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Release20070826
===============

This is an archived public release of MLton, version 20070826.

== Changes since the last public release ==

* New platforms:
** <:RunningOnAMD64:AMD64>/<:RunningOnLinux:Linux>, <:RunningOnAMD64:AMD64>/<:RunningOnFreeBSD:FreeBSD>
** <:RunningOnHPPA:HPPA>/<:RunningOnHPUX:HPUX>
** <:RunningOnPowerPC:PowerPC>/<:RunningOnAIX:AIX>
** <:RunningOnX86:X86>/<:RunningOnDarwin:Darwin (Mac OS X)>
* Compiler.
** Support for 64-bit platforms.
*** Native amd64 codegen.
** <:CompileTimeOptions:Compile-time options>.
*** Added: ++-codegen amd64++, ++-codegen x86++, ++-default-type __type__++, ++-profile-val {false|true}++.
*** Changed: ++-stop f++ (file listing now includes `.mlb` files).
** Bytecode codegen.
*** Support for exception history.
*** Support for profiling.
* Language.
*** <:MLBasisAnnotations:ML Basis annotations>.
**** Removed: `allowExport`, `allowImport`, `sequenceUnit`, `warnMatch`.
* Libraries.
** <:BasisLibrary:Basis Library>.
*** Added: `PackWord16Big`, `PackWord16Little`, `PackWord64Big`, `PackWord64Little`.
*** Bug fixes: see <!RawGitFile(mlton,on-20070826-release,doc/changelog)>.
** <:MLtonStructure:MLton structure>.
*** Added: `MLTON_MONO_ARRAY`, `MLTON_MONO_VECTOR`, `MLTON_REAL`, `MLton.BinIO.tempPrefix`, `MLton.CharArray`, `MLton.CharVector`, `MLton.Exn.defaultTopLevelHandler`, `MLton.Exn.getTopLevelHandler`, `MLton.Exn.setTopLevelHandler`, `MLton.IntInf.BigWord`, `Mlton.IntInf.SmallInt`, `MLton.LargeReal`, `MLton.LargeWord`, `MLton.Real`, `MLton.Real32`, `MLton.Real64`, `MLton.Rlimit.Rlim`, `MLton.TextIO.tempPrefix`, `MLton.Vector.create`, `MLton.Word.bswap`, `MLton.Word8.bswap`, `MLton.Word16`, `MLton.Word32`, `MLton.Word64`, `MLton.Word8Array`, `MLton.Word8Vector`.
*** Changed: `MLton.Array.unfoldi`, `MLton.IntInf.rep`, `MLton.Rlimit`, `MLton.Vector.unfoldi`.
*** Deprecated: `MLton.Socket`.
** Other libraries.
*** Added: <:MLRISCLibrary:MLRISC library>.
*** Updated: <:CKitLibrary:ckit library>, <:SMLNJLibrary:SML/NJ library>.
* Tools.

For a complete list of changes and bug fixes since
<:Release20051202:>, see the
<!RawGitFile(mlton,on-20070826-release,doc/changelog)> and
<:Bugs20051202:>.

== 20070826 binary packages ==

* AMD64
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.amd64-linux.tgz[Linux], glibc 2.3
* HPPA
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.hppa-hpux1100.tgz[HPUX] 11.00 and above, statically linked against <:GnuMP:>
* PowerPC
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.powerpc-aix51.tgz[AIX] 5.1 and above, statically linked against <:GnuMP:>
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.powerpc-darwin.gmp-static.tgz[Darwin] 8.10 (Mac OS X), statically linked against <:GnuMP:>
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.powerpc-darwin.gmp-macports.tgz[Darwin] 8.10 (Mac OS X), dynamically linked against <:GnuMP:> in `/opt/local/lib` (suitable for http://macports.org[MacPorts] install of <:GnuMP:>)
* Sparc
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.sparc-solaris8.tgz[Solaris] 8 and above, statically linked against <:GnuMP:>
* X86
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-cygwin.tgz[Cygwin] 1.5.24-2
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-darwin.gmp-macports.tgz[Darwin (.tgz)] 8.10 (Mac OS X), dynamically linked against <:GnuMP:> in `/opt/local/lib` (suitable for http://macports.org[MacPorts] install of <:GnuMP:>)
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-darwin.gmp-macports.dmg[Darwin (.dmg)] 8.10 (Mac OS X), dynamically linked against <:GnuMP:> in `/opt/local/lib` (suitable for http://macports.org[MacPorts] install of <:GnuMP:>)
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-darwin.gmp-static.tgz[Darwin (.tgz)] 8.10 (Mac OS X), statically linked against <:GnuMP:>
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-darwin.gmp-static.dmg[Darwin (.dmg)] 8.10 (Mac OS X), statically linked against <:GnuMP:>
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-freebsd.tgz[FreeBSD]
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-linux.tgz[Linux], glibc 2.3
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-linux.glibc213.gmp-static.tgz[Linux], glibc 2.1, statically linked against <:GnuMP:>
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-mingw.gmp-dll.tgz[MinGW], dynamically linked against <:GnuMP:> (requires `libgmp-3.dll`)
** http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.x86-mingw.gmp-static.tgz[MinGW], statically linked against <:GnuMP:>

== 20070826 source packages ==

 * http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton-20070826-1.src.tgz[source tgz]

 * Debian http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton_20070826-1.dsc[dsc],
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton_20070826-1.diff.gz[diff.gz],
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/mlton/files/mlton/20070826/mlton_20070826.orig.tar.gz[orig.tar.gz]

== Packages available at other sites ==

* http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mlton&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all[Debian]
* http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=mlton&stype=all[FreeBSD]
* https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/mlton[Fedora]
* http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=mlton&searchon=names&version=all&release=all[Ubuntu]

== Also see ==

* <:Bugs20070826:>
* http://www.mlton.org/guide/20070826/[MLton Guide (20070826)].
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