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