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From: <mie...@us...> - 2009-02-23 17:46:41
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Revision: 4210
http://oorexx.svn.sourceforge.net/oorexx/?rev=4210&view=rev
Author: miesfeld
Date: 2009-02-23 17:46:38 +0000 (Mon, 23 Feb 2009)
Log Message:
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Add a release notes file. Text for the 4.0.0 release provided by
Jean-Louis Faucher:
[ 2626210 ] Description of changes for the readme of ooRexx-4.0.0
Modified Paths:
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main/trunk/Makefile.am
main/trunk/platform/windows/install/oorexx.nsi
Added Paths:
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main/trunk/ReleaseNotes
Modified: main/trunk/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- main/trunk/Makefile.am 2009-02-23 00:23:06 UTC (rev 4209)
+++ main/trunk/Makefile.am 2009-02-23 17:46:38 UTC (rev 4210)
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@
$(build_os_platform_dir)/oorexx-config
commonMiscFiles = $(top_srcdir)/CPLv1.0.txt \
$(top_srcdir)/CHANGES \
+ $(top_srcdir)/ReleaseNotes \
$(top_srcdir)/CONTRIBUTORS \
$(top_srcdir)/NOTICE \
$(top_srcdir)/oorexx.ver \
Added: main/trunk/ReleaseNotes
===================================================================
--- main/trunk/ReleaseNotes (rev 0)
+++ main/trunk/ReleaseNotes 2009-02-23 17:46:38 UTC (rev 4210)
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+ Open Object Rexx
+
+ Release Notes
+ Version 4.0.0
+
+ Copyright 2005, 2009 Rexx Language Association. All rights reserved.
+ February 23, 2009
+
+
+Changes in ooRexx 4.0.0
+=======================
+
+New platforms:
+--------------
+
+Linux 64-bit
+AIX 64-bit
+Windows 64-bit
+
+All platforms
+-------------
+
+Although not directly visible to the ooRexx programer, much of the code in
+the interpreter core has been rewritten. This enhances the interpreter in
+several ways, not the least of which is the ability to compile the
+interpreter in 64-bit addressing mode. In addition, the rewritten
+interpreter is now more maintainable and extensible.
+
+A new, improved, set of application programming interfaces (APIs) have
+been added. The programmers guide has been updated accordingly. Although
+these utilize C++ they are extremely easy to use. All of the external
+function libraries have been upgraded to use these new APIs.
+
+REXX_PATH (new in 4.0) is an additional path you can set that is used for
+Rexx program searches.
+
+Several new utility classes have been added including a sockets class,
+Mime classes, and SMTP classes.
+
+New samples are included in the distribution:
+---------------------------------------------
+
+samples/scclient.rex
+samples/scserver.rex
+samples/sfclient.rex
+samples/sfserver.rex
+
+Unix platform
+-------------
+
+Rxapi now runs as a system wide daemon. The use of shared memory has been
+eliminated. Rxapi now uses a socket interface for communication.
+
+Windows platform
+----------------
+
+Improvements to ooDialog and OLEObject.
+
+The documentation of the Windows specific classes has been moved out of
+rexxref to the new document winextensions.pdf.
+
+New samples are included in the distribution:
+---------------------------------------------
+
+samples\oodialog\examples\imageButton.rex
+samples\winsystem\displayAnyMenu.rex
+samples\winsystem\displayWindowTree.rex
+samples\winsystem\getTheWindow.rex
+samples\winsystem\menuCalc.rex
+samples\winsystem\menuNotepad.rex
+samples\winsystem\quickCalc.rex
+samples\winsystem\quickShowAllMenus.rex
+samples\winsystem\windowsSystem.frm
+samples\winsystem\winSystemDlgs.h
+samples\winsystem\winSystemDlgs.rc
+samples\winsystem\writeWithNotepad.rex
+
+Windows Scripting Host
+----------------------
+
+The Windows Scripting Host support in ooRexx 4.0.0 has been temporarily
+disabled. This was done after soliciting input from users. Temporarily
+disabling WSH allows the release of 4.0.0 to be months sooner than it
+would have been otherwise. The consensus of users was that they would
+prefer an early release without WSH than a later release with WSH. The
+intent is to deliver WSH as soon as possible in a follow-on minor release.
+
+Some possible differences in program behavior
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Due to a bug in prior releases of ooRexx and Object Rexx, a negative
+return code from a Rexx program could be transformed to a positive return
+code to the operating system. This bug is now fixed.
+
+Some returns from the rxMath package were not consistent. As an example,
+on Windows, NaN (Not a Number) was returned as the string "ERROR" while on
+Linux the string "nan" was returned. This was fixed so that the string
+"nan" is returned on all platforms.
+
+On all platforms, +infinity and -infinity are now returned as strings
+"+infinity" and "-infinity".
+
+Miscellaneous Enhancements
+--------------------------
+
+A method that is declared PRIVATE has been enhanced to allow its
+invocation from any of the following situations:
+
+1) From within a method owned by the same class as the target (i.e., the
+method is invoked using SELF.) This is the same as ooRexx-3.2 and before.
+
+2) The caller is an instance of the same class that defined the target
+method (the method's scope). This allows an instance of a class to invoke
+a private method of another instance of the same class.
+
+3) The caller is a class object that is compatible with the scope of the
+method. This allows class objects to also access private methods of its
+own instances. Useful for specialized class methods that create instances
+(such as the "fromXxxxxx" methods on DateTime).
+
+EXTERNAL is allowed on ::ATTRIBUTE directives.
+
+Negative numeric values are allowed on ::CONSTANT items.
+
+Builtin functions
+-----------------
+
+FILESPEC has new options : Location, Extension.
+
+LASTPOS has a new parameter : length.
+
+POS has a new parameter : length.
+
+QUALIFY is new builtin function.
+
+TIME has a new option : Offset.
+
+TRANSLATE has new parameters : pos, length.
+
+Class library
+-------------
+
+New classes :
+-------------
+
+Buffer, IdentityTable, Orderable, Package, Pointer, RexxContext, Routine,
+WeakReference.
+
+New methods on Object:
+----------------------
+
+send, sendwith, startWith.
+
+New methods on DateTime:
+------------------------
+
+offset, setTimeStamp (private), toTimeZone, utcDate, utcIsoDate.
+
+New methods on Stream:
+----------------------
+
+line_arrayIn (private).
+
+New methods on Method:
+---------------------
+
+package.
+
+New methods on MutableBuffer:
+-----------------------------
+
+caselessChangeStr, caselessCountStr, caselessLastPos, caselessMatch,
+caselessMatchChar, caselessPos, caselessWordPos, changeStr, countStr,
+delStr, delWord, lower, makeArray, match, matchChar, replaceAt, subWord,
+translate, upper, verify, word, wordIndex, wordLength, wordPos, words.
+
+New methods on OLEObject:
+-------------------------
+
+addEventMethod, connectEvents, disconnectEvents, isConnectable,
+isConnected, removeEventHandler, removeEventMethod.
+
+New methods on RexxQueue:
+------------------------
+
+empty, makeArray.
+
+New methods on Stem:
+--------------------
+
+toDirectory.
+
+New methods on String:
+---------------------
+
+replaceAt.
+
+Incubator
+---------
+
+A beta version of RexxGTK is available. This is a portable GUI class for
+building ooRexx GUI programs. It runs on any *nix system where GTK is
+available and on Windows with the proper GTK DLLs in place.
+
Modified: main/trunk/platform/windows/install/oorexx.nsi
===================================================================
--- main/trunk/platform/windows/install/oorexx.nsi 2009-02-23 00:23:06 UTC (rev 4209)
+++ main/trunk/platform/windows/install/oorexx.nsi 2009-02-23 17:46:38 UTC (rev 4210)
@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@
SetOutPath $INSTDIR\doc
File "${SRCDIR}\doc\readme.pdf"
File /oname=CHANGES.txt "${SRCDIR}\CHANGES"
+ File /oname=ReleaseNotes.txt "${SRCDIR}\ReleaseNotes"
CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\${LONGNAME}\Documentation"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${LONGNAME}\Documentation\ooRexx README.lnk" "$INSTDIR\doc\readme.pdf" "" "$INSTDIR\doc\readme.pdf" 0
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${LONGNAME}\Documentation\ooRexx CHANGES.lnk" "$INSTDIR\doc\CHANGES.txt" "" "$INSTDIR\doc\CHANGES.txt" 0
+ CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${LONGNAME}\Documentation\ooRexx ReleaseNotes.lnk" "$INSTDIR\doc\ReleaseNotes.txt" "" "$INSTDIR\doc\ReleaseNotes.txt" 0
;;;; Comment out orxscrpt stuff temporarily
; Set output path to the installation directory just in case
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