3.0.3 Release Candidate for Windows/DOS
I've put together a new e30setup.exe file for 3.0.3
You can get it here:
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/uploads/e30setup.exe
I need a few people to test it and let me know
if there are any major blunders, before I move on
to Linux/FreeBSD, and then post an official 3.0.3 release
on the Web site.
Here's what's new.
(At the last minute, I also added double quotes in the install program
to handle file paths with blanks, though that seemed to
work already for almost everyone. I did not fix the
problems that the Translator has with paths containing blanks.)
Version 3.0.3 May 25, 2007:
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This release adds some new features, fixes some bugs, and improves the
documentation.
New Features
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* New built-in routines, find_from() and match_from() have been added.
These work like find() and match() but they let you start searching
from any element in the sequence, not necessarily at element 1. This
makes some algorithms simpler and much faster. Implemented by Matthew
Lewis.
* When searching for an include file specified with a relative (i.e. not
absolute) file path, Euphoria will check first for a file relative to
the location of the current source file. If not found, then the usual
rules will apply, i.e. it will check relative to the main program file,
then check the EUINC directories (if any), and finally
euphoria\include. Suggested by C.K. Lester. Implemented by Matt Lewis.
* ex int.ex (in euphoria\source) will now work, since the interpreter now
supports machine_proc(65,...) which passes IL to the fast C-coded
back-end. You can also run int.ex with exw or exu. This lets you easily
modify the front end and get a modified Euphoria interpreter, for all
platforms, that runs programs at full speed (much faster than the
Euphoria-coded execute.e). You might also bind int.ex to get a single
executable file for whatever platform you like.
* If the user does not supply a filename with an extension, Euphoria will
attempt to open the file first with the standard extension for its
respective platform, but if it does not find it, it will also look for
files with the standard extensions for the other platforms. Implemented
by Matthew Lewis.
* Translator: The limit on the number of additional .c files that can be
created per Euphoria file has been raised from 36 to well over 1000.
New Documentation
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* The "storage cache" compression technique that's used for bound
executables and .il files, was documented in comments added to
compress.e. It reduces the size of the IL by 30% or more, while
allowing fast decompression.
* A documentation file, tasks.doc, was added to euphoria\demo\langwar. It
describes the multiple tasks used in Language War.
Bug Fixes
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* bug fixed: Translator: Translated code for routine_id() erroneously
returned -1 when a global symbol was looked up which matched a symbol
in the same file as the call to routine_id(), as well as a global
symbol in another earlier file. It was treated incorrectly as a
multiply-defined symbol that was lacking a namespace qualifier. Thanks
to Daniel Kluss.
* bug fixed: Translator: In rare situations, a naming conflict could
occur when more than one .c file is created for a Euphoria file. Thanks
to DB James.
* bug fixed: Translator: get_key(), when translated/compiled with Borland
or LCC required an extra keystroke after a carriage return, Thanks to
Jacques Deschenes.
* bug fixed: Source Code Portability: euphoria.h: CLK_TCK is now defined
as CLOCKS_PER_SEC if not defined previously in the source. Implemented
by Matt Lewis.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
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