Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.0.1] - 2025-06-18

Added

• Initial release of Inline::Python3
• Core Python3 integration functionality
• Automatic type conversion between Raku and Python3
• Support for executing Python3 code and evaluating expressions
• Access to Python3 objects, functions, and modules
• Exception handling across language boundaries
• Persistent Python3 environment across calls
• Full support for Python3's standard library
• Zero-copy NumPy array access (when NumPy is installed)
• Comprehensive test suite with 97 tests
• 11 example scripts demonstrating various features
• Complete documentation (README, API, PERFORMANCE)

Features

• TypeCache for optimized method lookups
• BufferPool for efficient string conversions
• FALLBACK mechanism for seamless Python method access
• Support for Python3 callable objects
• Batch conversion utilities for performance
• Integration with pyenv for Python version management

Requirements

• Raku 6.d or later
• Python3 3.8 or higher (managed by pyenv)
• C compiler (gcc/clang)
• pyenv for Python version management