Version 1.41a released

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Posted March 17, 2025 by BBC BASIC

Environment
Updated the version of SDL to SDL 2.32.0 (except the Linux and in-browser editions).
BASIC Interpreter / Run Time Engine
Added array slicing, using the syntax: array(first TO [last]) or array(row, first TO [last]).
Compound assignment and array arithmetic now also accept the exponentiation operator '^'.
In the default *HEX32 mode, PRINT~ and STR$~ report an error if the value cannot be expressed as 32-bit hex.
IDEs and Utilities
In compiler.bbc, improved the manual selection of multiple embedded files from a sub-directory.
In compiler.bbc, a REM!Resource directive, if present, embeds the resource into a Windows executable.
Added versinfo.bbc utility to create a VERSIONINFO resource suitable for embedding in a Windows executable.
Libraries
Updated gfxlib.bbc to add PROC_gfxInvert, PROC_gfxPlotScaleDissolve and PROC_gfxPlotScaleAlphaBlend.
Updated arraylib.bbc to support creating alias arrays from slices of 1D and 2D arrays.
Example Programs
Added filters.bbc (in examples/general) and soccerball.bbc (in examples/graphics).
Added spinmaze.bbc (in examples/physics) and bauble.bbc & belier.bbc (in examples/sounds).

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