Roadmap

Public status page for what ships today. The ordered implementation plan lives under Internals → Priority. This page is not a promise list.

Shipped (do not re-list as “later”)

Already in the language or CLI:

• File modules: import / export (v0.3); nested / relative paths (2.0.0); cycle / resolver diagnostics polish (2.0.1); std/… install-tree path (2.0.2); std peels through std/re / std/time (2.0.3–2.0.6); optional --require-std (2.0.7); docs / examples / playground (2.0.8); series close (2.0.9)
• REPL (elang with no file), elang check, elang test, elang fmt, elang lint, elang builtins, elang std, elang lsp, elang ide
• Exact object types: exact { ... } (0.7.2)
• Number literals .5 / scientific form; multiline strings
• const (including param const in 0.7.9), destructuring (hash as rename, hash rest), builtins as values, range-as-value, unions (int | str), switch through 0.7.9
• Nominal class + construction (0.8.0); methods + this (0.8.1); interface (0.8.2); explicit new { ... } fields (0.8.3); field defaults (0.8.4); unbound methods (0.8.5); type methods (0.8.6); optional implements (0.8.7); docs/README release pass (0.8.8); first PyPI package echolang (0.8.9)
• Compound assign on class members (this.x += 1) (0.9.0); priv fields/methods (0.9.1); positional construction Point(3, 4) (0.9.2); deep clone() (0.9.3); named format placeholders (0.9.4); class properties get/set (0.9.5); mkdirAll / removeTree (0.9.6); regex builtins (0.9.7); union narrowing in if type(...) (0.9.8); thin dates formatTime / parseTime / duration helpers (0.9.9)
• Stable release 1.0.0 (same surface as 0.9.9)
• 1.1.x complete (1.1.0–1.1.9): HTTP + URL + Base64, watch/abort polish, error-code docs, playground host policy, builtin sync, elang builtins, series docs/examples
• 2.0.x complete (2.0.0–2.0.9): path resolution + std/… peels (not a package manager)
• 2.1.x complete (2.1.0–2.1.9): YAML + thin LSP stub + std maturity on 2.0 modules
• 2.2.0: elang ide desktop editor (Tk window: edit → Run → output)
• 2.2.1: crash hardening + path safety (oversized ints, recursion, symlink / removeTree guards, fmt / switch unescaping)

Next

1.1.x, 2.0.x, and 2.1.x are complete; 2.2.x is open. Held work (package registry, full LSP-as-product, generics, …) stays in Priority until it is pulled into a series.

Open — 2.2.x local tooling

Version	Item	Status
2.2.0	elang ide desktop editor (Tk)	done
2.2.1	Crash hardening + path safety	done

Public message: 2.2 = run Echo without a terminal.

Closed — 2.1.x YAML + LSP stub + std maturity

Version	Item	Status
2.1.0	YAML helpers	done
2.1.1	YAML *Or + docs	done
2.1.2	Thin LSP stub	done
2.1.3	LSP goto-def	done
2.1.4	Editor LSP client	done
2.1.5	Debugger polish beyond watch	done
2.1.6	Further std peel	done
2.1.7	CLI std inventory	done
2.1.8	Docs generator expansion	done
2.1.9	Series close	done

Public message: 2.1 = YAML + LSP stub + std maturity on 2.0 modules.

Closed — 2.0.x modules + stdlib peel

Version	Item	Status
2.0.0	Relative / nested import paths	done
2.0.1	Import cycle / resolver diagnostics polish	done
2.0.2	Stdlib search path: import … from "std/…"	done
2.0.3	Peel HTTP into std/http	done
2.0.4	Peel URL + Base64	done
2.0.5	Peel files / JSON / env	done
2.0.6	Peel regex + dates	done
2.0.7	Prelude policy (core vs std)	done
2.0.8	Docs / examples / playground	done
2.0.9	Series close	done

Details: Priority — 2.0.x / 2.1.x.

Closed — 1.1.x HTTP + polish

Version	Item	Status
1.1.0	httpGet / httpPost + allow_http host flag	implemented (1.1.0)
1.1.1	HTTP headers / status helpers / *Or twins	implemented (1.1.1)
1.1.2	YAML or URL helpers (only if still tiny)	implemented (1.1.2 — URL only)
1.1.3	watch / abort diagnostics polish	implemented (1.1.3)
1.1.4	Error-message / code pass	implemented (1.1.4)
1.1.5	Docs generator or playground HTTP policy	implemented (1.1.5 — playground host policy)
1.1.6	Thin docs generator / builtin sync	implemented (1.1.6)
1.1.7	base64Encode / base64Decode	implemented (1.1.7)
1.1.8	CLI builtin inventory polish	implemented (1.1.8)
1.1.9	Series close (docs / examples)	implemented (1.1.9)

Details: Priority — 1.1.x.

Closed — 0.9.x ergonomics / OOP polish

Series complete through 0.9.9; stable cut is 1.0.0. Not inheritance, packages, or generics.

Version	Item	Status
0.9.0	Compound assign on members (this.x += 1)	implemented (0.9.0)
0.9.1	priv / field–method visibility	implemented (0.9.1)
0.9.2	Positional construction Point(3, 4)	implemented (0.9.2)
0.9.3	Deep clone()	implemented (0.9.3)
0.9.4	Named format() placeholders via trailing hash	implemented (0.9.4)
0.9.5	Class properties get / set	implemented (0.9.5)
0.9.6	mkdirAll / removeTree	implemented (0.9.6)
0.9.7	Regex builtins	implemented (0.9.7)
0.9.8	Union narrowing in if type(...)	implemented (0.9.8)
0.9.9	Thin dates builtins	implemented (0.9.9)
1.0.0	Stable release	implemented (1.0.0)

Details: Priority — 0.9.x.

Held

Not near-term. Do not treat these as upcoming releases unless a draft series exists above:

• Generics, async, VM / JIT
• try / catch, Result / Option, user-level recovery syntax
• Overloading, full LSP-as-product, Point.new
• Package registry / lockfiles / elang add (path resolution + std modules are 2.0; registry after 2.1)
• Test DSL (test "name" { })
• Class inheritance (out of 0.8; interfaces only)

1.1.x is closed above. 2.0.x / 2.1.x are drafted under Next — do not re-list those as held.

See Known Limitations and failure model.

See Also

• Priority
• Known Limitations
• CLI and Execution Model