My bad. Let me try them (submodules) again. Must have been one of my between the chair and the keyboard phenomena.
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <sa...@ccs.neu.edu>wrote: > > On Aug 7, 2012 4:34 PM, "Ray Racine" <ray.rac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Nice release guys. > > > > DrRacket is buttery smooth and looks nicer than ever. Emacs withdrawal > symptoms almost gone when Racket coding. Though the left hand stills tends > to spontaneously break out into an organ Fugue every now and then. > > > > Need to play with racket/generic and #:methods combined with TR > structs:. Possibilities abound. > > > > TR support for submodules didn't make it this release? Hopefully soon. > > Typed Racket fully supports submodules in version 5.3. > > > > > Ray > > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Eli Barzilay <e...@barzilay.org> wrote: > >> > >> Racket version 5.3 is now available from > >> > >> http://racket-lang.org/ > >> > >> * Submodules are nested module declarations that can be loaded and > >> run independently from the enclosing module. For an overview of > >> submodules, see > >> > >> http://blog.racket-lang.org/2012/06/submodules.html > >> > >> * The futures visualizer is a graphical profiling tool for parallel > >> programs using futures. The tool shows a detailed execution > >> timeline depicting the migration of futures between threads, and > >> gives detailed information about each runtime synchronization that > >> occurred during program execution. In addition, `would-be-future' > >> is a special type of future that always executes sequentially and > >> records all potential barricades a regular future would encounter. > >> > >> * Optimization Coach (formerly Performance Report) reports > >> information about Racket's inlining optimizations. Optimization > >> Coach can be launched in any language through the View menu. > >> > >> * The new `images/flomap' library defines floating-point bitmaps and > >> fast image processing operations on them. It is written in Typed > >> Racket, so Typed Racket code may use it without the cost of > >> contract checks. > >> > >> * The new `json' library supports parsing and generating JSON. > >> (Originally based on Dave Herman's planet library.) > >> > >> * `racket/string' is extended with a set of simplified string > >> manipulation functions that are more convenient than using > >> regexps. `regexp-match*' and friends can now be used with new > >> keyword arguments to return specific matched regexp group/s and > >> gaps between matches. > >> > >> * The new `racket/generic' library allows generic function > >> definitions, which dispatch to methods added to a structure type > >> via the new `#:methods' keyword. > >> > >> * The `class' form supports declaring a method abstract. An > >> abstract method prevents a class from being instantiated unless it > >> is overridden. > >> > >> * The contract library comes with support for interfaces, generics, > >> prompts, continuation-marks, and structs. > >> > >> * Most error messages use a new multi-line format that is more > >> consistent with contract errors and accommodates more information. > >> > >> * Typed Racket supports function definitions with keyword arguments; > >> the startup time of Typed Racket programs has been sharply > >> reduced. > >> > >> * The new `ffi/com' library replaces MysterX; a compatibility > >> `mysterx' library remains, but without ActiveX support. The new > >> `ffi/unsafe/com' library offers a more primitive and direct way to > >> use COM classes and methods. > >> > >> * There is now a very complete completion code for zsh. It is not > >> included in the distribution though; get it at http://goo.gl/DU8JK > >> (This script and the bash completions will be included in the > >> standard installers in future versions.) > >> > >> --- DEPRECATION ---------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Effective this release: > >> > >> - The `tex2page' and `combinator-parser' libraries have been moved > >> from the Racket distribution to PLaneT: > >> > >> (require (planet plt/tex2page)) > >> (require (planet plt/combinator-parser)) > >> > >> The following has been deprecated and will be removed in the > >> January 2013 release: > >> > >> - the `planet' command-line tool; use `raco planet' instead. > >> > >> The following has been deprecated and will be removed in the > >> August 2013 release: > >> > >> - the `mzlib/class100' library; use `racket/class' instead. > >> > >> Feedback Welcome, > >> -- > >> ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: > >> http://barzilay.org/ Maze is > Life! > >> ____________________ > >> Racket Users list: > >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > Racket Users list: > > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > > >
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