doc/guide/src/Release20041109.adoc

   1 Release20041109
   2 ===============
   3
   4 This is an archived public release of MLton, version 20041109.
   5
   6 == Changes since the last public release ==
   7
   8 * New platforms:
   9 ** x86: FreeBSD 5.x, OpenBSD
  10 ** PowerPC: Darwin (MacOSX)
  11 * Support for the <:MLBasis: ML Basis system>, a new mechanism supporting programming in the very large, separate delivery of library sources, and more.
  12 * Support for dynamic libraries.
  13 * Support for <:ConcurrentML:> (CML).
  14 * New structures: `Int2`, `Int3`, ..., `Int31` and `Word2`, `Word3`, ..., `Word31`.
  15 * Front-end bug fixes and improvements.
  16 * A new form of profiling with ++-profile count++, which can be used to test code coverage.
  17 * A bytecode generator, available via ++-codegen bytecode++.
  18 * Representation improvements:
  19 ** Tuples and datatypes are packed to decrease space usage.
  20 ** Ref cells may be unboxed into their containing object.
  21 ** Arrays of tuples may represent the tuples unboxed.
  22
  23 For a complete list of changes and bug fixes since 20040227, see the
  24 <!RawGitFile(mlton,on-20041109-release,doc/changelog)>.
  25
  26 == Also see ==
  27
  28 * <:Bugs20041109:>