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+From - Mon May  3 06:21:59 2010
+From: [email protected]
+Date: Mon May  3 06:21:59 2010
+To: erlang patches <[email protected]>
+Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2010-05-03)
+X-dev-at: 3a68c36ca7aed71d643ea29460e36fec7e56817d
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Graduated]
+
+* bg/compiler-fmove-opt (compiler) (2010-04-19) 1 commit
+ + beam_type: Improve coalescing of fmove/2 and move/2 instructions (e965d90)
+
+* bg/compiler-suppress-result-ignored (compiler) (2010-04-15) 2 commits
+ + compiler tests: Eliminate "result of expression is ignored" warnings (feed8f6)
+ + Silence warnings for expressions that are assigned to "_" (c34ad2d)
+
+* bg/deprecations (compiler, crypto, stdlib) (2010-04-08) 3 commits
+ + test suites: Remove incidental use of deprecated concat_binary/1 (1403571)
+ + Postpone removal of concat_binary/1 (ca2b31a)
+ + Remove deprecated lists:flat_length/1 (0c2be22)
+
+* bg/fconv (erts) (2010-04-07) 1 commit
+ + erts: Fix loading of modules with invalid floating point arithmetic (fd9bb9f)
+
+* bg/remove-stray-ose-support (erl_interface, erts, kernel, otp, test_server) (2010-04-13) 11 commits
+ + configure: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (e5c6b79)
+ + Makefiles: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (b45b616)
+ + kernel tests: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (1f75cca)
+ + system tests: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (f2ad245)
+ + erl_interface tests: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (d96633f)
+ + epmd: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (b24e936)
+ + epmd: #ifdef out start_epmd() for other platforms than VxWorks (c42ea6a)
+ + emulator tests: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (545fb03)
+ + emulator: Remove stray OSE/Delta support (c67be14)
+ + emulator: Eliminate #ifdef for sys_tty_reset() (8ebf6ff)
+ + test_server: Remove stray support for OSE/Delta (ccc1851)
+
+* hawk/reltool (reltool) (2010-04-22) 10 commits
+ + Make some cleanups (e57e7f3)
+ + Ensure that {error, Reason} is returned even when server dies (2f304e2)
+ + Introduced a new embedded_app_type option (21db0d0)
+ + Removed spurious CDATA in documentation (bc5807d)
+ + Automatically include applications that must be started (534f334)
+ + Add app test SUITE (5217fb3)
+ + Add app and appup files to reltool (6512dbb)
+ + Add function to return status about the configuration (512b1a2)
+ + Improved handling of applications explicitly included releases (2846d03)
+ + Created escript for simplified usage from makefiles (067785d)
+
+* jb/inet6-dist (erts, kernel) (2010-03-23) 3 commits
+ + Support IPv6 addresses in long host names (89a8944)
+ + Fix implementation of IPv6 TCP distribution protocol (3c1f843)
+ + Fix compilation of epmd with IPv6 enabled (b39b8b7)
+
+* ks/kernel (kernel) (2010-03-07) 1 commit
+ + kernel: Clean up as suggested by tidier (75ea6a3)
+
+* ks/stdlib (stdlib) (2010-04-10) 4 commits
+ + erl_parse.yrl: Add missing operator in type declaration (d1e8737)
+ + stdlib: Add types and specs (0ca1793)
+ + stdlib: Use fun object instead of {M,F} tuple (19babf5)
+ + ets: Cleanup as suggested by tidier (95c2c8f)
+
+* ms/pcre-compile-workspace-overrun (erts, stdlib) (2010-03-19) 3 commits
+ + re_SUITE: Add pcre_compile_workspace_overflow/1 (f437187)
+ + MacOS X: Boost default stack size (1985e9d)
+ + Fix check for compile workspace overflow (dfc73e7)
+
+* ms/re_infinite_loop (erts, stdlib) (2010-04-20) 2 commits
+ + Add testcase for infinite loop problem caused by reset of match_call_count (e746278)
+ + re: Fix non-termination for a certain regular expression (78a4800)
+
+* ta/asn1-gratuitous-output (asn1) (2010-04-10) 1 commit
+ + Remove gratuitous ok report in asn1ct (1eb1f13)
+
+* ta/code_clash-filter-error (kernel) (2010-04-16) 1 commit
+ + code:clash/0: match correct return value from erl_prim_loader:list_dir/1 (7cca106)
+
+* ta/nested-records (compiler, otp, stdlib) (2010-04-20) 2 commits
+ + Document R14 paren-less record access/update (45c380d)
+ + Support nested record field access without parentheses (3829e5f)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[New topics]
+
+* bg/compiler-cover-and-clean (compiler, erts, hipe) (2010-05-02) 15 commits
+ - beam_type: Remove redundant clause (8ac5aa2)
+ - v3_core: Remove a clause in is_simple/1 that cannot match (2daa79c)
+ - v3_core: Remove unused support for generating compilation errors (5e13de6)
+ - Remove stray support for the put_literal/2 instruction (390191d)
+ - Remove stray support for the bs_bits_to_bytes2/2 instruction (6a6c0fb)
+ - Remove the bs_bits_to_bytes/3 instruction (d749255)
+ - Cover handling of 'math' BIFs (e6db03c)
+ - beam_bool: Remove a clause in live_regs/1 that cannot match (9665783)
+ - beam_bool: Cover handling of bs_context_to_binary in initialized_regs/2 (afdc806)
+ - beam_bool: Remove a clause in initialized_regs/2 that cannot match (ba7a15b)
+ - beam_block: Remove a clause that will never be executed (2052597)
+ - erts: Stop supporting non-literal empty tuples (ea82132)
+.
+.
+.
+
+* bg/opt-receive (compiler, erts, stdlib) (2010-04-23) 9 commits
+ - Test that gen_server:call/2,3 is fast even with a huge message queue (ef22e2d)
+ - erts: Add tests for the receive optimization (0bee0d9)
+ - erts: Implement recv_mark/1 and recv_set/1 for real (dd4a36b)
+ - compiler tests: Cover the error handling code in beam_receive (70c1b5a)
+ - compiler test: Test optimization of receive statements (9605102)
+ - Optimize selective receives in the presence of a large message queue (c8fd0ca)
+ - Introduce the new recv_mark/1 and recv_mark/1 instructions (17f10cf)
+ - Move p_run/2 to test_lib (7a6e5c6)
+ - gen: Inline wait_resp_mon/2 to help the compiler optimize (8f9d592)
+
+* fm/file-operations (erts, kernel) (2010-04-26) 3 commits
+ - Update preloaded modules (837dacd)
+ - Add file:advise/4 - a wrapper to the POSIX syscall posix_fadvise (32dd8bb)
+ - Add file:datasync/1 for syncing file contents only (af494d3)
+
+* jr/cover-src-path (tools) (2010-04-23) 1 commit
+ - Fix searching for source files in analyse_to_file/* (b9d5068)
+
+* ms/file-exclusive-mode (erts, kernel) (2010-04-30) 1 commit
+ - Support opening files in exclusive mode (5d1253d)
+
+* pl/fix-shared-lib-install (asn1, megaco, wx) (2010-04-15) 1 commit
+ - Fix shared libraries installation (7809f92)
+
+* se/spawn_drv_win_deadlock (erts) (2010-04-28) 1 commit
+ - Fix deadlock in spawn driver on windows (2f81231)
+
+* sv/env-with-equal-sign (erts) (2010-04-21) 1 commit
+ - allow open_port to set env vars containing a trailing '=' character (ab12d39)
+
+* ta/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit
+ - asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (d53796c)
+
+* ta/extend-nif-api (erts) (2010-04-30) 1 commit
+ - erl_nif: add get_atom_length,get_list_length,get_iolist_length,is_tuple (83a1666)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Stalled]
+
+* bg/safer-local_to_univ (erts) (2010-02-11) 1 commit
+ - erl_time_sup.c: test for error return from mktime() (0f62f0b)
+
+We will not include this branch in R13B04 for two reasons:
+
+  o We are not 100% sure that this change is harmless on all
+    platforms in all timezones.
+  o We have an idea how the underlying problem can be fixed in
+    the calendar module (only) and I plan to try it out after the
+    release. We will keep this branch in pu as a reminder.
+
+Action expected from: Björn Gustavsson
+
+* db/tv_nthtail_fix (tv) (2009-12-01) 1 commit
+ - Fix for tv which restarts while trying to open a table (abe0759)
+
+Since our long-term goal is to migrate from gs towards wx,
+maintaining the old gs applications has a low priority for
+the Erlang/OTP team. Therefore, we will accept patches that
+seem sound, but we are unlikely to spend much of our own time
+fixing bugs.
+
+The author of this topic branch has found the real reason for
+the problem, but uncovered additional issues.
+
+Action expected from: The topic author - to decide whether to
+include the topic branch (which is a workaround, but does eliminate
+the crash) or to wait for a better fix from himself or someone else
+with an interest to advance the topic.
+
+* er/ei-decode_msg (erl_interface) (2010-03-11) 1 commit
+ - Add function to decode distribution header (864091a)
+
+Needs documentation and test cases.
+
+Action expected from: Topic author
+
+* jp/dependencies_makefile (compiler, erts) (2010-02-14) 3 commits
+ - squash! eliminate dialyzer warning (434e2ca)
+ - squash! fix snprintf for Windows (bf2708d)
+ - Add dependencies Makefile generation to erlc(1) and compile(3) (7cbc437)
+
+Approved in principle by the OTP Technical Board; now awaits a closer
+review of the implementation.
+
+Action expected from: Björn Gustavsson (the reviewer)
+
+* kr/gs-browser (gs) (2010-02-10) 1 commit
+ - Change lib/gs/src/tool_utils.erl to select multiple browsers other than Netscape (802d159)
+
+This topic branch introduces a new call to the deprecated regexp module.
+
+Action expected from: Topic author or anyone else with an interest to
+advance the topic
+
+------------------------------------------------------------
+[Cooking]
+
+* am/kernel-stops (kernel) (2010-02-21) 1 commit
+ - Change restart behavior of network apps from permanent to transient (397343b)
+
+* am/net_kernel_catchall (kernel) (2010-02-20) 1 commit
+ - Add catch all handle_call to net_kernel (77ee109)
+
+* bg/compiler (compiler, stdlib) (2010-03-12) 5 commits
+ - beam_peep: Remove optimization already done by beam_dead (8adc56b)
+ - beam_dead: Combine is_eq_exact instructions into select_val instructions (3626739)
+ - Evaluate is_record/3 at compile-time using type information (07ceb97)
+ - Evaluate element/2 at compile-time using type information (4bbe919)
+ - erl_expand_records: Replace is_record() with matching (dce204e)
+
+* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, hipe, kernel) (2010-03-15) 6 commits
+ - Avoid crash by skipping compilation_SUITE:on_load/1 (234e13e)
+ - Inline less aggressively for native-code compilation (9fcb48b)
+ - Crudely fix return type for the lists:key{search,find,member}/3 (ef71597)
+ - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (2a81b1a)
+ - Disable native code if on_load is used (3befa76)
+ - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (97aa2da)
+
+This branch contains temporary workarounds to avoid failing test
+cases and is never intended to graduate.
+
+* cf/timer_tc (stdlib) (2010-04-06) 1 commit
+ - Add timer:tc/2 to measure the elapsed time of anonymous functions (2cca650)
+
+* dp/shell-line-editing (kernel, stdlib) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
+ - Readline-style line edit history (91e912b)
+
+* gl/jinterface-pom (jinterface, otp) (2010-02-15) 2 commits
+ - Exclude jinterface build artifact from git (5acf5fa)
+ - Add pom.xml for jinterface build (aa68190)
+
+* hb/edoc (edoc) (2010-04-01) 1 commit
+ - EDoc and Dialyzer specs and types (516e16c)
+
+* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit
+ - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd)
+
+* jl/windows-file-share-delete (erts) (2010-02-22) 1 commit
+ - Windows: Open files with FILE_SHARE_DELETE to get closer to UNIX semantics (0544a2c)
+
+* jn/ic-docs-without-java (ic) (2010-03-07) 1 commit
+ - Permit building and installing documentation without Java (2016a08)
+
+* ks/cleanups (compiler, debugger, docbuilder, gs, stdlib) (2010-04-10) 5 commits
+ - compiler: Fix incorrect types and specs (9021667)
+ - escript: Add more types to records (edfbc4b)
+ - debugger: Clean up as suggested by tidier (42c0c33)
+ - docbuilder: Clean up as suggested by tidier (c22830a)
+ - gs: Clean up as suggested by tidier (eda4f7a)
+
+Was formerly called ks/cleanups-after-r13b04.
+
+* ks/export_type (compiler, dialyzer, hipe, kernel, stdlib, syntax_tools) (2010-03-22) 12 commits
+ - Minor fix in a print message (69ed36b)
+ - Add handling of unknown types (58a099f)
+ - Add declaration for exported types (6aa213f)
+ - Add types and specs; performed some cleanups also (8160670)
+ - erl_scan: Add declarations for exported types (8e49dce)
+ - stdlib: Add declarations for exported types (299b6b7)
+ - hipe: Add declarations for exported types (f22087c)
+ - compiler: Add declarations for exported types (50fd2d0)
+ - syntax_tools: Add declarations for exported types (552bf5f)
+ - kernel: Add declaration for exported types (ebfad2e)
+ - Support -export_type() in dialyzer and erl_types (dafb1e6)
+ - Add infrastructure for the -export_type() attribute (0085c95)
+
+* mh/ssh_channel-init-no-catch (ssh) (2010-01-25) 1 commit
+ - Remove pointless catch from ssh_channel:init/1. (bb7eaa5)
+
+* ms/epmd-error-checking (erts) (2010-03-29) 2 commits
+ - fixup! Exit if an error occurs with the listening socket (c103599)
+ - Exit if an error occurs with the listening socket (a4882b4)
+
+* ms/inet_gethost-safe-debug-output (erts) (2010-04-12) 1 commit
+ - Truncate debug messages (c4c2067)
+
+* ra/include-public_key-in-ssh (ssh) (2010-01-20) 1 commit
+ - Added public_key among ssh applications. (3a0c2c5)
+
+* rd/erlang-eunit (tools) (2010-03-22) 1 commit
+ - erlang-eunit.el: Require cl, as it is used (43ae537)
+
+* sv/format_status_error_info (stdlib) (2010-02-28) 2 commits
+ - Add support for the format_status callback to gen_event (fd9abcb)
+ - Extend format_status for gen_server/gen_fsm termination error logging (3d06952)
+
+* sv/sasl-fix-get_status (sasl) (2010-03-26) 1 commit
+ - fix sys:get_status backward compatibility for sasl release_handler_1 (3cc2ceb)
+