From 44238b718d085e19c615ec03341e3da3c9ef5ccb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raimo Niskanen Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:15:03 +0200 Subject: Add What's cooking in erlang/otp (2010-05-28) --- whats/cooking/2010/05/28.txt | 323 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 323 insertions(+) create mode 100644 whats/cooking/2010/05/28.txt (limited to 'whats/cooking/2010') diff --git a/whats/cooking/2010/05/28.txt b/whats/cooking/2010/05/28.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..af471387fd --- /dev/null +++ b/whats/cooking/2010/05/28.txt @@ -0,0 +1,323 @@ +From - Fri May 28 10:15:00 2010 +Date: Fri May 28 10:15:00 2010 +To: erlang patches +Subject: What's cooking in erlang/otp (2010-05-28) +X-dev-at: 56f23b4aca7c8bfcceeb0095536926ddb1a8102c + +R14A is planned to be released on June 16. Our internal +feature freeze is June 2, and for any submission to be included +in the release it must by then have been running in the 'pu' +branch for a few days, without problems. You do the math. +(Hint: a submission on May 31 will _not_ make it) + +And, of course we must have time to think about if we like +the submission or not. + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Graduated] + +* bg/wx_objects (wx) (2010-05-10) 1 commit + + wx_objects: Fix calls to unexported gen_server:print_event/3 (89266f2) + +* cb/emacs-eunit-run-current-test (tools) (2010-04-23) 1 commit + + Add Emacs EUnit utility feature: run current test function. (e946a61) + +* fm/file-operations (erts, kernel) (2010-05-19) 4 commits + + Update preloaded modules (329aff8) + + Add file:advise/4 - a wrapper to the POSIX syscall posix_fadvise (21a67b7) + + Add file:datasync/1 for syncing file contents only (3f53a96) + + sys.h: Correct the get_int64() macro (80b231a) + +* ks/cleanup-leex (parsetools) (2010-02-13) 1 commit + + leex: Clean up as suggested by tidier (30d4585) + +* mh/erlang-mode-imenu-arity (tools) (2010-05-20) 1 commit + + Let imenu distinguish functions by arity (85d5b73) + +* mh/erlang-mode-map-init (tools) (2010-05-20) 1 commit + + Set erlang-mode-map when loading erlang.el (b3787b0) + +* mh/escript-erlang-mode (tools) (2010-05-18) 1 commit + + Associate files using interpreter "escript" with Erlang mode (9480662) + +* mh/fix-record-indentation (tools) (2010-05-18) 1 commit + + Fix indentation of records with line breaks inside lists (1f32cb4) + +* mh/inferior-erlang-cmd-uniq (tools) (2010-05-18) 1 commit + + inferior-erlang: specify command to run, uniquify buffer names (2c1dca7) + +* se/spawn_drv_win_deadlock (erts) (2010-04-28) 1 commit + + Fix deadlock in spawn driver on windows (cb42b3d) + +* sv/format_status-name-handling (stdlib, wx) (2010-05-09) 1 commit + + handle {global, term()} names in format_status/2 (dab11bf) + +* sv/socket-error-portability (erts) (2010-05-19) 2 commits + + inet_drv.c: Remove red herring (48d3eec) + + use macro to portably test for socket system call errors (a75105b) + +* ta/extend-nif-api (erts) (2010-05-07) 3 commits + + erl_nif: add make_atom_len, make_existing_atom_len and make_string_len (dc47b56) + + erl_nif: add enif_get_atom_length and enif_get_list_length (8c8663f) + + erl_nif: add enif_is_list and enif_is_tuple (08d67b9) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[New topics] + +* bg/bif-types (erts, hipe) (2010-05-26) 5 commits + - Add type info for erlang:append/2 and erlang:subtract/2 (3befddf) + - Add type information for the erlang:adler32* BIFs (60f298a) + - Add ppc64 return for erlang:system_info(hipe_architecture) (3580e1c) + - Test that all BIFs have known types (7f9c581) + - utils/make_tables: Produce bifs.lists to support testing (efcc66e) + +* bg/dist_utils (kernel) (2010-05-27) 1 commit + - dist_utils: Eliminate crash when list_to_existing_atom/1 fails (3cb4719) + +* bg/external-funs (compiler, erts, otp, stdlib) (2010-05-25) 5 commits + - sys_pre_expand: Help tools by rewriting external funs to internal (12f36d6) + - v3_kernel: Rewrite a fun that does an external call to an external fun (e516dca) + - EEP-23: Allow variables in fun M:F/A (7fa52b3) + - Reference manual: Improve the documentation for external funs (67e6d15) + - beam_loader: Support external funs in the literal pool (629954b) + +* bg/nif_error (crypto, erts, hipe) (2010-05-24) 3 commits + - crypto: Add type specs for all documented functions (1c64277) + - crypto: Use erlang:nif_error/1 to squelch false Dialyzer warnings (46dfebc) + - Add erlang:nif_error/1,2 (031a12b) + +* bg/remove-stray-sae-support (erts) (2010-05-22) 2 commits + - Remove unsupported erlang:blocking_read_file/1 (450aa4f) + - Remove stray SAE support (6e888f0) + +* dgud/emacs-catch-improvements (tools) (2010-05-28) 2 commits + - Improved indentation of old catch. (f50c1df) + - Added more type highlighting and fixed record indentation with types. (1a78a13) + +* egil/call-time-trace-patterns (erts) (2010-05-25) 17 commits + - Teach erlang:system_info/1 to list snifs (bcca5dd) + - Add bif tests to call time trace tests (d69c204) + - Teach call time trace patterns to include bifs (58b235b) + - Fix BeamInstr code array in export.h (5909a84) + - Add trace call_time tests for nifs and bifs (7d01c3e) + - Teach call count tracing to use atomics (0e894bd) + - Add first phase of trace call time test suite (1645bb2) + - Add a scheduler array for BpData at BeamInstr[-4] (5843955) + - Add search keys in breakpoints and a searchfunction (e88cf42) + - Fix BeamInstr for call_time (84866a4) + - Teach call_time trace to use intruction pointers (e84aa75) + - Add return_time trace and PSD deletions (eda2e9a) +. +. +. + +* jv/autoimport-binary_to_term_2 (erts, stdlib) (2010-05-22) 1 commit + - Change binary_to_term/2 to be auto-imported (a62abc9) + +* ks/dialyzer-unresolved-types (hipe) (2010-05-27) 1 commit + - dialyzer: Build the PLT even if there are unresolved remote types (6b47e15) + +* pa/common_test-r14_dev-1 (common_test, erts, otp, test_server, webtool) (2010-05-28) 38 commits + - Fix error installing the run_test program (d247071) + - Fix minor problems (8ce8e5d) + - Improve documentation (467a9a4) + - Update Webtool documentation (ccfb378) + - Add run_test program for Common Test (ef9990e) + - Documentation update (1f7f0b1) + - Move 'node_start' and 'eval' terms into new 'init' term (aa95275) + - Document ct_slave and 'eval' terms (849af59) + - Change monitor_master option to false by default (731bdf6) + - Improve eval and node_start and add new options for ct_slave (0ec2c8d) + - Modify cookie handling in ct_slave (366383f) + - Introduce ct_slave module (0ca4d60) +. +. +. + +* rn/resolver-leaking-ports (kernel) (2010-05-27) 2 commits + - Resolver: make inet_dns decode ugly truncated reply (f015f66) + - Resolver: stop inet_res leaking ports (02c1f42) + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Stalled] + +* bg/safer-local_to_univ (erts) (2010-02-11) 1 commit + - erl_time_sup.c: test for error return from mktime() (0f62f0b) + +We will not include this branch in R13B04 for two reasons: + + o We are not 100% sure that this change is harmless on all + platforms in all timezones. + o We have an idea how the underlying problem can be fixed in + the calendar module (only) and I plan to try it out after the + release. We will keep this branch in pu as a reminder. + +Action expected from: Björn Gustavsson + +* db/tv_nthtail_fix (tv) (2009-12-01) 1 commit + - Fix for tv which restarts while trying to open a table (abe0759) + +Since our long-term goal is to migrate from gs towards wx, +maintaining the old gs applications has a low priority for +the Erlang/OTP team. Therefore, we will accept patches that +seem sound, but we are unlikely to spend much of our own time +fixing bugs. + +The author of this topic branch has found the real reason for +the problem, but uncovered additional issues. + +Action expected from: The topic author - to decide whether to +include the topic branch (which is a workaround, but does eliminate +the crash) or to wait for a better fix from himself or someone else +with an interest to advance the topic. + +* er/ei-decode_msg (erl_interface) (2010-03-11) 1 commit + - Add function to decode distribution header (864091a) + +Needs documentation and test cases. + +Action expected from: Topic author + +* gl/jinterface-pom (jinterface, otp) (2010-02-15) 2 commits + - Exclude jinterface build artifact from git (5acf5fa) + - Add pom.xml for jinterface build (aa68190) + +The pom.xml file should be generated by the toplevel Makefile +since it contains the version number of Jinterface. This is +along the same line as the .app files are generated. +There should be a pom.xml.src that Makefile sed's into +pom.xml. See stdlib/src/Makefile. + +Action expected from: Topic author + +* jn/gen_stream (stdlib) (2010-05-24) 2 commits + - Add missing references to gen_stream in stdlib XML documentation and stdlib app. (b6f2320) + - Add new gen_stream behaviour for efficiently consuming serial streams (540dbcc) + +This topic branch has failing test cases. + +shell_SUITE:start_restricted_from_shell; + Although the whole pu branch could be guilty + this topic branch is our prime suspect. The + test case does not fail when run standalone + so this has to be invesigated further. + +Action expected from: OTP team + +* jp/dependencies_makefile (compiler, erts) (2010-02-14) 3 commits + - squash! eliminate dialyzer warning (434e2ca) + - squash! fix snprintf for Windows (bf2708d) + - Add dependencies Makefile generation to erlc(1) and compile(3) (7cbc437) + +Approved in principle by the OTP Technical Board; now awaits a closer +review of the implementation. + +Action expected from: Björn Gustavsson (the reviewer) + +* kr/gs-browser (gs) (2010-02-10) 1 commit + - Change lib/gs/src/tool_utils.erl to select multiple browsers other than Netscape (802d159) + +This topic branch introduces a new call to the deprecated regexp module. + +Action expected from: Topic author or anyone else with an interest to +advance the topic + +------------------------------------------------------------ +[Cooking] + +* am/kernel-stops (kernel) (2010-02-21) 1 commit + - Change restart behavior of network apps from permanent to transient (397343b) + +* am/net_kernel_catchall (kernel) (2010-02-20) 1 commit + - Add catch all handle_call to net_kernel (77ee109) + +* bg/compiler (compiler, stdlib) (2010-03-12) 5 commits + - beam_peep: Remove optimization already done by beam_dead (a3e54e8) + - beam_dead: Combine is_eq_exact instructions into select_val instructions (fc8f05e) + - Evaluate is_record/3 at compile-time using type information (1a23d96) + - Evaluate element/2 at compile-time using type information (d4474e9) + - erl_expand_records: Replace is_record() with matching (ae283f7) + +* bg/temp-hipe-fixes (compiler, hipe, kernel) (2010-03-15) 6 commits + - Avoid crash by skipping compilation_SUITE:on_load/1 (234e13e) + - Inline less aggressively for native-code compilation (9fcb48b) + - Crudely fix return type for the lists:key{search,find,member}/3 (ef71597) + - seq_trace_SUITE: Don't native-compile (2a81b1a) + - Disable native code if on_load is used (3befa76) + - andor_SUITE: Don't native-compile (97aa2da) + +This branch contains temporary workarounds to avoid failing test +cases and is never intended to graduate. + +* cf/timer_tc (stdlib) (2010-04-06) 1 commit + - Add timer:tc/2 to measure the elapsed time of anonymous functions (2cca650) + +* dp/emacs-flymake (tools) (2010-05-15) 1 commit + - Add optional Emacs flymake support (for unix systems) (1c99f24) + +* hb/edoc (edoc) (2010-04-01) 1 commit + - EDoc and Dialyzer specs and types (516e16c) + +* hm/reltool-find-regular (reltool) (2010-05-19) 1 commit + - Improve lookup of erl files (05e0238) + +* jf/run_erl-disable-flow-control (erts) (2010-03-05) 1 commit + - Teach run_erl RUN_ERL_DISABLE_FLOWCNTRL for disabling flow control (d0775cd) + +* jl/windows-file-share-delete (erts) (2010-02-22) 1 commit + - Windows: Open files with FILE_SHARE_DELETE to get closer to UNIX semantics (0544a2c) + +* jr/cover-src-path (tools) (2010-04-23) 1 commit + - Fix searching for source files in analyse_to_file/* (b9d5068) + +* ks/cleanups (compiler, debugger, docbuilder, gs, stdlib) (2010-04-10) 5 commits + - compiler: Fix incorrect types and specs (9021667) + - escript: Add more types to records (edfbc4b) + - debugger: Clean up as suggested by tidier (42c0c33) + - docbuilder: Clean up as suggested by tidier (c22830a) + - gs: Clean up as suggested by tidier (eda4f7a) + +Was formerly called ks/cleanups-after-r13b04. + +* ks/export_type (compiler, dialyzer, hipe, kernel, stdlib, syntax_tools) (2010-05-24) 14 commits + - proplists: Export the type property() (63ee35b) + - erl_lint: Issue warnings for undefined exported types (bd69213) + - Minor fix in a print message (f572074) + - Add handling of unknown types (3df77f5) + - Add declaration for exported types (7ac08e7) + - Add types and specs; performed some cleanups also (84a9713) + - erl_scan: Add declarations for exported types (9d62345) + - stdlib: Add declarations for exported types (d7ee998) + - hipe: Add declarations for exported types (a2e9943) + - compiler: Add declarations for exported types (2b792f6) + - syntax_tools: Add declarations for exported types (6f3f9cb) + - kernel: Add declaration for exported types (0fcaf3c) +. +. +. + +. +. +. + +. +. +. + +* ms/file-exclusive-mode (erts, kernel) (2010-04-30) 1 commit + - Support opening files in exclusive mode (5d1253d) + +* sb/make-files-like-erlc (tools) (2010-05-18) 1 commit + - Change make:files to behave more like erlc (5e9d051) + +* ta/asn1-reporting (asn1) (2010-04-23) 1 commit + - asn1ct: Make formatting of errors and warnings consistent (93face2) + +* uw/epmd-fullnames (kernel) (2010-05-07) 1 commit + - Allow the erlang nodename host part to differ from the hostname (e0774be) + +* uw/mnesia-overload (mnesia) (2010-05-09) 1 commit + - Enable continuous monitoring of mnesia overload status (82c0904) + +* uw/mnesia-schema-merge (mnesia) (2010-05-09) 1 commit + - Allow a user_defined function to wrap mnesia_schema:merge_schema() (3f70f3d) -- cgit v1.2.3