PipeScript 0.2.6:

• PipeScript can now be sponsored! (please show your support) (Support Sponsorship #488)

• PipeScript now has several formalized command types (Formalizing Command Types #452)

  • Aspects
    • DynamicParameters (Dynamic Parameters should be easier to define #462)
    • ModuleExtensionType (Module Aspects #460)
    • ModuleExtensionPattern (Module Aspects #460)
    • ModuleExtensionCommand (Module Aspects #460)
  • Automatic Variables (Fixes Pipescript should be able to define automatic variables #426)
    • $MySelf
    • $MyParameters
    • $MyCallstack
    • $MyCaller
    • $MyCommandAst (MyCommandAst automatic variable #434)
    • $IsPipedTo (IsPipedTo Automatic Variable #430)
    • $IsPipedFrom (IsPipedFrom Automatic Variable #431)
  • PostProcessing/Optimization now applies to Functions (Function Definitions should support pre / post functions #432)
    • Partial functions are now a PostProcessor (Partial Functions should be a postprocessor #449)
  • Protocol Functions
    • Made HTTP, UDP, and JSON Schema Protocols into functions (Core Protocol Transpiler should look for Protocol.Commands #474)
    • Added OpenAPI Protocol (OpenAPI protcol #457)

• Core Command Improvements

  • Get-PipeScript is now built with PipeScript (Get-PipeScript should be built with PipeScript #463)
  • Export-PipeScript
    • Is much more transparent in GitHub Workflow (Improve Export-PipeScript / Action transparency #438)
    • Now lists all files built, time to build each, transpilers used, and PipeScript factor.
    • Auto Installs simple #requires in build files (Export-PipeScript should automatically install required modules #491)
  • Update-PipeScript uses AST Based Offsets (Update-PipeScript should use AST based offsets #439)
  • New-PipeScript
    • Making Description/Synopis ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName (New-PipeScript Synopsis/Description should be ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName #453)
    • Adding -InputObject parameter.
    • Making -Parameter much more open-ended (New-PipeScript -Parameter should be more open-ended #454)
    • Improving Reflection Support (New-PipeScript - Improving Reflection #467)
    • Allowing -Parameter as [CommandInfo]/[CommandMetaData] (New-PipeScript should be able process [CommandInfo]/[CommandMetaData] #477)
    • Supporting DefaultValue/ValidValue (Fixes New-PipeScript -Parameter should support ValidValues, DefaultValue #473)
    • Adding -Verb/-Noun (New-PipeScript - Add -Verb / -Noun #468)
  • Invoke-PipeScript
    • Improving Positional Attribute Parameters (Fixes Invoke-PipeScript should be more intelligent with [AttributeAST] positional parameters. #70)
    • Clarifying 'Transpiler Not Found' Messages (Clarify Transpiler Not Found Messages #484)

• Sentence Parsing Support

  • Improving Mutliword alias support (Sentence Parsing should support multiword aliases more efficiently and effectively  #444)
  • Adding Clause.ParameterValues (A Parsed Sentence Clause should have .ParameterValues #445)
  • Allowing N words to be skipped (Sentance Parsing should be able to skip N words #479)

• 'All' Improvements

  • Expanding Syntax for 'All' (Extend the natural syntax of all #436)
  • Compacting generating code (all should generate shorter code #440)
  • Adding Greater Than / Less Than aliases (all should allow for more operators #446)
  • Enabling 'should' (all -For should be alias aware #448)
  • 'all applications in $path' (All applications in $Path #475)

• New Transpilers:

  • ValidValues (ValidValues #451)
  • Adding WhereMethod (Where Methods #465)
  • Adding ArrowOperator/ Lambdas ! (Support Arrow Operators / Lamba Like Expressions #464)

• Extended Type Improvements

  • VariableExpressionAst.GetVariableType - Enabling InvokeMemberExpression (VariableExpressionAst.GetVariableType should be able to infer types from InvokeMemberExpression #490)
  • CommandInfo.BlockComments - Resolving aliases (CommandInfo.BlockComments should resolve aliases #487)
  • CommandInfo.GetHelpField - Skipping additional script blocks (Fixes CommandInfo.Examples should only get examples from the first block #486)

• Minor Fixes:

  • Requires is now Quieter (requires should be quieter #433)
  • Appending Unmapped Locations to Alias Namespace (Fixes Namespaced aliases should append unmapped locations to the namespace #427)
  • Fixing Examples in New-PipeScript (thanks @ninmonkey !)
  • Namespaced Alias/Function - Not Transpiling if command found (Namepsaced functions/aliases should be invalid if a command exists #455)
  • Automatically Testing Examples (greatly expanded test coverage) (Examples should be automatically tested #461)
  • Templates now report errors more accurately (Improve Error Behavior of Templates #489)
  • Inherit - Fixing Abstract/Dynamic Inheritance (Inheriting Abstractly/Dynamically should not inherit help #480)
  • Include - Allowing Including URLs (Include should be able to include URLs #481)
  • Partial Functions will not join their headers (Partial functions should not join their help headers #483)