1 What's new in GLib 1.3.1:
3 * Multiple fixes from the 1.2.x branch.
4 * Upgrade to libtool 1.3.3
5 * Full thread support (thread creation and destruction).
6 * BeOS port, BeOS dynamic modules.
7 * Many improvements to the Windows ports.
8 * Improvements to the OS/2 port, OS/2 module support.
9 * Double ended queue implementation.
10 * GLib macros for printf() formatting, e.g. G_GULONG_FORMAT = "lu"
11 * New configure option --enable-msg-prefix to prefix messages, warnings
12 et ceteri with the program name and the process id.
13 * New thread-safe random number generator Mersenne Twister.
14 * g_strcompress() added, g_strescape() had a slight API change, and
15 more tightly defined semantics.
16 * the g_string(x) macro has been removed, #x may be used instead.
18 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.2.1:
20 * g_realloc() fix for SunOS (please report further problems).
21 * Continued the never ending fix vendetta regarding getpwuid(),
22 this time AIX has been the culprit.
23 * Upgrade to libtool 1.2f
24 * Miscellaneous other buglets fixed.
26 What's new in GLib 1.2.0 (since GLib 1.0.x):
28 * GLib is distributed seperatedly from Gtk+
31 * GModule mechanism (implemented in an extra library) which wraps dynamic
32 object code loading facilities in a portable manner
33 * GIOChannel structure to encapsulate the IPC mechanism
34 * GQuarks and datasets
35 * GRelations for n-way mapping of certain data
36 * An n-way tree implementation
37 * GDate functionality for calendar date manipulations
38 * GAllocator type and associated functions
39 * Added generic callback maintenance functions (ghook)
40 * Generic functions for TAB completions
41 * Endian defines (G_*_ENDIAN)
42 * g_log() mechanism for logging of messages at different log levels
43 * Generic main-loop mechanism
44 * New glib-config helper script
45 * Many more API extensions
47 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.16:
49 * Allocate smaller pools of memory for glists, gslists, gnodes
52 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.15:
54 * HPUX 11 thread system detection should now work
55 * Release the main loop lock around calls to prepare() and
56 check() so it is not held over user code
59 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.14:
61 * Check for dlsym() in system libraries and -dl
62 * FreeBSD portability fixes
63 * Random bug fixes and autoconf/automake changes
65 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.13:
67 * Removed alloca() based function and macro variants again.
68 * Improved thread related configure tests.
69 * GSource destruction fixups.
70 * Fixed up idle function removal based on user_data pointer.
71 * Advanced Win32 portability.
72 * Enforced GSource's check(), prepare() and dispatch() constrains,
73 loop recursions may only happen from dispatch(), and check() as well
74 as prepare() are called while the main_loop lock is being held.
75 * GLib development now requires GNU autoconf 2.13, GNU automake 1.4
77 * Lots of random portability and bug fixes.
79 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.12:
81 * Added alloca functions/macros: g_strdup_a, g_strconcat3_a, g_alloca,
83 * New tests structure. Type 'make check' on your system to run them.
84 * Avoid unnecessary extra hook referencing in g_hook_list_marshal
86 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.11:
88 * provide defaults for POLL sysdefs
89 * g_main_is_running: new function to check whether a main loop has been quitted
90 * a few other enhancement/fixes
92 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.9:
94 * Check for pthread_attr_init in all cases, Digital Unix 4 requires this
95 * For G_LOCK_DECLARE_*, if !G_THREADS_ENABLED, eat trailing semicolon better
96 * Changed g_main_poll_(add|remove) to g_main_(add|remove)_poll
98 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.8:
100 * Added threading support
101 - The ability to specify a set of functions to be used for
103 - Default implementations of locking functions for pthreads,
104 Solaris threads, and (experimentally) NSPR.
105 - All static variables should now properly locked.
106 - Enhancements to the generic main-loop mechanism to be thread-safe.
107 (It is used for the main-loop in GTK+ as of GTK+-1.1.8)
110 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.7:
112 * Removed multiple define from glibconfig.h
114 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.6:
116 * New GDate functionality for calendar date manipulations (g_date_*)
117 * New GAllocator type and associated functions
118 * New functions g_slist_copy and g_list_copy to duplicate a list with all
120 * New function g_array_insert_vals and new macro g_array_insert_val to
121 insert elements at an arbitrary index
122 * GAllocators used for glist, gslist, gnode node allocations
123 * Incremental freezing in ghash
124 * New function g_hook_list_marshal_check to eventually destroy hooks after
126 * Revised GIOChannel to provide generic virtual-function based interface
127 * Added generic main-loop abstraction
128 * Removed GListAllocator type and its g_*_allocator_*() function variants
131 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.5:
134 * GIOChannel structure to encapsulate the IPC mechanism
135 * Reimplemented endian stuff, using inline asm for x86
137 - g_strescape: escapes backslashes
138 - g_path_is_absolute and g_path_skip_root
139 - g_getenv: expands environment variables that contain references
140 to other environment variables
141 - g_scanner_sync_file_offset: rewind the filedescriptor to the current
142 buffer position and blow the file read ahead buffer
143 - g_array_remove_index: remove an entry, preserving the order
144 - g_array_remove_index_fast: remove an entry, order might be distorted
145 - g_ptr_array_remove: remove an entry, preserving the order
146 - g_ptr_array_remove_fast: remove an entry, order might be distorted
147 - g_byte_array_remove_index: wrapper for g_array_remove_index
148 - g_byte_array_remove_index_fast: wrapper for g_array_remove_index_fast
149 - g_strncasecmp: modeled closely after g_strcasecmp
150 - g_list_sort, g_slist_sort: to merge sort GLists and GSLists
152 - G_DIR_SEPARATOR, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S: platform-dependant file name
154 - G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S: platform-dependant
155 search path syntax conventions
156 - G_STRUCT_OFFSET, G_STRUCT_MEMBER_P, G_STRUCT_MEMBER: for handling
157 structure fields through their offsets
158 * Removed G_ENUM, G_FLAGS, G_NV, and G_SV macros
161 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.4:
163 * Added generic callback maintenance functions (ghook)
164 * New endian defines (G_*_ENDIAN)
165 * New string join/split/free routines
168 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.3:
170 * New GModule mechanism (implemented in an extra library) which wraps dynamic
171 object code loading facilities in a portable manner.
172 * glib-config features extra "glib" (old behaviour remains) and "gmodule"
173 (add libgmodule.so to the --libs output) arguments now. this can also
174 be specified as fourth argument to the AM_PATH_GLIB() macro.
175 * Overhaul of the `inline' autoconfiguration stuff, so inlining should be
176 sufficiently supported on all systems that allow inlining now.
177 * New g_log() mechanism for logging of messages at different log levels,
178 associated with certain log domains (define -DG_LOG_DOMAIN for your library).
179 * New inline functions for bit masks tests.
180 * GNode macros (and functions) now return the newly allocated node.
181 * New macro G_VA_COPY() to work around va_list copying oddities on some
182 platforms. the non-static g_vsprintf() function vanished in favour of
183 a publically exported g_strdup_vprintf().
184 People that used the former g_vsprintf() would definitely want to read the
185 associated ChangeLog entries (grep for printf).
186 * New utility functions:
187 g_strndup(), g_on_error_query(), g_on_error_stack_trace(), g_strdup_printf(),
188 g_strdup_vprintf(), g_printf_string_upper_bound(), g_spaced_primes_closest(),
189 g_strnfill(), g_memdup().
190 * Overhaul of the array implementations, this contains some source incompatible
191 changes. Again, the ChangeLog is much more informative (grep for garray.c).
192 * The internals of the g_dataset mechanism are now exported through the
193 new g_datalist_* API (this is also the underlying implementation for the
194 keyed data of GtkObjects).
195 * New function g_atexit(), use of the ATEXIT() macro is discouraged.
196 * Better configure checks for ansi compliance.
197 * Libtool update to version 1.2b.
198 * Lotsa bug fixes and cleanups as always ;)
200 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.2:
202 * Fixed packaging mistake which occured in 1.1.1
203 * fix 64-bitness in g_prints in glibtest
205 What is new in GLib 1.1.1:
207 * An n-way tree implementation is provided now, based on the GNode structure.
208 * Bugfix for pointer arrays.
210 What is new in GLib 1.1.0:
212 * GLib is distributed seperatedly from Gtk+ now and uses a sophisticated
213 shared library versioning scheme to deal with interface and binary
215 * There is a glib-config helper script installed now.
216 * Fixups all over the place.
217 * gboolean is now a gint, not a gchar anymore.
218 * API extensions for GList and GSList.
219 * New g_str*() functions for simple string handling.
220 * GScanner extensions for scope, warning and error handling.
221 * Minor performance improvements for GMemChunks.
222 * Implementations of GQuarks and datasets (similar to GtkObjects data
223 mechansim, but works for generic memory locations).
224 * More convenience macros for GNU C function arguments.
225 * Const correction all over the place, including a new pointer type
227 * Generic functions for TAB completions.
228 * GRelations for n-way mapping of certain data.