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</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Erl_interface application.</p>
+<section><title>Erl_Interface 3.7.3</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Some malformed distribution messages could cause VM to
+ crash, this is now corrected.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8993</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Strengthen string copy check (Thanks to Michael Santos).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9071</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Strengthen atom length check when decoding atoms (Thanks
+ to Michael Santos).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9072</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>Fix global registration. C node needed
+ DFLAG_DIST_MONITOR_FLAT set when connecting. Fix list
+ compare in erl_compare_ext to return correct result.
+ (Thanks to Vitaliy Batichko and Evgeny Khirin)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9015</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Erl_Interface 3.7.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ erl_call: remove get_hostent</p>
+ <p>
+ get_hostent does not properly handle IPv4 addresses on
+ little endian platforms and fails with hostnames
+ beginning with a number. Remove get_hostent and use
+ ei_gethostbyname directly since gethostbyname supports
+ IPv4 addresses.</p>
+ <p>
+ (Thanks to Michael Santos)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8890</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> teach ei_x_format to handle unary - and + (Thanks to
+ Steve Vinoski)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8891</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Fix zero byte allocation in registry. (Thanks to
+ Michael Santos)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8893</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> Check the length of the node name to prevent an
+ overflow. Memory error control of ei_alloc_big. (Thanks
+ to Michael Santos) </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8943</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ erl_term_len() in erl_interface could returned too large
+ values for integers (since R14B) and too small values for
+ refs (since R9B).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8945</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Erl_Interface 3.7.1.1</title>
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ The <c>erl_interface</c> tracelevel for erlang messages was incorrect. This has now been fixed.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8874</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
<section><title>Erl_Interface 3.7.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>