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diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml index 14aec4a4d9..848da9cb23 100644 --- a/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/erl_interface/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,45 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Erl_interface application.</p> +<section><title>Erl_Interface 3.7</title> + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>compact IEEE 754 double encoding in external binary + format for ei</p> <list><item><p>Implement the compact + IEEE 754 double encoding in external binary format for + ei. Encoding for ei now always produces the NEW_FLOAT_EXT + format. Decoding and term printing handle both the old + ERL_FLOAT_EXT encoding and the new NEW_FLOAT_EXT + encoding. </p></item> <item><p>Legacy erl_interface code + also handles the new encoding, but still produces the + ERL_FLOAT_EXT encoding by default.</p></item> + <item><p>Also enable the DFLAG_NEW_FLOATS distribution + flag.</p></item> <item><p>ei_get_type() will return + ERL_FLOAT_EXT regardless if the external format is + encoded with ERL_FLOAT_EXT or NEW_FLOAT_EXT for + doubles.</p></item> <item><p>Reduce the number of copies + of the code for encoding and decoding doubles throughout + ei and erl_interface by instead calling the ei encoding + and decoding functions wherever possible.</p></item> + <item><p>Restore commented-out float tests in + ei_decode_SUITE and ei_encode_SUITE in + lib/erl_interface/test. Modify them to make them match + the style of other tests in the same suites.</p></item> + </list> <p>These changes are based on an ei float patch + from Serge Aleynikov originally submitted against R12B-2 + in July 2008 and reworked by Steve Vinoski May 2010.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8684</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erl_Interface 3.6.5</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> |