Open Dylan 2025.1 – Open Dylan Release
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- Open Dylan 2025.1 was released on June 21, 2024.
- Compiler improvements include unified executables exporting symbols for call stack dumping, better build rules for run-time libraries, and optimizations for type estimation in if expressions.
- Several compiler bugs were fixed, including issues with multi-line string literals, macro calls in slot initializers, and variable name parsing.
- A new binary, dylan-lsp-server, is introduced for Language Server Protocol support in VS Code and emacs.
- The 'dylan' tool has been renamed to 'deft', with a new 'deft test' command for running workspace tests.
- Library updates include the removal of the 'collections' convenience module, improvements to the 'collectors' module, and performance enhancements in IO subclasses.
- New functions for symbolic and hard links were added to the 'file-system' module, with Windows support pending.
- The 'dispatch-profiler' library is now usable and documented, while the obsolete 'stack-walker' library was removed.
- Contributors to this release include Carl Gay, Peter Housel, Bruce Mitchener, and Fernando Raya.