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HashLink 1.14

This new version of HashLink VM includes the following changes:

• improved very significantly GC performances by using prefetch and multiple mark threads
• reimplement CArray using native opcodes (requires Haxe 4.4+)
• dynobj fields are now correctly ordered in the order they were set
• added Prefetch and Asm opcodes (requires Haxe 4.4+)
• added Intel VTune support (JIT only)
• upgraded to PCRE2 for regular expressions
• ... and many additional changes and fixes

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HashLink 1.13

This new version of HashLink VM includes the following changes:

• support for CArray (contiguous memory array of objects)
• support for @:packed (requires latest Haxe) : declare an object field like in C struct
• improved GC performances
• completed int64 support, including int64 maps
• added DirectX12 support
• added SDL/DX mouse handle API (by @Yanrishatum)
• added named threads support + debugger support
• ... and many additional changes

Full Changes 1.12...1.13

HashLink 1.12

This new version of HashLink VM includes the following changes:

• support for hot reload
• added native int64 support (for x64 only, compile with -D hl-legacy32 to keep hl32 i64 emulation)
• added field name to null access exceptions
• added hl.Api.compact to compact a set of values into a single GC block
• better stack primitives for faster haxe throw
• added 16 bits PNG decoding (fmt)
• added captured stack for closures (when debugger connected)
• added ftell2/fseek2 for large file support
• added optional library support @:native("?lib","name") static function foo() : Void allowing runtime detection of libraries (as well as hl.Api.isPrimLoaded)
• changed Windows binary to use VS2015 (was VS2013)

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HashLink 1.11

Compatible with Haxe 4.0+

Changes:

• new HashLink CPU Profiler for JIT
• improved a lot 64 bit support - windows release now 64 bit by default
• new GC architecture and improvements / bugs fixes
• added Date UTC methods (@Aurel300)
• and various improvements and bugs fixes!

Full Changes 1.10...1.11

HashLink 1.10

Compatible with Haxe 4.0.0-rc3+

Major changes:

• [WIP] JIT hot reloading with hl --hot-reload
• Display local functions in stacks based on their parent method (ClassName.foo~2 for example)
• Review allocation tracking API, added dynamic accesses tracking
• SDL/DX : added compressed textures support
• hashlink post-compilation library : added ability to generate VisualStudio solution with -D hlgen.makefile=vs2015 (see templates here)
• added HSTRUCT support (Haxe @:struct class Foo {}) to have a 1:1 mapping with C structure (still a pointer)
• some Unicode fixes
• fmt : added dxt decode
• sdl : added joystick API (@josuigoa)
• sdl/dx : added scancodes (@Yanrishatum)

Full Changes 1.9...1.10

HashLink 1.9

Compatible with Haxe 4.0.0-rc1

Major changes:

• added HMETHOD type for better interfaces / closures support
• added constant BYTES support (bytecode v5)
• increased HL/C speed
• new memory allocation model on not-windows (use mmap)
• fmt: added mp3 support (@Yanrishatum)
• various new additions to SDL and DirectX (@RobertBorghese)

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HashLink 1.8

Compatible with Haxe 4.0.0-preview 5

Major changes:

• recast virtuals for extra speedup after JSON or other unserialization
• better support for debugger exception filter
• PCRE UCP enable
• fixed crash in Reflect.callMethods with Haxe Preview 5

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HashLink 1.7

Compatible with Haxe 4.0.0-preview 4

Major changes:

• various GL/DirectX additions
• added MySQL support

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HashLink 1.6

Compatible with Haxe 4.0.0-preview 4

Major changes:

• Threads support
• Haxe Strings are now constant objects (bytecode VER=4)
• Minktspace tangents support
• Several bug fixes

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