[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: '_read' and '_write' are two new special methods that allow to make any object serializable by the READ and WRITE instructions.
* NEW: Rename macro that convert a Gambas stream object to the internal stream structure and add a macro that does the reverse conversion.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: String value can be used like object.
* NEW: String[X] returns the X-th character of the string, 0 being the first one.
* NEW: String[X, N] returns N characters from the position X, 0 being the first one. IF N is strictly negative, then all characters from the position X, except the last N characters are returned.
* NEW: String.Len returns the length of the string.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Allow the [] operator to be applied to a string.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Add a JIT API for loading classes without running the _init method.
[GB.JIT]
* BUG: Load classes without running the _init method, so that the JIT behaviour is closer to the interpreter behaviour.
* NEW: UNSAFE is a new keyword used in conjunction with FAST. It tells the JIT compiler not to do any safety check (null objects, division by zero, out of array bounds...). It makes the code a bit faster, but prone to segmentation fault.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Support for the UNSAFE keyword.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Support for the UNSAFE keyword.
* NEW: Check validity of objects that can be invalid.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: JIT: Support for SUPER.
* NEW: JIT: Support for extern functions.
* NEW: Add a flag in Gambas functions to know if they are static or not.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Support for SUPER.
* NEW: Support for extern functions.
* BUG: Fix object arrays access.
* OPT: Optimization of Abs, Sgn, Int, Fix, and Pi subroutines.
[INTERPRETER]
* OPT: String routines are now compiled with -O3.
* NEW: Don't display JIT debugging message unless GB_JIT_DEBUG is set to something different from zero.
* NEW: String whose length is greater than 256 now have a growth step of 256 bytes instead of 16.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Do many global optimizations as now the class metadata is fully available.
* NEW: Support for optional argument. Still buggy at the moment.
* NEW: Work on JIT continues...
* NEW: Better panic errors.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Remove the old JIT stuff.
* NEW: Calls gb.jit at runtime if needed. If a fast function has no jit implementation, the bytecode version is used.
* NEW: Start defining the JIT interface needed by the JIT functions.
* NEW: The common static character buffer is now twice the size of the maximum symbol length, to avoid possible overflows.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Compilation starts to work.
* NEW: Debugging messages.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Add a new message error for free object being referenced.
* NEW: Raise an error if a object being freed has been referenced by its '_free' special method.
* OPT: Add a boolean flag in the class structure not to try to call the '_free' special method if there is not.
* NEW: Add a symbol table optimization that is disabled because it's not worth it.
* OPT: Force inlining of functions in symbol tables routines.
* OPT: A little optimization on routine string argument extraction.
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* NEW: _ready() is new special method that is called when an object construction is completly finished.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Remove the call to _load() method in form constructors.
[GB.WEB.FORM]
* BUG: WebExpander: Remove a debugging message.
* NEW: WebForm.Debug is a new static property that, if set, dumps all exchanges between the server and the client in the browser console.
* NEW: Use the new _ready special method.
* NEW: WebLabel: Add the Border property.
* NEW: WebLabel: Alignment is a new property that defines the label horizontal alignment.
* NEW: A few changes in default style sheet.
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* OPT: Optimize access to objects whose class is "simple", i.e. without
parent, children, special check method, and not virtual.
* OPT: Detect when automatic conversion is useless in arithmetic and
comparison operators.
* OPT: Optimize a bit inequality comparison operators.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@7476 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Add an gambas appdata file and install it in /usr/share/appdata.
[DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT]
* BUG: ImageEditor: Fix a possible crash when pasting an image.
* BUG: Correctly detect if a project is handled by subversion or not.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Replace the internal `class->state` variable by two boolean flags:
`class->loaded` and `class->ready`.
* NEW: Overriding a class that is the parent of other classes is possible
again. I don't remember what prevented that to work, so I want to see.
[GB.DEBUG]
* NEW: Propagate the changes in the interpreter class structure.
[GB.EVAL]
* NEW: Propagate the changes in the interpreter class structure.
[GB.GUI.AREA]
* BUG: GridView: Setting the background color correctly refreshes the
control.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: Propagate the changes in the interpreter class structure.
[GB.NET.SMTP]
* NEW: Replace the old gb.net.smtp component written in C and Gambas by a
new component with the same name entirely written in Gambas.
* BUG: Fix the authentication process.
* BUG: Fix how the result of the EHLO command is read.
[GB.QT4.EXT]
* NEW: LCDNumber control is now put in a "Deprecated" tab in the IDE
control toolbar.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@6403 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Raising an error during the program exiting is possible now.
* NEW: Raise an error if an _exit method loads a new class. This is now
forbidden!
[GB.SETTINGS]
* OPT: Settings.Clear() does not mark the settings file to be saved if
there is nothing to clear.
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* OPT: Write in the bytecode file if a function uses the IsMissing() native
routine.
[INTERPRETER]
* OPT: Don't use a stack slot for missing arguments if the IsMissing()
function is not used.
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* NEW: IsMissing() is a new function that returns if an optional argument
is missing. It always returns FALSE on a non-optional argument.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Support for IsMissing().
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* NEW: Remove as much "packed" structure declaration as possible, to
prevent possible bugs on ARM architecture.
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* NEW: Complete the french translation.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Class reimplementation of Abs() now can return an object or a
floating-point number.
[GB.COMPLEX]
* BUG: Abs() on a Complex returns a Float.
[GB.GEOM]
* BUG: Abs() on a Point or a PointF returns a Float.
[GB.GSL]
* BUG: Abs() on a Complex returns a Float.
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* NEW: Support for inequality operators in the operator interface.
* NEW: The Sgn() function can be implemented by the operator interface.
[GB.GMP]
* NEW: BigInt now supports inequality operators.
* NEW: New methods: Odd(), Even()
* NEW: Logical operators as static methods: And, Or, Xor, Not.
* NEW: Bit manipulation as static methods: BSet, BClr, BChg, BTst.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@5828 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Update copyright year to 2013.
[GB.FORM]
* NEW: ImageView is a new control that allows to view an image inside a
scrolled view, at different zoom levels.
* BUG: FileProperties now works correctly if 'gb.desktop' is not used.
* NEW: The FileProperties preview tab now uses an ImageView control and has
a toolbar to zoom the preview.
* BUG: Add the 'linux' and 'gnu' icon in the stock icon list.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@5770 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Move the '.SubCollection' virtual class to the gb.db. component.
[GB.DB]
* NEW: Move the '.SubCollection' virtual class to the gb.db. component.
[GB.FORM]
* BUG: TabPanel: Fix the algorithm ensuring that the current tab is
visible.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@5326 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* BUG: The name of GridView controls is now always visible in the form
editor.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Support for new QUIT syntax.
* NEW: Do not display overriding prefix in class names.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: QUIT now can takes an optional argument which is the program return
value.
[GB.ARGS]
* BUG: The "--version" option is not "----version" anymore
* NEW: If an error occurs, returns 1 as exit value and not 0.
[GB.FORM]
* BUG: GridView is correctly updated now when the Border property is set.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@5246 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Each component installation now generates all information files
systematically, to fix possible dependencies between components written
in Gambas.
[DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT]
* NEW: Running a project using the 'gb.web' component now automatically
starts the embedded HTTP server.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Class overriding is retrospective now.
* NEw: System._Breakpoint() is a new hidden method that raises a
breakpoint. Very useful for debugging.
[GB.GTK]
* BUG: The Action.Register() method must not crash when called during class
clean-up.
[GB.HTTPD]
* NEW: Define a custom exported HTTP server name.
[GB.JIT]
* BEW: Support for new class overriding (the CLASS structure has lost one
field).
[GB.QT4]
* BUG: The Action.Register() method must not crash when called during class
clean-up.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@5240 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Use Terminus as default fixed font if it is installed on the system.
* BUG: Don't load a component description if that component has the same
name as the current project. This is a temporary incorrect fix!
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Fix Classes enumeration.
[GB.DESKTOP]
* BUG: Fix X11 client message sending routine on 64 bits OS.
* BUG: Fix all DesktopWindow properties that read or change the state of
the window.
[GB.GTK]
* NEW: Fonts.Exist() is a new method that returns if a specific font family
exists.
[GB.QT4]
* NEW: Fonts.Exist() is a new method that returns if a specific font family
exists.
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* OPT: New optimizations in profile file size.
* NEW: PageUp and PageDown keys now work as expected in the project filter
box.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Support for new profile file format.
[GB.DEBUG]
* OPT: New profile file format.
[GB.LIBXML]
* NEW: Make this component exclude gb.xml.
[GB.XML]
* NEW: Make this component exclude gb.libxml.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@4961 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: '_operators' interface has been renamed as '_operator'.
* NEW: Arithmetic operators now can be applied on two objects with
different classes. One at least must implement the '_operator' interface.
* NEW: Each class that implements the '_operator' interface has now an
automatic priority that follows the load order. When a binary operator
has two objects that implement two different '_operator' interface, the
one having the highest priority is used.
* NEW: Implementing all methods in the '_operators' interface is not
mandatory anymore. If one method is not implemented, then it is replaced
by a function that raises a 'Type mismatch' error.
[GB.GSL]
* NEW: Matrix arithmetic has been implemented.
* NEW: Matrix.Determinant() method.
* NEW: Matrix.Invert() method.
* NEW: Matrix.Transpose() method.
* NEW: Matrix _call special method multiplies a matrix by a vector.
* NEW: Vector <-> Array conversion.
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* NEW: Implement the ^ operator in the '_operators' interface.
[GB.COMPLEX]
* NEW: Implement the ^ operator.
[GB.GSL]
* NEW: Implement the ^ operator in the Complex class.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@4931 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* BUG: Array of classes exported by a component are now correctly handled
by the component interface analyzer.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: The _operators interface now correctly takes into account the
"Float - Object" case.
[GB.GSL]
* NEW: Redesign of the Polynomial class. Now it implements a polynomial
that can switch between real and complex coefficients transparently.
* NEW: The ComplexPolynomial class has been removed.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@4929 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: When converting an instance of A to the class B, try the conversion
interface of A first. If A has no conversion interface, or if it cannot
handle the B class, then try the conversion interface of B if any.
[GB.GSL]
* NEW: Vector class has been implemented.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: SPEC_CONVERT constant has been replaced by a field in the CLASS
structure.
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* NEW: "_operators" is a new interface that allows any native class to be
used with most of arithmetic operators: +, -, *, /, Abs, =, <> at the
moment.
* NEW: The "_convert" interface now allows a class to be converted to any
datatype, not just other classes.
* NEW: Str() and Print uses the "_convert" interface to print a localized
string conversion of any object.
[GB.GSL]
* NEW: Use the new "_operators" interface so that complex numbers can be
handled by standard arithmetic operators.
* NEW: The Complex class now implements the "_convert" interface.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@4908 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* BUG: Now the _property special method can be static even if _unknown is
dynamic. Anyway, if _unknown is static then all unknown properties and
methods must be static, and if _unknown is dynamic, they all must be
dynamic.
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* BUG: Fix class loading so that circular dependencies between class
initialization is possible.
* NEW: Exported classes are now completely initiliazed at startup. It may
break some things...
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* NEW: Support for variable number of arguments in extern functions.
* BUG: Fix use of static classes as extern function argument.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Support for variable number of arguments in extern functions.
[GB.JIT]
* BUG: The GB_JIT environment variable has really no effect if it is
defined but a null string.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@4796 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Switch to JIT compiler if available, and make it able to talk to gb.jit.
* BUG: GP must be NULL for new void stack frames.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: 'Fast' keyword means the class should be JIT-compiled.
[GB.JIT]
* NEW: JIT Compiler.
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* BUG: Do not try to handle Home and End keys in editors.
* BUG: Fix the translation of error messages made by the debugger.
* NEW: Update error message list.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Chmod, Chown and Chgrp were implemented.
* NEW: Stat.Auth is a new property that returns the file mode as a string,
using the format of the 'chmod' shell command.
* NEW: Rmdir raises a specific 'Directory is not empty' error now, when
trying to remove a non-empty directory.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Chmod <path> To <mode> was implemented. <mode> is a string having
the same format as the 'chmod' shell command.
* NEW: Chown <path> To <user> was implemented. <user> is the name of the
user as defined in the /etc/passwd file.
* NEW: Chgrp <path> To <group> was implemented. <user> is the name of the
group as defined in the /etc/group file.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@4400 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* OPT: Don't use glibc memcmp() to compare strings. My own routine is a
little faster according to valgrind.
* OPT: The UTF-8 String class routines Left(), Mid() and Right() have been
optimized. The positions of the first 256 characters of the last string
processed by the String class are cached.
* OPT: Some native methods can be called like any other native subroutines.
But that can be used only inside the interpreter, not in a component.
* OPT: The '&' operator is faster now when it takes two arguments only (the
most frequent case).
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@4106 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: The startup class icon is now just drawn with a dark outline.
* NEW: Error messages updated.
* NEW: French translation updated.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Inheritance is stricter now: the child symbol must have exactly the
same kind than the parent symbol.
* BUG: A child method must return the same datatype as its parent method
now.
* NEW: Gambas 3 executable mime description file and icon have been renamed
so that they do not conflict with Gambas 2 files.
[GB.FORM]
* BUG: IconView.Find() has been renamed as IconView.FindAt(), to avoid the
conflict with the inherited UserControl.Find() method.
[GB.FORM.MDI]
* BUG: Workspace.Children has been renamed as Workspace.Windows, because
the Workspace.Children property was in conflict with the inherited
Container.Children property.
[GB.GTK]
* NEW: ListView, TreeView and ColumnView Find() method has been renamed as
'FindAt' to match the IconView class.
[GB.IMAGE]
* NEW: Color.SetRGB() and Color.SetHSV() are two new methods that takes a
color as an integer, modifies one of its component, and returns it. They
are faster than using the ColorInfo class.
* NEW: Color.GetAlpha() returns the alpha component of a color from its
integer value.
[GB.QT4]
* NEW: ListView, TreeView and ColumnView Find() method has been renamed as
'FindAt' to match the IconView class.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@4015 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Support for profiling. Not activated.
* NEW: Centralize signal handler management.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@3950 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: Remove a debugging message in the connection editor.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: '_property' is a new special method that must return TRUE when an
unknown symbol (stored in Param.Name) is a property. If that special
method is not implemented, all unknown symbols are methods.
* NEW: Remove the deprecated constant gb.Text.
* NEW: Param.Property has been removed.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Handle the new '_property' special method. That method must be
public, dynamic, takes no argument, and must return a boolean.
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* BUG: Don't show '$' in the dependencies combo-box of the component
property dialog.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: GB.Every() is a new API that allows a component to call a callback
regularly. Useful for polling something for example.
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/gambas/trunk@3429 867c0c6c-44f3-4631-809d-bfa615b0a4ec
* NEW: The argument of Byte@(), Short@()... functions now can be a string.
Then the address of the string in memory is used.
* BUG: Structures allocated with the NEW operator are correctly freed now.
* NEW: READ and WRITE now can deal with structures and embedded arrays.
* NEW: Dir?() synonymous has been removed.
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