0.0-2644

0.0-2644 - enhanced REPLs

Jan 2, 2015 by David Nolen on Google Groups

This release is one of the most significant in a very long while - it includes enhanced REPLs that are far closer to the experience provided by Clojure itself.

All REPLs when supplied with an :output-dir & :cache-analysis true can now boot rapidly - a second or less on newer hardware.

All REPLs now support in-ns, doc, and require.

There is a brand new Node.js based REPL that doesn't suffer from the performance issues present in Rhino. As to why we didn't go with Nashorn - Nashorn loads JavaScript 10X slower than Rhino or Node.js.

The Node.js REPL ships with source mapping support and correctly handles Node.js requires so that you can hot update namespaces as expected.

There were a large number of changes to enhance the REPL experience so there's likely edge cases we've missed - feedback, bug fixes, and further enhancement are incredibly welcome.

For basic instructions on the running the REPLs from a checkout:

https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript/wiki/Quick-Start#local-clojurescript-repl

0.0-2644

Enhancements

  • Add Node.js REPL
  • REPLs can now reuse build/analysis caching
  • in-ns, require, doc support in REPLs

Changes

  • add :verbose flag to compiler to output compiler activity
  • add load-macros to cljs.analyzer to optionally disable macro loading
  • errors during ns parsing always through
  • cljs.util/compiled-by-version needs to always return String
  • pin Closure Compiler in bootstrap script
  • refactor cljs.build.api namespace

Fixes

  • CLJS-953: require REPL special fn can only take one argument
  • CLJS-952: Bad type hinting on bit-test
  • CLJS-947: REPL require of goog namespaces does not work
  • CLJS-951: goog.require emitted multiple times under Node.js REPL
  • CLJS-946: goog.require in REPLs will not reload recompiled libs
  • CLJS-950: Revert adding compiled-by string to CLJS deps file
  • CLJS-929: Minor fixes to test script
  • CLJS-946: goog.require in REPLs will not reload recompiled libs
  • add cljs.test/are macro
  • CLJS-931 : cljs.compiler/requires-compilation? ignores changes to build options
  • CLJS-943: REPL require special fn is brittle
  • CLJS-941: Warn when a symbol is defined multiple times in a file
  • CLJS-942: Randomized port for Node.js REPL if port not specified
  • CLJS-675: QuickStart example not working properly
  • CLJS-935: script/noderepljs leaves node running after exit
  • CLJS-918: preserve :arglists metadata in analysis cache
  • CLJS-907: False positives from arithmetic checks
  • CLJS-919 compare-and-set! relies on Atom record structure instead of protocols
  • CLJS-920 add-watch/remove-watch should return reference, as in Clojure
  • CLJS-921: cljs.repl/doc output includes namespace twice