factor/doc/handbook/changes.facts

USING: generic help memory sequences words ;

ARTICLE: "changes" "Changes in the latest release"
{ $heading "Factor 0.82" }
{ $list
    "New code generator framework in compiler"
    "Floating point operations are now open-coded, resulting in a performance gain"
    { "Remove " { $snippet "unswons" } " word" }
    "Implement value type struct inputs to callbacks on AMD64"
    "Fix some Unix I/O bugs"
    "Standard OS X-style menu bar in the Cocoa UI (Kevin Reid)"
    "Objective C methods defined in Factor can now return C structures by value"
}
{ $heading "Factor 0.81" }
{ $subtopic "UI"
    { $list
        "Replaced SDL backend code with Mac OS X (Cocoa), X11 and Windows implementations"
        { "The UI now starts by default under X11 if " { $snippet "$DISPLAY" } " is set" }
        "Multiple windows are now supported"
        "New browser gadget supports history and multiple views of an object"
        "Preferred size cache to speed up gadget layout"
        "Better-looking outliners"
    }
}
{ $subtopic "Help system"
    { $list
        { "Help cross-referencing implemented - the " { $link links-in. } " and " { $snippet "links-out." } " words are analogous to " { $link usage. } " and " { $snippet "uses." } }
        { "New documentation covers development tools and C library interface" }
    }
}
{ $subtopic "Core language"
    { $list
        "Stack underflow and overflow errors are not reported as such, and not generic \"signal 11\" errors (Adam Langley)"
        { "The " { $link standard-combination } " word now takes a stack position, not a picker quotation, and delegation is now supported for words which dispatch on a stack location other than the top" }
        { "New " { $link exchange } " word" }
        { "More useful " { $link heap-stats. } " output now shows count/allocation statistics per-class, instead of per-type" }
        { "Factor now looks for a " { $snippet "factor.image" } " in the same directory as the runtime executable on Mac OS X and Windows, if you don't specify an image name parameter on the command line" }
    }
}
{ $subtopic "Portability"
    { $list
        "Solaris x86 port (Patrick Mauritz)"
    }
}
{ $subtopic "Compiler"
    { $list
        "Compiler no longer splits all branches, reducing compile time and generated code size"
    }
}
{ $subtopic "C library interface"
    { $list
        "Structs can now be passed by value to C functions"
        { "Callbacks from C code to Factor are now supported - see " { $link "alien-callback" } }
        { "Improved support for passing UTF16 strings to and from C functions (" { $snippet "ushort*" } " type)" }
        { "The " { $snippet "BEGIN-ENUM:" } " and " { $snippet "BEGIN-UNION:" } " parsing words have been annexed in favor of new, more consise syntax - see " { $link POSTPONE: C-ENUM: } " and " { $link POSTPONE: C-UNION: } }
    }
}
{ $subtopic "Objective C library interface"
    { $list
        "Objective C classes can now be subclassed"
        "Objective C exceptions are now caught and reported as Factor exceptions"
        "Objective C messages returning structs by value are now supported"
        
    }
}
{ $subtopic "Contributed libraries"
    { $subtopic { "External process interface - " { $snippet "contrib/processes.factor" } }
        { $list "This is a new library" }
    }
    { $subtopic { "Partial continuations - " { $snippet "contrib/partial-continuations.factor" } }
        { $list "This is a new library (Chris Double)" }
    }
    { $subtopic { "HTTP server - " { $snippet "contrib/httpd/" } }
        { $list
            "File responder fixes"
            "Inspector responder fixes"
            "Continuation responder fixes (Chris Double)"
            { "Add templating engine in " { $snippet "embedded.factor" } " (Alex Chapman)" }
        }
    }
    { $subtopic { "XML parser - " { $snippet "contrib/xml.factor" } }
        { $list
            "Various updates for recent Factor changes"
            "Improved XML output capabilities"
        }
    }
    { $subtopic { "Factory window manager - " { $snippet "contrib/factory/" } }
        { $list "Many updates" }
    }
    { $subtopic { "Cryptography library - " { $snippet "contrib/crypto/" } }
        { $list
            "Added Base64 encoding (Doug Coleman)"
            "Added Blum Blum Shub random number generator (Doug Coleman)"
            "Added CRC32 checksum (Doug Coleman)"
        }
    }
    { $subtopic { "Space invaders/Intel 8080 emulator - " { $snippet "contrib/space-invaders/" } }
        { $list
            "Updated to use Factor UI instead of SDL (Chris Double)"
        }
    }
} ;