There are a few issues with 1.52, nothing big but we’d like to fix them soon.

So we should have this one released in the next few weeks.

Here are the issues to be resolved:

• Multiple assignment eg: a$,b$,c$=”xxx”; is now caught as an error.
• PostMessage(NULL, WM_TERMINATE, 0, AppHandle$); doesn’t work properly.

Here are the issues that have been resolved so far:

• Fixed structure +=, -=, *=, /= operators on strings.
• Fixed WaitForInput() function to exit properly when used with -1 and PPL exits.

After many months, it has finally arrived. The long awaited v1.52 of the Pocket Programming Language is here. This new version fixes a lot of memory leaks, bugs and has some new optimization and features.

Here is change log:

09.16.2008 1.52
  – Renamed function Inherited to DefWndProc.
  – New ToByte() function.
  – New ToShort() function.
  – New IndexOf() and cIndexOf() functions to easily search a list item value (cIndexOf is case sensitive).
  – New DelEx(listvar$, index$) to delete a list item at a specific index location.
  – Tons of object-oriented engine fixes and optimization.
  – New FillEach() function to fill each element of a struct, array, matrix, string or list with a specified value.
  – New AddEx() function to allow to create a specified number of blank list elements.
  – Changed #inherited operator to inheritcall function.
  – New #class syntax when inheriting from another class. #class <classname> inherit <classname>
  – Fixed Private and Public functions in multiple object class definitions.
  – Fixed bug in Reg_SetKeyValue() function in Registry.ppl library.
  – Fixed many GameAPI functions execution speed related to update modes introduced in 1.40.
  – Fixed passing list offsets as parameters.
  – Fixed struct of struct freing of memory issue.
  – Fixed issue with Main and WinMain function naming internally.
  – New InheritCall() function to inherit a function call in an object.
  – New GameAPI event processing mode. GA_PEEKONLY (default) and GA_WAITFOREVENT which waits for a system event before continuing game cycle.
  – New functions: g_SetCycleMode() and g_CycleMode().
  – Updated Tiny-Rex library to latest (1.3) to fix some regular expressions bugs.
  – Changed Search() function to Search(expr$, string$) -> string$
  – Changed SubExp() funciton to SubExp(string$, index$) -> string$
  – g_TextOut(), if X value is passed, alignment is relative to it.
  – Fixed Int() and Str() functions to remove variable information from the stack.
  – Call() function has been fixed not to leak items on the stack.
  – Some stack handling fixes.
  – #declare, #declareapi, #c_declare, #c_declareapi allow to add parameters at the end within ().
  – WaitForInput has a new parameter to process events normally.
  – Fixed some issues with game collision detection.
  – Lots of internal functions with output parameters accepts array offsets now.
  – Fixed Sort() function descending order for string types.
  – Fixed ForEach() with array variables to copy string information properly.
  – Support for unsigned short has been added via TUSHORT.
  – Rewrote internal garbage collector to be more accurate and stable.
  – Fixed memory leaks in +=, -=, *=, /=, ++, –, Delete(), Insert(), Replace(), ReplaceEx(), Strip(), Change(), Match(), Search(), NewForm(), NewFormEx(), NewControl().
  – Fixed PASM ppl opcode.
  – Added g_rvalue(), g_gvalue(), g_bvalue() functions to obtain R G B color values in 565 format.
  – New g_rgb565() to convert r,g,b values from 565 color format.
  – New GetRValue(), GetGValue(), GetBValue() functions.

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Best regards,

The ArianeSoft Team

I told you there would be some good news this week!

Yes, after a long delay, PPL 1.52 is about to be released. Monday September 15th is the day, it is official now.

This will be the last release for version 1.x (unless a major bug is found).

This version fixes a lot of things, here is a list:

- Renamed function Inherited to DefWndProc.
- New ToByte() function.
- New ToShort() function.
- New IndexOf() and cIndexOf() functions to easily search a list item value (cIndexOf is case sensitive).
- New DelEx(listvar$, index$) to delete a list item at a specific index location.
- Tons of object-oriented engine fixes and optimization.
- New FillEach() function to fill each element of a struct, array, matrix, string or list with a specified value.
- New AddEx() function to allow to create a specified number of blank list elements.
- Changed #inherited operator to inheritcall function.
- New #class syntax when inheriting from another class. #class <classname> inherit <classname>
- Fixed Private and Public functions in multiple object class definitions.
- Fixed bug in Reg_SetKeyValue() function in Registry.ppl library.
- Fixed many GameAPI functions execution speed related to update modes introduced in 1.40.
- Fixed passing list offsets as parameters.
- Fixed struct of struct freing of memory issue.
- Fixed issue with Main and WinMain function naming internally.
- New InheritCall() function to inherit a function call in an object.
- New GameAPI event processing mode. GA_PEEKONLY (default) and GA_WAITFOREVENT which waits for a system event before continuing game cycle.
- New functions: g_SetCycleMode() and g_CycleMode().
- Updated Tiny-Rex library to latest (1.3) to fix some regular expressions bugs.
- Changed Search() function to Search(expr$, string$) -> string$
- Changed SubExp() funciton to SubExp(string$, index$) -> string$
- g_TextOut(), if X value is passed, alignment is relative to it.
- Fixed Int() and Str() functions to remove variable information from the stack.
- Call() function has been fixed not to leak items on the stack.
- Some stack handling fixes.
- #declare, #declareapi, #c_declare, #c_declareapi allow to add parameters at the end within ().
- WaitForInput has a new parameter to process events normally.
- Fixed some issues with game collision detection.
- Lots of internal functions with output parameters accepts array offsets now.
- Fixed Sort() function descending order for string types.
- Fixed ForEach() with array variables to copy string information properly.
- Support for unsigned short has been added via TUSHORT.
- Rewrote internal garbage collector to be more accurate and stable.
- Fixed memory leaks in +=, -=, *=, /=, ++, –, Delete(), Insert(), Replace(), ReplaceEx(), Strip(), Change(), Match(), Search(), NewForm(), NewFormEx(), NewControl().
- Fixed PASM ppl opcode.

Thank you for your legendary patience people. The people part of our PPL community are fantastic gentlemen and PPL would have never been past version 1 without your support and help. Thank you!