Release notes for EiffelStudio 19.12

Graphical environment

  • New dialog to insert Unicode character (Ctrl+Alt+Space), useful for alias operators.
  • The auto-completion provides Unicode operators for alias name.

Compiler

  • It is now possible to use multiple aliases for the same feature.
  • Removed infix and prefix support from the compiler (they were removed already from the language)
  • Manifest strings, and string constants can now also use IMMUTABLE_STRING_(8|32) types.
  • It is now possible to use non-decimal character codes in manifest strings (for instance: decimal %/8704/, hexadecimal %/0x2200/, octal %/0c21000/ and binary %/0b0010001000000000/ can be used)

Libraries

  • Removed infix and prefix from the libraries.
  • Added Unicode aliases in classes SET and SUBSET.
  • Improved implementation of cgi and proxy handlers in the EiffelWeb framework.

See change log for more details.