Wake up! Reborn! Join in and celebrate!
Killing Joke – On All Hallow’s Eve
Make noise! To wake up the great dead with reverence
On all hallow’s eve
Just in time for Halloween there is a new FreshMarker release. Here is a list of the most important new features. Further changes and bug fixes can be found in the release notes.
Model
Previously, only a map could be used as a model. Now beans and records are also available.
Literals
- Escape sequences are now evaluated in string literals.
- If you wish, you can finally also use character literals.
Operators
- A sign operator for negative periods and durations.
- For those who absolutely need it, the spaceship operator can be negated.
Built-In Variables
The new .env built-in variable provides system properties and environment variables.
Built-Ins
New String built-ins matches, find and split to search in texts. You can also use datetime, date and time to convert texts into the corresponding types.