Changes in .3081 since .3071

Core

• E27631: case in record not supported uses the wrong error code
• E27627: Add diagnostics for Cooper untyped param writes
• E27627: Add wider tests for untyped params across Island, Toffee, Echoes, and Cooper
• E27661: Bad error and w/o position wheh using coalesceEmpty() with non-string type
• E27667: C#: bad reformat
• E27623: C#: bad reformat for standalone {} block
• E27650: C#: bad reformat with tuple
• E27662: C#: NRE when using partial named tuple
• E27607: Cannot refactor/rename tuple var
• E27642: coalesce and Potential null value is implicitly cast to not nullable String
• E27627: Cooper: NRE on unconstrained generic casts
• E27627: Cooper: Preserve static (e.g. Color.RED/Color.red) and instance (eg Color.Red)
• E27627: Delphi/Island: fix implicit interface helper calls to pass Self, IID, and Obj
• E27651: Echoes: cannot assign InstanceType
• E27661: Fix const var overload resolution regression
• E27614: Fixed regression with Span/ReadOnlySpan<>
• E27627: Island/Darwin: Match fix for Delphi/Win64 interface ABI: String result after Self, small records in registers
• E27627: Island/Darwin: untyped params work for all types, specifically including managed (strings, arrays, interfaced objects, etc)
• E27668: Mercury sample fails to build
• E27590: Mercury: Continue Do doesnt compile in Do loop
• E27595: Nested generic param identity: allow nested type decls to shadow generic param type (includes logging)
• E27658: NRE for Refactor/Rename
• E27634: Oxygene is missing highlighting for "type" code block
• E27660: Oxygene: bad block range
• E27671: Oxygene: Can’t use field after const
• E27572: Ported xUnit compiler tests to EUnit
• E27615: Regression: Old-style extension methods failed in DCM (Self counted as param)
• E27627: Restore managed untyped param writes on Echoes
• E27612: Restore untyped param support (wip)
• E27597: Some code structures still affected the AST when ifdef-ed out
• E27627: Suppress E513 for DCM bare method statements
• E27568: Visual Studio: new project templates remain after Uninstall
• E27613: VS2026: cannot add project reference
• E27479: Water: nested types aren't shown in types tree
• Better error message for "parameter 1s """
• Debugger: add message if .pdb not found
• Debugger: Island: Darwin: debugger doesn't break on exceptions for Release builds
• Delphi Compatibility: var/const x := nil infers a type of Pointer for x
• Delphi Compatibility: add support for $ERROR, $WARNING, $HINT, $FATAL message directives (equivalents of $MESSAGE WARN etc)
• Delphi Compatibility: Allow const to refer to a function, when that function is in the implementation
• Delphi Compatibility: Allow any constructor name (gated to 'legacy Create')
• Delphi Compatibility: E27604: Multiple interfaces with a property using the same getter fail with 'Type mismatch' (resolution confused among interfaces)
• Delphi Compatibility: explicit implements alias should resolve matching overload, not fail on sibling mismatches
• Delphi Compatibility: In DCM mode, generic parameters are not constrained to be objects (Delphi has no implicit constraint)
• Delphi Compatibility: Interface methods can be implemented by protected ancestor methods
• Delphi Compatibility: Minimal untyped param support (byte, integer, int64)
• Delphi Compatibility: parse Delphi LogicalAnd/Or/Xor operator names (DCM only)
• Delphi Compatibility: Set of (value1, value2) where the values are defined only there, and anon enums need to be created earlier.
• Delphi Compatibility: support [ref] attribute on parameters (eg [ref] const)
• Go to Definition NRE fix
• Merged EBuild
• Merged EUnit
• Merged Everwood5
• Merged InternetPack
• Merged IslandDelphi
• Merged libToffee
• Merged RTL2
• Oxygene: fixes for raw strings
• Regression: Invalid IR building IslandDelphi

Fire & Water

• E27588: Water: Exception: in CC error popup
• Action items
• Close old files on reload to avoid dupes in the Search tree
• CodeBit: Show diffs in cached approvals too
• CodeBot/Editor: Show a pop-up for "convert with CodeBot", and cancel paste if popup was dismissed.
• CodeBot/Editor: Show message when there was no code to paste; Also cancel Smart CC
• CodeBot: "thinking" indicator
• CodeBot: Access to search results
• CodeBot: Action Items
• CodeBot: Add dedicated CodeBot menu actions
• CodeBot: Add MCP client suppot (wip)
• CodeBot: Add MCP function provider support (wip)
• CodeBot: Adding the AL first account would not always activate it
• CodeBot: Agent-only skills
• CodeBot: Agent: allow different models in sub-agents
• CodeBot: allow buldpr arbitrary projects & solutions in background & with access to results
• CodeBot: Better "not a diff" annotation for new files
• CodeBot: better activity info
• CodeBot: Cursor keys and backspace didn't work in the Question text field
• CodeBot: default to sending messages on enter
• CodeBot: diff hunk headers are links and jump to the editor
• CodeBot: Don't hide a visible CodeBot panel after inserting code from a background AI task
• CodeBot: Easier global approval for "always save"/readonly shell and git commands
• CodeBot: highlight "dangerous" approvals
• CodeBot: Internal: cleanup
• CodeBot: Keep active approvals visible outside execution groups
• CodeBot: Let CodeBot see Codex and Claude skills in the solution folder (readonly)
• CodeBot: Manager sheet (wip)
• CodeBot: MCP Access
• CodeBot: MCP Server support
• CodeBot: New Security review profile & skill
• CodeBot: NRE proofing if activeTarget was nil
• CodeBot: Preferences: reload LM Studio models when URL is changed
• CodeBot: Prompt tightening
• CodeBot: Regression: could not start builds
• CodeBot: Run smart-paste via custom agent profile & skill
• CodeBot: Skill building
• CodeBot: Smarter Smart CC
• CodeBot: UI tweaks
• CodeBot: Use proper shell for external commands, to ensure PATHs
• CodeBot: v3 Agentic Mode (wip) with:
• Debugging: ignore RemObjects.Elements.EUnit.TestException by default
• Diff view for code changes
• Don't update per-file types on load, update them when the file comes into view
• Don't update per-file types on load; update them when the file comes into view
• E27506 Water: cannot uncheck "unvalid" picker value in settings (fine in Fire)
• Editor: at the end of a line, typing a comma or semicolon should replace a prior comma or period
• Editor: current type highlight should be more subtle than the current block, not less
• Editor: dimension keyword for Oxgene
• Editor: Flash selection when navigating to it from externally
• Fire: add “Show CodeBot” to CodeBot window, too & revise menu names
• Fire: auto-layout fix for BuildMessage view
• Fire: autolayout fix for Build Message view
• Fire: Bad autolayout on the project references view caused it to shrink
• Fire: bad autolayout on the project references view caused it to shrink
• Fire: Changed (defunct) menu item from "Run w/ Instruments " to "Open", and adjusted to new Instruments interface
• Fire: Close old files on reload to avoid dupes in Search Tree
• Fire: Disable Paste commands if the clipboard has no text
• Fire: Fix for splitter positions getting messed up on reload on Tahoe
• Fire: Menu item and short for Paste & Convert w/ CodeBot
• Fire: Menu item and shortcuts for Paste & Convert w/ CodeBot; disable Paste commands if clipboard has no text
• Function approval, progress & annotations
• Jumpbar: nested class is shown twice in the Jumpbar
• Let files in the search tree be expandable by default
• Let files in the search tree be expandable by default to "find all.”
• Menu item for toggling long vs short inline messages
• New tools for folder browsing, running builds, web access, question and more
• Regression: on-disk changes to .projitem in a shared project didn't trigger a reload
• Skills
• Solution Tree: sort on filename w/o extension, first
• Solution Tree: sort on filename w/o extension, first (regression, lose case-insensitivity)
• Sub-agents
• Water: cannot uncheck “invalid" picker value in settings (fine in Fire)
• Water: catch exceptions in dispatch
• Water: Manage accounts option was missing from CodeBot Preferences
• Water: renamed button on Accounts Manager for clarity
• Water: support for headers and sorting indicators in table view
• Water: Target Framework dropdown list is cut and isn't scrollable
• WebProjects: context menu to open current page in browser
• Website publishing improvements
• Xaml Preview (wip)

EBuild

• Cleaner output for —debug-reference-resolving
• Delphi Project Import: set DefaultObjectModel to ”Delphi”
• Delphi Project Import: Settings tweaks
• ESP: Fix for ContentPlaceholders rendering too much
• ESP: Handle <%-- comment blocks
• ESP: Read web.config directly from the project folder and reuse an existing appSettings node when merging configuration, improving EnableWebConfig handling and avoiding duplicate sections.
• Handle <script runat=“server” blocks
• Island/Delphi: Support for Windows/arm64 architecture (disabled again for now, since Delphi doesn't come with the .dcps needed)

Elements RTL

• Add YAML serialization support for Json documents
• Expse Pid on Process
• Http: Add Cancel support to HTTP requests
• Http: Add proxy support (none, system, custom)
• Json deserializer: better location info for unterminated string/document
• Json deserializer: was too lenient and allowed some unterminated Json in TryFrom( with aAllowPartial = false
• Locking fix
• NRE fix in attribute lookup for nil namespace
• Serialization: Support Decimal (Echoes only and lossy)
• Serialization: support serialized-as-string-value enum members (in AspectGenerated Encode./Decode only)

Island DelphiSupport

• SetLength for arrays
• TProc/block combatibility (wip)
• Typo fix

Internet Pack

• Fix for buffered reads missing data
• HTTP: Support for manual chunked response streaming, e.g. for SSE
• Toffee: Server could crash the process when closed
• Toffee: Server failed on Cocoa, due to the use of wrong class instantiation code