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diff --git a/lib/ic/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/ic/doc/src/notes.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c4314d8cc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/ic/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,444 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>1998</year><year>2009</year> + <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, + Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in + compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the + Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be + retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + + Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" + basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See + the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations + under the License. + + </legalnotice> + + <title>IDL Compiler Release Notes</title> + <prepared></prepared> + <docno></docno> + <checked></checked> + <date>2004-04-06</date> + <rev>AC</rev> + <file>notes.xml</file> + </header> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.23</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p> + The documentation is now built with open source tools (xsltproc and fop) + that exists on most platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-8201 Aux Id:</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.22</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The 64-bit version of libic was not compiled with the -fPIC flag.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-8088</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.21</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The function print_erlang_binary (oe_ei_code_erlang_binary.c) + updated to avoid compiler warning.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7982</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.20</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Updated file headers.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7837</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.19</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Documentation source included in open source releases.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7595</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.18</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Insufficient buffer allocated when passing wide strings + using the C backend on a 64-bit architecture.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-7313 Aux Id:</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.17</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Updated file headers.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7011</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>IC no longer use the obsolete function file:rawopen/2.</p> + <p>Own id: OTP-7182</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.16</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Added links to classes inherited from Jinterface in the + User's Guide.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6965 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.15</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>If an inherited function name begun with a capital letter + the generated stub/skeleton oe_tc/1 function was incorrect.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6855 Aux Id:</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.14</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The documentation source has been converted from SGML to XML.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6754 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.13</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Minor Makefile changes.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-6701 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.12</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Dead code was deleted from the following modules: + ic_cclient, ic_code, ic_cserver, ic_erlbe, ic_java_type, + ic_noc, ic_plainbe, ic_pp, ic_pragma, icscan, icstruct, + ictype, icunion.</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.11</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Changed code generation to avoid warnings such as unused + variables.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5930 Aux Id: </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.10</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The FD_SETSIZE limit has been increased to 2048 for + VxWorks/PPC603.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5395 Aux Id: seq9751</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.9</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>In C back-ends, the compiler crashed when generating C code + for error reports when a scoped name was used as a type + in a union.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5375 Aux Id: seq9740 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.8</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>In C back-ends, when decoding a sequence of "small" + integers, which from Erlang is sent as a string (i.e. + each element between 0 and 255), each string element was + considered to be of signed character type. Each such + element is now correctly treated as an unsigned character + type.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5205 Aux Id: seq9241 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.7</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>A new compiler option <c>c_report</c> has been introduced + for C back-ends (client and server). If that option is + set, encoding/decoding errors will be reported to + <c>stderr</c>.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4977</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.6</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The size of modules, used then registering data in the + IFR DB (e.g., oe_MyModule:oe_register()), can be minimized + if the compile option light_ifr is used and Orber is + configured to use Light IFR. Requires that orber-3.5.1, or + later, is used.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5036</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Incompatibilities</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The compile option <c>multiple_be</c> is no longer supported.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-5049</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.5</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>Send and receive functions with timeouts have been added + to the C back-ends for the standard protocol (i.e. Erlang + distribution + gen_server protocol).</p> + <p>Accordingly a new compiler option <c>{c_timeout, {SendTimeout, RecvTimeout}}</c> has been added. Timeouts + are specified in milliseconds.</p> + <p>A user that want to implement its own protocols with + function timeouts has to implement the following functions.</p> + <p>For C clients the functions <c>int PFX_send_notification(CORBA_Environment *env, unsigned int send_ms)</c>, and <c>int PFX_send_request_and_receive_reply(CORBA_Environment *env, unsigned int send_ms, unsigned int recv_ms)</c> + have to be additionally implemented, where PFX is the + user defined prefix.</p> + <p>For C servers no additional functions have to be + implemented, but a clone of the <c>int oe_server_receive_tmo(CORBA_Environment *env, oe_map_t *map, unsigned int send_ms, unsigned int recv_ms)</c> + might be handy.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4972</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.4</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and new features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The C back-ends has been opened up, so that a user can + define his own protocol, differing from the Erlang + distribution + gen_server protocol. <br></br> + + For C clients it means to replace the library functions + <c>int oe_prepare_notification_encoding(CORBA_Environment *env)</c>, <c>int oe_send_notification(CORBA_Environment *env)</c>, <c>int oe_prepare_request_encoding(CORBA_Environment *env)</c>, + <c>int oe_send_request_and_receive_reply(CORBA_Environment *env)</c>, and <c>int oe_prepare_reply_decoding(CORBA_Environment *env)</c>, + with functions of the same signature, but with the prefix + "oe" replaced by a user defined prefix. + For C servers the functions <c>int oe_prepare_request_decoding(CORBA_Environment *env)</c>, + and <c>int oe_prepare_reply_encoding(CORBA_Environment *env)</c>, are similarly replaced. <br></br> + + The new compiler option <c>{user_protocol, Prefix}</c> has + been added.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4834</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.3</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>In generated code for the C server back-end, the naming scope + was in error for prototypes in C header files for interfaces + inheriting base interfaces.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4881</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>IDL long long and unsigned long long could not + be used in a struct for the Java backend.</p> + <p>All unsigned integer types for the Java backend + had broken marshalling for large values.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4763</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2.1</title> + + <section> + <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>A scoping problem (IC could not find typedefs contained + inherited interfaces) in the C-backend solved.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4758</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section> + <title>IC 4.2</title> + + <section> + <title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item> + <p>The CORBA stub/skeleton-files generated by IC have been improved, + i.e., depending on the IDL-files, reduced the size of the + erl- and beam-files and decreased dependencies off Orber's + Interface Repository. It is necessary to re-compile all IDL-files + and use COS-applications, including Orber, compiled with + IC-4.2.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-4576</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> +</chapter> + |