0.8.0

This release updates Azle to work with dfx 0.12.0, contains a large rewrite of the Azle compiler in Rust, the creation of a CDK Framework, and includes greatly improved compiler errors for the end user developer.

What's Changed

• 634 canister method bodies by @lastmjs in #635
• experiment with removing proc_macro, generate rust code directly and … by @lastmjs in #636
• basic canister method bodies work by @lastmjs in #639
• 640 ic object by @lastmjs in #641
• 642 heartbeat by @lastmjs in #645
• Added inspect message by @dansteren in #646
• init is implemented with params by @lastmjs in #651
• 648 pre upgrade by @lastmjs in #652
• 649 post upgrade by @lastmjs in #653
• Azle compiler types by @lastmjs in #638
• implement notify_raw by @lastmjs in #656
• Stable memory by @lastmjs in #658
• Get rid of uuid in favor of hash by @bdemann in #659
• Added Func type aliases in new compiler by @dansteren in #660
• 654 stable storage by @lastmjs in #661
• 662 generators by @lastmjs in #663
• complex records, variants, and funcs by @bdemann in #666
• complex types and canister dependencies by @bdemann in #668
• Added support for QueryManual and UpdateManual by @dansteren in #667
• Added reply_raw support to new compiler by @dansteren in #672
• Finished IC object functions by @dansteren in #673
• 664 cross canister calls by @lastmjs in #671
• Added support for inline types by @bdemann in #676
• Added support for tuple types by @bdemann in #677
• Moved all getters into ts_ast dir by @dansteren in #678
• remove unnecessary code by @lastmjs in #679
• 681 pull up variant and records by @bdemann in #683
• Start separation of ACT building and .to_token_stream by @dansteren in #684
• combine all type_alias code by @bdemann in #685
• 686 create data type act nodes by @bdemann in #688
• Organized canister methods by @dansteren in #687
• arrays, tuples, and funcs updated by @bdemann in #689
• Move system canister methods into CDK AST by @dansteren in #691
• 697 create ast node traits by @bdemann in #704
• 705 create literalortypealias enum by @bdemann in #706
• 674 azle compiler refactor by @bdemann in #709
• Re-implemented the compiler in Rust by @dansteren in #712
• Added generic vm value conversion traits by @dansteren in #713
• Improved boa errors by @bdemann in #717
• Changed compiler output by @dansteren in #714
• update motoko example tests by @bdemann in #721
• Surface azle_generate errors by @dansteren in #722
• Kybra test reuse by @lastmjs in #720
• Add SourceMap for improved error reporting by @bdemann in #726
• Improve compilation error messages by @dansteren in #727
• 77 type ref errors by @bdemann in #729
• update primitive types example by @lastmjs in #731
• 732 fn decl snippets by @dansteren in #733
• 77 azle type ref errors by @bdemann in #736
• 77 all azle type errors by @bdemann in #738
• 737 azle canister decl errors by @bdemann in #739
• 740 minor unwrap purge by @bdemann in #747
• 741 expunge todos panics and unwraps by @bdemann in #745
• update simple_user_accounts by @lastmjs in #754
• Simple erc20 by @lastmjs in #755
• update counter example by @lastmjs in #757
• update principal example by @lastmjs in #758
• Optional types example by @lastmjs in #759
• update tuple_types_example by @lastmjs in #761
• Complex types example by @lastmjs in #762
• Fix one tuple by @lastmjs in #763
• change test didc installation and use to be more universal across Rus… by @lastmjs in #765
• Surface spawnSync JS errors by @dansteren in #750
• Hooked up Source maps to Fn Decl errors by @dansteren in #751
• Finish removing unwraps, todos, and panics as noted on 741 by @dansteren in #756
• Cdk updates by @bdemann in #766
• removed redundant hash set conversion by @bdemann in #767
• fix notify_raw result type by @lastmjs in #768
• Refactored cross-canister calls by @dansteren in #769
• 77 Improve Errors by @dansteren in #771
• Update README.md by @lastmjs in #772
• remove cdk_act from source code, add cdk_framework from GitHub by @lastmjs in #774
• add Result back to CdkActTryIntoVmValue by @lastmjs in #775
• Various example fixes by @lastmjs in #776
• fix cycles tests by @lastmjs in #777
• update cdk_framework, move func type CDK-specific definitions to Azle by @lastmjs in #778
• Stable storage by @lastmjs in #788
• remove array check for blob manual reply by @bdemann in #789
• stable storage example is done by @lastmjs in #791
• Improved error messages for edge-cases in cross canister calls by @dansteren in #792

Full Changelog: 0.7.0...0.8.0