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diff --git a/lib/asn1/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/asn1/doc/src/notes.xml index 52d770c9f6..de58aef0e2 100644 --- a/lib/asn1/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/asn1/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2011</year> + <year>2004</year><year>2012</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -31,6 +31,181 @@ <p>This document describes the changes made to the asn1 application.</p> +<section><title>Asn1 1.8.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + ASN.1 decoders generated with the options <c>-bber_bin + +optimize +nif</c> would decode open types with a size + larger than 511 incorrectly. That bug could cause + decoding by <c>public_key</c> to fail. The bug was in the + NIF library <c>asn1_erl_nif.so</c>; therefore there is no + need re-compile ASN.1 specifications that had the + problem.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10805 Aux Id: seq12244 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Encoding SEQUENCEs with multiple extension addition + groups with optional values could fail (depending both on + the specification and whether all values were provided).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10811 Aux Id: OTP-10664 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Asn1 1.8</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Encoding and decoding of integer ranges can now be done + with an upper bound larger than the previous limit of + 16^10. The new upper bound in per encoding and decodings + for constrained whole numbers is 2^2040 (close to 16^508)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10128</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Per encoding/decoding now works correctly for single + value subtyping of an integer type where a subtype is a + predefined value. Previously a predefined value could + cause a non-valid range-check in the generated Erlang + code for per encoding/decoding due to a bug in the + constraint checking.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10139</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix typo error in selected decode function (Thanks to + Artem Teslenko)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10152</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Better error indication when detecting unexpected tags + during decoding of BER encoded data.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10186</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + asn1rt_check: Fix transform_to_EXTERNAL1990 for binary + input (Thanks to Harald Welte)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10233</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add support for multiple ExtensionAdditionGroups</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10058</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add support for extensible enumeration types in n2n + generated functions.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10144</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Asn1 1.7</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Some ASN.1 INTEGER type and SEQUENCE constructor variants + previously not handled by the ASN.1 compiler are now + correctly handled</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9688</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + An INTEGER with a value constraint where unions are used + e.g. X1 ::= INTEGER (1..4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20) is not + handled correctly. For PER the value is encoded in wrong + number of bits.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9946</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Asn1 1.6.19</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The linked-in driver used for ber decode and per encode + has been replaced with nifs. To enable the usage of nifs + pass the nif option to erlc or asn1rt:compile when + compiling. If you previously used the linked-in driver, + you have to recompile your ASN1 modules with the current + version of asn1 application as the linked-in driver + modules have been removed.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9419</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + A few of the heavy calculations which are done for + encoding and decoding operations when dealing with + SEQUENCE OF and DEFAULT in runtime have been moved to be + done in compile time instead.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9440</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + When compiling an ASN.1 ber module with the +nif option, + the module will use a new nif for ber encoding, + increasing performance by about 5%.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9441</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Tuple funs (a two-element tuple with a module name and a + function) are now officially deprecated and will be + removed in R16. Use '<c>fun M:F/A</c>' instead. To make + you aware that your system uses tuple funs, the very + first time a tuple fun is applied, a warning will be sent + to the error logger.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-9649</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Asn1 1.6.18</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |