Claro/docs/RELEASE_v1.17.27.md

Claro v1.18.26 Stable Release

Historical note: this file is kept for release history. The current package is Claro v1.18.26; use CURRENT_STATUS.md, ROADMAP.md, and the current feature docs for up-to-date beginner guidance.

Claro v1.18.26 is a stability release for the beginner-friendly programming language Claro.

What changed

• Windows claro test now discovers and runs the full golden test suite instead of only three basic tests.
• Runtime error file paths are normalized to forward slashes so expected output is stable across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
• Release/version text was updated for the stable v1.18.26 package.

Validation completed

Validated on Windows using Zig cc as the C compiler:

zig cc -std=c99 src/claro.c -O0 -o claro.exe -lm
./claro.exe --version
./claro.exe test
./claro.exe validate
python tools/validate_v1_17.py

Results:

• Version: Claro v1.18.26
• Golden tests: 44 run, 0 failures
• Full package validation: passed
• Networking example validation: passed

Release recommendation

This package is ready to share as a stable Windows source/binary release for testing with learners. Keep future changes small and test-first.