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<span id="index-0"></span><h1>What is new in Ring 1.13?<a class="headerlink" href="#what-is-new-in-ring-1-13" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>In this chapter we will learn about the changes and new features in Ring 1.13 release.</p>
<div class="section" id="list-of-changes-and-new-features">
<span id="index-1"></span><h2>List of changes and new features<a class="headerlink" href="#list-of-changes-and-new-features" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Ring 1.13 comes with the next features!</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>New Book by Apress</p></li>
<li><p>Ring For WebAssembly</p></li>
<li><p>Better Threads Support</p></li>
<li><p>Laser Game</p></li>
<li><p>Magic Balls Game</p></li>
<li><p>MoneyBoxes Game</p></li>
<li><p>Matching Game</p></li>
<li><p>Pairs Game</p></li>
<li><p>Word Game</p></li>
<li><p>Tetris Game</p></li>
<li><p>Escape Game</p></li>
<li><p>Hassouna Course Samples</p></li>
<li><p>Ring support in SpaceVim</p></li>
<li><p>Better RingQt</p></li>
<li><p>Better RingRayLib</p></li>
<li><p>RingStbImage Extension</p></li>
<li><p>More Low Level Functions</p></li>
<li><p>Better Organization</p></li>
<li><p>More Improvements</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="new-book-by-apress">
<span id="index-2"></span><h2>New Book by Apress<a class="headerlink" href="#new-book-by-apress" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Apress: Beginning Ring Programming (From Novice to Professional)</p>
<p>URL: <a class="reference external" href="https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781484258323">https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781484258323</a></p>
<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="_images/ringbookbyapress.png"><img alt="Ring Book by Apress" src="_images/ringbookbyapress.png" style="width: 310pt; height: 450pt;" /></a>
<p>Gain a gentle introduction to the world of Ring programming with clarity as a
first concern using a lot of practical examples.</p>
<p>What You Will Learn</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Get started with Ring and master its data types, I/O, functions, and classes</p></li>
<li><p>Carry out structural, object-oriented, functional, declarative, natural, and meta programming in Ring</p></li>
<li><p>Use the full power of Ring to refactor program code and develop clean program architectures</p></li>
<li><p>Quickly design professional-grade video games on top of the Ring game engine</p></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="ring-for-webassembly">
<span id="index-3"></span><h2>Ring for WebAssembly<a class="headerlink" href="#ring-for-webassembly" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Ring support distributing applications for WebAssembly (Using Qt for WebAssembly)</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Hello World : <a class="reference external" href="https://ring-lang.github.io/web/helloworld/project.html">https://ring-lang.github.io/web/helloworld/project.html</a></p></li>
<li><p>Matching Game : <a class="reference external" href="https://ring-lang.github.io/web/matching/project.html">https://ring-lang.github.io/web/matching/project.html</a></p></li>
<li><p>Pairs Game : <a class="reference external" href="https://ring-lang.github.io/web/pairs/project.html">https://ring-lang.github.io/web/pairs/project.html</a></p></li>
<li><p>Othello Game : <a class="reference external" href="https://ring-lang.github.io/web/othello/project.html">https://ring-lang.github.io/web/othello/project.html</a></p></li>
<li><p>Game of Life : <a class="reference external" href="https://ring-lang.github.io/web/gameoflife/project.html">https://ring-lang.github.io/web/gameoflife/project.html</a></p></li>
<li><p>Online Form Designer : <a class="reference external" href="https://ring-lang.github.io/web/formdesigner/project.html">https://ring-lang.github.io/web/formdesigner/project.html</a></p></li>
</ul>
<img alt="Othello Game" src="_images/othelloweb.png" />
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<span id="index-4"></span><h2>Better Threads Support<a class="headerlink" href="#better-threads-support" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Ring 1.13 provides better support for threads</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>Ring VM is updated to use a memory pool for each thread (Faster)</p></li>
<li><p>More tests for RingAllegro threads functions</p></li>
<li><p>RingLibUV is updated to be thread safe when using callback functions</p></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="section" id="laser-game">
<span id="index-5"></span><h2>Laser Game<a class="headerlink" href="#laser-game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>An implementation for the Laser Game</p>
<img alt="Laser Game" src="_images/lasergame2.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="magic-balls-game">
<span id="index-6"></span><h2>Magic Balls Game<a class="headerlink" href="#magic-balls-game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>An implementation for the Magic Balls Game</p>
<img alt="Magic Balls Game" src="_images/magicballs.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="money-boxes-game">
<span id="index-7"></span><h2>Money Boxes Game<a class="headerlink" href="#money-boxes-game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>See if you can collect the required amount of money by opening boxes!</p>
<img alt="Money Boxes Game" src="_images/moneyboxes.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="matching-game">
<span id="index-8"></span><h2>Matching Game<a class="headerlink" href="#matching-game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>An implementation for the Matching Game</p>
<img alt="Matching Game" src="_images/matchinggame.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="pairs-game">
<span id="index-9"></span><h2>Pairs Game<a class="headerlink" href="#pairs-game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>An implementation for the Pairs Game</p>
<img alt="Pairs Game" src="_images/pairsgame.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="word-game">
<span id="index-10"></span><h2>Word Game<a class="headerlink" href="#word-game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>An implementation for the Word Game</p>
<img alt="Word Game" src="_images/wordgame2.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="tetris-game">
<span id="index-11"></span><h2>Tetris Game<a class="headerlink" href="#tetris-game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>An implementation for the Tetris Game</p>
<p>Features</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>New Shapes are selected in random way (Different Shape, Color &amp; Position)</p></li>
<li><p>You can move and rotate the shapes, increase the speed.</p></li>
<li><p>Score: You get 10 points when completing a row (The game check for nested rows completion as expected)</p></li>
<li><p>The game is designed to work forever without user interaction (After Game Over, the Game restarts automatically)</p></li>
</ul>
<img alt="Tetris Game" src="_images/tetris.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="escape-game">
<span id="index-12"></span><h2>Escape Game<a class="headerlink" href="#escape-game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Escape from the Snake and collect the Stars to prevent it from growing!</p>
<img alt="Escape Game" src="_images/escapegame.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="hassouna-course-samples">
<span id="index-13"></span><h2>Hassouna Course Samples<a class="headerlink" href="#hassouna-course-samples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>URL (YouTube): <a class="reference external" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VIHMyrEilw&amp;list=PLHIfW1KZRIfl6KzfLziFl650MmThnQ0jT">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VIHMyrEilw&amp;list=PLHIfW1KZRIfl6KzfLziFl650MmThnQ0jT</a></p>
<p>The course samples are added to ring/samples/UsingArabic/HassounaCourse folder</p>
<p>The Rockets sample</p>
<img alt="Sample from Hassouna Course" src="_images/hassouna3.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="ring-support-in-spacevim">
<span id="index-14"></span><h2>Ring support in SpaceVim<a class="headerlink" href="#ring-support-in-spacevim" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>URL: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/SpaceVim/SpaceVim">https://github.com/SpaceVim/SpaceVim</a></p>
<p>Screen Shot:</p>
<img alt="Ring in SpaceVim" src="_images/ringinvim.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="better-ringqt">
<span id="index-15"></span><h2>Better RingQt<a class="headerlink" href="#better-ringqt" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>The next classes are added to RingQt</p></li>
</ol>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>QAbstractAxis</p></li>
<li><p>QAbstractBarSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QAbstractSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QAreaLegendMarker</p></li>
<li><p>QAreaSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QBarCategoryAxis</p></li>
<li><p>QBarLegendMarker</p></li>
<li><p>QBarSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QBarSet</p></li>
<li><p>QBoxPlotLegendMarker</p></li>
<li><p>QBoxPlotSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QBoxSet</p></li>
<li><p>QCandlestickLegendMarker</p></li>
<li><p>QCandlestickModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QCandlestickSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QCandlestickSet</p></li>
<li><p>QCategoryAxis</p></li>
<li><p>QChart</p></li>
<li><p>QChartView</p></li>
<li><p>QDateTimeAxis</p></li>
<li><p>QHBarModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QHBoxPlotModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QHCandlestickModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QHPieModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QHXYModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QHorizontalBarSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QHorizontalPercentBarSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QHorizontalStackedBarSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QLegend</p></li>
<li><p>QLegendMarker.</p></li>
<li><p>QLineSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QLogValueAxis</p></li>
<li><p>QPercentBarSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QPieLegendMarker</p></li>
<li><p>QPieSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QPieSlice</p></li>
<li><p>QPolarChart</p></li>
<li><p>QScatterSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QSplineSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QStackedBarSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QVBarModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QVBoxPlotModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QVCandleStickModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QVPieModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QVXYModelMapper</p></li>
<li><p>QValueAxis</p></li>
<li><p>QXYLegendMarker</p></li>
<li><p>QXYSeries</p></li>
<li><p>QGraphicsScene</p></li>
<li><p>QMovie</p></li>
</ul>
<ol class="arabic simple" start="2">
<li><p>Better QtConverter application</p></li>
</ol>
<p>This application is used for preparing Qt classes for the Ring Code Generator</p>
<p>Then using the Ring Code Generator we generate RingQt classes</p>
<p>The application user interface is updated for better productivity!</p>
<img alt="QtConverter" src="_images/qtconverter.png" />
<ol class="arabic simple" start="3">
<li><p>RingQt for Android - Qt Project - Special folders for Ring and RingQt</p></li>
<li><p>Using Qt 5.15.0</p></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="section" id="better-ringraylib">
<span id="index-16"></span><h2>Better RingRayLib<a class="headerlink" href="#better-ringraylib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>All functions return objects instead of pointers</p></li>
<li><p>Support RayMath libary functions</p></li>
<li><p>More Samples are ported from RayLib to RingRayLib</p></li>
</ol>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Scissor Test</p></li>
<li><p>Input Gestures Detection</p></li>
<li><p>Bouncing Ball</p></li>
<li><p>Rectangle Rounded</p></li>
<li><p>Draw Circle Sector</p></li>
<li><p>RayLib Logo Animation</p></li>
<li><p>First Person Maze</p></li>
</ul>
<img alt="firstpersonmaze" src="_images/raylib_firstpersonmaze.png" />
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>Plane Rotations</p></li>
</ul>
<img alt="planerotations" src="_images/raylib_planerotations.png" />
</div>
<div class="section" id="ringstbimage-extension">
<span id="index-17"></span><h2>RingStbImage Extension<a class="headerlink" href="#ringstbimage-extension" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>New extension support the stb_image library</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-ring notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c"># Load the library</span>
        <span class="k">load</span> <span class="s">&quot;stbimage.ring&quot;</span>
<span class="c"># Image Information</span>
        <span class="n">width</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span> <span class="n">height</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span> <span class="n">channels</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span>
<span class="c"># Ring will Free cData automatically in the end of the program</span>
        <span class="n">cData</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">stbi_load</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;ring.jpg&quot;</span><span class="p">,:</span><span class="n">width</span><span class="p">,:</span><span class="n">height</span><span class="p">,:</span><span class="n">channels</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">STBI_rgb</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c"># Display the output</span>
        <span class="o">?</span> <span class="s">&quot;Size (bytes): &quot;</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cData</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="o">?</span> <span class="s">&quot;Width : &quot;</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">width</span>
        <span class="o">?</span> <span class="s">&quot;Height: &quot;</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">height</span>
        <span class="o">?</span> <span class="s">&quot;Channels: &quot;</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">channels</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Output:</p>
<div class="highlight-ring notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">Size</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bytes</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="mi">557371</span>
<span class="n">Width</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">563</span>
<span class="n">Height</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">330</span>
<span class="n">Channels</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">3</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="more-low-level-functions">
<span id="index-18"></span><h2>More Low Level Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#more-low-level-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>The next functions are added to the Low Level functions</p>
<p>For more information see the Low Level Functions chapter in the documentation</p>
<div class="highlight-ring notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">setpointer</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pointer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">nNewAddress</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">getpointer</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pointer</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">---&gt;</span> <span class="n">nAddress</span>
<span class="n">pointer2string</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pointer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">nStart</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">nCount</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">---&gt;</span> <span class="n">cString</span>
<span class="n">memcpy</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pDestinationPointer</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">cSourceString</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">nSize</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="better-organization">
<span id="index-19"></span><h2>Better Organization<a class="headerlink" href="#better-organization" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>We have better organization for the project folders and source code files</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>A folder called (Language) contains the source code and the visual source of the Compiler and the Virtual Machine</p></li>
<li><p>The (Extensions) folder (Bindings for C/C++ libraries) - contains also the (libdepwin, android &amp; webassembly folders)</p></li>
<li><p>The (Libraries) folder - contains Ring libraries written in Ring itself, contains now (GuiLib &amp; ObjectsLib) too</p></li>
<li><p>The (Tools) folder - contains development tools - contains now (Editors, RingNotepad, FormDesigner, etc)</p></li>
<li><p>The (Samples) folder - contains Ring samples - a lot of organization is done in this folder</p></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="section" id="more-improvements">
<span id="index-20"></span><h2>More Improvements<a class="headerlink" href="#more-improvements" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><dl class="simple">
<dt>More Applications</dt><dd><ul>
<li><p>Towers of Hanoi</p></li>
<li><p>Questions Game</p></li>
<li><p>Money Case Game</p></li>
<li><p>Rock Paper Scissors Game</p></li>
<li><p>Lottery Game</p></li>
<li><p>Nim Game</p></li>
<li><p>Eight Queens Game</p></li>
<li><p>Typing Quiz</p></li>
<li><p>Pong 2 Game</p></li>
<li><p>Space Shooter Game</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</li>
<li><dl class="simple">
<dt>More Samples</dt><dd><ul>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/HelloWorld folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/ChangeIsNULL folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/Console/customsee.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/Numbers/decimalscount.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/EvalInScope/swap.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/EvalInScope/global.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/EvalInScope/enum.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/Endian/endian.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/VariablePointer/varptr4.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/VariablePointer/varptr5.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/DebugCode folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/ClassMethods folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/Lists/CheckHashTableAttribute.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/Language/RingFileTokens folder (Ring Compiler - Scanner Output)</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/ProblemSolving/Fib folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/ProblemSolving/ArrayPathDest/solveArrayPathDest.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/ProblemSolving/PegSolitaire/peg-soli.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/General/RosettaCode/uniquecharacters.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/General/RosettaCode/similarcharacters.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/General/RandomLatinSquares folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/General/FactorialRecursion folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingArabic/RightToLeft folder (Set Layout Direction)</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingWebLib/Unicode folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQt/InputMask folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQt/PlayGif folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQt/TableWidget folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQt/ButtonSizeInLayout folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQt/DateTimeEditFormat folder (Date Picker Control)</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQML/sample10 folder (Charts Samples)</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQML/sample11 folder (Data Visualization Samples)</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQtWASM/colordialog folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQtWASM/fontdialog folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQtWASM/filedialog folder</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingQtWASM/filecontent folder (Download/Upload Files)</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingRayLib/more/ex4_levelsofcubes.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingOpenGL/cubeongpu/cubeongpu.ring</p></li>
<li><p>ring/samples/UsingOpenGL/cubeongpu2/cubeongpu.ring</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</li>
<li><p>Ring Notepad - Output Window - set the buffer size to 1 MB</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Notepad - View Menu - Source Code (Full Screen)</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Notepad - Keyboard shortcuts for different styles</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Notepad - Support saving files in folders contains the dot character</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Notepad - Browser Window - Set colors based on the current style</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Notepad - Functions List - Display functions defined using “def”</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Notepad - Distribute Menu - Distribute for Web Browser using WebAssembly (RingQt)</p></li>
<li><p>Form Designer - ToolBox - Larger width in Windows style</p></li>
<li><p>Form Designer - ToolBar - New icon for the (Select Objects) button</p></li>
<li><p>Gold Magic 800 - Level Editor - Decrease the window size</p></li>
<li><p>Super Man 2016 - Increase speed of (Game Over) message animation</p></li>
<li><p>Super Man 2016 - Better code for collision detection between SuperMan and Walls</p></li>
<li><p>Game Engine - Game Class - Icon property (set the window icon)</p></li>
<li><p>Set the window icon for many games developed using the Ring game engine</p></li>
<li><p>Type Hints library - Better Code</p></li>
<li><p>StdLib - IsMainSourceFile() function - Better Code</p></li>
<li><p>StdLib - TimeInfo() function - All TimeList() information are now available</p></li>
<li><p>StdLib - Map() &amp; Filter() functions - Support accessing the global scope</p></li>
<li><p>StdLib - NewList() function is no longer required - Use the List() function</p></li>
<li><p>WebLib - Template() function - Support accessing the global scope</p></li>
<li><p>Objects Library - Better API</p></li>
<li><p>Natural Library - Better Code</p></li>
<li><p>RingLibSDL - Update LibSDL version from 2.0.10 to 2.0.12</p></li>
<li><p>RingOpenGL - Better Code (Added GLEW functions)</p></li>
<li><p>RingFreeGLUT - Better Code (Added many functions)</p></li>
<li><p>RingLibUV - Better Code - Samples that uses the VarPtr() function</p></li>
<li><p>RingPM - Support terminals that pass the executable name using UPPER case</p></li>
<li><p>Ring2EXE - Distribute for Web Browser using WebAssembly (RingQt)</p></li>
<li><p>Ring2EXE - Delete the executable file if we have it in the target folder</p></li>
<li><p>Ring2EXE - Always copy files listed in the resources file to the target folder</p></li>
<li><p>Ring2EXE - Distribute for Android - Copy Ring and RingQt folders</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Tests - Display report summary after running all of the tests</p></li>
<li><p>CodeGen - Add Option: PassNullBeforeVMPointer (For C++ Classes)</p></li>
<li><p>CodeGen - Using RING_API_ISCPOINTER() instead of RING_API_ISPOINTER()</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - ChangeRingKeyword - Support comments and many commands in the same line</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - ChangeRingOperator - Support comments and many commands in the same line</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - ring_parser.c - Better Code</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - ring_stmt.c - Better Code</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - ring_expr.c - Better Code</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - ring_state.c - Flag for the (Not Case Sensitive) feature</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - Load Command - Support loading libraries from ring/bin/load folder</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - LoadSyntax Command - Support loading libraries from ring/bin/load folder</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - Command: ? &lt;expr&gt; - Clear error message when the expression is missing</p></li>
<li><p>Ring Compiler - Better Error Messages</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - Using lists during definition - Support using the list itself (not only items)</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - List() Function - Support List(nRow,nCols) to create 2D lists</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - List() Function - Better Performance</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - Object File - Save/Restore the files list</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - ring_vmexpr.c - Better Code - Avoid magic numbers</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - ring_state_filetokens() - Optional parameter for the (Not Case Sensitive) feature.</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - ring_state_setvar() - Better Code</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - int2bytes(), float2bytes() &amp; double2bytes() uses sizeof() function</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - fclose() function - Display error message if the FILE pointer is NULL</p></li>
<li><p>Ring VM - Extensions API - Support local scope of the caller when getting integer pointer</p></li>
</ul>
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