v0.0.2

[sanjayaharshana]

Melt v0.0.2

Summary

Melt is a minimal, interpreted, object-oriented language implemented in C++. This release improves build and release tooling and fixes submodule handling.

What's in Melt

• Language: Variables, strings, arithmetic, comparisons, if/else, while, classes, methods, this, return, import
• Built-ins: print, file I/O, arrays, JSON encode/decode, base64, XOR cipher
• HTTP server: Request/response APIs, servePublic, Blade-like renderView, handler class with method handle()
• Optional: MySQL (make with-mysql), GUI preview (SDL2), loadable extensions

Changes in 0.0.2

Infrastructure & CI

• GitHub Actions workflow for build and test on Linux (GCC, Clang) and macOS (Clang)
• Checkout without submodules so CI works when submodule refs are missing or private
• Release workflow: push a tag v* to build and attach binaries to the release
• Release binaries: melt-linux-x86_64, melt-darwin-arm64 in the release "bin" layout
• Build artifacts from the main workflow (30-day retention) for the latest bin/ outputs

Fixes

• Examples submodule updated to point at current main (fixes "not our ref" and 404 on the examples tree link)
• make ci target and CI build without MySQL/SDL so the runner binary runs without optional libraries

Docs & repo

• Documentation in docs/ (getting started, language reference, built-ins, HTTP & MVC, examples, development guide)
• HTML docs in docs/html/index.html

Installation

• From source: make then ./bin/melt yourfile.melt
  Optional: make with-mysql, make with-gui, make install
• From this release: Download the binary for your platform from the Assets below (melt-linux-x86_64 or melt-darwin-arm64), put it on your PATH (e.g. as melt), and run melt yourfile.melt.

Full Changelog

• v0.0.2 – CI, release binaries, submodule fix, make ci
• v0.0.1 – Initial release

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