Logtalk 3.85.0 released

[pmoura]

Logtalk 3.85.0 is now available for downloading at:

https://logtalk.org/

This release adds a linter meta-flag to allow turning on/off all linter warnings; adds new encodings and general linter flags; converts some linter warnings into compilation errors; adds a new linter check for redundant entity qualification in predicate directives; changes the logtalk_load_context/2 built-in predicate to type-check the key argument; improves error-checking for the use_module/1-2, export/1, and reexport/2 directives; fixes a regression in the previous release that prevented reloading code after fixing compilation errors without restarting the current session; improves the documentation of the issue_creator tool; improves the Handbook sections on performance and meta-predicates; improves the Handbook documentation on the logtalk_make/0-1 built-in predicates; updates the meta_compiler library to support optimization of meta-calls with closure meta-arguments that are messages to parametric objects; adds diagrams tool support for generating diagrams with local links to source file and directories that open in selected text editors; updates the tutor tool to explain additional compiler and developer tools warnings and errors; fixes harmless repeated warning in the packs tool when pack dependencies are not available; includes improvements and portability fixes to some examples; adds new tests and improves existing tests for Logtalk and standard Prolog features; and updates embedding scripts to accept an optional startup application goal argument.

For details and a complete list of changes, please consult the release notes at:

https://github.com/LogtalkDotOrg/logtalk3/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES.md