I have released version
1.41a of
BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0 - the cross-platform programming language for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Raspberry Pi OS, Android, iOS and in-browser. The changes in this version are as follows:
- Environment
Updated the version of SDL to SDL 2.32.0 (except the Linux and in-browser editions).
- BASIC Interpreter / Run Time Engine
Added array slicing, using the syntax: array(first TO [last]) or array(row, first TO [last]).
Compound assignment and array arithmetic now also accept the exponentiation operator '^'.
In the default *HEX32 mode, PRINT~ and STR$~ report an error if the value cannot be expressed as 32-bit hex.
- IDEs and Utilities
In compiler.bbc, improved the manual selection of multiple embedded files from a sub-directory.
In compiler.bbc, a REM!Resource directive, if present, embeds the resource into a Windows executable.
Added versinfo.bbc utility to create a VERSIONINFO resource suitable for embedding in a Windows executable.
- Libraries
Updated gfxlib.bbc to add PROC_gfxInvert, PROC_gfxPlotScaleDissolve and PROC_gfxPlotScaleAlphaBlend.
Updated arraylib.bbc to support creating alias arrays from slices of 1D and 2D arrays.
- Example Programs
Added filters.bbc (in examples/general) and soccerball.bbc (in examples/graphics).
Added spinmaze.bbc (in examples/physics) and bauble.bbc & belier.bbc (in examples/sounds).
This version may be downloaded, for all the supported platforms, from the
usual location (the Android and iOS editions should be installed from the appropriate
App Store). The
GitHub repository has also been updated.
