Release: 0.21.0 - Multi-Arity Functions

    Released

    It introduces multi-arity functions, richer macro support, new commenting styles, and flexible destructuring and metadata features. The REPL is brighter and clearer, while .phar handling and symbol resolution see important fixes for smoother workflows.

    ✨ New features

    • Added inline comments with the #_ macro
    • Added ; as an alternative comment symbol #
    • Added multiline comments with #| and |#
    • Added metadata pre/post conditions for richer function contracts
    • Added macro auto-gensym syntax for hygienic macros
    • Introduced map destructuring with :keys and :as for more flexible bindings
    • Introduced multi-arity function support
    • REPL now shows the current Phel version
    • Allowed passing CLI flags/args to phel run scripts

    🐛 Bug fixes

    • Fixed autoload of Phel classes from .phar builds
    • Fixed .phar REPL not resolving namespaces from the working directory
    • Fixed vector and hashmap literals inside try blocks
    • Resolved REPL symbol resolution issue when loading from the current directory

    🔧 Enhancements

    • Updated default error log file location for consistency

    👥 Contributors

    @Chemaclass @jasalt @JesusValeraDev

    Full Changelog: v0.20.0...v0.21.0

    Downloads

    View release on GitHub

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