Preview 3 – Build 570

The third preview release of the compiler.

Changes and new features

CLI

• Suport for compiler extensions along with new command dc package
• New command dc scratchpad to run code directly from the console
• New command dc run to automatically compile and run projects
• Support for project groups, along with new command dc deploy
• New command dc clean to clear build artifacts and temporary files
• Added -o flag to dc help command to show a list of project configuration options, along with new single-letter shorthands
• Error message redesign

Project and build system

• Support for AOT (ahead-of-time) compilation

Language features

• Pass by reference
• Generic types
• Template types, abstract members
• Function pointers (lambda expressions)