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@@ -1,31 +1,94 @@ -This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm5d6. - -New in scm5d6: - -From Aubrey Jaffer: - - + Tanel Tammet's Hobbit compiler is now integrated into the SCM - distribution. - - + hobbit.scm modified for (symbol) GC changes in SCM. Use of - scm_gc_protect() instead of lists of protected objects means code - produced by Hobbit is smaller and more readable. - - + Converted the hobbit documentation to texinfo format. - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/hobbit_toc.html - -From George Bronnikov: - - + Ported SCM to the PLAN9 operating-system. - -From Martin Lafaix - - + scm.c (l_raise, l_sleep): - + script.c (dld_find_executable): - + scmmain.c, scmfig.h: Ported to OS/2, IBM VisualAge C++ v3. - -Plus improvements and bug fixes too numerous to include here (see -scm/ChangeLog). +This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm5d9. + +New in scm5d9: + + * ramap.c (array-map): Added. + * byte.c: Added. Improves RANDOM speed by 32%. + * subr.c (scm_logbitp, scm_ash): Prevent wraparound (1>>32==1). + * ioext.c, posix.c (system->line): Defined. + * scl.c (floequal): Fixed so 0/0==0/0. + (eqv, eqp): Use floequal. + * eval.c (init_eval): add_feature("primitive-hygiene"). + * scl.c (eqp): Fixed so (let ((nan 0/0)) (= nan nan)) ==> #t. + (in2ex): Infinite loop on (inexact->exact 0/0) change to err. + * scl.c (iflo2str): Use negated conditional to handle 0/0. + (NaN2str): Removed "#i" prefix. + + * scm.texi (Embedding SCM): Updated libtest example for + init_user_scm indirection (which Radey added 2003-01-24). + * scm.texi (MS-DOS Compatible Scripts): Added sharpbang URL. + * scm.texi (Build Options): Described *.opt option files. + * scm.texi (Automatic C Preprocessor Definitions): Added IA64. + * scm.texi (Line Numbers): Added read-for-load. + (Load Syntax): Distinguished from Read syntax; documented #?line, + #?column, and #?file. + (Data Type Representations): Updated port formats. + + * Makefile (dfiles): Added version.txi platform.txi features.txi. + * Makefile (CFLAGS): Removed "-g". + * Makefile (pg.opt, gdb.opt, dlls.opt): Added. Cleanup options. + * Makefile (continue.o): Was missing scmfig.h and scm.h + dependencies. + * Makefile (uninstallinfo): Created. + (uninstall): Remove libscmdir files. + * Makefile (release): Make pdf(s). + + * Init5d8.scm (slib:eval-load): Use *load-reader*. + * repl.c (scm_read_for_load): Added. + (p_read_numbered, p_read_for_load, p_read): Added locatives. + (lreadr): Pass appropriate read routine to load:sharp; read:sharp. + (flgs): Renamed from nump to reduce interference with INUMP, etc. + * Init5d8.scm (load:sharp, read:sharp): Split read:sharp. + (load:sharp, read:sharp, char:sharp, read:array): Added READ arg. + (char:sharp): Renamed from read:sharp-char. + (read:sharp): Integrated #; into. + * repl.c (scm_read): Renamed from lread(). + (loc_charsharp): Renamed from loc_readsharpc. + (loc_loadsharp): Added to separate LOAD-macros from READ-macros. + (f_read_numbered): Removed unused variable. + (repl, tryload, scm_load_string): Use scm_read_numbered(). + (lreadpr): Dispatch to loc_readsharp or loc_loadsharp depending on + nump. + * Init5d8.scm (make-array): Alias of create-array. + (read:sharp): Feature evaluation now slib:provided? + + * mkimpcat.scm: Added rwb-isam feature. + * mkimpcat.scm (primitive-hygiene): Use feature to conditionalize + macro association. + + * scmfig.h (CDR_DOUBLES, SHORT_INT): Added __ia64 #defines. + + * build.scm (build): processor-family now symbol; i8086 <- 8086. + * build.scm (manifest): Added "byte.c". + * build.scm (compile-c-files): Removed "-O" and "-Wall" options; + use --compiler-options= instead. + * build.scm: Use open-table! and open-table. + * build (print-manifest, make-features-txi): Use open-table. + * build, build.scm: Moved requires to top. + * compile.scm, hobbit.scm: Added REQUIRE-IFs. + * hobbit.texi (SLIB Logical Procedures): Removed "logical:" + aliases. + + * bench.scm (benchmark-prng): Limit to 1000 samples if no bignums. + + * r4rstest.scm (inexact->exact): Added tests. + (exact->inexact): check for both exact and inexact argument. + * r4rstest.scm (6 5 5): Added some kawa chokers: #i, #e. + Added more kawa STRING->NUMBER bait. + * r4rstest.scm (test-string->number): Implementations which don't + allow division by 0 can have fragile string->number. + + From Sam Hocevar + * r4rstest.scm (test-inexact): SECTION 6.2 checks that + (not (eqv? 1 1.0)). + + From Andy Gaynor + * Makefile (Xlibscm.info, hobbit.info): Fixed / separators. + * unif.c (make_sh_array): Bracket with ifndef RECKLESS. + + From Radey Shouman + * eval.c (m_case): Check on clauses for CASE was + confused by line-number annotations. -=-=- @@ -41,28 +104,24 @@ include SCM in other programs. Documentation is online at: http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM.html SCM source is available from: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm5d6.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm5d6.zip - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5d6-1.src.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5d6-1.src.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm5d9.zip + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm5d9.zip + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5d9-1.src.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5d9-1.src.rpm Also available as i386 binary RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5d6-1.i386.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5d6-1.i386.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5d9-1.i386.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5d9-1.i386.rpm SLIB is a portable Scheme library which SCM uses: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib2d4.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib2d4.zip + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib3a1.zip + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a1.zip Also available as RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-2d4-1.noarch.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-2d4-1.noarch.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3a1-1.noarch.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3a1-1.noarch.rpm JACAL is a symbolic math system written in Scheme: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal1b2.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal1b2.zip - -HOBBIT is a compiler for SCM code: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/hobbit5x.tar.gz - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/hobbit5x.tar.gz + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal1b4.zip + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal1b4.zip SLIB-PSD is a portable debugger for Scheme (requires emacs editor): http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz @@ -90,13 +149,13 @@ SCM (similar to XSCM). WB is a disk based, sorted associative array (B-tree) library for SCM. Using WB, large databases can be created and managed from SCM. - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb1a7.zip - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb1a7.zip - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1a7-1.src.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1a7-1.src.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb1b1.zip + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb1b1.zip + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1b1-1.src.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1b1-1.src.rpm Also available as i386 binary RPM: - http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1a7-1.i386.rpm - swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1a7-1.i386.rpm + http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-1b1-1.i386.rpm + swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-1b1-1.i386.rpm SIMSYNCH is a digital logic simulation system written in SCM. http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/synch1b0.zip @@ -109,7 +168,7 @@ systems. ftp.gnu.org:pub/gnu/dld/dld-3.3.tar.gz SCM.EXE (282k) is a SCM executable for DOS and MS-Windows. -Note: SCM.EXE still requires slib2d4 and scm5d6 above. +Note: SCM.EXE still requires slib3a1 and scm5d9 above. http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm.exe swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm.exe |