Zenoscript 0.1.5: Critical Fixes and Enhanced Reliability

Published: June 30, 2025

We're excited to announce Zenoscript 0.1.5, a critical stability release that addresses several important issues with the transpiler and significantly improves the overall developer experience.

🔧 Critical Fixes

Pipe Expression Overhaul

The biggest improvement in 0.1.5 is a complete rewrite of how pipe expressions are handled. Previously, complex pipe chains could produce malformed TypeScript output. Now they generate clean, readable code:

// Before (0.1.4) - Broken output
"hello world" |> trim |> toUpperCase |> console.log
// Generated: ().trim().toUpperCase()

// After (0.1.5) - Clean output  
"hello world" |> trim |> toUpperCase |> console.log
// Generated: console.log("hello world".trim().toUpperCase())

Comment Preservation

Optional parentheses were incorrectly transforming content inside comments, breaking code documentation. This has been completely fixed:

// This comment used to get mangled: example code
// Now stays perfectly intact!
let result = myFunction "argument"

String Processing Improvements

Fixed issues where string arguments in function calls could be corrupted during the transformation pipeline, especially in complex expressions.

🧹 Example Cleanup

We've updated all examples to only showcase implemented language features. Removed experimental syntax like:

• impl blocks (not yet implemented)
• Pattern matching guards with when clauses
• Generic bounds with extends

This ensures that every example you see will actually work when you try it!

📊 Enhanced Testing

Added comprehensive test coverage for:

• Complex pipe chains with multiple method calls
• Nested match expressions
• Comment preservation across all transformation types
• Edge cases in string and argument processing

⚡ Performance & Reliability

The transpiler transformation pipeline has been reorganized for better reliability and performance. Each transformation phase now has clear responsibilities and better isolation from others.

🎯 What This Means for You

If you've been experiencing issues with:

• Pipe expressions not working correctly
• Comments getting mangled in your code
• Examples from our documentation not working

Upgrade to 0.1.5 immediately - these are all fixed!

🔮 Looking Ahead

With 0.1.5's stability improvements, we're now positioned to work on exciting new features for future releases:

• Implementation blocks (impl) for methods on structs
• Pattern matching guards with when clauses
• Enhanced error reporting and debugging tools
• Performance optimizations

📦 Get 0.1.5

# Install or upgrade
bun add zenoscript@latest

# Or use the install script
curl -fsSL https://zenoscript.dev/install.sh | bash

🙏 Thank You

Thanks to everyone who reported issues and helped identify these critical problems. Zenoscript is getting more stable and reliable with each release!

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