1 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.3.2:
5 * Win32 build improvements [Tor]
6 * Improvements to error reporting
7 (g_critical(), g_return_if_reached()) [Darin]
8 * Add g_strlcpy/g_strlcat [David Wheeler]
9 * New IO channel implementation for Win32 [Tor]
10 * Make g_array_free, g_string_free return pointer to memory requested
11 not to be freed. [Darin]
12 * Added GError based error reporting for thread functions. [Sebastian]
13 * Moved reference docs into GLib distribution. [Owen]
14 * Added g_convert() for doing convenient character set conversions based
15 on iconv. (GLib now requires libiconv or a native iconv.) [Havoc/Owen]
16 * Various Unicode handling additions (g_ucs4_to_utf8, g_utf8_validate(),
17 g_{locale,filename}_{to,from}_utf8) [Robert/Havoc/Owen]
18 * Portability fixes for threading. [Sebastian]
19 * Added convenient functions for launching new processes (g_spawn_*),
20 and shell quoting/unquoting functions. [Havoc]
21 * Split glib.h into many headers. [Sebastian]
22 * Added a simple callback-based parser for XML-like files (GMarkup). [Havoc]
23 * Fixed confusions between comparison functions that return <0, 0, >0
24 and equaility functions that return FALSE,TRUE. [Sebastian]
25 * Added safe/portable temporary file manipulation functions. [Tor]
26 * autoconf improvements. [Raja]
27 * Many documentation improvements.
32 * Added boxed and pointer types. [Tim/Jonathan]
33 * Added callback abstraction (GClosure) [Tim]
34 * Added signal system (GSignal) [Tim]
35 * Make GTypePlugin an interface [Tim]
36 * Added GTypeModule - a simple GTypePlugin instantiation [Owen]
39 What's new in GLib 1.3.1:
41 * New GObject library added including object system based on
42 the GTK+ object system.
43 * Functions for getting the properties of Unicode characters,
44 computing the canonical decomposition and ordering combining
45 characters aand manipulating UTF-8 string manipulation based
47 * GString now properly handles embedded nuls.
48 * Multiple fixes from the 1.2.x branch.
49 * Upgrade to libtool 1.3.3
50 * Full thread support (thread creation and destruction).
51 * BeOS port, BeOS dynamic modules.
52 * Many improvements to the Windows ports.
53 * Improvements to the OS/2 port, OS/2 module support.
54 * Double ended queue implementation.
55 * GLib macros for printf() formatting, e.g. G_GULONG_FORMAT = "lu"
56 * New configure option --enable-msg-prefix to prefix messages, warnings
57 et ceteri with the program name and the process id.
58 * New thread-safe random number generator Mersenne Twister.
59 * g_strcompress() added, g_strescape() had a slight API change, and
60 more tightly defined semantics.
61 * the g_string(x) macro has been removed, #x may be used instead.
63 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.2.1:
65 * g_realloc() fix for SunOS (please report further problems).
66 * Continued the never ending fix vendetta regarding getpwuid(),
67 this time AIX has been the culprit.
68 * Upgrade to libtool 1.2f
69 * Miscellaneous other buglets fixed.
71 What's new in GLib 1.2.0 (since GLib 1.0.x):
73 * GLib is distributed seperatedly from Gtk+
76 * GModule mechanism (implemented in an extra library) which wraps dynamic
77 object code loading facilities in a portable manner
78 * GIOChannel structure to encapsulate the IPC mechanism
79 * GQuarks and datasets
80 * GRelations for n-way mapping of certain data
81 * An n-way tree implementation
82 * GDate functionality for calendar date manipulations
83 * GAllocator type and associated functions
84 * Added generic callback maintenance functions (ghook)
85 * Generic functions for TAB completions
86 * Endian defines (G_*_ENDIAN)
87 * g_log() mechanism for logging of messages at different log levels
88 * Generic main-loop mechanism
89 * New glib-config helper script
90 * Many more API extensions
92 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.16:
94 * Allocate smaller pools of memory for glists, gslists, gnodes
97 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.15:
99 * HPUX 11 thread system detection should now work
100 * Release the main loop lock around calls to prepare() and
101 check() so it is not held over user code
104 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.14:
106 * Check for dlsym() in system libraries and -dl
107 * FreeBSD portability fixes
108 * Random bug fixes and autoconf/automake changes
110 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.13:
112 * Removed alloca() based function and macro variants again.
113 * Improved thread related configure tests.
114 * GSource destruction fixups.
115 * Fixed up idle function removal based on user_data pointer.
116 * Advanced Win32 portability.
117 * Enforced GSource's check(), prepare() and dispatch() constrains,
118 loop recursions may only happen from dispatch(), and check() as well
119 as prepare() are called while the main_loop lock is being held.
120 * GLib development now requires GNU autoconf 2.13, GNU automake 1.4
121 and GNU libtool 1.2d.
122 * Lots of random portability and bug fixes.
124 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.12:
126 * Added alloca functions/macros: g_strdup_a, g_strconcat3_a, g_alloca,
128 * New tests structure. Type 'make check' on your system to run them.
129 * Avoid unnecessary extra hook referencing in g_hook_list_marshal
131 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.11:
133 * provide defaults for POLL sysdefs
134 * g_main_is_running: new function to check whether a main loop has been quitted
135 * a few other enhancement/fixes
137 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.9:
139 * Check for pthread_attr_init in all cases, Digital Unix 4 requires this
140 * For G_LOCK_DECLARE_*, if !G_THREADS_ENABLED, eat trailing semicolon better
141 * Changed g_main_poll_(add|remove) to g_main_(add|remove)_poll
143 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.8:
145 * Added threading support
146 - The ability to specify a set of functions to be used for
148 - Default implementations of locking functions for pthreads,
149 Solaris threads, and (experimentally) NSPR.
150 - All static variables should now properly locked.
151 - Enhancements to the generic main-loop mechanism to be thread-safe.
152 (It is used for the main-loop in GTK+ as of GTK+-1.1.8)
155 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.7:
157 * Removed multiple define from glibconfig.h
159 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.6:
161 * New GDate functionality for calendar date manipulations (g_date_*)
162 * New GAllocator type and associated functions
163 * New functions g_slist_copy and g_list_copy to duplicate a list with all
165 * New function g_array_insert_vals and new macro g_array_insert_val to
166 insert elements at an arbitrary index
167 * GAllocators used for glist, gslist, gnode node allocations
168 * Incremental freezing in ghash
169 * New function g_hook_list_marshal_check to eventually destroy hooks after
171 * Revised GIOChannel to provide generic virtual-function based interface
172 * Added generic main-loop abstraction
173 * Removed GListAllocator type and its g_*_allocator_*() function variants
176 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.5:
179 * GIOChannel structure to encapsulate the IPC mechanism
180 * Reimplemented endian stuff, using inline asm for x86
182 - g_strescape: escapes backslashes
183 - g_path_is_absolute and g_path_skip_root
184 - g_getenv: expands environment variables that contain references
185 to other environment variables
186 - g_scanner_sync_file_offset: rewind the filedescriptor to the current
187 buffer position and blow the file read ahead buffer
188 - g_array_remove_index: remove an entry, preserving the order
189 - g_array_remove_index_fast: remove an entry, order might be distorted
190 - g_ptr_array_remove: remove an entry, preserving the order
191 - g_ptr_array_remove_fast: remove an entry, order might be distorted
192 - g_byte_array_remove_index: wrapper for g_array_remove_index
193 - g_byte_array_remove_index_fast: wrapper for g_array_remove_index_fast
194 - g_strncasecmp: modeled closely after g_strcasecmp
195 - g_list_sort, g_slist_sort: to merge sort GLists and GSLists
197 - G_DIR_SEPARATOR, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S: platform-dependant file name
199 - G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S: platform-dependant
200 search path syntax conventions
201 - G_STRUCT_OFFSET, G_STRUCT_MEMBER_P, G_STRUCT_MEMBER: for handling
202 structure fields through their offsets
203 * Removed G_ENUM, G_FLAGS, G_NV, and G_SV macros
206 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.4:
208 * Added generic callback maintenance functions (ghook)
209 * New endian defines (G_*_ENDIAN)
210 * New string join/split/free routines
213 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.3:
215 * New GModule mechanism (implemented in an extra library) which wraps dynamic
216 object code loading facilities in a portable manner.
217 * glib-config features extra "glib" (old behaviour remains) and "gmodule"
218 (add libgmodule.so to the --libs output) arguments now. this can also
219 be specified as fourth argument to the AM_PATH_GLIB() macro.
220 * Overhaul of the `inline' autoconfiguration stuff, so inlining should be
221 sufficiently supported on all systems that allow inlining now.
222 * New g_log() mechanism for logging of messages at different log levels,
223 associated with certain log domains (define -DG_LOG_DOMAIN for your library).
224 * New inline functions for bit masks tests.
225 * GNode macros (and functions) now return the newly allocated node.
226 * New macro G_VA_COPY() to work around va_list copying oddities on some
227 platforms. the non-static g_vsprintf() function vanished in favour of
228 a publically exported g_strdup_vprintf().
229 People that used the former g_vsprintf() would definitely want to read the
230 associated ChangeLog entries (grep for printf).
231 * New utility functions:
232 g_strndup(), g_on_error_query(), g_on_error_stack_trace(), g_strdup_printf(),
233 g_strdup_vprintf(), g_printf_string_upper_bound(), g_spaced_primes_closest(),
234 g_strnfill(), g_memdup().
235 * Overhaul of the array implementations, this contains some source incompatible
236 changes. Again, the ChangeLog is much more informative (grep for garray.c).
237 * The internals of the g_dataset mechanism are now exported through the
238 new g_datalist_* API (this is also the underlying implementation for the
239 keyed data of GtkObjects).
240 * New function g_atexit(), use of the ATEXIT() macro is discouraged.
241 * Better configure checks for ansi compliance.
242 * Libtool update to version 1.2b.
243 * Lotsa bug fixes and cleanups as always ;)
245 Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.2:
247 * Fixed packaging mistake which occured in 1.1.1
248 * fix 64-bitness in g_prints in glibtest
250 What is new in GLib 1.1.1:
252 * An n-way tree implementation is provided now, based on the GNode structure.
253 * Bugfix for pointer arrays.
255 What is new in GLib 1.1.0:
257 * GLib is distributed seperatedly from Gtk+ now and uses a sophisticated
258 shared library versioning scheme to deal with interface and binary
260 * There is a glib-config helper script installed now.
261 * Fixups all over the place.
262 * gboolean is now a gint, not a gchar anymore.
263 * API extensions for GList and GSList.
264 * New g_str*() functions for simple string handling.
265 * GScanner extensions for scope, warning and error handling.
266 * Minor performance improvements for GMemChunks.
267 * Implementations of GQuarks and datasets (similar to GtkObjects data
268 mechansim, but works for generic memory locations).
269 * More convenience macros for GNU C function arguments.
270 * Const correction all over the place, including a new pointer type
272 * Generic functions for TAB completions.
273 * GRelations for n-way mapping of certain data.