10.5.0: PHP 8 support

Features

• Added support for PHP 8.0, see issue #211:
  • Support PHP 8 attributes in all PHP 7 versions if written without
    line breaks, adding special eval key to support non-static scalar
    expressions.
  • Add support for union types for return and parameter types
  • Add forward- and backward compatible handling for various type-
    checking related changes
  • Verified support with PHP 8.0.0 on Windows and Linux
    (@thekid)

Bugfixes

• Fixed util.Random class to use openssl_random_pseudo_bytes()
  instead uniqid() for creating an IV.
  (@thekid)

10.4.0: Field, method parameter and return types consistency

Features

• Added lang.reflect.Field::getTypeRestriction() which is consistent
  with the API exposed by method parameter and return types. This adds
  support for PHP 7.4 property types.
  (@thekid)
• Made field, method parameter and return types consistent in that they
  check for native type syntax before checking meta information except
  for when that may yield a more specific type
  (@thekid)
• Added new method lang.Type::resolve() to correctly resolve types in
  a given context. Adds support for array<self> and others for return
  and parameter types, see PR #252
  (@thekid)

10.3.3: Return types fix

Bugfixes

• Fixed static return type being shadowed by self type restriction
  (@thekid)
• Fixed specific function types being shadowed when a callable type
  restriction is present
  (@thekid)
• Fixed braced function return types, e.g. @return (function(): int)
  (@thekid)

10.3.2: Union types fix

Bugfixes

• Updated bundled test library - fixing PHP 8 compatibility - @thekid
• Fixed issue #248: PHP 8 native type union causes error - @thekid
• Fixed string|int type union not being equal to int|string - @thekid

10.3.1: Strcspn fix

• Fixed strspn(): Argument #3 ($offset) must be contained in argument #1
  ($str)) warnings, which started appearing in PHP 8.0.0, RC 1.
  (@thekid)

10.3.0: PHP 8 parameter attributes

• Added support for PHP 8 parameter attributes - @thekid

10.2.0: PHP 8 attribute support

RFCs

• Merged PRs #246 and #247, rewriting the code base to PHP 8 attributes
  (@thekid)
• Implemented first step of xp-framwwork/rfc#336 by converting PHP 8
  attributes into XP annotations: #[Test(true)] will beinterpreted the
  same as #[@test(true)]. This way, converting libraries over to the
  new syntax can start now. Implementation details in pull request #245.

Features

• Merged PR #225: Overload newinstance to accept closures for single-
  method interfaces (like lang.Runnable, for instance).
  (@thekid)
• Added support for mixed type, see https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mixed_type_v2
  (@thekid)

Bugfixes

• Fixed grouped imports when used inside generics in PHP 8.0 - @thekid
• Add handling for T_NAME_FULLY_QUALIFIED and T_NAME_QUALIFIED tokens
  introduced in PHP 8 by https://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaced_names_as_token
  (@thekid)

10.1.0: Return type performance

Features

• Improved performance of type lookups for parameters and return types;
  only looking at the API docs if either no type syntax is used or for
  array types (e.g. array => string[])
  (@thekid)
• Added lang.reflect.Routine::getReturnTypeRestriction() to be consistent
  with parameters.
  (@thekid)

Bugfixes

• Fixed imports not being resolved inside annotations with functions and
  closures as values.
  (@thekid)
• Merged PR #242: Use ReflectionType API instead of deprecated isArray and
  isCallable on parameters - for PHP 8 compatibility (see php/php-src#5209).
  (@thekid)

10.0.5: PHP 7.4 property types

Bugfixes

• Fixed issue #241: Support PHP 7.4 property types (e.g. private int $id)
  See https://wiki.php.net/rfc/typed_properties_v2
  (@thekid)

10.0.4: PHP 8 union types

Bugfixes

• Fixed issue #240: Add support for PHP 8 union types (e.g. string|int)
  See https://wiki.php.net/rfc/union_types_v2
  (@thekid)