* 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* NEW: SPEC_CONVERT constant has been replaced by a field in the CLASS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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* BUG: Fix Single constants when directly read, not through an object
reference.
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* 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).
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* BUG: Correctly handle all compiler error messages.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Full management of the Single datatype.
* BUG: VarPtr() now works on Single local variables.
* BUG: Remove useless Tag property. It is defined in the Stream class now.
* BUG: Correctly free the Tag property in the Stream class.
[GB.GTK]
* BUG: Rich-text string management has been fixed. The ampersand character,
the "&", ">" and "<" entites are correctly interpreted now.
[GB.NET.CURL]
* BUG: Remove useless Tag property. It is defined in the Stream class now.
[EXAMPLES]
* NEW: The WebBrowser example has a download manager now.
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* BUG: Fix a crash is structure declaration analyze.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Support for static array of structures. A static array of structure
'MyStruct' will create a temporary object whose class is '$MyStruct[]'.
That class does not inherit 'Array', and has only a few methods of the
Array class.
* NEW: Byte[].ToString() is a new method to convert a byte array to a
string. If no length is specified, ToString() assumes that the byte array
is a zero-terminated string.
* NEW: Byte[].FromString() is a new method that fills a byte array with the
contents of a string.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Declaration of static arrays of structures is allowed.
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* NEW: Bytecode version has been incremented, so all projects need to be
recompiled!
[INTERPRETER]
* OPT: Many little optimizations.
* OPT: Avoid calls to setjmp() when it is possible.
* OPT: Do not encode the stack drop inside the CALL instruction.
Executables are a bit larger, but a little speed is gained.
[COMPILER]
* OPT: Do not encode the stack drop inside the CALL instruction.
Executables are a bit larger, but a little speed is gained.
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* OPT: Many optimizations again.
* BUG: Fix an unitialized variable in string to float conversion routine.
* BUG: Handle extern functions that return a pointer.
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* OPT: Some optimizations again in memory allocator, object releasing
routine, arithmetic operators, class variable reader, line-by-line stream
reader, class symbol sort routine.
* BUG: Using constant strings inside variant, like database drivers, works
correctly again and does not crash the interpreter anymore.
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* BUG: Breakpoints are correctly reset when opening a new project.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: The GB.NewString(), GB.NewZeroString() and GB.TempString() API
signature has changed. All components have been updated accordingly.
* OPT: Many optimizations to speed up the interpreter.
[GB.EVAL]
* NEW: During syntax highlighting, the first character of class names is
automatically converted to uppercase.
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* BUG: Do not compile database manager anymore, it has been deprecated.
* BUG: Compile the gb.dbus component.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: Pointer is a real datatype now.
* NEW: Static arrays came back. They are now like real array classes,
except that they are not resizable.
* NEW: IsPointer() is a new function that tells if an expression is a
pointer.
* NEW: All XXXX?() function synonymous were removed. Use the IsXXXX()
version instead.
* NEW: Remove now useless source files.
[COMPILER]
* NEW: Static arrays came back, with actually the same syntax as before.
[EXAMPLES]
* BUG: Fix the examples according to the new array syntax.
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* NEW: Architecture detection.
* NEW: Updated libtool macros.
[DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT]
* NEW: Highlight the current procedure in the editor procedure popup.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Alignment fixes for the ARM architecture.
[GB.DRAW]
* NEW: Start implementing the new Paint interface.
[GB.GTK]
* BUG: GridView.Clear is now correctly implemented.
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* NEW: Support for the Index class interface changes.
* BUG: CSV import does not crash anymore when the imported file size is
lower than 64K.
* BUG: Do not crash if a component is not installed.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Error.Text does not split the error message and its argument in
debug mode.
* BUG: Fix many breaks in strict aliasing rules.
[SCRIPTER]
* BUG: Do not crash if a component is not installed.
[GB.DB]
* NEW: Better support for postgresql schemas.
* NEW: Connection.Quote() takes one more optional boolean argument that
tells if we want to quote a table name. In that case, schemas are taken
into account.
* NEW: Connection.FormatBlob() is a new function that returns a string that
can be used as a blob contents in a SQL expression.
* NEW: Index.Fields now returns a string array of index fields.
* NEW: Index.Add() second argument is now a string array of index fields.
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* NEW: Upgrade libtool autoconf macros and libltdl sources to the 1.5.26
version.
[DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT]
* BUG: Control and window dimensions can go up to 4096x4096 pixels.
* BUG: When unchecking GUI components in a project, the edited forms are
automatically closed.
* BUG: Do not use the form icon on form class editors when refreshing the
project.
* BUG: In the icon editor, filling with a transparent color won't enter an
infinite loop anymore.
* BUG: Selecting the "Collection" word while debugging does not crash the
IDE anymore.
* NEW: Pressing Escape now closes a debugging window.
* BUG: The 'Minimize on run' option works correctly now.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: SUPER now works inside overriden static methods.
[GB.DB.ODBC]
* BUG: Handle ODBC drivers that can return the number of records in a
query better.
[GB.DEBUG]
* BUG: If there is an I/O error between a debugged process and the IDE, the
process is aborted.
* BUG: Evaluating a class name returns better information now.
[GB.EVAL]
* BUG: Highlight.Analyze correctly handle code lines having non ASCII
characters inside.
[GB.FORM]
* BUG: The Balloon does not take the focus anymore.
[GB.FORM.MDI]
* NEW: Starting to enhance the Action class to provide shortcuts and
toolbar configuration dialog. Does nothing at the moment!
[GB.GTK]
* BUG: Fix a leak in font objects management.
* BUG: Picture.Load() yet loads an image, but internally converts it to
a pixmap. It speeds up following draws based on this picture.
* BUG: Startup forms hidden at design time are not shown automatically
anymore.
* NEW: The Action class is now shared with gb.qt by using a symbolic link.
[GB.IMAGE.INFO]
* NEW: New component to get information about an image file without having
to fully load it.
[GB.QT]
* BUG: Disable automatic extra indent of Labels.
* BUG: Startup forms hidden at design time are not shown automatically
anymore.
* BUG: Don't allow widgets to be destroyed while processing non-input
events.
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* BUG: Fix some use of boolean value incrementing.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Class declared with the 'Class' keyword are alwyas global.
* BUG: A stupid hack in gb.db requires that the value is always stored
just after the datatype in the VALUE and GB_VALUE structures.
[COMPILER]
* BUG: Class declared with the 'Class' keyword are alwyas global.
[GB.DESKTOP]
* NEW: Desktop.Passwords is a new property that allows to store and
retrieve passwords in the KDE wallet or the GNOME keyring, according to
the running desktop. Only KDE and GNOME are supported. I don't know if
XFCE has something equivalent...
[GB.DESKTOP.GNOME]
* NEW: This new component is automatically loaded by gb.desktop when the
GNOME keyring is requested.
[GB.FORM]
* BUG: Fix some use of boolean value incrementing.
[GB.FORM.MDI]
* NEW: The Workspace popup menu now sort the windows by title.
[GB.QT]
* NEW: XEMBED support was upgraded to the 1.3 version of QtXEmbed classes.
* BUG: Fix some use of boolean value incrementing.
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* BUG: NEW Observer(NULL) now raises an error, and does not crash anymore.
* BUG: Padding of values structures.
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* BUG: Importing a form now correctly associates the imported pictures.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Fixed some structure alignment issues.
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* BUG: Fixes the string management optimizations.
* OPT: Optimization of the string search function (InStr, RInstr).
* OPT: Optimization of the Split() function.
* OPT: Optimization of local variables initialization when entering a
method.
[GB.NET.SMTP]
* BUG: Fixes the Makefile.am file so that the component compiles if the
glib library is installed in a non-standard directory.
[GB.QTE.EXT]
* BUG: Fixes the gb.qte.ext.component file.
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* BUG: Some little layout fixes.
[INTERPRETER]
* OPT: Read the user home directory only if the current uid has changed.
Otherwise, cache it into memory.
* OPT: String memory management has been optimized.
* OPT: Some little optimizations there and there.
* NEW: A new interpreter option, "-k", that prevents shared library to be
unloaded until the process terminates. That can be useful when
debugging with valgrind.
* OPT: System.Language property was optimized.
* OPT: The gb_error.c file is now compiled with -O3.
[GB.GTK]
* BUG: Disable the management of input methods in TextBox and TextArea
controls, so that the input methods are not disturbed. Consequently;
SCIM and Bridged SCIM work again.
* BUG: You can read keyboard events properties in a Form KeyPress or
KeyRelease event handler correctly now.
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* NEW: English and french tips were updated. A new tip was added.
* NEW: Files that were opened at project close are automatically reopened
when the project is loaded again.
* NEW: A warning message is displayed when the GNU translation tools are
not installed.
* BUG: The code editor method combo-box is correctly updated now.
* BUG: Some fixes in the automatic completion.
* BUG: Replace points by dash in the name of packages generated by the IDE
packager.
* NEW: Updated russian translation
* NEW: Updated french translation
[DATABASE MANAGER]
* NEW: Updated russian translation
[EXAMPLES]
* BUG: Fixed the Gravity and the GameOfLife examples so that they do not
use public form controls anymore.
[INTERPRETER]
* OPT: Many optimizations in the string substitution routines, the
internal datatype conversions, the INPUT and LINE INPUT instructions, the
error messages generation, the object and string reference counting, and
the memory allocation routines.
* NEW: Opening a device file in direct mode (FOR READ/WRITE) is now
automatically non blocking.
* OPT: Lof() now only tries its different methods (ioctl and lseek) once.
* BUG: Val() now ignores thousand separators characters at the end of the
number.
* NEW: A new flag for enabling the stack trace generation at each error.
[GB.DEBUG]
* BUG: The gb.debug component interface declaration was not 64-bits aware.
[GB.EVAL]
* BUG: The Highlight.Purge() method now correctly deals with non-ASCII
characters.
[GB.FORM]
* BUG: TableView.Edit() does not raise a "read-only combo-box" error
anymore.
[GB.FORM.DIALOG]
* BUG: Dialog buttons now are never cut.
[GB.GTK]
* BUG: Cached drawing areas are correctly redrawn now.
* BUG: Loading big images now works correctly. There is apparently a bug
in the GTK+ image loader, and I found a workaround.
* BUG: Message boxes correctly display the text of their buttons now.
[GB.QT]
* BUG: The Open, and initial Move and Resize event of embedded forms are
now always raised when you call the Show method or if you set the Visible
property. Before, it was raised when the embedded form was actually
shown.
[GB.SETTINGS]
* NEW: Settings are now stored in ~/.config/gambasX, where X is the
gambas version number.
* BUG: Strings are correctly quoted inside the settings file now.
[GB.WEB]
* NEW: Application.Protocol is a new property that allows to tell the
component that the protocol is not necessarily "http".
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* NEW: Support for installing control icons in native components.
[64 BITS]
* BUG: Fixed some uses of long datatype in the gb.qt.ext component, the
Splitter and the Container class of gb.qt.
* BUG: Fixed some declarations in the gb.net.curl component.
* NEW: Pointer[] is a new class that represents an array of Pointer values.
* BUG: All gb.qt, gb.gtk and gb.desktop methods that deal with X11 Window
identifiers now use Pointer and Pointer[] datatypes instead of Integer
and Integer[].
* BUG: The Embedder example was updated according to the change above.
[INTERPRETER]
* BUG: Fixed the static array management that was broken by the 64 bits
changes.
[GB.DEBUG]
* BUG: Debug.Write now does nothing if Debug.Start has not been called.
[GB.GTK]
* BUG: Fixed the implementation of the Message class that was broken.
* BUG: Fixed a crash in the Watcher class.
* BUG: Fixed the Image.Flip() and Image.Mirror() methods.
* BUG: Fixed a potential crash in timer management.
* NEW: The GridView Select event was implemented.
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[CONFIGURATION]
* NEW: 64 bits port.
[EXAMPLES]
* BUG: Fixed the AnalogWatch example.
[WIKI CGI SCRIPT]
* NEW: Some little cosmetic changes.
[INTERPRETER]
* NEW: The extern function implementation has been redesigned and is now
based on libffi, so that it works on 64 bits system. Because of a flaw in
the compiler design, projects that use the Pointer datatype must be
recompiled to be used on a 64 bits system. This flaw will be fixed in
Gambas 3.
* OPT: Put some tables into read-only memory. About 1000 bytes are saved
for each running interpreter, except the first one.
* BUG: Does not crash anymore if a component cannot be loaded.
* NEW: Spanish translation updated.
* NEW: A new interpreter API for returning a pointer.
[COMPILER]
* BUG: Correctly compiles LONG constants inside code.
[GB.DEBUG]
* BUG: Compiles and links the gb.debug components with the thread
libraries.
[GB.DB.SQLITE3]
* BUG: Getting the primary index of a table without primary index is safe
now.
[GB.GTK]
* BUG: Modified the GLib priority of watched descriptors, as the main loop
could enter in a loop in which user interface events were not managed.
* BUG: Message boxes use application title without crashing now.
[GB.OPENGL]
* BUG: Disable dead code.
[GB.QT.EXT]
* BUG: TextEdit.TextWidth and TextEdit.TextHeight were not declared as
read-only properties.
[GB.XML.XSLT]
* BUG: XSLT class is now declared as being not creatable.
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