| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.3.2: |
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| GLib: |
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| * Win32 build improvements [Tor] |
| * Improvements to error reporting |
| (g_critical(), g_return_if_reached()) [Darin] |
| * Add g_strlcpy/g_strlcat [David Wheeler] |
| * New IO channel implementation for Win32 [Tor] |
| * Make g_array_free, g_string_free return pointer to memory requested |
| not to be freed. [Darin] |
| * Added GError based error reporting for thread functions. [Sebastian] |
| * Moved reference docs into GLib distribution. [Owen] |
| * Added g_convert() for doing convenient character set conversions based |
| on iconv. (GLib now requires libiconv or a native iconv.) [Havoc/Owen] |
| * Various Unicode handling additions (g_ucs4_to_utf8, g_utf8_validate(), |
| g_{locale,filename}_{to,from}_utf8) [Robert/Havoc/Owen] |
| * Portability fixes for threading. [Sebastian] |
| * Added convenient functions for launching new processes (g_spawn_*), |
| and shell quoting/unquoting functions. [Havoc] |
| * Split glib.h into many headers. [Sebastian] |
| * Added a simple callback-based parser for XML-like files (GMarkup). [Havoc] |
| * Fixed confusions between comparison functions that return <0, 0, >0 |
| and equaility functions that return FALSE,TRUE. [Sebastian] |
| * Added safe/portable temporary file manipulation functions. [Tor] |
| * autoconf improvements. [Raja] |
| * Many documentation improvements. |
| * Bug fixes. |
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| GObject: |
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| * Added boxed and pointer types. [Tim/Jonathan] |
| * Added callback abstraction (GClosure) [Tim] |
| * Added signal system (GSignal) [Tim] |
| * Make GTypePlugin an interface [Tim] |
| * Added GTypeModule - a simple GTypePlugin instantiation [Owen] |
| * Bug fixes. |
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| What's new in GLib 1.3.1: |
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| * New GObject library added including object system based on |
| the GTK+ object system. |
| * Functions for getting the properties of Unicode characters, |
| computing the canonical decomposition and ordering combining |
| characters aand manipulating UTF-8 string manipulation based |
| on libunicode. |
| * GString now properly handles embedded nuls. |
| * Multiple fixes from the 1.2.x branch. |
| * Upgrade to libtool 1.3.3 |
| * Full thread support (thread creation and destruction). |
| * BeOS port, BeOS dynamic modules. |
| * Many improvements to the Windows ports. |
| * Improvements to the OS/2 port, OS/2 module support. |
| * Double ended queue implementation. |
| * GLib macros for printf() formatting, e.g. G_GULONG_FORMAT = "lu" |
| * New configure option --enable-msg-prefix to prefix messages, warnings |
| et ceteri with the program name and the process id. |
| * New thread-safe random number generator Mersenne Twister. |
| * g_strcompress() added, g_strescape() had a slight API change, and |
| more tightly defined semantics. |
| * the g_string(x) macro has been removed, #x may be used instead. |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.2.1: |
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| * g_realloc() fix for SunOS (please report further problems). |
| * Continued the never ending fix vendetta regarding getpwuid(), |
| this time AIX has been the culprit. |
| * Upgrade to libtool 1.2f |
| * Miscellaneous other buglets fixed. |
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| What's new in GLib 1.2.0 (since GLib 1.0.x): |
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| * GLib is distributed seperatedly from Gtk+ |
| * Win32 Portability |
| * Threading support |
| * GModule mechanism (implemented in an extra library) which wraps dynamic |
| object code loading facilities in a portable manner |
| * GIOChannel structure to encapsulate the IPC mechanism |
| * GQuarks and datasets |
| * GRelations for n-way mapping of certain data |
| * An n-way tree implementation |
| * GDate functionality for calendar date manipulations |
| * GAllocator type and associated functions |
| * Added generic callback maintenance functions (ghook) |
| * Generic functions for TAB completions |
| * Endian defines (G_*_ENDIAN) |
| * g_log() mechanism for logging of messages at different log levels |
| * Generic main-loop mechanism |
| * New glib-config helper script |
| * Many more API extensions |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.16: |
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| * Allocate smaller pools of memory for glists, gslists, gnodes |
| * Bug Fixes |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.15: |
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| * HPUX 11 thread system detection should now work |
| * Release the main loop lock around calls to prepare() and |
| check() so it is not held over user code |
| * A few Win32 fixups |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.14: |
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| * Check for dlsym() in system libraries and -dl |
| * FreeBSD portability fixes |
| * Random bug fixes and autoconf/automake changes |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.13: |
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| * Removed alloca() based function and macro variants again. |
| * Improved thread related configure tests. |
| * GSource destruction fixups. |
| * Fixed up idle function removal based on user_data pointer. |
| * Advanced Win32 portability. |
| * Enforced GSource's check(), prepare() and dispatch() constrains, |
| loop recursions may only happen from dispatch(), and check() as well |
| as prepare() are called while the main_loop lock is being held. |
| * GLib development now requires GNU autoconf 2.13, GNU automake 1.4 |
| and GNU libtool 1.2d. |
| * Lots of random portability and bug fixes. |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.12: |
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| * Added alloca functions/macros: g_strdup_a, g_strconcat3_a, g_alloca, |
| g_new_a, g_new0_a |
| * New tests structure. Type 'make check' on your system to run them. |
| * Avoid unnecessary extra hook referencing in g_hook_list_marshal |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.11: |
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| * provide defaults for POLL sysdefs |
| * g_main_is_running: new function to check whether a main loop has been quitted |
| * a few other enhancement/fixes |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.9: |
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| * Check for pthread_attr_init in all cases, Digital Unix 4 requires this |
| * For G_LOCK_DECLARE_*, if !G_THREADS_ENABLED, eat trailing semicolon better |
| * Changed g_main_poll_(add|remove) to g_main_(add|remove)_poll |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.8: |
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| * Added threading support |
| - The ability to specify a set of functions to be used for |
| locking at runtime. |
| - Default implementations of locking functions for pthreads, |
| Solaris threads, and (experimentally) NSPR. |
| - All static variables should now properly locked. |
| - Enhancements to the generic main-loop mechanism to be thread-safe. |
| (It is used for the main-loop in GTK+ as of GTK+-1.1.8) |
| * Portability fixes. |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.7: |
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| * Removed multiple define from glibconfig.h |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.6: |
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| * New GDate functionality for calendar date manipulations (g_date_*) |
| * New GAllocator type and associated functions |
| * New functions g_slist_copy and g_list_copy to duplicate a list with all |
| its data pointers. |
| * New function g_array_insert_vals and new macro g_array_insert_val to |
| insert elements at an arbitrary index |
| * GAllocators used for glist, gslist, gnode node allocations |
| * Incremental freezing in ghash |
| * New function g_hook_list_marshal_check to eventually destroy hooks after |
| they got marshalled |
| * Revised GIOChannel to provide generic virtual-function based interface |
| * Added generic main-loop abstraction |
| * Removed GListAllocator type and its g_*_allocator_*() function variants |
| * Bug fixes |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.5: |
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| * Win32 portability |
| * GIOChannel structure to encapsulate the IPC mechanism |
| * Reimplemented endian stuff, using inline asm for x86 |
| * New functions: |
| - g_strescape: escapes backslashes |
| - g_path_is_absolute and g_path_skip_root |
| - g_getenv: expands environment variables that contain references |
| to other environment variables |
| - g_scanner_sync_file_offset: rewind the filedescriptor to the current |
| buffer position and blow the file read ahead buffer |
| - g_array_remove_index: remove an entry, preserving the order |
| - g_array_remove_index_fast: remove an entry, order might be distorted |
| - g_ptr_array_remove: remove an entry, preserving the order |
| - g_ptr_array_remove_fast: remove an entry, order might be distorted |
| - g_byte_array_remove_index: wrapper for g_array_remove_index |
| - g_byte_array_remove_index_fast: wrapper for g_array_remove_index_fast |
| - g_strncasecmp: modeled closely after g_strcasecmp |
| - g_list_sort, g_slist_sort: to merge sort GLists and GSLists |
| * New macros: |
| - G_DIR_SEPARATOR, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S: platform-dependant file name |
| syntax elements |
| - G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S: platform-dependant |
| search path syntax conventions |
| - G_STRUCT_OFFSET, G_STRUCT_MEMBER_P, G_STRUCT_MEMBER: for handling |
| structure fields through their offsets |
| * Removed G_ENUM, G_FLAGS, G_NV, and G_SV macros |
| * Bug fixes |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.4: |
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| * Added generic callback maintenance functions (ghook) |
| * New endian defines (G_*_ENDIAN) |
| * New string join/split/free routines |
| * Fixes |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.3: |
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| * New GModule mechanism (implemented in an extra library) which wraps dynamic |
| object code loading facilities in a portable manner. |
| * glib-config features extra "glib" (old behaviour remains) and "gmodule" |
| (add libgmodule.so to the --libs output) arguments now. this can also |
| be specified as fourth argument to the AM_PATH_GLIB() macro. |
| * Overhaul of the `inline' autoconfiguration stuff, so inlining should be |
| sufficiently supported on all systems that allow inlining now. |
| * New g_log() mechanism for logging of messages at different log levels, |
| associated with certain log domains (define -DG_LOG_DOMAIN for your library). |
| * New inline functions for bit masks tests. |
| * GNode macros (and functions) now return the newly allocated node. |
| * New macro G_VA_COPY() to work around va_list copying oddities on some |
| platforms. the non-static g_vsprintf() function vanished in favour of |
| a publically exported g_strdup_vprintf(). |
| People that used the former g_vsprintf() would definitely want to read the |
| associated ChangeLog entries (grep for printf). |
| * New utility functions: |
| g_strndup(), g_on_error_query(), g_on_error_stack_trace(), g_strdup_printf(), |
| g_strdup_vprintf(), g_printf_string_upper_bound(), g_spaced_primes_closest(), |
| g_strnfill(), g_memdup(). |
| * Overhaul of the array implementations, this contains some source incompatible |
| changes. Again, the ChangeLog is much more informative (grep for garray.c). |
| * The internals of the g_dataset mechanism are now exported through the |
| new g_datalist_* API (this is also the underlying implementation for the |
| keyed data of GtkObjects). |
| * New function g_atexit(), use of the ATEXIT() macro is discouraged. |
| * Better configure checks for ansi compliance. |
| * Libtool update to version 1.2b. |
| * Lotsa bug fixes and cleanups as always ;) |
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| Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.2: |
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| * Fixed packaging mistake which occured in 1.1.1 |
| * fix 64-bitness in g_prints in glibtest |
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| What is new in GLib 1.1.1: |
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| * An n-way tree implementation is provided now, based on the GNode structure. |
| * Bugfix for pointer arrays. |
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| What is new in GLib 1.1.0: |
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| * GLib is distributed seperatedly from Gtk+ now and uses a sophisticated |
| shared library versioning scheme to deal with interface and binary |
| incompatibilities. |
| * There is a glib-config helper script installed now. |
| * Fixups all over the place. |
| * gboolean is now a gint, not a gchar anymore. |
| * API extensions for GList and GSList. |
| * New g_str*() functions for simple string handling. |
| * GScanner extensions for scope, warning and error handling. |
| * Minor performance improvements for GMemChunks. |
| * Implementations of GQuarks and datasets (similar to GtkObjects data |
| mechansim, but works for generic memory locations). |
| * More convenience macros for GNU C function arguments. |
| * Const correction all over the place, including a new pointer type |
| gconstpointer. |
| * Generic functions for TAB completions. |
| * GRelations for n-way mapping of certain data. |
