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• improved memory allocation for arrays [0..0], 'ABSOLUTE $0000' is enforced initially, 1 byte of memory is saved
• added possibility to declare arrays without specifying their size, e.g.:

var tab: array of byte = [1,3,4,3,1]; var tb: array of char = 'abcdefghij';

• new compiler directive {$bin2csv filename} allows you to initialize arrays e.g.:

var tb: array of byte = [ {$bin2csv filename} ];

• new compiler directive {$optimization loopunroll}, {$optimization noloopunroll}, performs FOR loop unrolling with fixed parameters
• new BLOWFISH module allowing to encrypt, decrypt character strings according to specified key
• new example a8\AES-Rijndeal

• resignation of type expansion for expressions from SHR

• new SAPR resource type, SAPRPLAY

• for RMTPLAY, as the second parameter you can specify the address for variables on the zero page

• SizeOfResource(variable, name)

• unit SAPLZSS

• unit SHANTI

• unit SHA1

• unit xSFX

• unit SYSTEM: NtoBE, RorByte, RorWord, RorDWord, RolByte, RolWord, RolDWord, SarShortint, SarSmallint, SarLongint

• possibility to instantiate an array of CHAR type by STRING (if string is shorter spaces will be inserted), e.g:

  tab: array [0..15] of char = '0123456789ABCDEF';

• fixed passing function values through arrays

• added support for VBLKI interrupts (immediate) via SetIntVec, GetIntVec (https://mads.atari8.info/doc/pl/przerwania/)

• rewritten compiler code for mod separable modules

• rewritten code for handling arrays with pointers to records 'tab: array [0..x] of record^'

• added optimization 'Common head/tail Sequence coalescing'

• improved implementation of EXIT
• added ability to generate code for RAW (-target)
• added support for INLINE modifier for procedures and functions
• added ability to declare a variable on the null page by using REGISTER modifier
• added support for TEXTFILE (TEXT) type
• new unit INIFILES
• unit SYSUTILS: CompareMem, TryStrToInt
• unit SYSTEM: CompareByte, Pos, Delete
• improved passing of parameters to objects (OBJECT) without participation of program stack :STACKORIGIN (in most cases)
• added possibility to mark a variable as ephemeral [volatile] [volatile] vcount: byte absolute $d40b;
• for OBJECT added methods CONSTRUCTOR, DESTRUCTOR
• added support for macros {$define label (parameters) := expression}
• added 'FOR element IN array' construction for arrays not exceeding 256 bytes
• more free memory on the zero page, FXPTR, PSPTR pointers are now allocated depending on whether they are used
• added support for FLOAT16 type
• added support for procedural type
• unit ZX2

• rewritten handling of CASE OF
• rewritten code optimization for arrays not exceeding 256 bytes
• optimization for conditions '>', '<='
• added memory allocation for STRING-type arrays (so far only the pointer was put away, it worked like 'array of ^string')
• new platform added, Commodore C4 Plus
• unit GRAPHICS: procedure Font(charset: pointer);
• unit STRINGUTILS
• unit MISC, RMT, CMC, MPT: DetectAntic
• unit SYSTEM revised to include ATARI, C64, C4Plus platforms
• unit ZX0
• unit HCM2
• added support of $resource (RCDATA, RCASM) for C64, C4Plus platforms, resources are sorted by ascending addresses
• extended RCDATA resource with possibility to specify ofset for read file
• added support for Pascal compliant syntax for ASM block, no { } brackets required
• added new directive {$codealign proc = value}, {$codealign loop = value} allowing to align generated code

• multiplying procedures u8x8, u16x16 replaced by code from CC65
• adding the POKEY reset code at the beginning of the program launch
• optimization of conditional IF expressions () and () and ... IF () or () or ...
• CMP_SHORTINT, CMP_SMALLINT optimization
• GRAPH, FASTGRAPH: SetActiveBuffer, SetDisplayBuffer, NewDisplayBuffer, SwitchDisplayBuffer, example demoeffects\lines2.pas, line3.pas, line4.pas
• GRAPH: Ellipse procedure (X, Y, StAngle, EndAngle, xRadius,yRadius: Word);
• MATH: Hypot
• SYSTEM: Length(string_array[element])
• SYSTEM: GetMem, FreeMem
• SYSTEM: IntToStr(CARDINAL), Str(CARDINAL, STRING)
• SYSUTILS: ByteToStr(BYTE): STRING
• SYSUTILS: corrected FindFirst, StrToFloat
• SYSTEM: corrected Val(string, real, code) ; Val(string, single, code)
• new CIO unit: Opn, Cls, Get, Put, BGet, BPut, XIO
• new SIODISK unit, separated from the SYSTEM
• new S2 unit, integrated with handler installer VBXE-S2: (S_VBXE.SYS)
• new DEFLATE unit, which performs DEFLATE decompression (procedure unDEF), example compression\undef.pas
• new LZ4 unit, implementing LZ4 decompression (procedure unLZ4), example compression\unlz4.pas, unlz4_stream.pas
• new APLIB unit, which performs apLib decompression (procedure unApl), example compression\unapl.pas, unapl_stream.pas
• new CRC unit: function crc32(crc: cardinal; buf: Pbyte; len: word)
• a new PASCAL procedure/function modifier, causing a new memory block to be assigned/released for variables each time a procedure/function is called, example 'math\evaluate.pas'.
• added ability to disable ROM while maintaining system operation, {$DEFINE ROMOFF}
• shorter names of the switch -zpage (-z), -stack (-s), -data (-d), -code (-c), -define (-d), -ipath (-i)
• added possibility to generate code for C64 (-t c64)