X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/guile.git/blobdiff_plain/189171c5bb05de698d7704d86c57208773a0de4a..e00634774a68694911b933fd619ee3d2e1033f76:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index bc14cb76e..9d31fb940 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Changes in 1.9.0: * New modules (see the manual for details) +** `(srfi srfi-18)', multithreading support ** The `(ice-9 i18n)' module provides internationalization support * Changes to the distribution @@ -31,11 +32,143 @@ See `cancel-thread', `set-thread-cleanup!', and `thread-cleanup'. * Changes to the C interface +** The GH interface (deprecated in version 1.6, 2001) was removed. + +** Internal `scm_i_' functions now have "hidden" linkage with GCC/ELF + +This makes these internal functions technically not callable from +application code. + ** Functions for handling `scm_option' now no longer require an argument indicating length of the `scm_t_option' array. +Changes in 1.8.6 (since 1.8.5) + +* New features (see the manual for details) + +** New convenience function `scm_c_symbol_length ()' + +** Single stepping through code from Emacs + +When you use GDS to evaluate Scheme code from Emacs, you can now use +`C-u' to indicate that you want to single step through that code. See +`Evaluating Scheme Code' in the manual for more details. + +** New "guile(1)" man page! + +* Changes to the distribution + +** Automake's `AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' is no longer used + +Thus, the `--enable-maintainer-mode' configure option is no longer +available: Guile is now always configured in "maintainer mode". + +** `ChangeLog' files are no longer updated + +Instead, changes are detailed in the version control system's logs. See +the top-level `ChangeLog' files for details. + + +* Bugs fixed + +** `symbol->string' now returns a read-only string, as per R5RS +** Fix incorrect handling of the FLAGS argument of `fold-matches' +** `guile-config link' now prints `-L$libdir' before `-lguile' +** Fix memory corruption involving GOOPS' `class-redefinition' +** Fix possible deadlock in `mutex-lock' +** Fix build issue on Tru64 and ia64-hp-hpux11.23 (`SCM_UNPACK' macro) +** Fix build issue on mips, mipsel, powerpc and ia64 (stack direction) +** Fix build issue on hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11 (`dirent64' and `readdir64_r') +** Fix build issue on i386-unknown-freebsd7.0 ("break strict-aliasing rules") +** Fix misleading output from `(help rationalize)' +** Fix build failure on Debian hppa architecture (bad stack growth detection) +** Fix `gcd' when called with a single, negative argument. +** Fix `Stack overflow' errors seen when building on some platforms +** Fix bug when `scm_with_guile ()' was called several times from the + same thread +** The handler of SRFI-34 `with-exception-handler' is now invoked in the + dynamic environment of the call to `raise' +** Fix potential deadlock in `make-struct' +** Fix compilation problem with libltdl from Libtool 2.2.x +** Fix sloppy bound checking in `string-{ref,set!}' with the empty string + + +Changes in 1.8.5 (since 1.8.4) + +* Infrastructure changes + +** Guile repository switched from CVS to Git + +The new repository can be accessed using +"git-clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guile.git", or can be browsed on-line at +http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git . See `README' for details. + +** Add support for `pkg-config' + +See "Autoconf Support" in the manual for details. + +* New modules (see the manual for details) + +** `(srfi srfi-88)' + +* New features (see the manual for details) + +** New `postfix' read option, for SRFI-88 keyword syntax +** Some I/O primitives have been inlined, which improves I/O performance +** New object-based traps infrastructure + +This is a GOOPS-based infrastructure that builds on Guile's low-level +evaluator trap calls and facilitates the development of debugging +features like single-stepping, breakpoints, tracing and profiling. +See the `Traps' node of the manual for details. + +** New support for working on Guile code from within Emacs + +Guile now incorporates the `GDS' library (previously distributed +separately) for working on Guile code from within Emacs. See the +`Using Guile In Emacs' node of the manual for details. + +* Bugs fixed + +** `scm_add_slot ()' no longer segfaults (fixes bug #22369) +** Fixed `(ice-9 match)' for patterns like `((_ ...) ...)' + +Previously, expressions like `(match '((foo) (bar)) (((_ ...) ...) #t))' +would trigger an unbound variable error for `match:andmap'. + +** `(oop goops describe)' now properly provides the `describe' feature +** Fixed `args-fold' from `(srfi srfi-37)' + +Previously, parsing short option names of argument-less options would +lead to a stack overflow. + +** `(srfi srfi-35)' is now visible through `cond-expand' +** Fixed type-checking for the second argument of `eval' +** Fixed type-checking for SRFI-1 `partition' +** Fixed `struct-ref' and `struct-set!' on "light structs" +** Honor struct field access rights in GOOPS +** Changed the storage strategy of source properties, which fixes a deadlock +** Allow compilation of Guile-using programs in C99 mode with GCC 4.3 and later +** Fixed build issue for GNU/Linux on IA64 +** Fixed build issues on NetBSD 1.6 +** Fixed build issue on Solaris 2.10 x86_64 +** Fixed build issue with DEC/Compaq/HP's compiler +** Fixed `scm_from_complex_double' build issue on FreeBSD +** Fixed `alloca' build issue on FreeBSD 6 +** Removed use of non-portable makefile constructs +** Fixed shadowing of libc's on Tru64, which broke compilation +** Make sure all tests honor `$TMPDIR' + +* Changes to the distribution + +** New FAQ + +We've started collecting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), and will +distribute these (with answers!) in future Guile releases. + + Changes in 1.8.4 (since 1.8.3) * Bugs fixed @@ -51,12 +184,32 @@ called with an associator proc that returns neither a pair nor #f. ** Secondary threads now always return a valid module for (current-module). ** Avoid MacOS build problems caused by incorrect combination of "64" system and library calls. -** Fixed compilation of `numbers.c' with Sun Studio (Solaris 9) +** `guile-snarf' now honors `$TMPDIR' +** `guile-config compile' now reports CPPFLAGS used at compile-time +** Fixed build with Sun Studio (Solaris 9) +** Fixed wrong-type-arg errors when creating zero length SRFI-4 +uniform vectors on AIX. +** Fixed a deadlock that occurs upon GC with multiple threads. +** Fixed compile problem with GCC on Solaris and AIX (use of _Complex_I) +** Fixed autotool-derived build problems on AIX 6.1. +** Fixed NetBSD/alpha support +** Fixed MacOS build problem caused by use of rl_get_keymap(_name) * New modules (see the manual for details) ** `(srfi srfi-69)' +* Documentation fixes and improvements + +** Removed premature breakpoint documentation + +The features described are not available in the series of 1.8.x +releases, so the documentation was misleading and has been removed. + +** More about Guile's default *random-state* variable + +** GOOPS: more about how to use `next-method' + * Changes to the distribution ** Corrected a few files that referred incorrectly to the old GPL + special exception licence