[DotGNU]Portable.NET 0.1.6 released

[Rhys Weatherley]

Portable.NET 0.1.6 has been released:

Web Page: http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html
Download: http://www.southern-storm.com.au/download/pnet-0.1.6.tar.gz
Docs:     http://www.southern-storm.com.au/docs/pnettools_toc.html

The main changes in this release are in the C# compiler.  It now works
on simple examples involving basic expressions, local variables, and
statements.  The file "samples/fib.cs" gives an example of the type of
code that can now be compiled.  Method calls are not yet implemented,
so it isn't quite at "Hello World" yet, but it is getting close.

Other changes were to ilasm, resgen, and a new program called csdoc,
which extracts XML documentation from C# programs.  The full list of
changes are appended.

The documentation for the tools is also nearing completion.  You can
peruse it online at the URL above.  I would welcome any feedback from
people willing to proof-read the documentation.

Cheers,

Rhys.

0.1.6 (11 September 2001)

* Convert operator declarations into method nodes.
* Convert indexer declarations into property nodes.
* Convert constructors and destructors into method nodes.
* Rearrange the C# grammar to allow better reuse of node types.
* Semantic analysis for identifier nodes.
* Add "System.TypedReference" to the set of builtin compiler types.
* New scope item kinds for methods, fields, local variables, etc.
* Handle primitive types in the C# grammar in a better way.
* Semantic analysis for types, fields, methods, and properties.
* Make sure that library types are properly imported in the code
generator.
* Move unsafe warnings and errors out of the grammar and into
  semantic analysis.
* Type gathering for fields, methods, and properties.
* Code generation for fields, methods, and properties.
* Never allow unsafe constructs when the output is JVM bytecode.
* Convert "void" into a first-class type to simplify the grammar.
  Places where "void" is disallowed is now caught in semantic analysis.
* Unsafe statement blocks.
* Semantic analysis and code generation for "ToBool", including
  user-defined boolean conversions.
* Add node information to all scope items to assist error reporting.
* Keep track of the current class and method during semantic analysis.
* Semantic analysis and code generation for local variables.
* Wrap method bodies in a "NewScope" node to provide correct scoping.
* Semantic analysis for return statements.
* Semantic analysis and code generation fixes for C# operators.
* Semantic analysis and code generation fixes for C# constants.
* Semantic analysis and code generation for object/static field access.
* Track source line numbers for the -g compiler option.
* Better error reporting in the C# compiler.
* Semantic analysis and code generation for "typeof" and "sizeof".
* Improvements to the cast and coercion logic.
* Reimplement the numeric promotion rules for the builtin binary and
  unary operators.
* Added "auto_gen.sh" to assist people who are building from CVS.
* Bug fixes in "support/decimal.c".
* Change the implementation of array types so that multi-dimensional
  arrays are handled correctly.
* Use the keyword ".library" in the assembler to refer to the C#
  standard library assembly (usually "mscorlib").
* Convert the JVM output routines in the compiler to output JL assembly
  code instead of binary bytecode.
* Modify the assembler to support the JL syntax.
* Compilation of classes, fields, and methods to JL assembly code.
* Modify the compiler's default overflow checking state to off.
* More documentation of the assembler syntax.
* Started implementation of "csdoc", which converts C# source code
  into an XML document representing the program documentation.
* Modifications to "resgen" to support the Beta2 binary resource
  format, and the XML-based resource format.