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