OpenEuphoria

2. Beta-2

• Posted by Robert Craig <robert_craig at COMPUSERVE.COM> Mar 13, 1997
• 877 views
• Last edited Mar 14, 1997

Hello All,

[Excuse me if you see this message twice - I did not get
 any acknowledgement from the list server after a few hours,
 so I'm posting it again.]

Euphoria v1.5 beta-2 is now available from the
Euphoria Web page at:

   http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/robert_craig/

Please check it out and let me know of any bugs, typos,
spelling mistakes etc.

I expect that the official release of v1.5 will happen
in a week or so.

Here are the improvements in beta-2:
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                        Euphoria Version 1.5 beta-2
                              March 12, 1997
                               Release Notes
                        ---------------------------
 Version 1.5 beta-2:

 * The following library routines have been added. They are described fully
   in library.doc.

        allow_break - lets you prevent control-c/control-break from terminating
                      your program

        check_break - lets you detect that control-c/control-break has been
                      pressed

        mem_copy    - fast routine for copying a block of memory

        mem_set     - fast routine for setting a block of memory to a value

        atom_to_float32 - convert an atom to 32-bit IEEE floating-point format

        atom_to_float64 - convert an atom to 64-bit IEEE floating-point format

        float32_to_atom - convert from 32-bit IEEE format to an atom

        float64_to_atom - convert from 64-bit IEEE format to an atom

        get_all_palette - get the palette values for all colors
                          (thanks to Junko)

        save_bitmap - create a .BMP file, given a palette and a 2-d sequence
                      of sequences of *any* size - similar to save_screen()
                      (thanks to Junko)

 * The editor, ed, will no longer terminate when control-c/control-break are
   pressed.

 * The accuracy of the time-profiler was improved significantly.

 * The documentation was clarified in many places.
   (thanks to Junko)

 * "Bucket sort" was added to allsorts.ex.

 * without warning / with warning was removed from image.e. It could interfere
   with your own use of "without warning".

 * BUG FIX: A bug was fixed in the ex.exe storage allocator. It could, in
   very rare situations, cause a program to crash. Thanks to Mr. Hilley for
   reporting it.

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For a complete list of the improvements made in 1.5 beta-1, 1.5 alpha etc.
see the Web page.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software