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diff --git a/Mac/Relnotes b/Mac/Relnotes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3295312 --- /dev/null +++ b/Mac/Relnotes @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ + Release notes for MacPython 1.5a2, 28-May-97 + -------------------------------------------- + +Here are the mac-specific changes since MacPython 1.4, with end-user-visible +changes near the top and API changes and other things that are developer-only +more to the bottom: + +- Module to interface to Internet Config added +- Module calldll added that allows calling of arbitrary C routines + from MacOS toolboxes +- gdbm module added +- ctb error handling fixed, and some memory leaks plugged +- Various of the documentation files in Mac:Demo have been updated +- MacOS.string_id_to_buffer is a new hack: the number you have to + add to the id() of a string object to get the (data) memory address +- MacOS.splash() double-free fixed +- macfs.FSSpec.as_pathname() was incorrect for disk toplevel folders +- QT.NewMovieFromFile has an extra parameter and an extra return value +- EasyDialogs.ProgressBar has changed both in layout and interface +- FrameWork.Application has a new cleanup() method which asks all windows + to close themselves. +- Loading of PYC resources from the application greatly speeded up, + especially for CDROM based applications +- interrupt check/eventloop only entered 10 times per second, giving + big speedup +- Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet +- Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed +- sys.path preference can now be longer than 255 chars +- cfmfile module allows parsing and merging of CFRG resources +- PythonFAT and PythonApplet are now fat (PPC/CFM68K) applications, so + applets can be moved between architectures. +- Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed +- mkapplet now uses a progress bar in stead of print statements +- unshar made a bit more mac-friendly (input output dialogs) +- img: added png, xbm, bmp support +- img: jpeg now uses IJG v6 library +- img: import of imagefile support modules delayed until needed +- img: better error handling for truncated images and such +- img: imgop.unpack() can unpack formats with multiple pixels per byte + + +- All files updated to new Py_ naming convention +- Toolbox modules regenerated from new Universal Headers +- nfullpath() merged into PyMac_GetFullPath() +- Added support for Metrowerks profiler +- Standard MW/MSL runtime libraries used in stead of homegrown version +- Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet +- Malloc now returns cache-line-aligned memory on PPC, which speeds + things up, especially on a 604. Dictionaries put this to good use. +- statically linked pythons won't inadvertantly load .slb modules +- Removed dependencies on PLStringFuncs and/or StdCLib +- Project "segment" structure changed to more-or-less follow folder + structure +- fullbuild redesigned +- Added PyMac_Initialize() call, for use by embedding programs. |