[Plplot-cvs] SF.net SVN: plplot:[8987] trunk/README.release

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Revision: 8987
          http://plplot.svn.sourceforge.net/plplot/?rev=8987&view=rev
Author:   andrewross
Date:     2008-11-16 12:54:25 +0000 (Sun, 16 Nov 2008)

Log Message:
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Add notes on plplot_test.sh --debug option to run valgrind.

Add notes on work to allow -fvisibility=hidden to work with gcc.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/README.release

Modified: trunk/README.release
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--- trunk/README.release	2008-11-14 19:22:48 UTC (rev 8986)
+++ trunk/README.release	2008-11-16 12:54:25 UTC (rev 8987)
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 1.9 Update to various examples
 1.10 Rename test subdirectory to plplot_test
 1.11 Website support files updated
+1.12 Internal changes to function visibility
 
 2. Changes relative to PLplot 5.8.0 (the previous stable release)
 2.1 All autotools-related files have now been removed
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
 2.17 Update to various examples
 2.18 Rename test subdirectory to plplot_test
 2.19 Website support files updated
+2.20 Internal changes to function visibility
 
 1. Changes relative to PLplot 5.9.0 (the previous development release)
 
@@ -195,6 +197,13 @@
 of the Tcl examples (example 21) require Tcl version 8.5 for proper support
 for NaNs.
 
+Also new is an option for the plplot_test.sh script to run the examples 
+using a debugging command. This is enabled using the --debug option. The
+default it to use the valgrind memory checker. This has highlighted at 
+least one memory leaks in plplot which have been fixed. It is not part 
+of the standard ctest tests because it can be _very_ slow for a complete
+set of language bindings and device drivers.
+
 1.10 Rename test subdirectory to plplot_test
 
 This change was necessary to quit clashing with the "make test" target which
@@ -207,6 +216,14 @@
 changes in the website support files that are used to generate and upload
 our website and which are automatically included with the release.
 
+1.12 Internal changes to function visibility
+
+The internal definitions of functions in plplot have been significantly 
+tidied up to allow the use of the -fvisibility=hidden option with newer
+versions of gcc. This prevents internal functions from being exported
+to the user where possible. This extends the existing support for this
+on windows.
+
 2. Changes relative to PLplot 5.8.0 (the previous stable release)
 
 2.1 All autotools-related files have now been removed
@@ -411,6 +428,13 @@
 of the Tcl examples (example 21) require Tcl version 8.5 for proper support
 for NaNs.
 
+Also new is an option for the plplot_test.sh script to run the examples 
+using a debugging command. This is enabled using the --debug option. The
+default it to use the valgrind memory checker. This has highlighted at 
+least one memory leaks in plplot which have been fixed. It is not part 
+of the standard ctest tests because it can be _very_ slow for a complete
+set of language bindings and device drivers.
+
 2.18 Rename test subdirectory to plplot_test
 
 This change was necessary to quit clashing with the "make test" target which
@@ -423,3 +447,11 @@
 changes in the website support files that are used to generate and upload
 our website and which are automatically included with the release.
 
+2.20 Internal changes to function visibility
+
+The internal definitions of functions in plplot have been significantly 
+tidied up to allow the use of the -fvisibility=hidden option with newer
+versions of gcc. This prevents internal functions from being exported
+to the user where possible. This extends the existing support for this
+on windows.
+


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