v0.2.10

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Vix Language v0.2.10 Release Notes

Release Date: 2026-06-06

New Features

Multi-object file linking support

• The compiler now supports linking multiple object files directly without recompilation.
• Usage: vixc file1.o file2.o file3.o -o output
• This enables separate compilation workflows where individual modules are compiled to .o files first, then linked together.
• Added new vix_link_multi() API in the linker module to handle multiple input files.
• Files: src/main.c, src/compiler/Linker/Linker.h, src/compiler/Linker/Linker.cpp

Bug Fixes

Enum type definition now accepts leading |

• The parser now accepts an optional leading | before the first variant in type alias enum definitions.
• This allows writing enums in a more consistent style:

  type T =
      | Int
      | Float
      | String
      | Bool
      | Unit
  

• Previously, the first variant had to omit the |, which was inconsistent with subsequent variants.
• File: src/parser/parser.y

Linker: removed hardcoded CRT object paths

• Fixed the ELF linker path discovery to check file existence before adding CRT objects (crt1.o, crti.o, crtbegin.o, crtend.o, crtn.o) to the linker arguments.
• Eliminated a redundant second call to probeSysPaths during ELF linking; the sysroot is now probed once and reused.
• This fixes link failures on systems where the CRT objects are located in non-standard directories or where some objects are absent.
• File: src/compiler/Linker/Linker.cpp

Validation

• Rebuilt vixc successfully.
• Verified enum definitions with leading | on the first variant now parse correctly.
• Tested multi-object linking with vixc a.o b.o -o prog.