Rhombus 1.1 Released with Annotation Definitions and Binding Form Improvements

Rhombus 1.1 Enhances Language Features

Rhombus, a customizable general-purpose programming language, has announced the release of version 1.1. This update focuses on refining the language's core features, particularly in how annotations are defined and how identifiers are bound.

Annotation and Binding Form Additions

Key changes in Rhombus 1.1 include the addition of 'annot' and 'annot.def' to define annotations without direct meta-time code. The release also introduces 'as' as a new binding form, offering a more readable alternative to '&&' for naming and providing a mechanism to shadow bound identifiers.

The 'class' construct now binds inherited names using the corresponding superclass or interface reference, and 'space.enforest' adjusts scopes for identifier handlers in a manner consistent with macro transformers.

Library Updates and Community Contributions

The Foreign Function Interface (ffi) now includes an initialized-array variant of 'new'. The 'pict' library sees improvements to 'explain_anim' with a 'label_as' argument and 'Pict.rebuilt' with an 'as_rebuilt' argument to control behavior. 'magic_move' and 'cross_fade' in 'pict' have also been enhanced to better handle paragraph points and multiple child pict instances. For slideshows, 'slide_transition' and continued page numbering have been added.

The development team acknowledged contributions from community members to this release, encouraging further participation in design discussions, pull requests, and issue reporting.