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diff --git a/whats/cooking/2011/02/18.txt b/whats/cooking/2011/02/18.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a1d58909c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2011/02/18.txt @@ -0,0 +1,284 @@ +From - Fri Feb 18 17:15:08 2011 +Date: Fri Feb 18 17:15:08 2011 +To: erlang patches <[email protected]> +Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2011-02-18) +X-dev-at: b0d6abb72cf32df548703b284b737a4a7c0a9d8a + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Graduated] + +* jp/dependencies_makefile (compiler, erts) (2009-12-14) 1 commit + + Add dependencies Makefile generation to erlc(1) and compile(3) (dd3e666) + +* ks/asn1-dialyzer-fixes (asn1) (2010-11-18) 1 commit + + Shut off some dialyzer warnings (508a6d2) + +* mh/file-fix_spec (kernel) (2011-02-14) 1 commit + + Fix -spec for file:write_file/3 (d26eac5) + +* sf/rsa_pub_key (public_key) (2011-01-18) 1 commit + + Improved support for RSA and DSA public keys (c730d2f) + +* ta/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit + + asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (93face2) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[New topics] + +* ks/hipe-ppc64 (erts, hipe, kernel) (2011-02-10) 8 commits + - Enable HiPE by default when compiling for PPC64 (577a628) + - Translate RTL to PPC code on PPC64 too (6f40a86) + - Changes in ppc files for PPC64 (ea5edef) + - Additions for the PPC64 backend (861cfc9) + - Changes for the PPC64 backend (dbba32b) + - Added loader for ppc64 (60826a5) + - New files for the 64-bit backends (7c53e28) + - Cleanup tags (e34f3a0) + +* ks/prim_file-fixes (erts) (2011-02-05) 3 commits + - New version of the file (ca86ed3) + - Driver names should be strings, not atoms (b8ea40c) + - Cleanup and cosmetic changes (6adc116) + +* ks/typer (typer) (2011-02-10) 21 commits + - Strengthen some specs (e70b5f1) + - Allow for --show_success_typings spelling also (bb66841) + - Add '--show_success_typings' option (8376b29) + - Fix crash in oveloaded contracts with overlapping domains (752b058) + - Fix a type error and do some further cleanup (0ef74b6) + - Type cleanups and simplifications (39bf5ad) + - Cleanup the analysis record (0b1d045) + - Remove typer_annotator.erl and typer.hrl (066368a) + - Remove typer_info.erl file (03aa23f) + - Remove typer_options.erl file (3683f8d) + - Remove typer_preprocess.erl file (f4a8288) + - Delete typer_map.erl file, really this time (3c1e906) +. +. +. + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Cooking] + +* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, hipe, kernel) (2010-03-15) 6 commits + - Avoid crash by skipping compilation_SUITE:on_load/1 (8592a02) + - Inline less aggressively for native-code compilation (e699ad4) + - Crudely fix return type for the lists:key{search,find,member}/3 (2b72202) + - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (2712344) + - Disable native code if on_load is used (e8d0ea4) + - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (e25ef8c) + +This branch contains temporary workarounds to avoid failing test +cases and is never intended to graduate. + +* bsmr/fix-makefile-in-for-xref-mod-app-escript (otp) (2010-12-10) 1 commit + - Fix for Makefile.in invoking xref_mod_app.escript (10d4235) + +* bw/efile_exists (erts) (2010-10-07) 1 commit + - prim_file:exists/{1,2} which is lightweight file existence check (7203932) + +* bw/tv-render-fix (tv) (2010-10-06) 1 commit + - tv: Allow table viewer to display refs, ports and small binaries (5eff630) + +* cg/fix-prng (stdlib) (2010-10-06) 1 commit + - Fix a bug in the implementation of the pseudo-random number generator (863ec4d) + +* cr/httpc-docs (inets, kernel) (2010-12-15) 1 commit + - inets/httpc: Polish documentation (e6180a6) + +* dk/agent-capabilities (snmp) (2010-12-01) 1 commit + - AGENT-CAPABILITIES handling added to SNMP mib compiler (17c3b19) + +* fd/httpc-man-page-fixes (inets) (2010-12-16) 1 commit + - Grammar and typo fixes for the httpc module documentation (778a608) + +* fd/supervisor-delete-child-spec-on-child-termination (stdlib) (2011-01-19) 1 commit + - Added supervisor:start_child/3 (bdf27ab) + +* fd/unix-efile-readdir-fix (erts) (2010-12-15) 1 commit + - Fix call to strncat, 3rd arg should be of type size_t and not a pointer (78cfdaf) + +* fm/dict-man-page (stdlib) (2010-12-13) 2 commits + - Fixes to the orddict module documentation (18777e8) + - Fixes to the dict module documentation (c537777) + +* fm/httpc-upload-body-streaming (inets) (2010-12-01) 1 commit + - httpc: added support for streaming the body of an upload request (PUT or POST). Examples: (6ec259d) + +* fm/posix-fallocate (erts, kernel) (2011-01-10) 2 commits + - Fix build on Solaris (38a922d) + - Added file:allocate/2 (9870d9b) + +* gc/gen-format-status-improvements (stdlib) (2010-06-12) 1 commit + - Fix format_status bug for unregistered gen_event processes (95ed86f) + +* gl/erts-doterlang-docs (erts) (2010-12-19) 1 commit + - Add back documentation on .erlang processing. (a80ace9) + +* gl/gen_server-doc (erts, otp, xmerl) (2011-01-29) 6 commits + - Update Handling Other Messages section in gen_server, gen_fsm, gen_events overviews (c1a9537) + - Support more top-level primary expressions (0f19985) + - Set `vsn` field in `#xmlDecl` record (29017b4) + - Track parents in `#xmlPI` nodes (b265acb) + - Fix namespace-conformance constraints (7452055) + - Add back documentation on .erlang processing. (0db8fad) + +* hw/call-chmod-without-f (asn1, common_test, compiler, cosFileTransfer, crypto, debugger, docbuilder, edoc, erl_interface, erts, et, inets, inviso, kernel, megaco, mnesia, orber, parsetools, percept, public_key, reltool, runtime_tools, snmp, ssl, stdlib, syntax_tools, test_server, tools) (2010-11-15) 1 commit + - Call chmod without the "-f" flag (7ed11a8) + +* hw/epmd-bind-to-address (erts) (2010-11-10) 1 commit + - Allow user to specify the IP address epmd binds to (bcf3b3d) + +* hw/erl-clarify-detached-doc (erts) (2011-01-24) 1 commit + - Mention that "-detached" implies "-noinput" (98e954d) + +* hw/fix-epmd-perror (erts) (2010-11-13) 1 commit + - Fix epmd's dbg_perror() output (b363d7d) + +* ih/calendar-iso-8601-erl (stdlib) (2010-12-14) 1 commit + - Add ISO week number calculation functions to the calendar module in stdlib (d82b0eb) + +* ja/cocci-useless-cast (erts) (2011-02-01) 1 commit + - Remove useless casts from the emulator (4163493) + +* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit + - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd) + +* jn/gen_stream (stdlib) (2011-01-31) 1 commit + - Add gen_stream behaviour (a2423e4) + - Add new gen_stream behaviour for efficiently consuming serial streams (65f3db8) + +* km/pool_connect-to-running-nodes (stdlib) (2010-09-02) 1 commit + - Change pool module to attempt to attach to nodes that are already running (a9f4cbc) + +* ks/code-spec-fixes (hipe, kernel) (2011-01-30) 1 commit + - Sanitize the specs of the code module (2697ce8) + +* ks/dialyzer-fullpath (dialyzer) (2011-01-20) 1 commit + - Add a --fullpath option to Dialyzer (b4c3711) + +* ks/hipe-icode-range-fix (hipe) (2011-02-02) 3 commits + - Cleanup specs (cc526d2) + - Fix bug in the simplification of inexact comparisons (6c9a53e) + - Various cleanups and cosmetic changes (b397a5b) + +* ks/reltool-spec-fixes (reltool) (2011-01-12) 1 commit + - Fix two erroneous specs of reltool.erl (96c81d6) + +* mk/net-kernel-epmd-return-list (kernel) (2010-12-10) 1 commit + - Fix list returned by net_kernel:epmd_module (169d7e4) + +* ms/ei-buffer-overflow-when-decoding-atoms (erl_interface) (2011-01-23) 1 commit + - ei: buffer overflow when decoding atoms (caba1ef) + +* ms/ei-fix-buffer-overflows (erl_interface) (2011-01-23) 1 commit + - erl_interface: fix buffer overflows (ce7fa36) + +* ms/epmd-local-access-check (erts) (2010-11-24) 1 commit + - epmd: include host address in local access check (5b68030) + +* ms/file-fix-hang-reading-compressed-files (erts, kernel) (2011-01-30) 1 commit + - file: fix hang reading compressed files (292ecd0) + +* nox/xmerl-namespace-axis (xmerl) (2010-12-07) 12 commits + - Implement namespace axis (27d791f) + - Add `#xmlPI` support to xmerl_xpath:write_node/1 (75e67f5) + - Fix processing-instruction(name?) (f05e78b) + - Fix path filters (610df56) + - Support more top-level primary expressions (770d6d9) + - Accumulate comments in element nodes (e5b6b3a) + - Add `default_attrs` option (18584c5) + - Allow whole documents to be returned (aef3dea) + - Track parents and namespace in `#xmlAttribute` nodes (dc9b220) + - Track parents in `#xmlPI` nodes (5095331) + - Set `vsn` field in `#xmlDecl` record (d712331) + - Fix namespace-conformance constraints (e062270) + +* pg/des-cfb-functions (crypto) (2010-10-16) 1 commit + - Add DES and Triple DES cipher feedback (CFB) mode functions (2c79ae7) + +* pg/fix-hibernate-with-hipe (erts, otp) (2010-09-27) 1 commit + - Fix several bugs related to hibernate/3 and HiPE (ce00ecb) + + . Fix several bugs related to hibernate/3 and HiPE (babd761) + +* pg/hipe-remove-constants-pool (erts) (2011-01-29) 1 commit + - Remove hipe constants pool (0c16b09) + +* pg/honor-start-type-in-rel-files (sasl) (2010-06-06) 1 commit + - Honor start type in .rel files when building relup files (7599900) + +* sa/callback-attr (compiler, inets, kernel, otp, stdlib) (2010-06-08) 7 commits + - Add callback specs into 'application' module in kernel (85ae9d7) + - Add callback specs to tftp module following internet documentation (019e6d1) + - Add callback specs to inets_service module following possibly deprecated comments (575c7af) + - Add '-callback' attributes in stdlib's behaviours (a9da5cc) + - Update primary bootstrap (d5d255b) + - Automatically generate 'behaviour_info' function from '-callback' attributes (1155c86) + - Add '-callback' attribute to language syntax (1a1cc4b) + +* sa/dialyzer-fix-guards (dialyzer) (2011-01-14) 3 commits + - Fix warnings about guards containing not (271ee93) + - Fix errors in the handling of 'and'/'or' guards (02e0f98) + - Cosmetic changes (326ec4e) + +* sa/float_to_list_2 (erts, stdlib) (2011-01-20) 3 commits + + - Added float_to_list/2 that allows to specify formatting options (343bf6b) + - Added float_to_list/2 that allows to specify formatting options (ee5a309) + - Added float_to_list/2 that allows to specify formatting options. (aa206ba) + +* sb/make-files-like-erlc (tools) (2010-05-18) 1 commit + - Change make:files to behave more like erlc (5e9d051) + +* sg/fix-diskless-booted-relup (sasl) (2010-09-19) 1 commit + - Remove traces of release_handler reading from filesystem when it has Masters list (54cb5df) + +* ta/binary-part-typo (stdlib) (2011-01-22) 1 commit + - Fix typo in binary:part/2 example (98f51f2) + +* ta/driver-entry-typos (erts) (2010-12-26) 1 commit + - Fix a couple typos in driver_entry(3) (68aed1c) + +* ta/efficiencyguide-typos (otp) (2011-01-27) 1 commit + - Fix typos in efficiency guide (5d62504) + +* ta/epmd-typo (erts) (2011-01-09) 1 commit + - Fix typo in epmd help (ce956a8) + +* ta/erlsrv-typos (erts) (2010-12-14) 1 commit + - Fix two typos in erlsrv log messages (31b82e8) + +* ta/erts-doc (erts) (2011-02-01) 1 commit + - erts: Fix doc typos, duplication and readability (04e81b8) + +* ta/httpc-typo (inets) (2011-01-09) 1 commit + - Fix typo in httpc documentation (e331e0d) + +* ta/sendfile (erts, kernel) (2011-01-13) 1 commit + - Implement file:sendfile (c0663cf) + +* ts/cover-with-export_all (tools) (2010-09-23) 1 commit + - add user specified compiler options on form reloading (eb02beb) + +* tv/edoc-loop-fix (edoc) (2011-02-01) 1 commit + - Fix infinite loop for malformed edoc input (6ac05e5) + +* uw/mnesia-majority (mnesia) (2011-01-30) 8 commits + - Add documentation text about majority checking (f5b8427) + - add mnesia_majority_test suite (9c2f765) + - where_to_wlock optimization + change_table_majority/2 (a535b6c) + - bug in mnesia_tm:needs_majority/2 (eb81e20) + - optimize sticky_lock maj. check (5b304d4) + - check majority for sticky locks (ae9e1fa) + - Write locks now check majority when needed. (6f02d2e) + - Add {majority, boolean()} per-table option. (c3241c0) + +* vb/shell (erts, kernel, stdlib) (2011-01-21) 6 commits + - Add expandfmt_fun option for io:setopts (f139eab) + - Correct JCL's help indentation (95672fa) + - Handle JCL's "r" command error when no pool started (ba4b196) + - Fix tab expansion in remote shell (e2077cb) + - edlin_expand: fix matches formatting (838b84a) + - Take into account arity len when calculating field's width (ff28c52) + |