Gleam 1.10, a new release of the type-safe programming language for the Erlang virtual machine and JavaScript runtimes, is now available. The update features compiler improvements centering on holding more information and improving exhaustive analysis. Faster execution of JavaScript code also is highlighted.
Gleam 1.10 was introduced April 14; it is accessible on GitHub.
The compiler in this release retains more information about types and values and how they reference each other in Gleam programs, according to a blog posted by Gleam creator Louis Pilfold. This enables the language server included in the Gleam binary to provide a “find references” feature that enables developers to find where a type or value is used in a project. Also, the additional information has been used to improve the “rename” language server feature. Prior to this, only module-local types and values could be renamed. With the improvement, renaming can be performed across all project modules. Gleam’s builders also have improved the compiler’s unused-code detection, repairing some situations in which the compiler would fail in detecting all of the unused code.
