V 0.4 is out!

V 0.4 is out!

2160 commits pushed to master, 1205 bugs closed since V 0.3.

4 165 files changed, 329 174 insertions(+), 42 434 deletions(-)

The changelog is huge! It has 370 items:

V 0.4

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Getting Started With V

Introduction

V is a simple, fast, safe, compiled general purpose programming language for developing maintainable software. There are several compelling reasons for us

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Setting Up GitHub Actions for V

The Article Series

1. The Complete Beginner’s Guide to CLI Apps in V
2. Elevate Your V Project With Unit Tests
3. Setting Up GitHub Actions for V (You are here)

What is CI/CD, DevOps,

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Elevate Your V Project With Unit Tests

The Article Series

1. The Complete Beginner’s Guide to CLI Apps in V
2. Elevate Your V Project With Unit Tests (You are here)
3. Setting Up GitHub Actions for V

Previous Article

This article p

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The Complete Beginner Guide to CLI Apps in V

The Article Series

1. The Complete Beginner’s Guide to CLI Apps in V (You are here)
2. Elevate Your V Project With Unit Tests
3. Setting Up GitHub Actions for V

Goal

Our goal is to make a simple CLI

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On the benefits of using C as a language backend

V uses C as the primary backend.

Many people find this choice strange, and one of the most common comments/suggestions is "Why not use LLVM?"

1. Using a C backend is a completely valid strategy (for example, the first C++ compiler Cfront did exactly this). C can be viewed as a modern cross-platfo

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V now compiles itself in 0.09s

V now compiles itself in a stunning 0.09 seconds:

wget https://github.com/vlang/v/releases/download/0.1.21/v_linux.zip
unzip v_linux.zip && cd v
./v -o ./v2 v.v # warm up
time ./v -fast -o ./v2 v.v
0.06s user 0.03s system 97% cpu 0.094 total
./v2 -o v3 v.v # make sure that V can still buil

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