Hy 0.9.12 released
Good morning all my hungover friends. New Hy release - sounds like the perfect thing to do while you're waiting for your headaches to go away. Here's a short-list of the changes (from NEWS) - enjoy!
Changes from Hy 0.9.11 tl;dr: 0.9.12 comes with some massive changes, We finally took the time to implement gensym, as well as a few other bits that help macro writing. Check the changelog for what exactly was added. The biggest feature, Reader Macros, landed later in the cycle, but were big enough to warrent a release on it's own. A huge thanks goes to Foxboron for implementing them and a massive hug goes out to olasd for providing ongoing reviews during the development. Welcome to the new Hy contributors, Henrique Carvalho Alves, Kevin Zita and Kenan Bölükbaşı. Thanks for your work so far, folks! Hope y'all enjoy the finest that 2013 has to offer, - Hy Society * Special thanks goes to Willyfrog, Foxboron and theanalyst for writing 0.9.12's NEWS. Thanks, y'all! (PT) [ Language Changes ] * Translate foo? -> is_foo, for better Python interop. (PT) * Reader Macros! * Operators + and * now can work without arguments * Define kwapply as a macro * Added apply as a function * Instant symbol generation with gensym * Allow macros to return None * Add a method for casting into byte string or unicode depending on python version * flatten function added to language * Add a method for casting into byte string or unicode depending on python version * Added type coercing to the right integer for the platform [ Misc. Fixes ] * Added information about core team members * Documentation fixed and extended * Add astor to install_requires to fix hy --spy failing on hy 0.9.11. * Convert stdout and stderr to UTF-8 properly in the run_cmd helper. * Update requirements.txt and setup.py to use rply upstream. * tryhy link added in documentation and README * Command line options documented * Adding support for coverage tests at coveralls.io * Added info about tox, so people can use it prior to a PR * Added the start of hacking rules * Halting Problem removed from example as it was nonfree * Fixed PyPI is now behind a CDN. The --use-mirrors option is deprecated. * Badges for pypi version and downloads. [ Syntax Fixes ] * get allows multiple arguments [ Bug Fixes ] * OSX: Fixes for readline Repl problem which caused HyREPL not allowing 'b' * Fix REPL completions on OSX * Make HyObject.replace more resilient to prevent compiler breakage. [ Contrib changes ] * Anaphoric macros added to contrib * Modified eg/twisted to follow the newer hy syntax * Added (experimental) profile module
