Earlier this year

• Apr 11, 2009

  r327 (demos/download-latest-jdk.talc: download and extract the cor...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   demos/download-latest-jdk.talc: download and extract the corresponding OpenJDK source zip file.

  demos/download-latest-jdk.talc: download and extract the corresponding OpenJDK source zip file.
• Jan 02, 2009

  r326 (tests/printf.talc: tests/run_tests: tests/string-format.ta...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   tests/printf.talc: tests/run_tests: tests/string-format.talc: rename.

  tests/printf.talc: tests/run_tests: tests/string-format.talc: rename.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r325 (src/org/jessies/talc/ListValue.java: update copyright date. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/ListValue.java: update copyright date.

  src/org/jessies/talc/ListValue.java: update copyright date.
• Jan 01, 2009

  TalcManPage Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Jan 01, 2009

  r323 (src/org/jessies/talc/ListValue.java: src/org/jessies/talc/T...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/ListValue.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: add "list<T>.repeat". demos/binomial-triangle.talc: demos/sieve.talc: update demos. man/1/talc.1: update documentation. TODO: job done, without using a static method.

  src/org/jessies/talc/ListValue.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: add "list<T>.repeat". demos/binomial-triangle.talc: demos/sieve.talc: update demos. man/1/talc.1: update documentation. TODO: job done, without using a static method.
• Jan 01, 2009

  TalcManPage Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Jan 01, 2009

  r321 (man/1/talc.1: update man page. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   man/1/talc.1: update man page.

  man/1/talc.1: update man page.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r320 (TODO: more notes. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   TODO: more notes.

  TODO: more notes.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r319 (src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: explain a name wh...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: explain a name while I can still remember why I chose it.

  src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: explain a name while I can still remember why I chose it.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r318 (demos/binomial-triangle.talc: this example can be made clear...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   demos/binomial-triangle.talc: this example can be made clearer using "string.format".

  demos/binomial-triangle.talc: this example can be made clearer using "string.format".
• Jan 01, 2009

  r317 (src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: src/org/jessies/...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: add "string.repeat". demos/binomial-triangle.talc: update a test. TODO: job done.

  src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: add "string.repeat". demos/binomial-triangle.talc: update a test. TODO: job done.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r316 (TODO: job done. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   TODO: job done.

  TODO: job done.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r315 (TODO: update. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   TODO: update.

  TODO: update.
• Jan 01, 2009

  AboutTalc (About Talc.) Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Jan 01, 2009

  DownloadingTalc (How to download Talc.) Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Jan 01, 2009

  TalcManPage Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Jan 01, 2009

  r311 (man/1/talc.1: src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: src/org/j...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   man/1/talc.1: src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: src/org/jessies/talc/Functions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: src/org/jessies/talc/MatchValue.java: src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/Talc.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: it's that time of year again.

  man/1/talc.1: src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: src/org/jessies/talc/Functions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: src/org/jessies/talc/MatchValue.java: src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/Talc.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: it's that time of year again.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r310 (man/1/talc.1: this shouldn't produce any visible change to t...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   man/1/talc.1: this shouldn't produce any visible change to the man page, but it will work around some code.google.com lossage in the generated wiki page.

  man/1/talc.1: this shouldn't produce any visible change to the man page, but it will work around some code.google.com lossage in the generated wiki page.
• Jan 01, 2009

  TalcManPage Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Jan 01, 2009

  TalcManPage Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Jan 01, 2009

  r307 (src/org/jessies/talc/Functions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/S...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/Functions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: remove the global "printf". src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: add "format" to class "string". src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: support non-void varargs methods. src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: generate code for varargs methods on proxy types, and move the return-type "checkcast" code to where it's shared by varargs methods, now we have a non- void varargs method (albeit one with non-generic return type). demos/256-colors.talc: demos/whetstone.talc: update demos. man/1/talc.1: update documentation. tests/printf.talc: update a test. TODO: job done.

  src/org/jessies/talc/Functions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: remove the global "printf". src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: add "format" to class "string". src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: support non-void varargs methods. src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: generate code for varargs methods on proxy types, and move the return-type "checkcast" code to where it's shared by varargs methods, now we have a non- void varargs method (albeit one with non-generic return type). demos/256-colors.talc: demos/whetstone.talc: update demos. man/1/talc.1: update documentation. tests/printf.talc: update a test. TODO: job done.
• Jan 01, 2009

  TalcManPage Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Jan 01, 2009

  r305 (src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: make the output prettier by...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: make the output prettier by justifying on the method names. I'm not sure the mix of putting return types first like C and putting variable types last like Ada is such a great idea. man/1/talc.1: update the man page for readability.

  src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: make the output prettier by justifying on the method names. I'm not sure the mix of putting return types first like C and putting variable types last like Ada is such a great idea. man/1/talc.1: update the man page for readability.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r304 (src/org/jessies/talc/MatchValue.java: extract and keep hold ...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/MatchValue.java: extract and keep hold of a MatchResult in case the original (mutable) MatchResult we were handed later gets modified by the original owner... src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: ...which is exactly what this implementation of match_all does. src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: add the "list<match> match_all(pattern: string)" method to class string. man/1/talc.1: update the documentation.

  src/org/jessies/talc/MatchValue.java: extract and keep hold of a MatchResult in case the original (mutable) MatchResult we were handed later gets modified by the original owner... src/org/jessies/talc/StringFunctions.java: ...which is exactly what this implementation of match_all does. src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: add the "list<match> match_all(pattern: string)" method to class string. man/1/talc.1: update the documentation.
• Jan 01, 2009

  r303 (src/org/jessies/talc/Functions.java: don't interpret the pri...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/Functions.java: don't interpret the printf format string twice! tests/printf.talc: tests/run_tests: add a test.

  src/org/jessies/talc/Functions.java: don't interpret the printf format string twice! tests/printf.talc: tests/run_tests: add a test.

Older

• Dec 21, 2008

  r302 (demos/random-password.talc: I've been using this for months,...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   demos/random-password.talc: I've been using this for months, not realizing it wasn't checked in.

  demos/random-password.talc: I've been using this for months, not realizing it wasn't checked in.
• Dec 21, 2008

  r301 (CREDITS.txt: start keeping track of this early on, rather th...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   CREDITS.txt: start keeping track of this early on, rather than leaving it too late like I usually do.

  CREDITS.txt: start keeping track of this early on, rather than leaving it too late like I usually do.
• Nov 29, 2008

  r300 (src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: ensure that a variable in...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: ensure that a variable initialized with "null", if its type needs to be inferred, is inferred as "object". src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: treat the empty list and empty map as synonyms for list and map, since we implement generics using erasure, and anything that gets this far should have been type-checked and known to be correct. src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: fix the superclasses of the empty list and empty map to correspond to the superclasses of list and map. We'll have to be careful here when we start recording implemented interfaces, to make sure that these special types are kept in sync. tests/compiler-trip.talc: test cases for the known bugs these fixes address. TODO: job done.

  src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: ensure that a variable initialized with "null", if its type needs to be inferred, is inferred as "object". src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: treat the empty list and empty map as synonyms for list and map, since we implement generics using erasure, and anything that gets this far should have been type-checked and known to be correct. src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: fix the superclasses of the empty list and empty map to correspond to the superclasses of list and map. We'll have to be careful here when we start recording implemented interfaces, to make sure that these special types are kept in sync. tests/compiler-trip.talc: test cases for the known bugs these fixes address. TODO: job done.
• Nov 29, 2008

  r299 (tests/should-not-compile/insert-in-empty-map.talc: tests/sh...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   tests/should-not-compile/insert-in-empty-map.talc: tests/should-not-compile/push_back-on-empty-list.talc: add a couple of compile-failure tests... TODO: ...for code I mistakenly claimed should compile. I've no idea what I was originally thinking. I must have been sleep-deprived at the time!

  tests/should-not-compile/insert-in-empty-map.talc: tests/should-not-compile/push_back-on-empty-list.talc: add a couple of compile-failure tests... TODO: ...for code I mistakenly claimed should compile. I've no idea what I was originally thinking. I must have been sleep-deprived at the time!
• Nov 29, 2008

  r298 (TODO: another job, someday. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   TODO: another job, someday.

  TODO: another job, someday.
• Nov 29, 2008

  r297 (src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: implement a slightly...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: implement a slightly better factorial that I happened across.

  src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: implement a slightly better factorial that I happened across.
• Nov 29, 2008

  r296 (src/org/jessies/talc/AstSimplifier.java: stop evaluating fac...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/AstSimplifier.java: stop evaluating factorials at compile time... tests/compiler-trip.talc: ...and add a booby trap should we regress.

  src/org/jessies/talc/AstSimplifier.java: stop evaluating factorials at compile time... tests/compiler-trip.talc: ...and add a booby trap should we regress.
• Nov 28, 2008

  r295 (tests/compiler-trip.talc: test a bignum factorial and test u...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   tests/compiler-trip.talc: test a bignum factorial and test unary minus a bit more.

  tests/compiler-trip.talc: test a bignum factorial and test unary minus a bit more.
• Nov 28, 2008

  r294 (tests/run_tests: report how long it took to run the tests. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   tests/run_tests: report how long it took to run the tests.

  tests/run_tests: report how long it took to run the tests.
• Nov 27, 2008

  r293 (tests/compiler-trip.talc: add a useful missing test. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   tests/compiler-trip.talc: add a useful missing test.

  tests/compiler-trip.talc: add a useful missing test.
• Nov 27, 2008

  r292 (src/org/jessies/talc/Talc.java: make sure all exceptions get...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/Talc.java: make sure all exceptions get reported uniformly, and at a high enough level that we can guarantee we'll exit with failure if an exception leaks out of the user's compiled code. (Failed Talc "assert"s weren't causing the tests to fail because we were exiting with success.) tests/run_tests: when a test fails, we want to see its output.

  src/org/jessies/talc/Talc.java: make sure all exceptions get reported uniformly, and at a high enough level that we can guarantee we'll exit with failure if an exception leaks out of the user's compiled code. (Failed Talc "assert"s weren't causing the tests to fail because we were exiting with success.) tests/run_tests: when a test fails, we want to see its output.
• Nov 24, 2008

  r291 (TODO: updates. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   TODO: updates.

  TODO: updates.
• Nov 23, 2008

  r290 (src/org/jessies/talc/SymbolTable.java: make sure that the Va...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/SymbolTable.java: make sure that the VariableDefinitions created for formal parameters have source locations. src/org/jessies/talc/AstTypeChecker.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: tighten up type-checking of "void". tests/should-not-compile/assign-list-of-object-to-list-of-string.talc: tests/should-not-compile/call-void-function-in-non-void-context.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-int-from-void-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-null-from-bool-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-null-from-int-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-null-from-real-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-null-from-void-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/void-formal-parameter.talc: tests/should-not-compile/void-variable.talc: add a bunch of new tests. tests/compiler-trip.talc: cleaning up various FIXMEs here.

  src/org/jessies/talc/SymbolTable.java: make sure that the VariableDefinitions created for formal parameters have source locations. src/org/jessies/talc/AstTypeChecker.java: src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: tighten up type-checking of "void". tests/should-not-compile/assign-list-of-object-to-list-of-string.talc: tests/should-not-compile/call-void-function-in-non-void-context.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-int-from-void-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-null-from-bool-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-null-from-int-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-null-from-real-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/return-null-from-void-function.talc: tests/should-not-compile/void-formal-parameter.talc: tests/should-not-compile/void-variable.talc: add a bunch of new tests. tests/compiler-trip.talc: cleaning up various FIXMEs here.
• Nov 23, 2008

  r289 (tests/run_tests: make the output more colorful, factor out s...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   tests/run_tests: make the output more colorful, factor out some of the repetition, collect stderr as well as stdout when running talc, and add support for compilation-failure tests. tests/should-not-compile/assign-null-to-bool-variable.talc: tests/should-not-compile/assign-null-to-int-variable.talc: tests/should-not-compile/assign-null-to-real-variable.talc: tests/should-not-compile/bool-variable-without-initializer.talc: tests/should-not-compile/int-variable-without-initializer.talc: tests/should-not-compile/null-bool.talc: tests/should-not-compile/null-int.talc: tests/should-not-compile/null-real.talc: tests/should-not-compile/real-variable-without-initializer.talc: add the first batch of simple compilation-failure tests. tests/compiler-trip.talc: and remove their FIXMEs from compiler-trip.talc, which only tests stuff we *can* compile.

  tests/run_tests: make the output more colorful, factor out some of the repetition, collect stderr as well as stdout when running talc, and add support for compilation-failure tests. tests/should-not-compile/assign-null-to-bool-variable.talc: tests/should-not-compile/assign-null-to-int-variable.talc: tests/should-not-compile/assign-null-to-real-variable.talc: tests/should-not-compile/bool-variable-without-initializer.talc: tests/should-not-compile/int-variable-without-initializer.talc: tests/should-not-compile/null-bool.talc: tests/should-not-compile/null-int.talc: tests/should-not-compile/null-real.talc: tests/should-not-compile/real-variable-without-initializer.talc: add the first batch of simple compilation-failure tests. tests/compiler-trip.talc: and remove their FIXMEs from compiler-trip.talc, which only tests stuff we *can* compile.
• Nov 23, 2008

  r288 (tests/should-not-compile: new directory. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   tests/should-not-compile: new directory.

  tests/should-not-compile: new directory.
• Nov 23, 2008

  r287 (tests/run_tests: run all tests in parallel. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   tests/run_tests: run all tests in parallel.

  tests/run_tests: run all tests in parallel.
• Nov 23, 2008

  r286 (src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: distinguish "bool", "int...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: distinguish "bool", "int", and "real" as non-nullable types: types to which "null" cannot be assigned. src/org/jessies/talc/Parser.java: change the parser to not synthesize an initializer for for and for-each loop variables... src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: ...and fix the code generator to not expect them. This avoids having to invent initializers for synthetic "bool", "int", or "real" variables, and avoids generating the associated useless code. tests/compiler-trip.talc: I don't have the framework for compile-failure tests, so just comment what needs doing. TODO: job done.

  src/org/jessies/talc/TalcType.java: distinguish "bool", "int", and "real" as non-nullable types: types to which "null" cannot be assigned. src/org/jessies/talc/Parser.java: change the parser to not synthesize an initializer for for and for-each loop variables... src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: ...and fix the code generator to not expect them. This avoids having to invent initializers for synthetic "bool", "int", or "real" variables, and avoids generating the associated useless code. tests/compiler-trip.talc: I don't have the framework for compile-failure tests, so just comment what needs doing. TODO: job done.
• Nov 22, 2008

  r285 (src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: implement toString for As...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: implement toString for AstNode.AssertStatement.

  src/org/jessies/talc/AstNode.java: implement toString for AstNode.AssertStatement.
• Nov 02, 2008

  TalcManPage Wiki page edited by e...@jessies.org
• Nov 02, 2008

  r283 (man/1/talc.1: update man page with new --dump-classes output...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   man/1/talc.1: update man page with new --dump-classes output.

  man/1/talc.1: update man page with new --dump-classes output.
• Nov 02, 2008

  r282 (src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: improve the class-dump outp...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: improve the class-dump output by dumping constructors first and adding meaningful blank lines. src/org/jessies/talc/Talc.java: put an extra blank line between classes.

  src/org/jessies/talc/Scope.java: improve the class-dump output by dumping constructors first and adding meaningful blank lines. src/org/jessies/talc/Talc.java: put an extra blank line between classes.
• Oct 14, 2008

  r281 (src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: fix % on bignums (wh...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: fix % on bignums (which has always been broken, and wasn't affected by the recent changes). tests/compiler-trip.talc: add tests for fixnum and bignum %.

  src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: fix % on bignums (which has always been broken, and wasn't affected by the recent changes). tests/compiler-trip.talc: add tests for fixnum and bignum %.
• Oct 13, 2008

  r280 (TODO: job done. ) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   TODO: job done.

  TODO: job done.
• Oct 13, 2008

  r279 (src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: a fancier representa...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: a fancier representation that avoids using BigInteger unless the integer is large enough to warrant one. This isn't much more complicated than the old implementation, but it's 5x faster. src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: avoid String to BigInteger conversions for integer constants small enough to be represented as primitive longs. tests/compiler-trip.talc: new tests. demos/simple.talc: Cliff Click's original test, which takes 32s in Java using non-boxed primitive longs on my machine, 66s in Talc with these changes, and about 6 minutes before them. The factor of two for boxing is about what we've seen with RealValue, so this is probably as fast as we're going to get without actually using primitives.

  src/org/jessies/talc/IntegerValue.java: a fancier representation that avoids using BigInteger unless the integer is large enough to warrant one. This isn't much more complicated than the old implementation, but it's 5x faster. src/org/jessies/talc/JvmCodeGenerator.java: avoid String to BigInteger conversions for integer constants small enough to be represented as primitive longs. tests/compiler-trip.talc: new tests. demos/simple.talc: Cliff Click's original test, which takes 32s in Java using non-boxed primitive longs on my machine, 66s in Talc with these changes, and about 6 minutes before them. The factor of two for boxing is about what we've seen with RealValue, so this is probably as fast as we're going to get without actually using primitives.
• Oct 05, 2008

  r278 (demos/man-to-wiki.talc: fix the man-to-wiki translation so t...) committed by e...@jessies.org   -   demos/man-to-wiki.talc: fix the man-to-wiki translation so that \-escaping looks right.

  demos/man-to-wiki.talc: fix the man-to-wiki translation so that \-escaping looks right.