8 * Both the exec() and the process() methods accept
9 arguments in their calls that can be referenced with
10 dollar-prefixed arguments as usual.
11 * An `AUTOLOAD' template can be defined to be called
12 everytime a template is not found (instead of crashing).
17 * The %% keyword returns the full extended hash.
18 * Fixed processing of file templates returning 0.
19 * A new function template `dump', to dump an expression
21 * Fixed a bug in processing ARTEMUS_STR.
26 * New milestone release. The Artemus language has been
27 completely rewritten to be a LISP-like, compiled
28 machine. No backward compatibility is provided (other
29 than including the old 4.x module in the distribution).
30 The new 5.x language is faster, more flexible, less
31 cumbersome (for example, there's no need for escaping
32 inner blocks that should execute only conditionally)
33 and include support for translateable strings.
38 * The `foreach' constructor now includes an optional
39 4th argument, the _header_, that will be appended
40 to the output in case it's different from the
41 previous iteration. This code block is expected to
42 contain dollar-prefixed arguments.
43 * New template function `item', to return an item
44 from a colon-separated list given its subscript.
45 * Fix `case' comparisons when the variable contains
47 * Fix loader_func() to correctly process empty
49 * Unless a very grave bug or vulnerabity is found,
50 this will be the last 4.x release; next release
51 will jump to the 5.x branch. Please take note that
52 this new branch is intentionally incompatible
53 with current one. Anyway, the Artemus4.pm module
54 and associated tools are planned to be distributed
55 with the 5.x series for a very long time.
60 * New template function `sort'.
61 * New template function `reverse'.
62 * Templates can be loaded from external sources by
63 using the new `loader_func' argument to new().
64 * The Perl module Artemus is now an alias for the
65 Artemus4 module, as a way to smooth the future
66 transition to version 5. No changes need to be
72 * New template function `case'.
73 * New template function `env', to get values from the
75 * New template function `size', to return the number
76 of elements in a colon-separated list.
77 * New template function `seq', to generate a sequence
78 between two numbers as a colon-separated list.
79 * Improved debugging information.
84 * New template function `foreach', to implement loops.
85 * New template function `set', for assigning a value to
87 * New template arithmethic functions `add' and `sub'.
88 * New template comparison functions `gt', `lt' and `eq'.
89 * New template logical functions `and', `or' and `not'.
90 * New template function `random'.
91 * Comments can now be included with the {% } markup (they
92 are deleted from the final output).
93 * Old cruft has been deleted from the script (ftp, makefile
94 and sitemap generation).
95 * Template parameters are always expanded (instead of short-
96 circuiting when one is not found).
97 * Artemus markup can be escaped to allow templates being used
98 from another ones with being executed first.