization.
			* A new {{Lang2\|Terms\|otherwise\|<vp>otherwise</vp>}} operator.
	* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|classInitializer\|<vp>[classInitializer]</vp>}} for initializing classes.		* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|classInitializer\|<vp>[classInitializer]</vp>}} for initializing classes.
	* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|compiletimeSetting\|<vp>[compiletimeSetting]</vp>}} specifuing that a constant is used as a compile time setting.		* New attribute {{Lang2\|Attributes\|compiletimeSetting\|<vp>[compiletimeSetting]</vp>}} specifuing that a constant is used as a compile time setting.

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	* [[Visual Prolog 8 Upgrade Notes]]		* [[Visual Prolog 8 Upgrade Notes]]

	[[Category:Release Notes]]		[[Category:Release Notes\|8 New Features]]