Haxe 2.8.0

Change Log

• js : added js.JQuery
• all : added @:overload
• js : upgraded js.SWFObject from 1.4.4 inlined to 1.5 embedded
• js : code generator beautify
• all : ensure that modifying returned Type.getEnumConstructs array does not affect enum
• all : allow macro typed parameters (other than Expr)
• flash : added flash11 apis
• neko : added support for https to haxe.Http (using hxssl library)
• all : added haxe.Int64
• all : added haxe.Int32 isNeg,isZero,ucompare, fixed overflows for js/flash8/php
• all : bugfix when optimizing inlined immediate function call
• all : fixed "using" on macro function
• all : allowed member macros functions (called as static)
• neko : allowed serialization of haxe.Int32 (as Int)
• all : fixed invalid optimization of two constant numbers comparison
• flash8 : bugfix Std.parseInt with some hex values
• flash9 : added flash.utils.RegExp
• all : changed @:build behavior, now takes/returns a var with anonymous fields
• all : added @:native support for enums
• neko : changed the result of array-assign expression (was null)
• flash9 : no longer auto create enums from SWF classes
• (need explicit "enum" type patch)
• all : optimized variable tracking/renaming
• all : optimized macro engine (speed x2)
• all : added -D macrotimes support
• flash9 : store resources in bytes tag instead of bytecode
• all : allow $ prefixed identifiers (for macros usage only)
• all : allow to access modules subtype statics with pack.Mod.Type.value
• and fixed identifier resolution order
• flash9 : added @:bitmap("file") for simple embedding
• all : added haxe.web.Dispatch
• js : added js.Storage
• all : allow this + member variables access in local functions
• added untyped this support and transition error
• all : added haxe.macro.MacroType
• neko : neko.Lib.serialize/unserialize now returns bytes
• neko : added sys.db package (crossplatform with -D spod_macro support)
• spod_macro now uses wrappers for Bytes (require neko 1.8.2)
• php : added --php-prefix for prefixing generated files and class names
• all : added type_expr_with_type enum support
• php/js : fixed adding 'null' to StringBuf
• all : added haxe.macro.Context.defineType