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@@ -1,3 +1,72 @@ +Version 0.5.0 + + * Parallel build system execution, including header dependency extraction + and compilation. + + * Support for Testscript, a shell-like language for portable and parallel + execution of tests. See the Testscript manual for details. + + * Support for name generation with wildcard patterns. For example: + + exe{hello}: cxx{*} + + Or: + + ./: {*/ -build/} + + See the build system manual for details. + + * New module, version, automates project version management. See the build + system manual for details. + + * Support for VC15, C++ standard selection in VC14U3 and up. + + * New meta-operation, create, allows the creation and configuration of an + amalgamation project. See b(1) for details. + + * Alternative, shell-friendly command line buildspec and variable assignment + syntax. For example: + + b test: foo/ bar/ + b config.import.libhello = ../libhello/ + + See b(1) for details. + + * Automatic loading of directory buildfiles, implied directory buildfiles. + Now instead of explicitly writing: + + d = foo/ bar/ + ./: $d doc{README} + include $d + + We can just write: + + ./: foo/ bar/ doc{README} + + And if our buildfile simply builds all the subdirectories: + + ./: */ + + Then it can be omitted altogether. + + * Support of the PATH-based search as a fallback import mechanism for exe{} + targets. + + * Support for the 'latest' value in the cxx.std variable which can be used + to request the latest C++ standard available in the compiler. + + * Ternary and logical operators support in eval contexts. + + * Initial support for build system functions. See build2/function*.?xx for + early details. + + * Assert directive. The grammar is as follows: + + assert <expression> [<description>] + assert! <expression> [<description>] + + The expression must evaluate to 'true' or 'false', just like in if-else. + Version 0.4.0 * Support for Windows. |