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@@ -1,7 +1,192 @@ +A NOTE ON THE CHANGELOG: +Starting in early 2011, Tcl source code has been under the management of +fossil, hosted at http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/ . Fossil presents a "Timeline" +view of changes made that is superior in every way to a hand edited log file. +Because of this, many Tcl developers are now out of the habit of maintaining +this log file. You may still find useful things in it, but the Timeline is +a better first place to look now. +============================================================================ + +2013-09-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> + + *** 8.6.1 TAGGED FOR RELEASE *** + + * generic/tcl.h: Bump version number to 8.6.1. + * library/init.tcl: + * unix/configure.in: + * win/configure.in: + * unix/tcl.spec: + * README: + + * unix/configure: autoconf-2.59 + * win/configure: + +2013-09-19 Donal Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/next.n (METHOD SEARCH ORDER): Bug [3606943]: Corrected + description of method search order. + +2013-09-18 Donal Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + Bump TclOO version to 1.0.1 for release. + +2013-09-17 Donal Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c (BinaryEncodeUu, BinaryDecodeUu): [Bug 2152292]: + Corrected implementation of the core of uuencode handling so that the + line length processing is correctly applied. + ***POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY*** + Existing code that was using the old versions and working around the + limitations will now need to do far less. The -maxlen option now has + strict limits on the range of supported lengths; this is a limitation + of the format itself. + +2013-09-09 Donal Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOOMethod.c (CloneProcedureMethod): [Bug 3609693]: Strip + the internal representation of method bodies during cloning in order + to ensure that any bound references to instance variables are removed. + +2013-09-01 Donal Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclBinary.c (BinaryDecodeHex): [Bug b98fa55285]: Ensure that + whitespace at the end of a string don't cause the decoder to drop the + last decoded byte. + +2013-08-03 Donal Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * library/auto.tcl: [Patch 3611643]: Allow TclOO classes to be found + by the autoloading mechanism. + +2013-08-02 Donal Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclOODefineCmds.c (ClassSuperSet): Bug [9d61624b3d]: Stop + crashes when emptying the superclass slot, even when doing elaborate + things with metaclasses. + +2013-08-01 Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sf.net> + + * tclUnixNotify.c (Tcl_InitNotifier): Bug [a0bc856dcd]: Start notifier + thread again if we were forked, to solve Rivet bug 55153. + +2013-07-05 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org> + + * library/tzdata/Africa/Casablanca: + * library/tzdata/America/Asuncion: + * library/tzdata/Antarctica/Macquarie: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Gaza: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Hebron: + * library/tzdata/Asia/Jerusalem: + http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2013d.tar.gz + +2013-07-03 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclXtNotify.c: Bug [817249]: bring tclXtNotify.c up to date with + Tcl_SetNotifier() change. + +2013-07-02 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: Bug [32afa6e256]: dirent64 check is incorrect in tcl.m4 + * unix/configure: (thanks to Brian Griffin) + +2013-06-27 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclConfig.c: Bug [9b2e636361]: Tcl_CreateInterp() needs + * generic/tclMain.c: initialized encodings. + +2013-06-18 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclEvent.c: Bug [3611974]: InitSubsystems multiple thread + issue. + +2013-06-17 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * generic/regc_locale.c: Bug [a876646efe]: re_expr character class + [:cntrl:] should contain \u0000 - \u001f + +2013-06-09 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c (TclCompileTryCmd): [Bug 779d38b996]: + Rewrote the [try] compiler to generate better code in some cases and + to behave correctly in others; when an error happens during the + processing of an exception-trap clause or a finally clause, the + *original* return options are now captured in a -during option, even + when fully compiled. + +2013-06-05 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c (INST_EXPAND_DROP): [Bugs 2835313, 3614226]: + New opcode to allow resetting the stack to get rid of an expansion, + restoring the stack to a known state in the process. + * generic/tclCompile.c, generic/tclCompCmds.c: Adjusted the compilers + for [break] and [continue] to get stack cleanup right in the majority + of cases. + * tests/for.test (for-7.*): Set of tests for these evil cases. + +2013-06-04 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: Eliminate NO_VIZ macro as current zlib uses HAVE_HIDDEN + instead. One more last-moment fix for FreeBSD by Pietro Cerutti + +2013-06-03 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclExecute.c: fix for perf bug detected by Kieran + (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/comp.lang.tcl/vfpI3bc-DkQ), + diagnosed by dgp to be a close relative of [Bug 781585], which was + fixed by commit [f46fb50cb3]. This bug was introduced by myself in + commit [cbfe055d8c]. + +2013-06-03 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmds.c (TclCompileBreakCmd, TclCompileContinueCmd): + Added code to allow [break] and [continue] to be issued as a jump (in + the most common cases) rather than using the more expensive exception + processing path in the bytecode engine. [Bug 3614226]: Partial fix for + the issues relating to cleaning up the stack when dealing with [break] + and [continue]. + +2013-05-27 Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sf.net> + + * library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl: [Bug 3036566]: Also get locale from + registry key HCU\Control Panel\Desktop : PreferredUILanguages to honor + installed language packs on Vista+. + Bumped msgcat version to 1.5.2 + +2013-05-22 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> + + * tclCompile.c: Removed duplicate const qualifier causing the HP + native cc to error out. + +2013-05-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclUtf.c (TclUtfCasecmp): [Bug 3613609]: Replace problematic + uses of strcasecmp with a proper UTF-8-aware version. Affects both + [lsearch -nocase] and [lsort -nocase]. + +2013-05-22 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * doc/file.n: [Bug 3613671]: Added note to portability section on the + fact that [file owned] does not produce useful results on Windows. + +2013-05-20 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tclUnixFCmd.c (DefaultTempDir): [Bug 3613567]: Corrected logic + for checking return code of access() system call, which was inverted. + +2013-05-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> + + * unix/tcl.m4: Fix for FreeBSD, and remove support for older + * unix/configure: FreeBSD versions. Patch by Pietro Cerutti. + +2013-05-18 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> + + * generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c: Split tclCompCmds.c again to keep size of + code down. + 2013-05-16 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> - * generic/tclBasic.c: Add panic in order to detect - incompatible mingw32 sys/stat.h and sys/time.h headers, + * generic/tclBasic.c: Add panic in order to detect incompatible + mingw32 sys/stat.h and sys/time.h headers. 2013-05-13 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -24,18 +209,17 @@ * generic/tclStubInit.c: Add support for Cygwin64, which has a 64-bit * generic/tclDecls.h: "long" type. Binary compatibility with win64 - requires that all stub entries use 32-bit long's, therefore the - need for various wrapper functions/macros. For Tcl 9 a better - solution is needed, but that cannot be done without introducing - binary incompatibility. + requires that all stub entries use 32-bit long's, therefore the need + for various wrapper functions/macros. For Tcl 9 a better solution is + needed, but that cannot be done without introducing binary + incompatibility. 2013-04-30 Andreas Kupries <andreask@activestate.com> * library/platform/platform.tcl (::platform::LibcVersion): - * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Followup to the 2013-01-30 - change. The RE become too restrictive again. SuSe added a - timestamp after the version. Loosened up a bit. Bumped package - to version 1.0.12. + * library/platform/pkgIndex.tcl: Followup to the 2013-01-30 change. + The RE become too restrictive again. SuSe added a timestamp after the + version. Loosened up a bit. Bumped package to version 1.0.12. 2013-04-29 Donal K. Fellows <dkf@users.sf.net> @@ -46,16 +230,16 @@ * generic/tclDecls.h: Implement Tcl_NewBooleanObj, Tcl_DbNewBooleanObj and Tcl_SetBooleanObj as macros using Tcl_NewIntObj, Tcl_DbNewLongObj - and Tcl_SetIntObj. Starting with Tcl 8.5, this is exactly the same, - it only eliminates code duplication. + and Tcl_SetIntObj. Starting with Tcl 8.5, this is exactly the same, it + only eliminates code duplication. * generic/tclInt.h: Eliminate use of NO_WIDE_TYPE everywhere: It's exactly the same as TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG 2013-04-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> * generic/tclDecls.h: Implement many Tcl_*Var* functions and - Tcl_GetIndexFromObj as (faster/stack-saving) macros around resp - their Tcl_*Var*2 equivalent and Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct. + Tcl_GetIndexFromObj as (faster/stack-saving) macros around resp their + Tcl_*Var*2 equivalent and Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct. 2013-04-12 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -64,16 +248,16 @@ 2013-04-08 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/regc_color.c: [Bug 3610026] Stop crash when the number of - * generic/regerrs.h: "colors" in a regular expression overflows - * generic/regex.h: a short int. Thanks to Heikki Linnakangas - * generic/regguts.h: for the report and the patch. + * generic/regc_color.c: [Bug 3610026]: Stop crash when the number of + * generic/regerrs.h: "colors" in a regular expression overflows a + * generic/regex.h: short int. Thanks to Heikki Linnakangas for + * generic/regguts.h: the report and the patch. * tests/regexp.test: 2013-04-04 Reinhard Max <max@suse.de> - * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): Allow URLs that don't have - a path, but a query query, e.g. http://example.com?foo=bar . + * library/http/http.tcl (http::geturl): Allow URLs that don't have a + path, but a query query, e.g. http://example.com?foo=bar * Bump the http package to 2.8.7. 2013-03-22 Venkat Iyer <venkat@comit.com> @@ -105,12 +289,12 @@ 2013-03-21 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * library/auto.tcl: [Bug 2102614] Add ensemble indexing support - * tests/autoMkindex.test: to [auto_mkindex]. Thanks Brian Griffin. + * library/auto.tcl: [Bug 2102614]: Add ensemble indexing support to + * tests/autoMkindex.test: [auto_mkindex]. Thanks Brian Griffin. 2013-03-19 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclFCmd.c: [Bug 3597000] Consistent [file copy] result. + * generic/tclFCmd.c: [Bug 3597000]: Consistent [file copy] result. * tests/fileSystem.test: 2013-03-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -130,20 +314,20 @@ 2013-03-11 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bugs 3607246,3607372] Unbalanced refcounts + * generic/tclCompile.c: [Bugs 3607246,3607372]: Unbalanced refcounts * generic/tclLiteral.c: of literals in the global literal table. 2013-03-06 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/regc_nfa.c: [Bugs 3604074,3606683] Rewrite of the - * generic/regcomp.c: fixempties() routine (and supporting - routines) to completely eliminate the infinite loop hazard. - Thanks to Tom Lane for the much improved solution. + * generic/regc_nfa.c: [Bugs 3604074,3606683]: Rewrite of the + * generic/regcomp.c: fixempties() routine (and supporting routines) + to completely eliminate the infinite loop hazard. Thanks to Tom Lane + for the much improved solution. 2013-02-28 Don Porter <dgp@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclLiteral.c: Revise TclReleaseLiteral() to tolerate a - NULL interp argument. + * generic/tclLiteral.c: Revise TclReleaseLiteral() to tolerate a NULL + interp argument. * generic/tclCompile.c: Update callers and revise mistaken comments. * generic/tclProc.c: @@ -4820,8 +5004,7 @@ 2010-05-19 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> * tests/dict.test: Add missing tests for [Bug 3004007], fixed under - the radar on 2010-02-24 (dkf): EIAS violation in - list-dict conversions. + the radar on 2010-02-24 (dkf): EIAS violation in list-dict conversions 2010-05-19 Jan Nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sf.net> @@ -6675,10 +6858,9 @@ 2009-11-11 Alexandre Ferrieux <ferrieux@users.sourceforge.net> - * generic/tclIO.c: Fix [Bug 2888099] (close discards ENOSPC error) - by saving the errno from the first of two - FlushChannel()s. Uneasy to test; might need - specific channel drivers. Four-hands with aku. + * generic/tclIO.c: Fix [Bug 2888099] (close discards ENOSPC error) by + saving the errno from the first of two FlushChannel()s. Uneasy to + test; might need specific channel drivers. Four-hands with aku. 2009-11-10 Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> |