[angelscript] 1.10.1 - Stable

I've released a new version of AngelScript. It brings lot's of bug fixes, as 
well as improvements both to script language and library performance.
The script language now has much improved rules for implicit casting, which 
should make it easier to write expressions. Basically any numeric type can be 
cast to any other numeric type implicitly.

The assembler VM has received an overhaul making it perhaps 25% faster than the 
C++ VM. More modern CPU's may have a smaller performance increase though, 
because of the better pipelining and parallel execution.

The library's compiler speed has also been greatly improved, the larger the 
script the more improvement. On a 5000 line script the improvement was on a 
factor of 10 times.

Many people have also requested stable version of AngelScript so that they 
don't have to worry about the constant updates, and possibly breaking 
functionality when doing an upgrade to fix a bug in the library. I agree with 
them, and think this version of AngelScript is a suitable candidate for a 
stable version, as it has all the basic features needed to be a useful language.

What this means is that even though I will continue to release new versions 
like before, AngelScript 1.10.1 will stay around and receive needed support and 
possible bug fixes. So if you are working on an important project and don't 
want to deal with constant updates and bugs this is the version for you.

I'd also like to tell you that I've written a new article that gives detailed 
information on how to register objects. Hopefully it will be able to remove all 
your doubts on this subject.

The next time I'll write an article on how to call script functions, passing 
arguments and getting return values, which is another area where people are 
having trouble. Rightly so I might add, the interface is much to complicated 
for my liking in this department. Something that I hope to improve in a future 
version.

Regards,
Andreas Jönsson
Author of AngelScript



AngelScript - AngelCode Scripting Library
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