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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Recent user-visible changes to Tcl: -RCS: @(#) $Id: changes,v 1.59 2000/06/05 23:27:38 ericm Exp $ +RCS: @(#) $Id: changes,v 1.60 2000/11/04 00:03:29 hobbs Exp $ 1. No more [command1] [command2] construct for grouping multiple commands on a single command line. @@ -4873,6 +4873,7 @@ tclLoadDyld.c dl type. (sanchez) exec process was running (dejong) --- Released 8.3.1, April 26, 2000 --- See ChangeLog for details --- + 2000-04-26 (doc fix) updated/added documentation for many API's and commands (melski) @@ -4922,3 +4923,95 @@ pattern matching for [array names] (gazetta) [unset] to allow for silent unset operation (hobbs) --- Released 8.4a1, June 6, 2000 --- See ChangeLog for details --- + +2000-05-29 (bug fix) corrected resource cleanup in http error cases. +Improved handling of error cases in http. (tamhankar) + +2000-07 (feature rewrite) complete rewrite of the Tcl IO channel subsystem +to correct problems (hangs, core dumps) with the initial stacked channel +implementation. The new system has many more tests for robustness and +scalability. There are new C APIs (see Tcl_CreateChannel), but only +stacked channel drivers are affected (ie: TLS, Trf, iogt). The iogt +extension has been added to the core test code to test the system. +(hobbs, kupries) + **** POTENTIAL INCOMPATABILITY **** + +2000-07 (build improvements) cleanup of the makefiles and configure scripts +to correct support for building under gcc for Windows. (dejong) + +2000-08-07 (bug fix) corrected sizeof error in Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct. +(perkins) + +2000-08-07 (bug fix) correct off-by-one error in HistIndex, which was +causing [history redo] to start its search at the wrong event index. (melski) + +2000-08-07 (bug fix) corrected setlocale calls for XIM support and locale +issues in startup. (takahashi) + +2000-08-07 (bug fix) correct code to handle locale specific return values +from strftime, if any. (wagner) + +2000-08-07 (bug fix) tweaked grammar to properly handle the "ago" keyword +when it follows multiple relative unit specifiers, as in +"2 days 2 hours ago". (melski) + +2000-08-07 (doc fixes) numerous doc fixes to correct SEE ALSO and NAME +sections. (english) + +2000-08-07 (bug fix) new man pages memory.n, TCL_MEM_DEBUG.3, Init.3 and +DumpActiveMemory.3. (melski) + +--- Released 8.3.2, August 9, 2000 --- See ChangeLog for details --- + + * New 'array names -exact/-glob/-regexp' options (melski, gazetta) + + * Added -nocomplain option to 'unset' (hobbs) + + * Added support for mingw (gcc on Windows), AIX-5 and Win64 builds + (dejong, hobbs) + + * Added ability to use Tcl_Obj *s as hash keys (duffin) + + * New ::msgcat::mcmax function, extended ::msgcat::unknown function, + new ::msgcat::mcmset function (duperval, krone, nelson) + + * Much improved doc SEE ALSO, NAME, KEYWORDS sections (peonitz, english) + + * Updated IO core to 8.3.2 version. + + * Fixed mem leak in Tcl_CreateChannel. Re-purified core via test suites. + (hobbs) + + * Added tclPlatDecls.h to default install (melski) + + * Enhanced trace syntax to add: + trace {add|remove|list} {variable|command} name ops command + (darley, melski) + + * Improved string allocation growth for large strings (hintermayer, + melski) + + * Set ^Z (\32) as cross-platform default EOF char. This was already + enforced by Windows, it is now just cross-platform. + + * partial fix for bug 2460 to prevent exec mem leak on Windows for the + common case (gravereaux) + + * New non-panic'ing mem allocation functions Tcl_AttemptAlloc, + Tcl_AttemptRealloc, Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength (melski) + + * Updgraded tcltest to version 2 with completely new, enhanced syntax. + This provides backwards compatability with tcltest v1. (hom) + + * Fixed overaggressive stat'ing of files in Windows glob command (results + in significant speed increase for glob) (hobbs) + + * Added "ja_JP.eucJP" to "euc-jp" encoding mapping (takahashi) + + * Corrected excessive mem use when info exists was called on a + non-existent array element (patton) + + * New Tcl_SetMainLoop function that enables defining an event loop for + tclsh. This enables Tk as a truly loadable package. + +--- Released 8.4a2, November 3, 2000 --- See ChangeLog for details --- |