Logtalk 3.84.0 released

[pmoura]

Logtalk 3.84.0 is now available for downloading at:

https://logtalk.org/

This release improves the compiler to detect and report recursive references to files and entities; fixes the compiler to prevent using grammar rules to try to redefine disjunction and conditional control constructs; improves the Handbook glossary; improves the documentation of the logtalk_tester script; improves the documentation of the help, lgtdoc, packs tools; adds new directory deletion predicates to the os library; improves the hook_flows library; includes improved documentation and additional tests for the dictionaries library; fixes meta_compiler library issues; adds lgtunit tool support for running just a selection of tests; adds packs tool support for installing and updating packs from local archives, for gpg encrypted pack and registry archives, for using wget in alternative to curl, and for for using .sig signature files in alternative to .asc signature files; adds tutor tool support for explaining selected lgtunit, make, and packs tool error messages; fixes the dead_code_scanner tool to avoid some false positives; fixes the logtalk_tester script to follow symbolic links when looking for test driver files; adds an example of defining a DSL for tests; adds additional tests for Prolog standard and de facto standard predicates; improves tests coverage for the dead_code_scanner and packs tools; and provides portability updates for SWI-Prolog and YAP. Thanks to Alex Kouznetsov, Michael McNally, and Lindsey Spratt for their contributions to this release.

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

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