0.1.0

Released 2026-03-04. GitHub release | Downloads

Added

• Portable runner stubs architecture for ultra-lean standalone native binaries.
• Cargo Workspace refactoring: separated matchbox-vm, matchbox-compiler, and matchbox-runner.
• Class inheritance support via extends attribute.
• Implicit accessors support (accessors="true") for class properties.
• Optional type hints and access modifiers for functions and parameters.
• Default arguments support for function parameters.
• Interfaces with support for abstract methods, default implementations, and multiple implementation.
• onMissingMethod magic method for dynamic method interception in classes.
• Semantic .onError() member method for asynchronous Futures.
• Multi-target Native Fusion (Hybrid builds for Native, WASM, and JS).
• Persistent BoxLangVM for WASM with dynamic call() support.
• Automated JavaScript module generation via --target js.
• Member method delegation to BIFs (e.g., "foo".ucase()).
• High-performance integration testing macro.
• GitHub Actions for automated multi-platform builds.
• Tracing Mark-and-Sweep Garbage Collector.
• Hidden Classes (Shapes) and Monomorphic Inline Caches for performance.

Changed

• Renamed project from bx-rust to MatchBox.
• Refactored binary into a library/binary hybrid.
• Updated GitHub workflows to support workspace building.

Fixed

• Fixed critical stack management bug in OpInvoke.
• Fixed parser panic on empty anonymous function parameters.
• Fixed case-insensitive function lookup in WASM/JS bridge.
• Fixed greedy parsing issue in function declarations.
• Fixed various WASM runtime errors.
• Object lifetime issues in JNI bridge for release builds.