0.1.20

• JavaScript backend!
• Hundreds of C warnings were fixed. gcc v.c now builds without
  any warnings.
• The mutability check now applies to function args (mutable
  receivers that are not modified result in a compilation error).
• V tests now show how long each test took.
• Official Android support (only console applications via Termux for now).
• Typo check. If a variable/function/module etc is misspelled,
  V will suggest the correct name.
• Lots of Microsoft C fixes, and a separate Travis instance for
  this backend.
• Bitwise operators |, ^, & no longer work with booleans.

0.1.19

• Lots of refactoring, simplifications, and optimizations in the compiler.
• Experimental memory management at compilation (only for the V compiler itself for now).
• Lots of ORM fixes.
• Functions can now be inlined via the [inline] attribute.
• New mysql module.
• Better error format that is supported by all major editors (go to error).
• Error messages now point to the actual place where the error happened.
• Custom json field names: struct User { last_name string [json:lastName] }.
• Raw json fields via the [raw] attribute.
• All C code was removed from the freetype module.
• gg module can now render all Unicode characters.
• [typedef] attribute for imported C struct typedefs.
• Support of Objective C interfaces (primarily for using Cocoa).
• REPL: clear command and custom functions.
• REPL tests (which are also used for testing certain compiler errors).
• Syntax bug fixed: foo[0] += 10 is now possible.
• http: support plain HTTP protocol and follow redirects.
• http: header data is now processed correctly.
• net: basic UDP support.
• import const was removed from the language.
• array.contains() was removed from the language (in should be used instead).
• [0; len] syntax was removed (replaced with a simpler [0].repeat(len))
• Primitive aliases were removed to simplify the language.
• GitHub supports V now!
• Backtraces are now printed on panics.
• A new awesome readline module.
• V.c is now regenerated automatically after every commit.
• A bug with struct ordering was fixed, now structs can be declared in any order.
• V modules can now be built with v build module.
• @FILE, @LINE, @FN, @COLUMN for debugging.
• JavaScript backend!

0.1.18

• Built-in ORM (uk_customers = db.select from Customer where country == 'uk' && nr_orders > 0)
• Map initialization syntax: m := { ‘foo’: ‘bar’, ‘baz’: ‘kek’ }
• map.delete(key).
• libcurl dependency was removed from the http module.
• All function arguments are now immutable by default (previously they could be
  modifed inside the function).
• http functions now return optionals.
• sync.WaitGroup.
• vweb static files serving.
• crypto.rand module.
• v up to update V.
• SChannel support on Windows.
• net.urllib module.
• vpm package manager, v install.
• () are now required in complex bool expressions: (a && b) || c instead of `a && b || c
• All arrays now have a default .str() method.
• Bootstrapping V with MSVC.
• Experimental ≠ etc support.
• encoding.csv module.
• $if debug { for running code in debug mode only.
• Map struct fields are now initialized automatically, just like arrays.
• Maps now support array values.
• json functions can no longer be used if the json module is not imported.

0.1.17

• vweb module for developing web apps in V.
• vtalk, open source V forum software.
• Generics (very limited right now, but they will be gradually improved).
• Comptime codegen (foo.$method() where method is a string).
• @ for escaping keywords (e.g. struct Foo { @type string }).
• Windows Unicode fixes (V can now work with non-ASCII paths etc on Windows).
• Fix mutable args bugs + don't allow primitive arguments to be modified.
• Declaring a mutable variable and never modifying it results in a compilation error.
• Interactive debugging support.
• sync module for Windows.
• #! support on Unix systems (V scripts).
• Lots of Visual Studio fixes.
• crypto.aes and crypto.rc4 modules.
• Internal modules.

0.1.16

• V can now be used with Visual Studio!
• Hot code reloading now works with graphical applications (e.g. graph.v, bounce.v).
• Compile time memory management for arrays.
• High order functions.
• match expression (replacing switch).
• Import cycle detection.
• crypto/md5, crypto/sha256, and crypro/sha512 modules.
• os.executable() - a cross platform function that returns full path to current executable.
• ~/.vlang and VROOT were removed entirely. The installation is a lot cleaner now.
• V can now be packaged for all Linux distros.
• Arch Linux package.
• string(bytes_buffer, len), string(bytes_array) casts.
• Multiple defers.
• key in map syntax (replacing map.exists(key)).

0.1.15

• gg module Windows support, V Tetris runs on Windows.

• glad and cJSON are now compiled only once, this makes compilation of programs using gg and `json
  a bit faster.

• v.c has been cleaned up and minimized (~16k => ~10k lines of code).

• type aliases can now have methods.

• Const overflow check during compilation (byte(1000) will no longer compile)

• FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly support.

• Hot code reloading now works with graphical applications: bounce.v

• VROOT was removed, the installation process is now much simpler.

• defer statement.

• map.v was re-written. It's now much faster.

• for key, val in map syntax.

• flag module for parsing command line arguments.

• zip module.

• crypto/sha1 module.

• Submodules and module aliases (import encoding.base64 as b64).

v0.1.13

• New enum syntax (token == .name), enum values are no longer global consts.
• Submodules (import encoding.base64).
• Hot code reloading.
• Special err variable for getting error values.
• Complex numbers.
• << can now append arrays (numbers << [1, 2, 3]).
• Lots of Windows fixes (Windows still needs some work).
• Lots of REPL improvements (e.g. >> 2 + 3 works now, no println required).
• The website was made easily translatable, it's now partially available in several languages.

v0.1.12

• V can finally compile itself on Windows. (https://github.com/vlang/v#mingw-w64)
• os module now uses optionals in all functions that return File. Lots of bugs with optionals fixed.
• println was optimized. It no longer results in allocations. Now it also works correctly with all integer types.
• Lots of vfmt fixes, it will be enabled tomorrow.
• New strings module.
• Lots of other fixes and improvements, thanks to all the contributors.

v0.1.11

• Cross compilation for Windows!
• Lots of Windows fixes
• socket.v
• maps fixed

v0.1.10

• Windows support via MinGW-w64. Pre-built Windows binary.
• File structure has been simplified: all vlib modules were moved to the vlib/ directory,
  makefile was moved to the root.
• One single archive with pre-built binaries for all operating systems.
• mut var := val was fixed (previously mut var = val was allowed as well).