Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[1.12.36] - 2024-12-xx

Added

:openai module support for assistant api
:openai module support for assistant threads api
:openai module support for assistant message api (in work)
:openai module support for assistant run api (...)
:openai module support for assistant run steps api (...)

[1.12.35] - 2024-12-04

Added

module :keystores to deal with certificates (PKCS12, ...)

[1.12.34] - 2024-10-10

Added

function add-url-hyperlink to :excel module
function add-email-hyperlink to :excel module
function remove-hyperlink to :excel module
function remove-formula to :excel module
function cell-lock to :excel module

Changed

the Tomcat download URL in the :tomcat-util module to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. The new official archive URL is: https://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat

Improved

the module :qrref that manages QR references according to the Swiss payment standards.

[1.12.33] - 2024-09-05

Added

function add-conditional-bg-color to :excel module
function add-conditional-font-color to :excel module
function add-conditional-border to :excel module
function add-text-data-validation to :excel module

Fixed

a bug in the Venice PDF cheatsheet generation where the doc section header was not rendered in the right doc section column.

Updated dependencies:

Bumped Apache POI from 5.2.3 to 5.3.0

[1.12.32] - 2024-08-29

Fixed

a bug in the :excel module when reading values (excel/read-val sheet row col) from string cells with formulas and the cell's value was nil.

[1.12.31] - 2024-08-27

Added

function delete-row to :excel module to delete a row in a sheet
function copy-row to :excel module to copy a row to another row in a sheet
function copy-row-to-end to :excel module to copy a row to the end of a sheet
function insert-empty-row to :excel module to insert an empty row in a sheet
function clear-row to :excel module to clear a row's cells in a sheet

[1.12.30] - 2024-08-16

Fixed

a bug in the Venice REPL setup on Windows with canonical path conversion.

[1.12.29] - 2024-08-16

Added

support for an explicit install directory (other than the current working directory) to the REPL installer
better error messages to the REPL installer

Updated dependencies:

Bumped Gradle from 8.3 to 8.9

[1.12.28] - 2024-08-15

Added

an unattended setup option for installing the Venice REPL. This allows for automated setups or unit testing the setup.

Changed

the Gradle shadow plugin. The Gradle plugin "io.github.goooler.shadow" has been retired now as well. Migrated to "com.gradleup.shadow" (see https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow). This seems to be the final new home for the retired "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" plugin.
the Gradle CI workflow to build and test on Ubuntu and Windows using JDK 8, 17 and 21.

[1.12.27] - 2024-08-05

Fixed

the MeterRegistry. On M2 Macs some events reported with 0ns elapsed time. These 0ns events have been skipped resulting in a wrong profiler event count under heavy load.

[1.12.26] - 2024-07-26

Added

32-bit float data type that complements the 64-bit double data type
functions java-float-list, java-double-list, and java-long-list to support LLM embedding vectors with vector databases like Pinecone or Qdrant
support for shebang lines. Venice allows shebang lines simply by implementing #! as a reader macro defining a comment like ;
support for #_ reader macro to skip forms

[1.12.25] - 2024-06-12

Added

:openai module support for chat completion streaming usage
:openai module support for embedding api

Changed

the Gradle shadow plugin. The Gradle plugin "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" has been retired. See johnrengelman/shadow#908. Switched to the fork "io.github.goooler.shadow"

[1.12.24] - 2024-05-23

Changed

the OpenAI client api slightly to allow the integration of the assistants functionality. Use the actual OpenAI examples from the README with Venice 1.2.24+!

[1.12.23] - 2024-05-22

Added

:openai module support for audio speech api
:openai module support for files api
:openai module support for models api
OpenAI vision examples

[1.12.22] - 2024-05-20

Added

the Venice logo to the cheatsheet
:openai module support for image creation
:openai module support for image variants
:openai module support for image edits

[1.12.21] - 2024-05-15

Google changed the download URL for fonts from Google Fonts again causing all font examples to fail. Moved to Font Squirrel.

Changed

the True Type font source from Google Fonts to Font Squirrel.

The PDF font examples now use "Opens Sans", "Roboto", "Source Code Pro" and "JetBrains Mono" fonts from the Font Squirrel repository.

The :fonts module has been updated to download these fonts from Font Squirrel. They are available under the Apache License v2 or the SIL Open Font License v1.10.

[1.12.20] - 2024-05-14

Fixed

a bug in the Venice setup that crept into the last 1.12.19 release

[1.12.19] - 2024-05-12

Added

many new imaging functions to the :images module
function fn-args to return meta data on a functions' arguments.

Fixed

'repl.sh' and 'repl.bat' to source the 'repl.env' within the restart loop

[1.12.18] - 2024-05-06

Added

function openai/assert-response-http-ok to simplify error handling in the OpenAI examples

[1.12.17] - 2024-05-06

Added

:openai module with chat completion support (incubation status). The openai module runs out-of-the-box with Venice, it does not require any 3rd party libraries. Support for Audio, Images, Embeddings, and Assistants will follow soon.
:jtokkit module, bringing the Java JTokkit library functionality to Venice

Improved

JDBC query result table renderer uses now right alignment for numeric columns

Fixed

fixed a bug in the HTTP client when slurping a binary data response

[1.12.16] - 2024-04-30

Added

JDBC support through the modules :jdbc-core and :jdbc-postgresql
:cargo-postgresql module to install/start/stop PostgreSQL DB docker containers
:postgresql-jdbc-install module to install the PostgreSQL JDBC driver

Fixed

a problem with starting an already running docker container. Venice is doing nothing if the container version is ok, otherwise it stops the container and runs a new one with the desired version.

[1.12.15] - 2024-04-27

Added

support for sourcing environment vars in the Windows REPL start script

Improved

the REPL setup. Maven will now be installed locally to the REPL to allow on demand installation of modules like Tomcat, LangChain4J, ... with its dependencies.

Fixed

the REPL setup for Gitpod.io instances regarding the sourcing of environment variables from repl.env.

[1.12.14] - 2024-04-16

Added

functions get-request-parameter, and get-request-long-parameter to :ring-util module
more HTTP status codes with short names and descriptions

Improved

SSE WebApp example to demonstrate explicit connection closing on the server side
REST WebApp example to demonstrate the use of query parameters

Fixed

HTTP client SSL requests

[1.12.13] - 2024-04-14

Added

custom type support for Venice persistent collections
more options to slurp a HTTP client's JSON response

Fixed

the HTTP client to gracefully react on interrupted exceptions and close the streams
the HTTP client debug mode to print authorization header values as "******"
the :ring debug mode to print authorization header values as "******"
an edge case with function str/equals-ignore-case?

[1.12.12] - 2024-04-11

Added

options :async-support and :load-on-startup to tomcat/tc-start servlet options
:ring support for asynchronous handlers. See example "async-webapp.venice".
:ring support for Server-Side-Events. See example "sse-webapp.venice".
content encoding (gzip, deflate) support for http client response processing
support for server-side-events processing in the http client

[1.12.11] - 2024-04-08

Added

support for multiple url mappings for a servlet in the :ring module. See example "rest-webapp.venice".
a :ring example with a 2 servlet configuration. See example "two-servlet-webapp.venice".
the effective url (the url after a redirect) to the response map in the http client
http status code helpers:
- http-client-j8/status-ok-range?
- http-client-j8/status-redirect-range?
- http-client-j8/status-client-range?
- http-client-j8/status-server-error-range?

Changed

the http client to provide the name of the HTTP status code in the response map. E.g.: HTTP_OK for status code 200

[1.12.10] - 2024-04-07

Added

support for module :http-client-j8 to ungzip a response data stream with the content encoding 'gzip'
function io/wrap-is-with-gzip-input-stream to gzip data sent to the stream
function io/wrap-os-with-gzip-output-stream to ungzip data read from the stream
improvements to the :multipart parser. The parsers is now more robust in parsing the part headers and returns all part headers in its raw form in parsed data map.

Fixed

the multipart parser's mimetype handling for content type headers

[1.12.9] - 2024-04-06

Added

module :http-client-j8. A handy HTTP client based on the JDK HttpUrlConnection. The HttpClient can be used to send requests and retrieve their responses. It supports sending multi-part requests. The HTTP client does not depend on 3rd party libraries! There are REST and file upload examples in the Venice script examples directory.
module :multipart that supports the subtype multipart/form-data. Renders and parses multi-part binary buffers
support for multi-part requests to :ring module and improved the request/response dump functions
function bytebuf-merge to merge byte buffers
function bytebuf-index-of for searching patterns in byte buffers using the Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) pattern matching algorithm

Fixed

the return status handling in the :ring module

[1.12.8] - 2024-04-02

Added

function io/file-normalize-utf. This is useful to make it easier to process MacOS filenames with umlauts.
thread type support to the function thread to allow spawning daemon or user threads
support for tracing exceptions in trace/trace-var
math function rand-bigint. Venice uses this function to create unique boundary strings for multipart HTTP requests.
function mimetypes/probe-content-type to get mimetypes for file names.

[1.12.7] - 2024-03-26

Added

function str/normalize-utf. This is useful to make it easier to process MacOS filenames with umlauts.
a pure ascii version of the Venice cheatsheet to feed it as embeddings to LLMs
improvements on to markdown to ascii text renderer to allow the Venice Github flavoured markdown documentation to be converted to pure ascii to feed it as embeddings to LLMs
:cargo-qdrant module to install/start/stop Qdrant Vector DB docker containers

Changed

the :docker module to support now multiple port publish definitions

Fixed

a markdown parser edge case when a table block is immediately followed by a list block with no empty line in between

[1.12.6] - 2024-03-19

Added

function zip-folder to zipvault
support italic font style in the :ansi module

Changed

the function maven/download to accept a single artifact as well as a list of multiple artifacts

Fixed

:maven module (a bug has been added with V1.12.0 refactoring)

[1.12.5] - 2024-03-13

Added

math function clamp
basic authentication support for io/download
follow redirects supports for io/download, if the protocol does not change for the requested redirect

Changed

the geoip module to use basic authentication to access the MaxMind databases. This is mandatory starting from May 1st, 2024 with MaxMind's effort to improve security and reliability on its services.

[1.12.4] - 2024-03-10

Added

Java interop function enum?

Improved

support for Java enums
Java interop documentation on enums

[1.12.3] - 2024-03-05

Added

functions to hide columns in an excel sheet

Refactored

the global vars "*REPL*" and "*repl-color-theme*". Dedicated REPL functions like (repl/color-theme) provide now access to the REPL configuration. This affects only the internal REPL scripts.

[1.12.2] - 2024-01-16

This release focuses on Windows.

Improved

and simplified the setup of custom REPLs

Fixed

all unit tests to run on Windows too
a path composition problem in the :gradlew module when running on Windows
:grep module to run on Windows
an edge case in load-path management on Windows
REPL terminal width/height functions on Windows

[1.12.1] - 2024-01-12

Added

function io/file-set-readable
function io/file-set-writable
function io/file-set-executable
function io/copy-files-glob
function io/copy-file-tree
function io/move-files-glob
function io/symbolic-link?
function io/create-symbolic-link
function io/create-hard-link

[1.12.0] - 2024-01-07

Added

an :installer module to simplify the installation of 3rdparty libraries from within the REPL and to simplify the REPL setup process
improvements to REPL demo fonts. See the font demo in the PDF readme chapter.
an optional force flag to maven/download

Fixed

documentation for :matrix module

Updated dependencies:

Bump flying-saucer from 9.3.2 to 9.4.0
Bump xchart from 3.8.2 to 3.8.6
Bump pdfbox from 2.0.27 to 3.0.1

[1.11.3] - 2023-12-31

Added

the function maven/mvn to run a maven command
the function maven/dependencies to get the dependency tree of an artifact (e.g.: "org.knowm.xchart:xchart:3.8."). Venice creates a temporary maven project to compute the dependency tree and removes the project afterwards

Updated dependencies:

Bump flying-saucer from 9.3.1 to 9.3.2
Bump openpdf from 1.3.32 to 1.3.35

[1.11.2] - 2023-12-23

Fixed

the availability detection of ChaCh20 and ChaCha20-BC file encryption algorithms on all setup combinations Java 8 / Java 11+ with or without the BouncyCastle libraries

[1.11.1] - 2023-12-22

Added

documentation

[1.11.0] - 2023-12-21

Added

module :ascii-table for creating and customizing simple ASCII tables

Refactored

:core module to use qualified core functions within macros to follow the "principal of least surprise".

[1.10.56] - 2023-12-12

Added

AES-256 (CBC, PKCS5Padding) file encryptor/decryptor to :crypt module (for testing purposes only, in production use AES-256 GCM)
ChaCha20 file encryptor/decryptor to :crypt module (Java 11+)
ChaCha20 BouncyCastle file encryptor/decryptor to :crypt modul (Java 8+)
functions for handling byte order (little/big endian) on byte buffers

Disabled

external entities in XML parser utils

[1.10.55] - 2023-12-10

Added

function str/align
bytebuf allocation with random values
bytebuf allocation with a fill value
an example script comparing AES-256 CBC, AES-256 GCM, and AES-256 ZIP encryption and decryption performance
an example script comparing MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 hashing performance

[1.10.54] - 2023-12-07

Added

AES-256 (GCM, NoPadding) file encryptor/decryptor to :crypt module

[1.10.53] - 2023-11-13

Added

improvements to :zipvault module. New functions zipvault/entries zipvault/add-file, zipvault/add-folder, zipvault/add-stream

[1.10.52] - 2023-11-09

Added

support for Docker ArangoDB dump & restore in the :cargo-arangodb module
support for copying Docker ArangoDB dumps to/from the local file system
support for 'docker/exec' detached/non detached (async/sync) mode
module :zipvault to create AES-256 encrypted and password protected zip files that can be opened by most unzip/uncompress tools on MacOS, Linux, or Windows

Fixed

Fixed 'docker/exec' function. The docker tool expects the exec command and its args as individual arguments: docker exec 0286eb877a91 ls /var/lib.
Passing "ls /var/lib" is not accepted.
option processing in 'io/file-out-stream' function

[1.10.51] - 2023-11-05

Added

support for docker volumes in cargo/start function

Fixed

an edge case with handling envs and args in docker/run function

[1.10.50] - 2023-11-03

Added

an additional check to the CSV reader to reject quote chars in non quoted fields. This is not allowed by the CSV standard
function finder to find symbols

Fixed

an edge case with CSV reader on a sequence of empty fields

[1.10.49] - 2023-10-30

Added

jsonl/splitln function
io/print-line support for a single stream argument

Improved

docker module to use :jsonl module to parse JSON command output

[1.10.48] - 2023-10-22

Added

improvements to simplify the time function's support for ISO formats
support for full decimal number range with JSON read/write. Reading and writing of decimals like 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.3333333333333333M in its full precision is now possible. This feature must be activated explicitly because its not part of the JSON standard. (Note: the JSON standard itself is limited to the double floating-point number range and precision)

[1.10.47] - 2023-10-19

Added

function io/print-line
an optional filter function to jsonl/slurp
support for lazy sequences and transducer to JSON Lines data slurper

Improved

performance of JSON Lines jsonl/spit function
JSON Lines documentation

[1.10.46] - 2023-10-17

Added

support for JSON Lines (see module :jsonl)

Fixed

function docker/container-exec-by-name
function read-line to detect end-of-stream properly

[1.10.45] - 2023-10-04

Added

functions to handle locks based on a semaphore

Updated

:cargo-arangodb module to disable the ArangodDB telemetrics sent home

Fixed

Venice to follow the Java rules when propagating exceptions from try-with-resources blocks:
1. exception from finally block
2. exception from catch block
3. exception from body block
4. exception from resource auto-close

Updated

:pdf module dependencies to flyingSaucer 9.3.1 and openpdf 1.3.30

Updated dependencies:

Bump gradle from 8.0.2 to 8.3

[1.10.44] - 2023-09-27

Added

function running? and prune to :cargo module

Improved

error messages for the :cargo and :docker module

[1.10.43] - 2023-09-23

Added

module :cargo to run testcontainers with the support of Venice

[1.10.42] - 2023-09-18

Added

function argument type hints
an optional timeout to sh function

Enhanced

the functions time/plus and time/minus to accept :java.time.Period and :java.time.Duration too as the amount of time to add or subtract

Fixed

function docker/rm

[1.10.41] - 2023-09-12

Added

a no arg function variant to crypt/ciphers
a docker module to manage docker images and containers from Venice scripts. The functions support both TEXT and JSON output of the docker commands. The JSON output is parsed and converted to Venice data for further processing. A generic docker function can run any docker command.
Requires a local docker installation.
Venice supports the most used docker commands:
- docker version,
- docker images, docker rmi, docker image prune/rm/pull
- docker run/ps/start/stop/cp/exec/diff/logs/pause/unpause/wait/prune
- docker volume list/create/rm/exists
functions var-sym-meta and var-val-meta to access the meta data of the symbol and of the value of a var.

Fixed

unwrapping a Java object of type Optional<T> if T is a Java array type

[1.10.40] - 2023-08-17

Added

formal type support for unwrapping a Java object of type Optional<T> through the function java-unwrap-optional.
detailed explanation of the role of Java formal types in Venice. (See the functions: formal-type, cast, and remove-formal-type)
function crypt/ciphers to list the available ciphers

Improved

documentation and examples for lazy sequences

Fixed

'str/split' doc examples

[1.10.39] - 2023-07-10

Added

UTF-8 module with common UTF-8 character constants
function remove-formal-type

Fixed

not working service registry lookup when any sandbox is active. The affected Java classes are white-listed as default now and the service registry sandboxing is simply controlled through black-listing the service function.

[1.10.38] - 2023-07-09

Added

function str/split-columns
the ability to use dynamic service discovery with Venice service registry to simplify Venice embedding use cases

[1.10.37] - 2023-04-30

Added

a service registry to simplify Venice integration in application scripting scenarios

Fixed

Excel module to work with Apache POI 4.1.x again. To use charts with Excel documents Apache POI 5.2.0 or newer is required!

[1.10.36] - 2023-04-18

Fixed

Gradle build shadow jar task. Gradle 8.0.x does not accept the classifier property anymore. Renamed to archiveClassifier and use archiveClassifier = '' to prevent the shadow jar task to add the '-all' classifier to the jar name.

[1.10.35] - 2023-04-14

Added

a PDF to text tool: pdf/to-text

[1.10.34] - 2023-04-11

Added

functions io/filesystem-total-space, io/filesystem-usable-space
function inet/reachable? to check if an INET addr is reachable
improvements to Excel renderer regarding column hiding
support for PNG and JPEG images to :excel module
support for line, bar, area, and pie charts to :excel module

Fixed

:excel module 3rd-party library dependencies

Updated dependencies:

Bump com.github.johnrengelman.shadow gradle plugin from 7.1.2 to 8.1.1
Bump gradle from 7.5 to 8.0.2

[1.10.33] - 2023-01-18

Added

functions str/nrest, str/butnlast, and str/split-at
a parallel reduce preduce based on a reduce / combine strategy
module :qrref

Fixed

parsifal parser combinator let->>* and >>* macros

[1.10.32] - 2023-01-03

Fixed

setup script

[1.10.31] - 2023-01-03

Added

module :qrbill to create Swiss QR bills
function io/file-basename

[1.10.30] - 2022-12-07

Added

improvements to :excel module cell styling
support for freeze panes to :excel module
function excel/read-error-code to read the error code from a formula cell
function excel/read-val to have an option to read data from cells generically

Improved

and simplified the function excel/write-data for writing 2 dimension tabular data to an excel sheet

[1.10.29] - 2022-11-29

Added

an optional start row/col to excel/write-data

Fixed

an edge case in macroexpand-all when the upfront macro expansion meets java data structures. Runtime macro expansion works fine in these cases.
function excel/write-items handling formulas

[1.10.28] - 2022-11-21

Added

Excel reader / writer converter

Fixed

excel/sheet-index (must be 1-based)
Excel formula cell evaluation
Excel vertical middle alignment

[1.10.27] - 2022-11-14

Added

functions to automate downloading 3rd party Java libraries and fonts required for PDF, Excel, Chart, and Tomcat modules

Updated dependencies:

Bump Apache POI from 4.1.2 to 5.2.3 (compatibility with POI 4.1.2 is still provided)

[1.10.26] - 2022-11-11

Added

the function 'excel/sheet-index' to get an excel sheet's index
a HTML and PDF renderer for syntax highlighted Venice source files

Fixed

'excel/open' when passing a bytebuf

[1.10.25] - 2022-11-06

Added

support for interfaces with default implementations that are not overridden for Java interop dynamic proxies
macros assert-ne and assert-does-not-throw
function qualified-symbol?, regex/matches-not?, io/file-within-dir?

Improved

functions match? and not-match? to support also regex patterns (:java.util.regex.Pattern)

Fixed

REPL command completer to consider special forms as well

Migrated

the Tomcat WebApp modules :tomcat and :ring to the Java EE 9 Jakarta versions of Tomcat. Tomcat 9 is not supported anymore. Use Tomcat 10.0.x with Java 8 and Tomcat 10.1.x with Java 11+.

[1.10.24] - 2022-10-03

Added

support for destructuring in loop / recur loops
an optional customized indentation string to the JSON pretty printer
proxy builder for Java functional UnaryPredicate interface
macros assert-eq and assert-throws
file, line, and column information to the exceptions raised by the assert macros assert, assert-eq, and assert-throws
:com.github.jlangch.venice.AssertionException to the list of the default class imports
a test framework

Improved

str/split to support an optional limit

Fixed

proxy builder for Java functional BiPredicate and BiConsumer interfaces

[1.10.23] - 2022-09-14

Added

optimizations to pre-compiled execution

Improved

sandbox construction

Fixed

a cheatsheet example

[1.10.22] - 2022-09-06

Improved

pre-compiled scripts to reach the performance level of Venice V1.10.0 scripts again.

Fixed

pre-compiled scripts to support namespace aliases for loaded modules and files.
pre-compiled scripts to support macro expansion for loaded modules and files

Incompatible Changes

renamed the public class 'com.github.jlangch.venice.PreCompiled' to 'com.github.jlangch.venice.IPreCompiled' to pave the way for Java modules.

[1.10.21] - 2022-09-05

Added

load path support for io/delete-file

Improved

CSV and JSON to use the I/O module to handle its file I/O.
This way CSV and JSON can be controlled by the sandbox's I/O configuration
the support for data sources and sinks CSV and JSON functions can handle to slurp or spit data.

[1.10.20] - 2022-09-02

Added

function partition-all
load path support for io/slurp, io/spit, io/file-in-stream, and io/file-out-stream

Improved

the sandbox's control over load-classpath-file. Instead of just being able to allow or reject calls to load-classpath-file the sandbox offers now a finer control over the function by applying the classpath access rules on the resource being loaded. The sandbox configuration provides now three options:
- no restrictions at all
- reject all calls to load-classpath-file
- accept calls to load-classpath-file based on the classpath resource
the core module to not rely on Java interop anymore. The core module can now be used without restrictions when Java interop is disabled.

Fixed

REPL to add expressions with leading spaces to the history too by overriding jline3's default configuration
Venice to not wrap a SecurityException with a VncException on sandbox violations.

[1.10.18] - 2022-08-02

Added

better documentation for load-file and load-resource regarding load paths

Fixed

load path access, ZIP files on the load path are now fully supported

[1.10.17] - 2022-07-29

Added

functions io/touch-file, io/delete-files-glob
support for queues with transducers and reducers
performance improvements to the grep functions by using pmap instead of map in its implementation.
a delay-queue that is based on the Java class java.util.concurrent.DelayQueue
reader macro for regex patterns: #"[0-9]+"

Fixed

the message of the exceptions raised by str/format on illegal formats. Additionally provide a Venice stack trace with these exceptions.

Security

Fix Partial Path Traversal Vulnerability submitted by Jonathan Leitschuh

Updated dependencies:

Bump gradle from 7.4.1 to 7.5

[1.10.16] - 2022-07-01

Added

support for import aliases (import :java.awt.Color :as :Col) (import :java.awt.Color) is equivalent to (import :java.awt.Color :as :Color)
support for regex rematching in function regex/matches?
a grep module with grep like search for lines in text

Changed

the implementation of the special forms. It's now easier to add and document special forms
all tabs to spaces in the sources

Fixed

io/delete-file-on-exit to work with directories too
a bug in the markdown table renderer with parsing custom column styles

[1.10.15] - 2022-06-02

Fixed

color definitions in :xchart module.

[1.10.14] - 2022-06-01

Fixed

JavaInterop to run on Java 17. All unit tests run now on Java 8, 11, and 17.

Changed

the 'component' extension module to work with vanilla Venice values that do not implement the Component protocol. This allows for a smoother integration with configurations created by the 'config' module.
refactored the 'component' extension module to store a component's dependencies in the component's meta data.
the namespaces of the extension modules 'tomcat', 'tomcat-util', and 'benchmark' to follow the module name. Using namespace aliases, introduced with Venice 1.10.11, helps a lot in working with qualified symbols.

[1.10.13] - 2022-05-19

Fixed

fixed the '-setup-ext' option in the repl-setup.venice script that is used to install Venice with additional fonts and 3rdparty libraries
shell> java -jar venice-*.jar -setup -colors
shell> java -jar venice-*.jar -setup-ext -colors

[1.10.12] - 2022-05-18

Added

function str/hexdigit?
CSS column styles for markdown tables. Currently 'text-align' and 'width' are supported
new features to the Parsifal parser combinator:
1. Deduping the error message list, to avoid repeated error messages
2. Allow customized error messages with the never parser
3. Added protocol 'SourcePosition' and changed function inc-sourcepos to support error messages with source line/column nr for item types other than char.
4. A parser for any token: any
5. A parser for hex digits: hexdigit

Changed

the load-module, load-file, and load-classpath-file macros to accept an optional ns alias
the name of the parser combinator to Parsifal

Updated dependencies:

Bump openpdf from 1.3.27 to 1.3.28

[1.10.11] - 2022-05-05

Added

namespace aliases (ns-alias, ns-aliases, ns-unalias)
Object protocol to support customized compareTo function for custom datatypes
a Parsifal expression parser example 'doc/example/scripts/expr-parser.venice'
functions str/trim-left and str/trim-right

Changed

the printing of 'Infinite' and 'NaN' double numbers in the reader format for the functions pr-str, pr, and prn.

Fixed

function name to return the simple name only (without namespace)

[1.10.10] - 2022-05-01

Added

support for char literals: #\A, #\u03C0, #\space (implemented as reader macro)
support for multiple collections to function pmap
macro letfn and def-
function deliver-ex to complete promises exceptionally by delivering an exception
functions prewalk-replace and postwalk-replace (recursive replace)
functions pr and prn that round out the printing functions's support for the Venice's reader format

Fixed

a problem with the functions io/string-in-stream and io/bytebuf-in-stream not being accessible through its global symbols
an edge case with dynamic vars propagation across threads

[1.10.9] - 2022-04-01

Added

functions select-keys
functions pmap and pcalls

Updated dependencies:

Bump openpdf from 1.3.26 to 1.3.27
Bump gradle from 7.2 to 7.4.1

[1.10.8] - 2022-03-02

Added

math functions exp, asin, acos, atan
functions nan? and infinite? for double values
Object protocol to support customized 'toString' conversion for custom datatypes
improvements to documentation

Updated dependencies:

Bump jline3 from 3.20.0 to 3.21.0
Bump com.github.johnrengelman.shadow gradle plugin from 7.1.0 to 7.1.2
Bump junit-jupiter-api from 5.7.0 to 5.8.2
Bump junit-jupiter-engine from 5.7.0 to 5.8.2

[1.10.7] - 2022-02-01

Added

functions user-name, io/file-in-stream, io/string-in-stream

[1.10.6] - 2022-01-02

Added

timeout functions for promise chaining

[1.10.5] - 2021-12-01

Added

function future-task that offers an alternative processing model for asynchronous tasks
functions drop-last, take-last
chaining async tasks for promises
support for done?, cancel, cancelled? to promises

[1.10.4] - 2021-10-28

Added

functions cartesian-product and compositions
functions subset? and superset? for sets
support for running app archives from the REPL

Fixed

application archive runner

Updated dependencies:

Bump jline3 from 3.20.0 to 3.21.0

[1.10.3] - 2021-10-10

Added

support for isolated root components that have no dependencies for the :component module
support for protocol default function implementations

[1.10.2] - 2021-10-08

Added

support for doc function to print the functions of protocols and to print the associated protocols for custom types.

Fixed

assoc on custom types to keep the meta data

[1.10.1] - 2021-10-06

Added

module :component
function str/levenshtein

Changed

doc function to use Levenshtein distance if the exact symbol is not found to do a fuzzy search for candidates.

Fixed

a namespace problem with protocols

[1.10.0] - 2021-10-01

Added

a DAG (directed acyclic graph) data type with topological sorting using Kahn's algorithm
function deftype-describe to get details on a custom type definition
Protocols (defprotocol, extend)

Fixed

an edge case with core namespace. E.g: (do (ns foo) (defn foo/* [x y] (core/* x y 2)))

[1.9.31] - 2021-09-21

Added

functions merge-deep, io/->url, io/->uri,
the module :config to simplify application configuration
support for java.net.URL and java.net.URI with io/slurp and io/slurp-lines
improvements to cheatsheet rendering for inline code sections
multimethods to support isa? semantic when dispatching on data types

[1.9.30] - 2021-09-11

Added

improvements to callstack when threads are used

Fixed

the HTML cheatsheet link in the README. Prepended the Markdown URL with https://htmlpreview.github.io/? to make it work again.
generated HTML cheatsheet to pass the W3C Markup Validation Service without warnings and errors
the isolation of the try-catch-finally local vars against each other
arity exceptions to carry a callstack

[1.9.29] - 2021-09-02

Added

a custom mode to ansi/progress

Fixed

ns-remove to not allow the removal of the current namespace
an edge case with special form ns-list
io/watch-dir when the optional error and termination listener are not passed

[1.9.28] - 2021-08-14

Fixed

:ansi module progress bar percentage to be converted to an integer always thus preventing the progress bar from displaying floats and decimals

[1.9.27] - 2021-08-01

Fixed

import in module :benchmark
an edge case with destructuring in binding special form (binding [bindings*] exprs*)

[1.9.26] - 2021-07-21

Added

a Venice com.github.jlangch.venice.SecurityException that is thrown by the sandbox instead of a java.lang.SecurityException to indicate a sandbox violation. This allows Venice to pass a more user friendly Venice stacktrace with the exception
support for nillable types with deftype
tee functions to the tracing module

Fixed

CapturingPrintStream to use the system-dependent line separator string.

Changed

VAVR dependency to version 0.10.4

[1.9.25] - 2021-07-12

Added

function vector*
optimizations to global var lookup
callstack info to error messages where it was missing

[1.9.24] - 2021-07-02

Added

support for Gitpod VS Code
color mode switching to the REPL. The REPL commands !lightmode and !darkmode switch Venice's color mode to adapt to the REPL's terminal color mode.
VS code settings for Venice source code syntax highlighting for editing on Gitpod

Fixed

destructuring with lazy sequences. All destructuring features are now supported with lazy sequences.

[1.9.23] - 2021-06-23

Added

added an exception catch selector for exception cause types in try-catch blocks

Fixed

a markdown rendering problem for text mode with list items

[1.9.22] - 2021-06-08

Added

exception selectors for catch clauses in try-catch blocks
utility functions to access message, cause, and stacktraces of an exception

Fixed

a problem with the ValueException class regarding introducing Java modules

[1.9.21] - 2021-06-04

Added

improvements to the exception handling. The new function ex simplifies the creation of exceptions and plays well with the full restricted sandbox. E.g.: (throw (ex :VncException "test"))

[1.9.20] - 2021-06-02

Added

improvements to the online and cheatsheet documentation.
prevention of redirecting stdin, stdout, and stderr streams explicitly. Any redirection attempt by changing the thread local vars (:in, :out, :err) throws an exception.

[1.9.19] - 2021-05-30

Added

access to REPL info when running in the REPL. E.g.: (repl/info), (repl/term-rows), (repl/term-cols)

Changed

JLine dependency to version 3.19.0
OpenPDf dependency to version 1.3.26
JAnsi dependency to version 2.3.2
migrated the documentation to markdown for more flexibility when rendering to the Venice HTML/PDF cheatsheet or for REPL documentation in a terminal through the doc function (e.g. (doc filter))

[1.9.18] - 2021-04-19

Added

REPL restart honors now the current macro expansion setting

Changed

JLine3 Jansi dependency to version 2.1.0: org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:2.1.0

[1.9.17] - 2021-04-16

Fixed

3rdParty library availability check in :xchart module

[1.9.16] - 2021-04-16

Fixed

the partition function to behave like Clojure's partition function
the function hexdump/dump to handle an edge case correctly

[1.9.15] - 2021-04-14

Added

refactorings to the :crypt module. It's now a pure Venice module without needing Java helper functions.

Fixed

a potential missing of closing a nested FileOutputStream in a try-with-resources block with function json/spit. Reported by LGTM CI
dropping a file to the REPL that has special characters (space, asteriks, ...) in the filename. The underlying OS shell is escaping these characters. E.g. on MacOSX: "test\ 1.venice", "test?1.venice"

Changed

build to Gradle 7.0 and moved to MavenCentral because JCenter's shutdown has been announced by JFrog in February 2021

[1.9.14] - 2021-04-04

Added

synchronous element processing to the Venice queue: (queue)

Fixed

alerts reported by the LGTM code quality analysis

[1.9.13] - 2021-03-28

Added

function swap-vals! for atoms
the option to pass arguments for opening MacOS apps. E.g.: (shell/open-macos-app "TextEdit" "example.txt")
an ESR module for dealing with Swiss ESR reference numbers
a restartable option for the REPL if the REPL launcher script supports it. While REPL 'reload' creates a new Venice context, a 'restart' exits the current REPL process and starts a new REPL with a new Java VM running.

Changed

function >, >=, <, and <= support now more than 2 arguments and throw an exception if the arguments are not numbers

Fixed

Google open source font download directories for extended REPL setup

[1.9.12] - 2021-03-04

Added

support for 24-bit colors, cell border, and cell rotation to Excel builder

[1.9.11] - 2021-01-24

Added

Excel builder

Fixed

supertype for number types. Returns now e.g. ":core/number" for (supertype 1) instead of ":core/val".
instance-of to support unqualified Java types that get resolved by import statements

Changed

function instance? to instance-of?
build to Gradle 6.8
JLine dependency to version 3.19.0

[1.9.10] - 2021-01-10

Changed

XChart dependency to version 3.8.0. Due to an incompatible API change in the XChart 3.8.0 Java library, Venice 1.9.10+ does not work with earlier XChart versions!

[1.9.9] - 2021-01-07

Added

improvements to documentation
options for io/zip-file and io/zip-list to print progress to *out*
an optional mapper to io/zip-file to simplify the creation of anonymized archive files
function ip-private? to test for private IP addresses like 192.168.170.181

Fixed

fixed the function total-memory to return the correct value for the total memory available to the JVM

Changed

Refactored regex API regarding find functions returning positional group information and improved doc. find-group renamed to find+, find-all-groups renamed to find-all+.

[1.9.8] - 2021-01-01

Added

improvements to documentation
function trace/trace-str-limit

Fixed

fixed function var-name for qualified vars
fixed :xchart module bar charts with multiple categories

Changed

XChart dependency to version 3.7.0. Due to an incompatible API change in the XChart 3.7.0 Java library, Venice 1.9.8+ does not work with earlier XChart versions!

[1.9.7] - 2020-12-26

Added

improvements to documentation
function io/file-last-modified
support for JavaDoc. Opens a browser window displaying the JavaDoc for a Java class. E.g: (java/javadoc :java.lang.String)

Fixed

documentation for Kira templating
fixed functions os-type and os-type? for Linux operating systems

Changed

JLine dependency to version 3.18.0

[1.9.6] - 2020-12-06

Fixed

an issue with the REPL where the expression history stopped working

[1.9.5] - 2020-12-01

Added

function cycle
threading macros some-> and some->>
cross references to cheatsheet
syntax highlighting for cheatsheet examples
shell/processes-info to list the process info of all running processes
arity check for passed arguments for all special forms
callstack for map/set/vector used as function
added optimizations to the interpreter that makes it up to 40% faster

Fixed

word wrap with function names in PDF cheatsheet
shell/process-info to handle Java Optional in lieu of the caller
callstack for macro arity exception
let, recur, and bindings to throw an exception if the binding vector does not have an even number of forms

[1.9.4] - 2020-11-01

Added

function partition-by
macro doseq
arity check for passed arguments to functions. Throws an ArityException if the args do not match the function's parameter count.
automatic TCO, that was an experimental feature since version 1.9.3
improvements to the 'kira' template extension module. With the availability of doseq the module could be simplified. 'kira/emit' has been removed and 'kira/foreach' is replaced by 'doseq'. See the documentation in the readme.

Fixed

function partition for overlapping parts (when steps is smaller than n, the size of a part)
method execution to throw an exception if a macro is passed where a function is expected

[1.9.3] - 2020-10-17

Added

a tracing extension module to help with debugging
a hexdump extension module
a few helper functions to simplify using Java Dynamic Proxies with Java functional interfaces. E.g.: (proxify :java.util.function.Function { :apply #(+ % 1) }) can be simplified to (as-function #(+ % 1))
experimental automatic tail call optimization, not yet enabled for releases.
experimental JPMS (Java Platform Module System) support, not yet enabled for releases. Enhanced the Gradle build for building Venice as a Java 8 library supporting JPMS

Fixed

stack trace for some special form errors. The line/col information was missing.
stack trace for symbol not found errors. The line/col information was missing.
function map to support lazy seq when passing multiple collections. E.g: (map list [:a :b :c] (lazy-seq 1 inc))

[1.9.2] - 2020-10-02

Fixed

a security issue with Venice precompiled script execution not using the active interceptor
load paths for running a Venice app (the application zip must be added to the load paths)

[1.9.1] - 2020-10-01

Added

function map-keys and map-vals
function io/await-for to wait for a file getting created, modified, or deleted
function io/watch-dir and io/close-watcher to watch file modifications in a directory
function shell/open to open a file or an url with the associated application
process management function for the shell extension module
'gradle' extension module to run gradle build tasks
support for SHA-1 hashes (crypt/sha1-hash)
REPL support for drag/drop Venice files for execution
load paths (used with load-file and load-resource) to the sandbox to make load paths more secure

Changed

the function load-file to accept absolute file paths, if the Venice sandbox permits it.

[1.9.0] - 2020-09-01

Added

lazy sequences with values generated by functions (lazy-seq 100 #(+ % 1))
big integer as core type
hex long literals: 0x00A020FF
macros cond-> and cond->>
documentation for double/decimal literals in scientific notation
the possibility to redefine a defmethod definition like defn does
support for underscores in number literals. E.g.: 1_000_000

Fixed

map in its transducing version to accept a map, a keyword, or a set as mapping function. E.g.: (transduce (map :ip) conj [{:ip 6}])
filter in its transducing version to accept a map, a keyword, or a set as filter predicate. E.g.: (transduce (filter #{1 3 5 7 9}) conj [1 2 3 4 5 6])
an edge case with complex macro bodies
a problem with legend/series styling in the 'xchart' extension module
REPL to add input that caused a ParseError to the command history to be available for repeated correction.

Deprecated

'math' module. Big integer is now a core type

[1.8.13] - 2020-08-01

Added

custom types support assoc to change one or multiple fields

Performance

The GEOIP module country lookup is now lightning-fast. A country lookup for an IPv4 address on a 2017 MacBook Pro (Mac OSX, Core i7 2.8 GHz) takes ~1.1us based on actual MaxMind data. Venice uses now an ultra-fast trie concurrent data structure to store CIDR / country relations and do IP lookups. This impressively demonstrates the power of trie data structures used for this kind of problems.
Improved function invocation efficiency

[1.8.12] - 2020-07-20

Added

pre-loaded modules to honor the 'macroexpandOnLoad' flag (Java integration API)
profiling to show now details on each macro type expansion
macro expansion of the core module at startup if up-front macro expansion is activated

Fixed

macros to use the current namespace when expanding as opposed to functions that use the namespace they have defined in when executing the body.
the REPL to leave char escaping to the Venice Reader. Now (print "abc\ndef")
works fine in the REPL too. No double escape (print "abc\\ndef") needed anymore.
JLine3 from throwing an IllegalStateException in the REPL while an escaped char is typed manually.

[1.8.11] - 2020-07-09

Added

line joining for text blocks (backslash at the end of a line)
support for private vars and functions. Private vars and functions may only be accessed from callers within the same namespace as the private var or function.
a check to prevent the definition of private macros. Private macros open all sort of complex access verification problems when macros get nested.

[1.8.10] - 2020-06-18

Added

an enhancement to the syntax highlighter to mark unprocessed forms like (inc 1) in (do (+ 1 2)) (inc 1) in the REPL with a special color. This feature also makes unbalanced parenthesis visible.
a history file for the REPL commands
a clear history command to the REPL

Fixed

REPL to handle an edge case of unprocessed forms gracefully. E.g.: adding (+ 1 2)\n(+ 2 3) with copy/paste to the REPL.
REPL to handle [ctrl-c] gracefully when the user interrupts the REPL while reading user input

Changed

exit from REPL with command !q or !quit

[1.8.9] - 2020-06-13

Added

deftype-of validation with predicate functions as an alternative to use assert

Fixed

missing type check for 'deftype-of' builder
'deftype-or' with 'nil' choice (optional)

[1.8.8] - 2020-06-11

Changed

REPL light color theme

[1.8.7] - 2020-06-10

Fixed

Gradle Maven publication task to publish the shadow Jar instead of the plain Jar. The published releases 1.8.3 to 1.8.5 contained the plain Jar that missed the repackaged JLine and Vavr libs.

[1.8.6] - 2020-06-10

Fixed

publish to Maven by falling back to manual publication. The Gradle Maven publication task published the plain Jar instead of the shadow Jar.

[1.8.5] - 2020-06-09

Changed

REPL setup on Windows

Performance

Refactored the Venice tokenizer to improve performance by another 30% by simplifying character look ahead. The Venice reader (parser) processes now 1'000'000 source lines per second measured for core.venice on a 2017 MacBook Pro (Mac OSX, Core i7 2.8 GHz), Java 8 server VM. See the JMH reader benchmark 'ReaderBenchmark.java'

[1.8.4] - 2020-06-03

Added

improvements to syntax highlighting color themes
function highlight to make syntax highlighting publicly available

Changed

ansi module progress bars to reduce flickering on slower systems

Performance

Refactored the Venice reader (parser) to not use regular expressions anymore for tokenizing and reading S-expressions, resulting in a 50% performance improvement. The Venice reader processes now 750'000 source lines per second measured for core.venice on a 2017 MacBook Pro (Mac OSX, Core i7 2.8 GHz), Java 8 server VM. See the JMH reader benchmark 'ReaderBenchmark.java'

[1.8.3] - 2020-06-03

Added

syntax highlighting for the REPL. REPL syntax highlighting can be turned on/off.
function fnil

Changed

function str/lower-case and str/upper-case to accept an optional locale
from manual Maven publishing to the "Maven Publisher" Gradle plugin
VAVR dependency to version 0.10.3
JLine dependency to version 3.15.0
optional OpenPDF dependency to version 1.3.17

[1.8.2] - 2020-05-28

Added

Gradle build automated Maven publish

[1.8.1] - 2020-05-27

Added

PDF watermark text outline customization
implicitly generating build and check functions for custom types

Fixed

'parsatron' parser combinator

[1.8.0] - 2020-05-18

Added

functions deftype, deftype-of, and deftype-or

Fixed

PDF watermark color opacity: OpenPDF library changed behavior in one of the recent releases!

[1.7.29] - 2020-05-14

Added

access to stdin in the REPL and Venice scripts
function read-line
optional revision number support to 'semver' module (ArangoDB uses 3.6.3.1 style versions thus not sticking to semantic versioning)

Changed

REPL setup: repl.bat gets an @ECHO OFF to suppress command echoing

[1.7.28] - 2020-05-13

Changed

REPL setup: handles color mode better
function str/replace-first to optionally support replacing ignoring case and replacing the first n occurrences
function str/replace-last to optionally support replacing ignoring case

Fixed

edge cases in functions str/replace-first and str/replace-last

[1.7.27] - 2020-05-12

Added

functions str/expand

Changed

function str/truncate to support an optional truncation mode :start, :middle, or :end
REPL setup: put the generated 'repl.json' on the classpath

Fixed

drop function (dropped 1 item too much, the corresponding unit test did not have a test annotation, so the test slipped)

[1.7.26] - 2020-05-11

Added

functions io/internet-avail?, str/cr-lf, charset-default-encoding
simplified REPL setup (automated extended setup)
module 'tomcat' throws an exception when used and the Tomcat libs are not on the classpath
module 'xchart' throws an exception when used and the XChart libs are not on the classpath

[1.7.25] - 2020-05-08

Fixed

fixed REPL on Windows to load the 'jansi' library
fixed function 'print' to return always 'nil' instead of the print stream's class name

[1.7.24] - 2020-05-08

Added

module tput for terminal output on Linux and Mac OSX
module ansi to use colors and cursor control on ANSI terminals
functions update-in and dissoc-in

Fixed

sequential destructuring to return nil on empty varargs. E.g.: (let [[a b & c] '(1 2)] [a b c]) c must be nil and not an empty list
an edge case (nil collection) with function apply. (apply + 1 2 nil) is equal to (apply + 1 2 []).

Changed

function io/download to accept a progress function, a connection timeout, and a read timeout as option
optional OpenPDF dependency to version 1.3.16

[1.7.23] - 2020-04-27

Added

dark mode support for the REPL. Launch the REPL with the command line option '-colors-darkmode'

Fixed

accidentally bundled OpenSans and SourceCodePro fonts with the Venice 1.7.22 Jar
functions nfirst and nlast to work with Java based lists too
default sandbox rules to include Venice exception types

[1.7.22] - 2020-04-26

Added

CallbackPrintStream class to simplify stdout/stderr capturing in some Java integration scenarios

Fixed

functions keep, remove, every?, filter-k, and filter-kv to work with sets as predicate functions too
a bug in the xchart module. With the introduction of formal types (Venice 1.7.17) the chart stylers need explicit casts, to circumvent a flaw in the XChart API.

Changed

OpenPDF lib to actual version 1.3.15

[1.7.21] - 2020-04-11

Added

function deref? to test if a value is dereferenceable to get the 'boxed' value
enhancements to the sandbox to allow blacklisted Venice functions sets to be opened by specific functions. E.g.: blacklist all IO functions but allow print, println, printf, and newline.
module fam to support functors, applicatives, and monads

Fixed

send-off to be optionally called without fn args

Changed

JLine3 lib to actual version 3.14.1
build to Gradle 6.3

[1.7.20] - 2020-03-09

Added

macro with-err-str that returns the captured text from stderr
stderr support for functions print, println, printf, newline, and flush
stderr support for REPL. While stdout text is printed in grey stderr text is printed in light red

[1.7.21] - 2020-03-06

Added

function filter-k to filter maps by key
function filter-kv to filter maps by key and/or value
improvements to mercator and geoip modules

Fixed

an issue with Java Interop exception messages

Changed

JLine3 lib to actual version 3.14.0
build to Gradle 6.2.2

[1.7.18] - 2020-02-20

Added

functions cast and formal-type to allow explicit casts on Java objects
an optional user-agent string for io/download. Some servers reply with a 403 (access denied) if there is no user-agent sent with the HTTP request. E.g.: (io/download "https://foo/foo.png :binary true :user-agent "Mozilla")
new sandbox default rules due to introduction of formal types:
- class:java.util.List:*
- class:java.util.Set:*
- class:java.util.Map:*

[1.7.17] - 2020-02-05

Added

optional upfront macro expansion for all execution modes (REPL, Launcher, and embedding in Java)
customizable mercator maps and rendering styles to mercator module

Changed

OpenPDF libs to 1.3.12

Fixed

Java Interop reflection to use the formal type of the value an instance method returns for subsequent calls on the returned object. This fixes the warnings "An illegal reflective access operation has occurred" on Java 9+. Future Java versions will even deny this access.

E.g.: java.awt.BufferedImage::createGraphics() defines 'java.awt.Graphics2D' as the formal type in the API and returns a 'sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D' object that is in a private module.

[1.7.16] - 2020-01-21

Added

performance improvements to function invocation
throw an exception if a 'recur' expression is not in tail position

Fixed

loop-recur to allow multiple expressions in the body

[1.7.15] - 2020-01-14

Added

improvements to REPL for printing to terminal
function io/list-files-glob to list files with a glob pattern

Fixed

the launcher when passing a '-file' option to run a script.

[1.7.14] - 2020-01-11

Added

customizable marker and labels to the 'mercator' map module

Fixed

'tomcat-util' module access log file parser
function 'disj' to work with all set types

Changed

JLine3 lib to version 3.13.3
FlyingSaucer lib to version 9.1.20

[1.7.13] - 2020-01-10

Added

CSV writer
macro when-let

Fixed

CSV module embedded quote characters in cells. They are represented by a pair of the quote character.
function map to accept a keyword as mapping function

Changed

improved performance of the CSV reader and the CIDR IP block parser

[1.7.12] - 2020-01-03

Added

modules cidr, mercator, and geoip to map IP address locations to a 2D map. Use case: visualize Tomcat client IP addresses from the access log file on a world map.
function io/zip-list-entry-names

Fixed

macro load-file to honor the 'force' option
deprecated Gradle build properties
function empty to support sets (required for macroexpand-all)
function map to support sets (required for macroexpand-all)
transfer of meta data in simple destructuring [x 10] from symbol to bind value

Changed

coalesce to evaluate its arguments lazy. It's now a macro.

[1.7.11] - 2019-12-20

Added

optional macro expansion at precompilation phase. This gives another performance gain when using Venice as an expression or rules engine. See the benchmark in Embedding Venice
conj on maps to accept multiple elements
a tree walker (prewalk, postwalk) for Venice data structures
function macroexpand-all to recursively expand macros in a s-expression
load path file completion for the REPL with (load-file file-path)
load path to support ZIP files in addition to directories
support for Venice archives for simplified distribution of Venice apps (see extension module :app)

Fixed

print functions (println, newline) to use the platform specific newline LF or CR-LF
an edge case with auto gen symbols for macros
zipper: adding a ZIP entry from a java.io.File caused a ClassCastException

Changed

the sandbox to a whitelist model regarding loading extension modules. This is less error prone if Venice is providing more extension modules in the future.
JLine3 lib to actual version 3.13.2
build to Gradle 6.0.1

[1.7.10] - 2019-11-21

Fixed

a problem with caching Java interop meta data under heavy multi-threaded load.

[1.7.9] - 2019-11-20

Added

functions every-pred, any-pred
function locking, Venice's equivalent for synchronized in Java
auto generated unique symbol names (hash suffix) for macros to be used within syntax quotes. E.g.: `(let [a# 100] (println a#)) expands to (let [a__9__auto 100] (println a__9__auto))
function load-file supports now an optional load-path that defines a set of ';' delimited paths the file is searched for. In absence the file is loaded relative to current working directory. The load-path is passed to Venice via the command line arg '-loadpath'. The load-path is supported in all run modes: REPL and Venice file/script execution.
functions futures-fork, futures-wait

Changed

function mod is now implemented with Java Math.floorMod(x,y) instead of x % y to change the behavior on negative values: (mod -1 5) returns now 4.
JLine3 lib to actual version 3.13.1
Flying-Saucer libs to version 9.1.19

[1.7.8] - 2019-11-02

Added

keywords to work as discriminator function with multi-methods

Fixed

'tomcat-util' module TC installation cleanup

[1.7.7] - 2019-10-27

Added

function io/list-file-tree
function str/double-unquote

Fixed

a syntax problem with a comment in the benchmark module causing the module load to fail

Changed

function load-file and load-classpath-file to load the file only once. There is an option to force a reload.

[1.7.6] - 2019-10-15

Added

char data type

Fixed

an edge case with java interop matching number args
tomcat-util module function process-running?

[1.7.5] - 2019-10-11

Added

Java «raw string literals» style triple quoted strings
function =. Returns true if both operands have equivalent type and value. (= 1 1) ; true, (= 1 1.0) ; false, (== 1 1.0) ; true

Fixed

fixed java interop bean setters

Changed

build to Gradle 5.6.2

[1.7.4] - 2019-10-03

Added

functions merge-with, fourth, shuffle
transducing function map-indexed
sandboxed access to individual system environment variables (function system-env).
enhancement to io/file to accept multiple children paths
enhancement to io/copy-file to support file replace option
enhanced stdout/stderr processing of the sh function
module for semantic versions (load-module :semver)
module for Tomcat management (load-module :tomcat-util)

Fixed

fixed function sh: the subprocess should inherit the environment of the current process if no explicit environment is given

Changed

OpenPDF lib to actual version 1.3.11

[1.7.3] - 2019-09-17

Added

function str/reverse
nfirst and nlast to work with strings as well
enhancements to the math module to support the examples in the Recursion read-me

[1.7.2] - 2019-09-12

Added

collection set to work as a function: (#{1 2 3} 1)
macro condp
function trampoline

Fixed

fixed function some

[1.7.1] - 2019-09-05

Fixed

fixed JSON to handle empty objects and empty arrays.
fixed reduce-kv. Can now reduce to any type not just maps.
fixed flatten. Keep it from flattening maps.

Info

tested JSON reader on large files. Reading a 800MB JSON file into Venice data types took 3.5s on a 2017 MacBook Pro.

[1.7.0] - 2019-09-01

Added

full namespace support

Fixed

meta data for nil constant

Changed

VAVR lib to actual version 0.10.2
JLine3 lib to actual version 3.12.1

[1.6.3] - 2019-08-08

Fixed

an edge case with symbol lookup

Incompatible Changes

renamed 'kira/docoll' to 'kira/foreach'

[1.6.2] - 2019-07-31

Added

benchmark module
statistics functions mean, median, quartiles, quantile, standard-deviation
math functions log, log10, pow

[1.6.1] - 2019-07-19

Added

remove, distinct, reverse, flatten, sorted, and halt-when to the list of transducer functions
rf-first, rf-every?, rf-any? reducing functions to be used with transduce
function constantly

Fixed

comp function to allow 0-arity: (map (comp) [1 2 3 4]) => (1 2 3 4)

[1.6.0] - 2019-07-14

Added

Transducers
PDF renderer & tools

Fixed

(conj nil item) to return (item)

[1.5.11] - 2019-06-27

Changed

cheat sheet generator to use Venice/Kira as templating engine

Fixed

maven extension module group-id handling

[1.5.10] - 2019-06-24

Added

layout improvements to the PDF cheatsheet. The PDF cheatsheet embeds now the 'Open Sans' and 'Source Code Pro' open source fonts to be available on all platforms the cheatsheet is opened.
helper functions to Kira templating to simplify template processing
extensive documentation to Kira templating: Kira

[1.5.9] - 2019-06-19

Fixed

runtime dependency on commons-lang3 lib.

[1.5.8] - 2019-06-15

Added

queue datatype (bounded or unbounded)
registration of Venice functions as JVM shutdown hooks
a one-shot and a periodic function scheduler schedule-delay, schedule-at-fixed-rate
bytebuf hex conversion functions str/hex-to-bytebuf, str/bytebuf-to-hex, str/format-bytebuf
cryptographic hash functions for PBKDF2 and SHA-512
encryption/decryption functions for DES, 3DES, and AES256
REPL wildcard filters for listing symbols: !env global, !env global io/*, !env global *file*

[1.5.7] - 2019-06-01

Added

function io/zip-list to list zip file content (similiar to Linux' «unzip -vl x.zip» command)
function io/zip-append to append or replace files to a zip
function io/zip-remove to remove files from a zip

Fixed

function io/zip to support empty directories

[1.5.6] - 2019-05-27

Added

XML doc to cheat sheet
zip and gzip functions

Changed

try/catch/finally supports now multiple body expressions for each of the try, catch, finally blocks
try-with/catch/finally supports now multiple body expressions for each of the try-with, catch, finally blocks
JLine3 lib to actual version 3.11.0
to Gradle 5.4.1

[1.5.5] - 2019-05-23

Added

special form set! to set a global or thread-local variable
the option 'decimal-as-double' to the JSON writer to control whether the writer emits decimals as JSON strings or doubles.
improvements for 'ring' and 'tomcat' module
an XML parser built on the JDK's SAX parser: XML

[1.5.4] - 2019-05-14

Added

support for JSON: json/write-str, json/read-str, json/spit, json/slurp, json/pretty-print

[1.5.3] - 2019-05-11

Fixed

map conversion to Java HashMap when a map entry value was nil

[1.5.2] - 2019-05-10

Added

functions regex/find-all, regex/find-group, and regex/find-all-groups
code completion for the REPL
function match? that replaces match. match did not follow the naming conventions.
function match-not? that replaces match-not. match-not did not follow the naming conventions.

Fixed

demo WEB application
a ~{x} string interpolation problem with trailing ": (let [a 1 b 2] """{ "~{a}": "~{b}" }""")
a ~(x) string interpolation problem with trailing ": (let [a 1 b 2] """{ "~(str a)": "~(str b)" }""")

Deprecated

function match
function match-not

[1.5.1] - 2019-05-07

Added

function regex/matches
a simple templating module: Kira
encoding/decoding functions for Base64 and URLs
escape functions for HTML and XML

Fixed

regex/group to handle nil groups correctly

[1.5.0] - 2019-05-03

Added

stack datatype
defaults for keyword as function: (:c {:a 1 :b 2} :none))
an embedded Apache Tomcat WEB Server launcher

Changed

handle REPL parse errors gracefully, allow to get the incorrect expression from the history to fix it

Fixed

the order of the stacktrace frames (reversed it)
dereferencing a future when the future has thrown an exception
io/copy-stream

Incompatible Changes

removed 'io/spit-temp-file', replace with 'io/spit'
removed 'io/slurp-temp-file', replace with 'io/slurp'

[1.4.5] - 2019-04-26

Added

functions str/letter?, str/digit?, str/whitespace?, str/linefeed?
regular expression functions: regex/pattern, regex/matcher, regex/find?, regex/group, ...
enhanced REPL to change and manage the sandbox. Type !sandbox in the REPL.

Fixed

a problem with detecting unauthorized private function calls

[1.4.4] - 2019-04-22

Added

function defn- to simply private function definition
inheritance of thread-local vars for child threads used by futures and agents

[1.4.3] - 2019-04-19

Added

support for raw Java array data types. E.g.: (long-array '(1 2 3))
locale support for str/format function
function resolve to resolve symbols
private functions

Fixed

unit tests for Java 11

[1.4.2] - 2019-04-04

Added

enhanced the function into to handle raw Java collections the most efficient way
int numeric type (int literals have suffix 'I'). E.g. 2I, (+ 2I 3I), (int 2)
a limit to the number of bytes that can be written to a CapturingPrintStream by a Venice script to prevent buggy or malicious scripts to overrun the memory. Defaults to 10MB.

Fixed

a problem with the *out* dynamic var not being visible to precompiled scripts

[1.4.1] - 2019-03-31

Added

improved performance of precompiled scripts
significantly reduced the size of precompiled scripts
math module with bigint support
support for compare function for all raw java types. Thereby sequences with raw java types can be sorted.
function instance?
sandbox support for macros. E.g. Venice macros like load-file and load-classpath-file can now be rejected by the sandbox without needing to sandbox the underlying functions.

[1.4.0] - 2019-03-18

Added

Clojure style multi methods for dynamic method dispatching

[1.3.6] - 2019-03-02

Added

result history to the REPL. The symbols *1, *2, *3 return the last, the second last and the third last result
REPL help

Changed

meta data handling for documenting. E.g.: (def ^:test m [1 2 3]), (def ^{:test true} m [1 2 3])

[1.3.5] - 2019-02-24

Added

REPL multi-line support

Fixed

handling EOF/EOL in strings and providing better error messages

[1.3.4] - 2019-02-22

Fixed

problem with Maven repo push

[1.3.3] - 2019-02-21

Changed

REPL to be built on JLine3

[1.3.2] - 2019-02-17

Added

function replace

Changed

VAVR lib to actual version 0.10.0

Fixed

compareTo for collection types (list, vector, set, and map)
a problem with incorrectly evaluated quoted symbols used as map keys. E.g.: (replace {'a 5} [10 'a])

[1.3.1] - 2019-02-08

Added

map to work as function that delivers a value to a passed key ({:a 1 :b 2} :b)
functions (prof, perf, dorun) to simplify Venice performance tests

Fixed

ValueException stack trace

[1.3.0] - 2019-01-19

Added

migrated all collections to immutable persistent data structures based on VAVR.

[1.2.2] - 2019-01-10

Added

multi-arity functions and macros

[1.2.1] - 2019-01-06

Added

line escapes to make str/strip-indent work (see README)
function sqrt
nested associative destructuring

Fixed

functions print and println to print nil values correctly
sequential destructuring when using remaining and :as element together (let [[x y & z :as all] [1 2 3 4 5 6]] ...)

[1.2.0] - 2018-12-28

Added

support for triple quoted, multi-line string literals: """{ "name": "john" }"""
string interpolation: (do (let [x 100] """~{x} ~(inc x)"""))

[1.1.3] - 2018-12-21

Added

a cached thread pool to run the futures for scripts with execution time limit

Fixed

execution time limit with sandbox

[1.1.2] - 2018-12-10

Added

a configurable execution time limit for Venice scripts running within a sandbox
multi expression body for functions
defn macro support for pre conditions

Fixed

agent shutdown-agents? arity error message

[1.1.1] - 2018-11-30

Added

more implicit type conversions to convert Java lists to Venice lists.

Fixed

default sandbox rules to allow invoking (delay 100) under a sandbox

[1.1.0] - 2018-11-25

Added

agents that complement Venice concurrency features. Agents provide independent, asynchronous change of state.
special form defonce. e.g: (defonce x 100)
dynamic (thread-local) binding. e.g: (binding [x 100] (print x))
with-out-str macro that returns the captured text from stdout.
delay macro that defers function evaluation.
function realized? for delays, futures, and promises
functions io/file-parent, io/file-name, io/file-path

Fixed

error message for map creation with an odd number of items and added file location.

[1.0.0] - 2018-11-09

Added

improvements to stack traces

[0.9.12] - 2018-11-08

Added

user friendly stack traces as an alternative to pure Java stack traces that are pretty difficult to read

Fixed

internal datatypes on public APIs.

[0.9.11] - 2018-11-07

Added

support for optional names for anonymous functions. e.g. (fn double [x] (* 2 x))
function doc
function list*
function io/file-size

Fixed

the with-sh-dir macro to check that the directory exists. If not an exception is thrown.
sandbox for proxy methods. Venice proxy callbacks can potentially run in a thread other than the Venice parent function. The Venice parent function's sandbox is now applied to the proxy function.

[0.9.10] - 2018-10-28

Added

function with-sh-throw that causes subsequent sh calls to throw an exception if the exit code of the spawned shell process is not equal to 0.
function io/delete-file supports multiple files
function time/leap-year?
function time/length-of-year
function time/length-of-month
cons, conj, disj for sets
reader macro #{} to create sets. e.g. #{1 2}
reader macro @ for dereference (@a -> (deref a)
reader macro #() to create anonymous functions. e.g. (map #(* 2 %1) (range 1 5))

Fixed

default sandbox class rules (they were missing)

[0.9.9] - 2018-10-21

Added

function compare
function printf
support to execute scripts: java -jar venice-0.9.9.jar -script "(+ 1 1)"

[0.9.8] - 2018-10-15

Fixed

partial function

[0.9.7] - 2018-10-15

Added

macro case
pre-conditions for functions
function str/char to convert a number into single char string

[0.9.6] - 2018-10-01

Fixed

def global variables to be redefined locally

[0.9.5] - 2018-09-30

Added

ability to mix Venice functions with Java streams
migrated to JUnit 5

Fixed

def creates now global variables instead of using the local env context

[0.9.4] - 2018-09-15

Added

function 'io/load-classpath-resource' to load resources from classpath. The function is sandboxed.
function 'lock' and 'unlock' to WebDAV extension module.

Fixed

documentation for function 'future'. The function is sandboxed!
function 'reduce' to work with maps too.

[0.9.3] - 2018-09-06

Added

function 'repeatedly'

Fixed

sandboxed access to system properties
a Java interop issue with with boxing args to type byte[] (the boxing works now for all ByteBuffer subclasses)

[0.9.2] - 2018-09-03

Added

support for Futures (the sandbox is active in the future's thread)
support for Promises (aka CompletedFuture)
support for sandboxed Java system properties
function 'system-prop' to access to Java system properties
function 'butlast'
threading macro 'as->'

Fixed

'sh' function when providing stdin data to subprocess

[0.9.1] - 2018-08-30

Added

function 'time/with-time'
function 'time/first-day-of-month', 'time/last-day-of-month'
function 'time/earliest', 'time/latest', 'time/within?'
function 'name', 'split-with'
function 'sh', 'os?', 'sleep'

Fixed

XChart xy-chart
try-with-resources to close the resources in reversed order of its definition

[0.9.0] - 2018-08-27

Added

time functions

[0.8.5] - 2018-08-23

Added

support for thread local
webdav extension module

Fixed

a hiding exception problem with JavaInterop on static method calls
printing full exception stack trace in REPL not just the message

[0.8.4] - 2018-08-21

Added

support for catching multiple exceptions within a try-catch-finally block
chart examples
updated cheat sheets
function 'load-classpath-file' to sequentially read and evaluate the set of forms contained in the classpath file.
function 'io/move-file'

Fixed

documentation for functions 'proxify' and 'cond'
xchart extension module xy-chart axis styling

[0.8.3] - 2018-08-18

Added

function 'io/slurp-stream'
function 'io/spit-stream'
function 'io/delete-file-on-exit'
function 'flush' takes an optional argument output stream. E.g.: (flush os)
try-with-resources block 'try-with'

Fixed

Cheat Sheet for functions referenced multiple times
cheat sheet page breaks on PDF
try-catch-finally. The finally block is only evaluated for side effects

[0.8.2] - 2018-08-16

Added

dpi scaling to charts (high-res charts)
sandboxing for created temp files
more documented functions in the cheatsheet

Fixed

xchart/to-bytes
str/join

[0.8.1] - 2018-08-10

Added

function 'type' to reveal the type of an item
set functions 'intersect' and 'union'

Fixed

function 'into'.
adding elements to data type 'set'.
README Java Interop example

[0.8.0] - 2018-08-09

Added

function keep, merge, assoc-in, get-in
function update, vec, difference
function every? and any? operating on sequential collections
associative destructuring
- (let [{:keys [a b]} {:a 1 :b 2}] (+ a b))
- (let [{:syms [a b]} {'a 1 'b 2}] (+ a b))
- (let [{:strs [a b]} {"a" 1 "b" 2}] (+ a b))
- (fn [x {:keys [a b]}] (+ x a b))
destructuring :as and :oroptions
- (fn [x {:keys [a b] :or {b 2} :as params}] (+ x a b))
- (let [[x y :as coords] [1 2 3 4]] (str "x:" x ", y:" y ", dim:" (count coords)))
improved Java interop with Java functions returning arrays
- byte[] is converted to bytebuf
- all other arrays are converted to vector

Fixed

Java interop proxifying interfaces with void functions (e.g. Runnable)
sort function to work on sets as well
apply function to handle coll with nil value correctly

[0.7.2] - 2018-08-04

Added

function empty
function mapv
function docoll
support to change 'stdout' stream by adding the variable *out*

Fixed

mixed precision math (+, -, *, /). Implicitly coerce values to higher precision operand type. As a result (range 0 5 0.5) emits correct values and does not loop anymore.

[0.7.1] - 2018-08-02

Added

function str/blank?
support for ** pattern in sandbox rules: E.g.: org.apache.commons.text.**:*

Fixed

Java Interop callbacks to support import statements

[0.7.0] - 2018-07-31

Added

function str/quote
function bytebuf-from-string, bytebuf-to-string
support for Java callbacks

[0.6.1] - 2018-07-27

Fixed

REPL
CheatSheet: not is a function not a macro
JSON lib detection

[0.6.0] - 2018-07-26

Removed

removed function 'class-for-name'. The JavaInterop function already provides that. E.g.: (. :java.lang.Math :class)

Fixed

loading forms from strings, files, and modules
JavaInterop on invoking methods with byte array parameters

[0.5.0] - 2018-07-24

Fixed

OSS release

[0.4.0] - 2018-07-24

Added

function composition
partial functions
functions partition, distinct, and dedupe
an explicit Venice type for keywords
keywords to act like functions on maps: (:b {:a 1 :b 2}) => 2
JSON util functions (requires Jackson lib at runtime on classpath)
support for scoped enum values while interacting with Java objects
support for Java arrays

Fixed

SecurityException handling
made 'not' a function (instead of a macro) so it can be used from higher order functions

[0.3.0] - 2018-07-18

Added

Java Interop function (. classname :class). Returns the class for the classname
improved error messages for Java Interop
smarter type coercion, replaces simple casts and giving better error messages if the coercion is not possible
zipmap, interleave, interpose, nfirst, and nlast functions
PDF cheatsheet

[0.2.0] - 2018-07-15

Added

line and column number to parser exception
file I/O functions
refactored sandbox
supporting escaped unicode '\u0041' characters in string literals

Fixed

JavaInterop passing enums args

[0.1.0] - 2018-07-10

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project opened

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