v0.0.3

[sanjayaharshana]

Melt v0.0.3

Summary

Melt is a minimal, interpreted, object-oriented language implemented in C++. This release improves the CLI, documentation, and release workflow.

What's in Melt

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

Changes in this release

CLI

• Running melt with no arguments now shows usage, examples, and support links instead of running built-in sample code.

Documentation

• Module development guide added to the docs (step-by-step): how to create a loadable module, implement melt_register, build .so/.dylib/.dll, and enable it in melt.ini. Available in docs/html/index.html and docs/index.html.

Infrastructure & CI

• GitHub Actions: build and test on Linux (GCC, Clang) and macOS (Clang); manual checkout without submodules for reliable CI.
• Release workflow: push a tag v* to build and attach binaries (melt-linux-x86_64, melt-darwin-arm64) to the GitHub Release.
• Build artifacts from the main workflow (30-day retention).
• Examples submodule updated to a valid ref so CI and docs links work.

Fixes

• Examples submodule pointer updated so the pinned commit exists on the remote (fixes "not our ref" and 404).
• make ci target for CI builds without MySQL/SDL so the binary runs on runners without those libraries.

Installation

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

Help & support

• Usage: melt (no arguments) shows usage and links.
• Docs: docs/README.md, docs/html/index.html
• Issues: https://github.com/melting-language/melting-lang/issues

Full changelog

• v0.0.2 – CLI help/support, module development guide, CI/release workflows, submodule fix, make ci
• v0.0.1 – Initial release

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