Pearlen 0.1.1 Alpha Release Notes

🌟 Pearlen 0.1.1 Alpha Release Notes

Release Date: 2025-11-26
Version: 0.1.1 Alpha
Status: Active

🚀 New Features

• Conditional Statements Enhanced

  • Full support for if / else then if / else / end syntax
  • Optional conditions on else then if branches (like elif)
  • Nested conditional blocks fully supported

• Switch/Case Statements Added

  • switch <expr>: … option <value>: … default: … end
  • Supports multiple option branches and default case
  • Fully integrated with indentation-based blocks

🛠 Fixes

• Fixed indentation parsing issues in conditionals and switch/case
• Corrected handling of DEDENT vs END tokens in parser

📚 Example Programs

If / Else Then If / Else

x = 20
y = 15

if x > y:
    show(y - x)
else then if x == y:
    show(x / y)
else:
    show(x - y)
end

Switch / Option / Default

x = 2

switch x:
    option 1:
        show("one")
    option 2:
        show("two")
    default:
        show("other")
end

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This release introduces major control flow enhancements, enabling more expressive programs while keeping Pearlen lightweight and easy to read.

First Release

This is first release of the project/programming language

Full Changelog: https://github.com/maybe-adev/Pearlen/commits/0.1.0-alpha