v0.9.13 - 2025-08-08

Full Changelog: v0.9.12...v0.9.13

Bug Fixes

py:
- type:
  - TypeError if using float for x, X, o specifier. (53368bc)
  - flags are now considered. (f56ae5c)
  - add range check and error message as Python's; s % v where v is SomeNumber now works on JS. (323e6fa)
  - %s, %r, %a, %b raised AssertDefect for non-string. (fb15970)
  - translateEscape: allow error message as Python's. (37a6cdd)
  - translateEscape: support bytes mode; disallow Nim's special escape unless -d:nimpylibTranslateEscapeAllowNimExt. (c0a6f74)
- tuple:
  - tuple.len gave 0 for non-literal. (a7f4e07)
  - one-char string in tuple was not accepted; renamed getRune to getAsRune. (6354263)
- bytes:
  - @: "Error: cannot instantiate: 'newSeqUninitialized[T]'". (5c17434)
- builtins:
  - $ and repr for list, set, dict, etc., just used system's. (d658f78)
- sugar:
  - with .. as .. did not compile. (d3ebb73)
  - with <infix instead of as> did not compile. (ba1a32d)
- str:
  - str.format: support non-static format string. (87075a9)
  - str.format_map: fixed compatibility. (f43a58d)
- TemporaryDirectory:
  - with TemporaryDirectory(..) as n gave n not as string. (a99eb0e)
- print:
  - did not compile when -d:deno. (80e5a06)
nimpatch:
- newUninit: system.setLenUninit only declared on defined(nimHasSetLengthSeqUninitMagic). (899052c)

EXT:
- @range, list(@-able). (9651010)
py:
- %c: for string; for bytes, accept integer too. (f51abb9)
- %: static format string evaluation at compile time; TypeError also at compile time. (7dcd1ce)
- %: * accepts variable. (b6679a2)
- str.format: for bool, char, cstring, and typeinfo.Any. (7e2ca68)
js:
- partly support due to lack of system.getTypeInfo. (0ff3439)
- support %-format (printf-format). (afa0f32)
builtins:
- $ for Any. (07feb1c)

py:
- opt: Py_normalize_encoding accepts cstring now. (2e06f94)
- opt: refined pushDigitChar overflow check; raise ValueError over OverflowDefect. (f575d2a)
- opt: faster parse flags; bound checks turned off. (59f75d0)
- opt: %: passing tuple[T,...] as array of T over Any. (52fe21c)
str:
- format: no longer add char for string snippets between interpolators. (4de10d4)
percent_format:
- merged common code; fixed overflow checks missed 's'. (da5cb5e)

py:
- Py_FormatEx's arguments accept Getitem-able over openArray[(string, string)]. (8bf7407)

py:
- replaced parse,get with parseNumberAs,getAs; parseChar,getAsChar. (d97ffd0)
- renamed getAsBiggestXxx,getSomeNumberAsBiggestXxx. (b1997b7)