Remove backwards compatibility and version references from the language#79
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…ref, remove legacy colon syntax Co-authored-by: ercasta <1530425+ercasta@users.noreply.github.com>
- Remove title suffix '(V3)' and version/intro line - Remove Design Philosophy section about V2/V3 improvements - Remove Appendix D (Migration Guide) entirely - Strip all V1/V2/V3 labels from section headers, code comments, and inline text - Remove backward-compat rows for 'template' and 'connection_point' from keywords table - Clean EBNF grammar: use only 'pattern' and 'ref' (no alternatives) - Replace 'element.connection_point' example with 'element.ref_point' - Fix duplicate TOC entry for Appendix C Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: ercasta <1530425+ercasta@users.noreply.github.com>
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Remove backwards compatibility and version references from the language
Mar 14, 2026
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Strips all V1/V2/V3 version indicators, backward-compat aliases, and migration guides from the codebase. The language now has a single, clean definition with no version history exposed.
Breaking language changes
templatekeyword removed — usepatternconnection_pointkeyword removed — userefscope name : langcolon syntax removed — usescope name<lang>Source code
TemplateandConnectionPointtoken kindsConnectionPointDeclarationtype alias; cleaned up doc commentsDocumentation
doc/language_v2.mddoc/language_reference.md: Removed title suffix(V3),Version: 3.0header, Design Philosophy section, all V2/V3 inline labels, and Appendix D (migration guide)doc/implementation_status.md: Removed backward-compat rows fortemplateandconnection_point; removed V2/V3 column notesExamples
examples/v2_syntax_example.hieandexamples/v3_syntax_example.hieexamples/syntax_example.hiedemonstrating current syntaxhielements.hieself-description to referencesyntax_example.hieTests
All 92 unit tests and 121 self-checks updated and passing.
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