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@@ -1,3 +1,77 @@ + TXR 283 + 2022-10-16 + + + Features + + - Low Level: + - NaN boxing now works on Android, in spite of its pointer tagging. + - String objects no longer track their storage allocation size + on platforms that have malloc_usable_size. + - The word of storage in a string object thus made available has not yet + been put to a use. + + + - Lisp: + - New %fun% symbol macro provides name of current function. + - Separator commas are now allowed in numeric tokens. + - New functions + - macroexpand-params: + - expand parameter list macros made with define-param-expander. + - macroexpand-place: + - expand place macros made with define-place-macro + - macroexpand-match: + - expand macro patterns made with defmatch. + - macroexpand-struct-clause: + - expand defstruct macro clause made with define-struct-clause. + - Small performance improvements in function dispatch. + - functions with optional arguments no longer put through slow path + - this could be listed under Bugs below + - helper functions for fixed argument dispatch cases now handle + more cases themselves rather than defer to slow path. + - use of alloca has been eliminated from the creation of arguments on the + stack in cases when the size is statically know. + + - OOP: + - new :postfini clause in defstruct, allowing for finalization + with order opposite to :fini + - relaxation of constraint: defstruct can specify multiple :init, + :fini, :postinit and :postfini clauses. + - optional arguments :delegate clause now have init expressions + that are not ignored, but specify the default value. + - thus delegates can now customize the defaulting of + optionals rather than being stuck with the target's behavior. + - when delegates specify an optional parameter that corresponds + to a non-optional target parameter, they can thus now + specify a default value, rather than being stuck with nil. + + - Networking: + - New sockaddr-str function: parse various textual address + types into appropriate type of sockaddr. + - New str-addr method in every sockaddr structure, + for generating textual address. + + - I/O streams: + - new inc-indent-abs function for incrementing absolute + indentation, not relatively to current horizontal position. + + - JSON: + - JSON printing now uses "standard-style" formatting, + if a the newly introduced *print-json-format* variable + is set/bound to the value :standard. + + + + Bugs + + - build: ./reconfigure issue when ./configure is interrupted. + - str-in6addr bug. + - hash: don't trim hash seed to 32 bits on 64 bit platforms. + - JSON: restore stream indentation state if exception occurs + during JSON printing. + + + TXR 282 2022-09-16 |