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@@ -1,3 +1,75 @@ + TXR 262 + 2021-06-11 + + + Feature + + - structural pattern matching: + - new feature: quasiquote matching. + - JSON: + - improved escaping of JSON output for safe embedding in <script> tags. + - new JSON pattern matching. + - text processing: + - new pic macro for formatting using pattern similar to perl's + format or PRINT USING in BASIC languages: ####.# <<<<<<. + - works by compiling to fmt calls. + - FFI: + - bad FFI call diagnostics now have function name. + - failures in dlsym function converted to better diagnosis. + - carray objects can be passed to cptr argument now. + - new deffi-struct and deffi-union macros for less verbose + definitions without a typedef. + - lib: + - new fill-vec function for efficiently filling an area of a vector + with repetitions of a value. + - reduce-left rewritten with generic sequence iteration, for + better efficiency (e.g. not consing memory over vectors). + - sum and prod functions likewise. + - expander: + - fixed issue in defun expansion interfering with defining a macro + and then a function of the same name which calls the macro. + - parser: + - new *read-unknown-structs* Boolean variable + - if set, the reader can read #S syntax which names undefined + structure types, without blowing up. + - used in tags.tl, which can therefore handle source code + that contains struct literals. + - compile/eval: + - improvement coordination between error exceptions, + compiler error messages sent to the error stream, and + deferred warnings. + + Bugs + + - listener: + - doc function not working in Cygwin/Cygnal port. + - macro and oeprator completion after ' (quote) character; + so that (doc 'wh[Tab] will complete on a macro name like while. + - system interface: + - mkstemp build problem problem affecting Solaris and other platforms. + - printer: + - added mising handing for for printing (sys:struct-lit ...) + syntax as #S syntax. + - parser + - bug with #; commenting syntax not playing nicely with #S literals. + - JSON: + - test cases on Cygwin work. + - JSON print-read consistency problem addressed.. + - FFI: + - memory leaks in FFI type system when struct type is redefined. + - bug in deffi causing the libffi ffi_prep_cif_var function to + always be used, even for non-variadic functions. + - FFI now properly calculates the structure member descriptor arrays + for libffi, and fakes them out for arrays and unions also. + This should address problems with passing small structures by value. + - The material is calculated lazily: not done for types that are + never used as by-value parameters or return values. + - format: + - fix bugs in leading zero in precision field of format specifier. + + + + TXR 261 2021-06-01 |