4.11.0

4.11.0 consist primarily:

• a major rebuild of the Go target by Jim Idle. Please see Go target doc for more information, as it now requires the go module stuff.
• huge internal refractoring of testing and various target speed improvements by Ivan Kochurkin
• Getting all targets to run on all operating systems using github actions by HS.

The details by type and target follow.

Issues fixed

• Disable failing CI tests in master (comp:build, comp:testing)
• Create accessor for Go-based IntervalSet.intervals (target:go)
• Grammar Name Conflict Golang with SPARQL issue (target:go, type:cleanup)
• Dependency declaration error in ANTLR 4.10.1 (comp:build)
• Drop old version of Visual Studio C++ (2013, 2015, 2017) (comp:build, target:cpp)
• Circular grammar inclusion causes stack overflow in the tool. (comp:tool, type:bug)
• Cpp, Go, JavaScript, Python2/3: Template rendering error. (code-gen, comp:runtime, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:go)

Improvements, features

• Augment error message during testing to include full cause of problem. (type:improvement, comp:testing)
• Include swift & tool verification in CI workflow (type:improvement, comp:build, cross-platform-issue, target:swift)
• Issue #3783: CI Check Builds (type:improvement, comp:build, cross-platform-issue, comp:testing)
• Parallel lock free testing, remove potential deadlocks, cache static data, go to descriptor via test (comp:runtime, type:improvement, comp:testing)
• update getting-started doc (type:improvement, comp:doc)
• Getting Started has error (type:improvement, comp:doc)
• new nuget directory for building ANTLR4 C++ runtime as 3 Nuget packages (type:improvement, comp:build, target:cpp)
• Add interp tool like TestRig (comp:tool, type:feature)
• Issue 3720: Java 2 Security issue (type:improvement, target:java)
• Cpp: Disable warnings for external project (type:bug, type:improvement, target:cpp)
• Fix Docker README for arm OS user (type:improvement, comp:doc)

Pull requests grouped by target

csharp target

• Runtime tests fixes (C++, Python, PHP, C#) (target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:cpp, comp:testing, target:php)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)

cpp target

• Fix 2016 round 2 (type:bug, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go)
• Cpp: Link to threads library (comp:build, target:cpp)
• [C++] Remove libuuid dependency (comp:build, target:cpp, type:cleanup)
• Fix CMake syntax for variable expansion (comp:build, cross-platform-issue, target:cpp)
• Don't make class SementicContext::Empty final. (cross-platform-issue, target:cpp)
• new nuget directory for building ANTLR4 C++ runtime as 3 Nuget packages (type:improvement, comp:build, target:cpp)
• Runtime tests fixes (C++, Python, PHP, C#) (target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:cpp, comp:testing, target:php)
• Cpp: Disable warnings for external project (type:bug, type:improvement, target:cpp)
• FindANTLR: Fix version RegEx (type:bug, comp:build, target:cpp)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)
• Improve ExternalProject cmake file (actions, comp:build, target:cpp)
• Windows specific fixes (comp:build, cross-platform-issue, target:cpp)

go target

• feat: Add a deprecation message to the existing v1 module (target:go, type:cleanup)
• Feature/gomod4110 (target:go, type:cleanup)
• Optimize go tests runner and renable CircleCI go tests (comp:build, target:go, comp:testing)
• fix: #2016 Fix Go template list reference, go runtime and got test te… (target:go, type:cleanup)
• Fix 2016 round 2 (type:bug, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go)
• doc: Start improving docs for #1374 (comp:doc, target:go, type:cleanup)
• fix: #2016 - Generate correct iGo code for lists in a grammar, such a… (grammars, target:go)
• fix: #2826 Go template is incorrect for dynamic scopes (type:bug, target:go)
• fix: #3758 Allow for string being a keyword and fix go template to us… (target:go, type:cleanup)
• feat: Reduce initial memory allocations for collections (parsers, target:go)
• Feature/newhash (target:go, comp:performance)
• fix: Fixes for https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/issues/3718 (type:bug, target:go, type:cleanup)
• Add Go accessor for IntervalSet.intervals (target:go)
• Ensure that only the tokens needed are fetched (target:java, target:go, comp:performance)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)

java target

• Fix 2016 round 2 (type:bug, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go)
• Add @SuppressWarnings("CheckReturnValue") to prevent error_prone lib errors. (target:java)
• Fixing bug identified by https://github.com/antlr/antlr4/discussions/… (target:java, type:cleanup)
• Ensure that only the tokens needed are fetched (target:java, target:go, comp:performance)
• Issue 3720: Java 2 Security issue (type:improvement, target:java)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)
• Fix OSGi imports (comp:build, target:java)

javascript target

• Fix 2016 round 2 (type:bug, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go)
• add license prefix (target:javascript)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)

python2 target

• Fix 2016 round 2 (type:bug, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go)
• [py2] Fix SyntaxError due to F string (type:bug, target:python2)
• [Python 3] use build and twine to publish source and wheel (comp:build, target:python2, target:python3)
• Fix #3508: Document the $parser attribute and its use in target-agnostic grammars. (target:python2, target:python3, comp:doc)
• Runtime tests fixes (C++, Python, PHP, C#) (target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:cpp, comp:testing, target:php)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)
• Restore support for py3.5 by removing f-string in setup.py (target:python2)

python3 target

• Fix 2016 round 2 (type:bug, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go)
• [Python 3] use build and twine to publish source and wheel (comp:build, target:python2, target:python3)
• Fix #3508: Document the $parser attribute and its use in target-agnostic grammars. (target:python2, target:python3, comp:doc)
• Runtime tests fixes (C++, Python, PHP, C#) (target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:cpp, comp:testing, target:php)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)

swift target

• Fix 2016 round 2 (type:bug, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go)
• Include swift & tool verification in CI workflow (type:improvement, comp:build, cross-platform-issue, target:swift)
• Swift runtime tests run on Windows! (comp:build, target:swift, comp:testing)
• [Swift] let the Swift Package Manager choose between static or dynamic linking (comp:build, target:swift)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)
• Update Swift Package to support static library (comp:build, target:swift)

php target

• Runtime tests fixes (C++, Python, PHP, C#) (target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:cpp, comp:testing, target:php)
• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)

dart target

• Constant folding for Python and other runtimes (code-gen, target:java, target:javascript, target:python2, target:python3, target:csharp, target:swift, target:cpp, target:go, target:dart, comp:performance, target:php)

Contributors

• 11 items: Jim Idle (jimidle)
• 10 items: Terence Parr (parrt)
• 10 items: Ivan Kochurkin (KvanTTT)
• 6 items: HS (hs-apotell)
• 4 items: Robert Adam (Krzmbrzl)
• 2 items: James Taylor (JamesRTaylor)
• 2 items: Nicksxs (Nicksxs)
• 1 items: Tim McCormack (timmc)
• 1 items: Travis Thieman (thieman)
• 1 items: Qijia Liu (eagleoflqj)
• 1 items: Ross Patterson (RossPatterson)
• 1 items: ericvergnaud
• 1 items: Bryan Tan (Technius)
• 1 items: Henner Zeller (hzeller)
• 1 items: GCer-Hidenori
• 1 items: Eduardo Hernández Valdez (saucesaft)
• 1 items: 100mango
• 1 items: Mark Symons (msymons)
• 1 items: Francis ANDRE (zosrothko)
• 1 items: Guillaume (Candide7)
• 1 items: Tristan Swadell (TristonianJones)
• 1 items: Will Dazey (dazey3)
• 1 items: uji (uji)
• 1 items: Robert Varga (rovarga)
• 1 items: Hell_Ghost (HellGhost)
• 1 items: Alex Mykyta (amykyta3)
• 1 items: Nikolay Ognyanov (nikolayo)
• 1 items: Andrew Pashkin (AndreiPashkin)