Last changes in the Scriptol to JavaScript compiler

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2.4 - February 6, 2018

Solj.exe is now compiled with CL and no longer requires additional DLL.
The exec command now compiles to scriptol.exec rather than process.exec.

2.3 - July 10, 2017

New switch case control flow implemented.
Added the arrayval function for compatibility with Scriptol C++.

2.2 - June 26, 2017

@ followed by an ident is a mean to insert this ident in the target language.
For example @await writes "await" before the call of a function which returns a promise.
$(ident) syntax is deprecated.

2.1 - June 15, 2017

Switch case implemented.
"else" in do case control is deprecated and replaced by "default".
Added support to async/await.

2.0 - March 21, 2017

64 bits version for Window.
The scriptol.js module must be installed in node_modules now.

1.8.2 - July 21, 2016

The import reserved word is now used to import a module declared like an object.
The const reserved word is used to add directlly a module to the global scope. (See include, import and require in the manual).

1.8.1 - July 18, 2016

Scriptol 3 is supported by the JavaScript compiler.
Conditional assignment is deprecated. Now the := operator is similar to the = operator.

1.8 - June 14, 2016

Added support to modules included by npm. Now functions, attributes and objects in modules may be part of the Scriptol code with zero interface.
Removed useless cast in generated code in some cases.

1.7.2 - October 31, 2015

Added -j option to generate a pure JS file to be included into an HTML document.
Added -w option to the list of commands (was already active but not displayed yet).

1.7.1 - October 21, 2015

Goal control structure now supports variables in time parameters.
Improved the look of generated code with extra blank lines removed.
Fixed bug in goal when a second time parameter is added to.
New versions of ScriptolBrowser and ScriptolCanvas.

1.7 - September 18, 2015

JSON is now a built-in class.
Added the scriptolcanvas.js library to display SVG in canvas.
Added the svgtojs.sol script to convert SVG images to JavaScript objects.

1.6.2 - September 2, 2015

Fixed a bug when generating a for loop with key and value, and value is a var.
Improved the conversion of object to XML.

1.6 - August 11, 2015

Changed the internal format for an XML or SVG document loaded into a dict. Now each element assigned to a property is a value or a dict. A dict may now be used as a virtual DOM for SVG.
Added the getByTag method to dict.

1.5.4 - July 4, 2015

Added a parameter of delay between two actions in a goal statement;

1.5.3 - June 9, 2015

Added the ES6 template format for a string on multiple lines with interpolation.
Template are converted to standard strings in the JavaScript code for now, for compatibility with all browsers and Node.js.
But in a XML tag, a template is not converted at all. XML with templates is assumed to run at command line only, with io.js.

1.5.2 - May 12, 2015

Added a flag to the store method of array, to add the eol code or not.

1.5.1 - May 8, 2015

Conditionnal assignement is now deprecated.
Promise demo included.

1.5 - April 14, 2015

It is now possible to link properties of a dict just like in JavaScript. For example: dict Engine = d.Car.Engine.
Added setById method to dict.
Added updById method to dict.
New control structure: to for .. /to adds goal-oriented features to Scriptol.

1.4.1 - March 16, 2015

Added getById method to dict.
Added getByNames method to dict.

1.4 - March 14, 2015

The display method of dict is now indented and has now an optional argument: false to a flat display.
Implemented loading an XML file into an objet. The load method recognizes the format from the extension: xml, rss or svg.
Let in a one line if statement is deprecated. if ... let ... else becomes if ... ? ... else or if ? ... : ...
Method store of dict improved to save objects with embedded objects.

1.3 - February 10, 2015

Better formatted JavaScript output, extra lines now removed.
The exec builtin function now relies on execSync rather than exec so you need Node 0.12.

1.2 - January 24, 2015

Improved print result.
Changed the scriptol.fgets function with return false.

1.1 - October 2, 2014

Include statement now allows to include target files when compatible with the target language.
Added a canvas demo to be used with the -w option (compiling Scriptol to JavaScript in a Web page).

1.00 - September 23, 2014

First version.