***version 2.2.3 stable*** -added sq_getfunctioninfo -added compile time flag SQUSEDOUBLE to use double precision floats -added global slot _floatsize_ int the base lib to recognize single precision and double precision builds -sq_wakeupvm can now resume the vm with an exception -added sqstd_format -generators can now be instantiated by calling sq_call() or closure.call() -fixed a bug in sqstd_printcallstack(thx takayuki_h) -fixed modulo by zero(thx jup) -fixed negative enums and constants -fixed generator crash bug if invoked as tail call (thx Mr.Accident) -fixed some minor bug ***2008-09-24 *** ***version 2.2.2 stable*** -fixed some behaviour inconsistencies in thread.call() and thread.wakeup() (thx Mr.Accident) -fixed coroutine error propagation -fixed lingering return value from native function (thx Tom Leonard) -fixed a bug if array.sort() is given a bad sort function (thx Tom Leonard) -fixed some minor api bug -added sq_arrayremove() and sq_arrayinsert() ***2008-05-16 *** ***version 2.2.1 stable*** -fixed a tailcall bug ***2008-02-17 *** ***version 2.2 stable *** -added _newslot metamethod in classes -added enums added constants -added sq_pushconsttable, sq_setconsttable -added default param -added octal literals(thx Dinosaur) -fixed debug hook, 'calls' and 'returns' are properly notified in the same number. -fixed a coroutine bug ***2007-07-29 *** ***version 2.1.2 stable*** -new behaviour for generators iteration using foreach now when a generator is iterated by foreach the value returned by a 'return val' statement will terminate the iteration but will not be returned as foreach iteration -added sq_setclassudsize() -added sq_clear() -added table.clear(), array.clear() -fixed sq_cmp() (thx jyuill) -fixed minor bugs ***2006-08-21 *** ***version 2.1.1 stable*** -vm refactoring -optimized internal function memory layout -new global symbol _version_ (is the version string) -code size optimization for float literals(on 32bits float builts) -now the raw ref API(sq_addref etc...) is fully reentrant. -fixed a bug in sq_getdelegate() now pushes null if the object doesn't have a delegate(thx MatzeB) -improved C reference performances in NO_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR builds -sq_getlocal() now enumerates also outer values. -fixed regexp library for GCC users. ***2006-03-19 *** ***version 2.1 stable*** -added static class fields, new keyword static -added 64bits architecture support -added global slot _intsize_ int the base lib to recognize 32bits and 64bits builds -added functions with fixed environment, closure.bindenv() built-in function -all types except userdata and null implement the tostring() method -string concatenation now invokes metamethod _tostring -new metamethods for class objects _newmember and _inherited -sq_call() sq_resume() sq_wakeupvm() have a new signature -new C referencing implementation(scales more with the amount of references) -refactored hash table -new api functions sq_newslot(),sq_tobool(),sq_getbase(), sq_instanceof(), sq_bindenv() -the api func sq_createslot was deprecated but still supported in form of C macro on top of sq_newslot -sq_setreleasehook() now also works for classes -stream.readstr() and stream.writestr() have been deprecated(this affects file and blob) -fixed squirrel.h undeclared api calls -fixed few minor bugs -SQChar is now defined as wchar_t -removed warning when building with -Wall -pedantic for GCC users -added new std io function writeclosuretofile() -added new std string functions strip(),rstrip(),lstrip() and split() -regular expressions operators (+,*) now have more POSIX greedyness behaviour -class constructors are now invoked as normal functions ***2005-10-02 *** ***version 2.0.5 stable*** -fixed some 64bits incompatibilities (thx sarge) -fixed minor bug in the stdlib format() function (thx Rick) -fixed a bug in dofile() that was preventing to compile empty files -added new API sq_poptop() & sq_getfreevariable() -some performance improvements ***2005-08-14 *** ***version 2.0.4 stable*** -weak references and related API calls -added sq_objtobool() -class instances memory policies improved(1 mem allocation for the whole instance) -typetags are now declared as SQUserPointer instead of unsigned int -first pass for 64bits compatibility -fixed minor bug in the stdio stream -fixed a bug in format() -fixed bug in string.tointeger() and string.tofloat() ***2005-06-24 *** ***version 2.0.3 stable*** -dofile() and loadfile() in the iolib now can decode ASCII, UTF8 files UCS2 big-endian and little-endian -sq_setparamscheck() : now typemesk can check for null -added string escape sequence \xhhhh -fixed some C++ standard incompatibilities ***2005-05-15 *** ***version 2.0.2 stable*** -performances improvements (expecially for GCC users) -removed all dependencies from C++ exception handling -various bugfixes ***2005-04-12 *** ***version 2.0.1 stable*** -various bugfixes -sq_setparamscheck() now allows spaces in the typemask ***2005-04-03 *** ***version 2.0 stable*** -added API sq_gettypetag() -added built-in function to the bool type(tointeger, tostring etc...) ***2005-02-27 *** ***version 2.0 release candidate 1(RC 1)*** -added API sq_reseterror() -modified sq_release() -now class instances can be cloned -various bufixes ***2005-01-26 *** ***version 2.0 beta 1*** -added bool type -class properties can be redefined in a derived class -added ops *= /= and %= -new syntax for class attributes declaration instead of ( and ) -increased the max number of literals per function from 65535 to 16777215 -now free variables have proper lexical scoping -added API sq_createinstance(), sq_pushbool(), sq_getbool() -added built-in function type() -added built-in function obj.rawin(key) in table,class and instance -sq_rawget() and sq_rawset() now work also on classes and instances -the VM no longer uses C++ exception handling (more suitable for embedded devices) -various bufixes ***2004-12-21 *** ***version 2.0 alpha 2*** -globals scoping changed, now if :: is omitted the VM automatically falls back on the root table -various bufixes -added class level attributes ***2004-12-12 *** ***version 2.0 alpha 1*** -codebase branch from version 1.x -added classes -added functions with variable number of parameters(vargc & vargv and the ...) -0 and 0.0 are now considered 'false' by all conditional statements(if,while,for,?,do-while) -added new api functions sq_newclass() sq_setinstanceup() sq_getinstanceup() sq_getattributes() sq_setattributes() -modified api sq_settypetag() ***2004-11-01 *** ***version 1.0 stable*** -fixed some minor bug -improoved operator 'delete' performances -added scientific notation for float numbers( eg. 2.e16 or 2.e-2) ***2004-08-30 *** ***version 1.0 release candidate 2(RC 2)*** -fixed bug in the vm(thx Pierre Renaux) -fixed bug in the optimizer(thx Pierre Renaux) -fixed some bug in the documentation(thx JD) -added new api functions for raw object handling -removed nested multiline comments -reduced memory footprint in C references ***2004-08-23 *** ***version 1.0 release candidate 1(RC 1)*** -fixed division by zero -the 'in' operator and obj.rawget() do not query the default delegate anymore -added function sq_getprintfunc() -added new standard library 'auxlib'(implements default error handlers) ***2004-07-12 *** ***version 1.0 beta 4*** -fixed a bug in the integer.tochar() built-in method -fixed unary minus operator -fixed bug in dofile() -fixed inconsistency between != and == operators(on float/integer comparison) -added javascript style unsigned right shift operator '>>>' -added array(size) constructor built-in function -array.resize(size,[fill]) built-in function accepts an optional 'fill' value -improved debug API, added sq_getclosureinfo() and sq_setnativeclosurename() ***2004-05-23 *** ***version 1.0 beta 3*** -minor vm bug fixes -string allocation is now faster -tables and array memory usage is now less conservative(they shrink) -added regular expression routines in the standard library -The 'c' expression now accepts only 1 character(thx irbrian) -multiline strings <[ ]> have been substituted with C# style verbatim strings (eg. @"string") -added new keyword 'parent' for accessing the delegate of tables and unserdata -The metamethod '_clone' has been renamed '_cloned' -the _delslot metamethod's behaviour and prototype have been changed -new default function in the integer and float object 'tochar()' -the built-in function chcode2string has been removed -the default method [table].getdelegate() has been removed -new api sq_rawdeleteslot() -new table built-in method rawdelete(key) -the dynamic mudule loading has been removed from the standard distribution -some optimizations in the VM ***2004-04-21 *** ***version 1.0 beta 2*** -minor compiler/parser bug fixes -sq_newclosure has a different prototype, the "paramscheck" of paramter has been moved to the new function sq_setparamscheck() -sq_setparamscheck allows to add automatic parameters type checking in native closures -sq_compile() lost the lineinfo parameter -new api sq_enabledebuginfo() globally sets compiler's debug info generation -added consistency check on bytecode serialization -fixed += operator, now works on strings like + -added global slot in the base lib _charsize_ to recognize unicode builds from ascii builds runtime -added registry table -new api call sq_pushregistrytable() -added type tag to the userdata type sq_settypetag() -sq_getuserdata now queries the userdata typetag -the built in function collect_garbage() as been renamed collectgarbage() for consistency reasons -new standard libraries(sqlibs are now obsolete) ***2004-02-20 *** ***version 1.0 beta 1*** -fixed a bug in the compiler (thanks Martin Kofler) -fixed bug in the switch case statement -fixed the _unm metamethod -fixed minor bugs in the API -fixed automatic stack resizing -first beta version first pass code clean up in the VM and base lib first pass code coverege test has been done on VM and built-in lib -new VM creation API sq_open() sq_close() (sq_newvm and sq_releasevm are now obsolete) -new api allows to specifiy a "print" function to output text(sq_printfunc) -added some small optimizations -new cooperative multi-threading capabilities in the base library(coroutines), VMs are now a built in type("thread") -new built in functions have been added for manipulating the new "thread" type -friend virtual machines share the same root table, error handler and debug hook by default -new compile time options ***2004-01-19 *** ***version 0.9 alpha*** -fixed a garbage collection bug -fixed some API bugs(thanks to Joshua Jensen) -fixed tail calls (in the version 0.8 the tail call optimization was erroneously disabled) -new function parameters semantic, now passing a wrong number of parameters generates an exception -native closures have now a built in parameter number checking -sq_rawget and sq_rawset now work also on arrays -sq_getsize now woks also on userdata -the userdata release hook prototype is changed(now passes the size of the userdata) -the lexer reader function now returns an integer instead of a char that allows better error checking on the input(thx Joshua Jensen) -faster compiler -try/catch blocks do not cause any runtime memory allocation anymore ***2003-12-06 *** ***version 0.8 alpha*** -fixed a bug that was preventing to have callable userdata throught the metamethod _call -fixed a garbage collection bug -fixed == operator now can compare correctly different types -new built in method getstackinfos(level) -improoved line informations precision for the debug hook -new api call sq_compilebuffer() -new built-in api function compilestring() -new syntactic sugar for function declarations inside tables -the debug API has been finalized ***2003-11-17 *** ***version 0.7 alpha*** -fixed critical bug SQInteger the tail call system -fixed bug in the continue statement code generation -fixed func call param issue(thanks to Rewoonenco Andrew) -added _delslot metamethod(thanks to Rewoonenco Andrew) -new multiline string expression ( delimited by <[ and ]> ) -normal strings ("") do not allow embedded new line anymore -reduced vm memory footprint(C refs are shared between friend VMs) -new api method sq_deleteslot() -new debug hook event 'r' is triggered when a function returns ***2003-11-04 *** ***version 0.6 alpha*** -fixed switch statement(was executing the default case after a break) -sq_call() doesn't pop the closure (just the params) -the vm execution can be suspended from the C API anytime (micro-threads) -new api calls sq_suspendvm() sq_wakeupvm() sq_getvmstate() and sq_reservestack() ***2003-10-13 *** ***version 0.5 alpha*** -fixed some minor bug -tested with non ASCII identifiers in unicode mode(I've tried chinese chars) -added built-in function string.find() -the built-in function array.sort() optionally accepts a cmp(a,b) function -the debug hook function now has a new prototype debug_hook(event_type,sourcefile,line,functionname) -fixed some debug info imprecision ***2003-10-01 *** ***version 0.4 alpha*** -faster VM -sq_call will pop arguments and closure also in case of failure -fixed a bug in sq_remove -now the VM detects delegation cycles(and throws an exception) -new operators ++ and -- -new operator ',' comma operator -fixed some expression precedence issue -fixed bug in sq_arraypop ***2003-09-15 *** ***version 0.3 alpha*** -fixed a bug in array::insert() -optional Unicode core(define SQUNICODE or _UNICODE on Win32) -sq_compiler uses a new reader function SQLEXREADFUNC -the debug hook passes 'l' instead of 'line' for line callbacks and 'c' instead of 'call' for call callbacks -new array.extend() bulit-in function -new API sq_clone() ***2003-09-10 *** ***version 0.2 pre-alpha*** -new completely reentrant VM (sq_open and sq_close are now obsolete) -sq_newvm() has a new prototype -allocators are now global and linked in the VM -_newslot meta method added -rawset creates a slot if doesn't exists -the compiler error callback pass the vm handle(thanks Pierre Renaux) -sq_setforeignptr() sq_getforeingptr() are now public -sq_resume() now is possible to resume generators from C -sq_getlasterror() retrieve the last thrown error -improved docs ***2003-09-06 *** ***version 0.1 pre-alpha*** first release