Gleam 1.14.0, a brand new model of the statically typed language for the Erlang VM and JavaScript runtimes, has enhanced help for exterior sorts.
Launched December 25, the replace may be accessed at GitHub. With this launch, the @exterior annotation is now supported for exterior sorts, giving the programmer a option to specify an Erlang or TypeScript kind definition for use, in accordance with Gleam creator Louis Pilfold. Gleam’s exterior kind function is used to declare an Erlang or JavaScript kind that may be referenced in Gleam, however as a result of the sort originates from exterior of Gleam, the Gleam compiler can’t produce a exact definition in generated Erlang or TypeScript kind definitions. As an alternative, the compiler needed to fall again to the proper however obscure “any” kind of every language.
Additionally enhanced in Gleam 1.14.0 is inference-based pruning, an optimization that improves efficiency and detects extra redundant patterns when sample matching on binary knowledge. Gleam 1.14.0 extends this optimization to work with int segments, thus growing its effectiveness.
