8 * The new operand `def' allows inline template definitions.
9 * Both the exec() and the process() methods accept
10 arguments in their calls that can be referenced with
11 dollar-prefixed arguments as usual.
12 * An `AUTOLOAD' template can be defined to be called
13 everytime a template is not found (instead of crashing).
18 * The %% keyword returns the full extended hash.
19 * Fixed processing of file templates returning 0.
20 * A new function template `dump', to dump an expression
22 * Fixed a bug in processing ARTEMUS_STR.
27 * New milestone release. The Artemus language has been
28 completely rewritten to be a LISP-like, compiled
29 machine. No backward compatibility is provided (other
30 than including the old 4.x module in the distribution).
31 The new 5.x language is faster, more flexible, less
32 cumbersome (for example, there's no need for escaping
33 inner blocks that should execute only conditionally)
34 and include support for translateable strings.
39 * The `foreach' constructor now includes an optional
40 4th argument, the _header_, that will be appended
41 to the output in case it's different from the
42 previous iteration. This code block is expected to
43 contain dollar-prefixed arguments.
44 * New template function `item', to return an item
45 from a colon-separated list given its subscript.
46 * Fix `case' comparisons when the variable contains
48 * Fix loader_func() to correctly process empty
50 * Unless a very grave bug or vulnerabity is found,
51 this will be the last 4.x release; next release
52 will jump to the 5.x branch. Please take note that
53 this new branch is intentionally incompatible
54 with current one. Anyway, the Artemus4.pm module
55 and associated tools are planned to be distributed
56 with the 5.x series for a very long time.
61 * New template function `sort'.
62 * New template function `reverse'.
63 * Templates can be loaded from external sources by
64 using the new `loader_func' argument to new().
65 * The Perl module Artemus is now an alias for the
66 Artemus4 module, as a way to smooth the future
67 transition to version 5. No changes need to be
73 * New template function `case'.
74 * New template function `env', to get values from the
76 * New template function `size', to return the number
77 of elements in a colon-separated list.
78 * New template function `seq', to generate a sequence
79 between two numbers as a colon-separated list.
80 * Improved debugging information.
85 * New template function `foreach', to implement loops.
86 * New template function `set', for assigning a value to
88 * New template arithmethic functions `add' and `sub'.
89 * New template comparison functions `gt', `lt' and `eq'.
90 * New template logical functions `and', `or' and `not'.
91 * New template function `random'.
92 * Comments can now be included with the {% } markup (they
93 are deleted from the final output).
94 * Old cruft has been deleted from the script (ftp, makefile
95 and sitemap generation).
96 * Template parameters are always expanded (instead of short-
97 circuiting when one is not found).
98 * Artemus markup can be escaped to allow templates being used
99 from another ones with being executed first.