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@@ -1,3 +1,60 @@ + TXR 224 + 2019-08-29 + + + Features + + - compiler: + - load-time now optimized away if top-level form. + - argument of load time top-level form if load-time is + - improved code generation for destructuring. + - case of wasteful nil-initialization of local variable elided. + + - lib: + - list-builder now has dequeue capabilities: + - delete item from head and tail + - new buildn macro to complement build: + - returns last form instead of constructed list + - new functions find-symbol, find-symbol-fb: + - find symbol in package, with or without fallback lookup. + - new function intern-fb: + - like intern, but with fallback lookup. + - new function cptr-buf: + - obtaining cptr object referencing buffer contents. + - MD5 digest support. + - State-object-based, multi-step SHA-256 and MD5 digesting. + - More efficient SHA256 string hash (not using string-byte-input stream). + + Bugs + + - lib: + - regression in where function: not working for non-list sequences. + - parser: + - symbols no longer interned within object suppressed by #; notation. + - uninitialized flag field in parser structure: + - affects TXR 157 through 223. + - affects circular notation like #1=(#1#) embedded in the + pattern language. + - cosmetic issue in bad character diganostics from lexical analyzer. + - build: + - remove_flags configure option was broken; + - compiler flags were duplicated in the commandline. + - unwind: + - GC problem: neglect to GC-protect global unhandled-error structure. + - compiler: + - miscompilation of infinite for loop: (for init (nil) step ...) + - where terminating condition is explicitly given as (nil ...) + rather than implicitly as (). + - destructuring: + - error mismatch diagnostics indicating wrong substructure. + - inappropriate special handling of colon args to optional params. + - incorrect scoping for optional param init-forms in destructuring. + - trace: + - failure to remove trace from traced function being redefined. + - redefinition of a traced method resurrects old version, clobbering new. + + + TXR 223 2019-08-14 |