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Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ .ds TX \f[B]TXR\f[] .ds TL \f[B]TXR Lisp\f[] .\" Start of man page: -.TH TXR 1 2021-05-25 "Utility Commands" "TXR Programming Language" "Kaz Kylheku" +.TH TXR 1 2021-06-01 "Utility Commands" "TXR Programming Language" "Kaz Kylheku" .SH* NAME -\*(TX \- Programming Language (Version 260) +\*(TX \- Programming Language (Version 261) .SH* SYNOPSIS .mono @@ -77867,7 +77867,12 @@ little endian. A given \*(TX version may also be capable of loading files produced by an older version, or even ones produced by a newer version. Whether this -is possible depends on the versions involved. +is possible depends on the versions involved. Furthermore, +there is a general issue at play: code compiled by newer +versions of \*(TX may require functions that are not present +in older versions, preventing that code from running. Newer +\*(TX may support new syntax not recognized by older \*(TX, +and that syntax may end up in compiled files. Compiled files contain a minor and major version number (which is independent of the \*(TX version). The @@ -77897,8 +77902,12 @@ version 2, 3, 4 or 5, regardless of minor version. Versions 252 through 259 produce version 6.0 files and loads only version 6, regardless of minor version. -Version 260 produces version 7.0 files and loads version 6 and 7, regardless of -minor version. +Versions 260 and 261 produce version 7.0 files and loads +version 6 and 7, regardless of minor version. Version 261 +introduces JSON +.code #J +syntax. Compiled code which contains embedded JSON literals +is not loadable by \*(TX 260 or older. .SS* Semantic Differences between Compilation and Interpretation |