ecx53.notes

ECX v53 (1.8.1) - April 2008
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- Fix to directory structure. ** Do it before installing this update **:
   CD <directory of ECX-files>
   RENAME source/contrib contrib
  That's it!

- Bug in ECX:Source/MUI/Layout.e (lazy hook function), fixed.

- A couple of years old memory trashing bug in ECX, finally squashed.

- "DEF/NEW/END <newline> bla" didn't work, fixed.  Thx Chris S Handley

- "!x>y AND z" was not allowed, fixed.

- Bug in ECX:modules/otherabox/ecode.m fixed.

- Exported globals from module was not visible to other modules but
  had to be redefined, fixed.

- NEW/END on object with only classmethods was buggy, fixed.
  Thx Damien Guichard.

- ECX:modules/tools/thread.m: needed a recompile to fix a bug.




ECX v53 (1.8.0) - February 2008
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- Comparison optimisation was accidentally disabled, fixed.

- "END classobject" generated broken code, fixed.

- Some class method fixes.

- Using RETURN in procedure with exception handler, caused stack trashing
  by generated code, fixed.

- Made class methods take self in first argument (68k=stack, ppc=R3).
  Allows  calling class method as function pointer classmeth(self,arg,arg2..)
  It is also possible to get address of class method ({class.method})
  Thx Damien Guichard for the request.

- Changed the default ABI of functions in powerpc library mode. The default is
  now M68K. Use "SYSV" switch for SYSV ABI.

- Added preprocessor symbol _DATE_. It equals #define _DATE_ '(dd.mm.yyyy)'.
  Thx Stefan Haubenthal for the request.

- Merging global LIST/STRING with pointer from module produced wrong code, fixed.

- Rewrote and fixed EXENAME,MODNAME,OPT EXENMAE,OPT MODNAME,Deletion of binary on
  error stuff.

- Modules without code got 8 bytes linedebug in them when compiled with LINEDEBUG,
  fixed.

- "PROC bla(x,bla,y)" did not work, fixed. Thx Stefan Haubenthal.

- PPC Min(), Max() was not entirely correct, fixed.

- A bug causing inheritation of PTR TO CHAR in object to become PTR TO BYTE when
  using ec modules, fixed.

- OFFSETOF now handles embedded objects in any depth!

- Rewrote PPC Fsqrt(), now a lot faster.

- PPC String() did not nil terminate, fixed.

- ecx.guide spelling corrections by Stefan Haubenthal.

- A couple of bugs in powerpc/simple.m, fixed. Thx UltraGelb.

- PPC Sign() was broke, fixed. Thx UltraGelb.

- "EXPORT <newline> bla" did not work, fixed. Thx UltraGelb.

- Library mode extensions for new MorphOS 2.0 features. (query function and resident tags)

- LINKOBJECT mode added. Experimental for now.