OpenEuphoria

9.43 Version 2.0 Alpha November 5, 1997

• A new platform is now supported. exw.exe will run Euphoria programs using the WIN32 (Windows 32-bit) operating system. ex.exe will run programs using DOS32 (extended DOS). See platform.doc for further details.
• The following library routines have been introduced.
  • For both DOS32 and WIN32:
    • platform() - find out which platform you are executing on. (The PLATFORM constant is available in Euphoria 2.2 and later).
    • routine_id() - get a small integer id number for a Euphoria procedure or function.
    • call_proc() - call a Euphoria procedure by using its id.
    • call_func() - call a Euphoria function by using its id.
    • custom_sort() - sort a sequence using a compare function that you specify.
    • poke4() - store a number into 4 bytes of memory. poke4(address, value) is at least 10x faster than: poke(address, int_to_bytes(value)). poke4() also works with sequences of values."
    • peek4s() - read 4 bytes of memory as a signed integer (works on sequences too).
    • peek4u() - read 4 bytes of memory as an unsigned integer (works on sequences too). peek4u(address) is 10x faster than: bytes_to_int(peek({address, 4})).
    • allocate_string() - allocate and store a 0-terminated string in memory.
  • For WIN32 only:
    • open_dll() - open a Windows .dll file.
    • define_c_proc() - define a C routine that will be called from Euphoria (no value returned).
    • define_c_func() -define a C routine that will be called from Euphoria (a value will be returned).
    • call_c_proc() - call a C routine from Euphoria (no value is returned).
    • call_c_func() - call a C routine from Euphoria (a value is returned).
    • call_back() - get a call-back address, so Windows can call your Euphoria routine when the user interacts with your window."
    • message_box() - display a simple Yes/No/Cancel window.
• New Demo programs:
• csort.ex
• email.exw
• window.exw
• winwire.exw
• dsearch.exw
• New include files:
  • safe.e - debug version of machine.e"
  • misc.e - miscellaneous
  • dll.e - dll access
  • msgbox.e - Windows message box
• The following additional improvements have been made to the DOS32 version:
  • On Pentium and higher systems, floating-point calculations are now about 20% faster (and floating-point in exw is a further 20% faster than ex for 2.0).
  • printf() to the screen, and print() to the screen are both significantly faster in most cases.
  • The trace screen is updated a bit faster.
  • The time profile is more accurate regarding getc().
  • The mset.ex demo runs 30% faster.