File: History.txt

# History.txt

Path: | History.txt
Last Update: | Mon Mar 15 07:40:30 -0600 2010

### 3.8.3 / 2009-08-07

- 1 minor enhancement:
  - Added Inline::C#add_static to make consts cleaner

### 3.8.2 / 2009-06-23

- 1 bug fix:
  - ruby 1.9 expands FILE and broke my tests

### 3.8.1 / 2008-10-24

- 1 minor enhancement
  - Inline registers all classes for hoe‘s INLINE=1 packaging feature.

### 3.8.0 / 2008-10-22

- 8 minor enhancements:
  - Inline::C now uses ZenTestMapping to automatically map C functions to ruby names.
  - Inline::C#map_c_const can now map to a ruby constant name.
  - Added accessors for members of Data_Wrap_Structs. See Inline::C#accessor.
  - Added long long, unsigned long long, off_t types to built-in type map.
  - Added alias_type_converter and remove_type_converter.
  - Consider MinGW (mingw) as valid Windows platform.
  - Properly fallback to all the environment options under Windows. 22511.
  - Properly join path under OS with drive letters. 22292.
- 1 bug fixes:
  - Inline::C now uses rb_define_alloc_func().

### 3.7.0 / 2008-06-09

- 1 major enhancements:
  - Removed inline_package in favor of hoe‘s packaging.
- 2 minor enhancements:
  - Switched from warn/exit to abort to fix buffering for error messages.
  - Improved some error messages.
- 2 bug fixes:
  - Fixes for rubinius.
  - Fixes for 1.9.

### 3.6.7 / 2008-03-20

- 3 minor enhancements:
  - Added ability to work entirely without .ruby_inline dir. Thanks Kevin Clark!
  - Updated history, readme, and rakefile for new hoe abilities.
  - Cleaned up some really ugly schlock. Man, compiling sucks!
- 2 bug fixes:
  - Fixes for 1.9.
  - Add -I for platform-specific header dir (for ruby/config.h).

### 3.6.6 / 2007-12-27

- 1 minor enhancement:
  - Enhanced windows support thanks to Luis Lavena.

### 3.6.5 / 2007-11-08

- 1 minor enhancement:
  - Quick fix for OSX 10.5 native ruby (should be fixed in 10.5.2).

### 3.6.4 / 2007-08-20

- 1 minor enhancement:
  - Added ability to include ruby.h last. Thanks to Luc Heinrich.

### 3.6.3 / 2007-04-27

- 7 minor enhancements:
  - Added map_ruby_const and map_c_const to C builder.
  - Converted example.rb to a real benchmark setup.
  - Improved error messages.
  - Added options hash for all C builder methods.
  - Options hash can take optional :method_name param to have ruby name diff from c.
  - Converted to a more traditional setup. Now I can heckle!
  - Cleaned up ruby.h search.
- 2 bug fixes:
  - Added CCDLFLAGS. Should pick up -fPIC on misconfigured 64 bit machines.
  - Broke up all warnings so progress report was cleaner.

### 3.6.2 / 2006-10-12

- 2 bug fixes:

            * comment stripper much more sane to fix problems on certain linux distros
            * fixed a nit with older C compilers.

### 3.6.1 / 2006-10-11

- 1 minor enhancement

            * Hoe'd the Rakefile. :P

- 2 bug fixes

            * Removed VALUE from @types because it is now in @@type_map.
            * Tweak added for mingw32.

### 3.6.0 / 2005-11-30 (omg I suck: actual release: 2006-09-15)

- 6 minor enhancements

            * C builder can now be used directly for other foreign language glue.
            * Pretty much all (c) functions are plain argument style, not argc/argv.
            * Added Nathaniel and Dan's patches for windows support.
            * Added VALUE as a default known type.
            * Improved testing under $DEBUG.
            * Deprecated $INLINE_FLAGS and $INLINE_LIBS are dead.

- 3 bug fixes

            * Fixed a number of issues wrt testing.
            * Cleaned up and cached certain calculations.
            * Some windows compiler fixes went in, but MS compiler is a PITA still.

### 3.5.0 / 2005-10-15

- 4 minor enhancements

            * Switched to install for Makefile.
            * Lots of minor cleanup.
            * Added add_to_init to extend init methods. Great hack!
            * Added 2 demo files used in the rubyconf 2005 presentation.

- 1 bug fix

            * Fixed example in README.txt. OOPS!

### 3.4.0 / 2005-07-13

- 2 minor enhancement

            * Changed inline to take the language and a hash of options.
                    * Still backwards compatible, for now, and emits a warning.
            * Options are available via the builder passed to your block.

- 2 bug fixes

            * Modified caller discovery, yet again, due to changes in ruby 1.8.3.
            * More compatible and clean with non-gems systems.

### 3.3.2 / 2005-05-19

- 4 bug fixes

            * Fixed a line number issue when using c_raw w/ multi-line signatures.
            * Inline can now be invoked multiple times per class.
            * Filled out rdoc.
            * Fixed some old tests.

### 3.3.1 / 2005-05-03

- 3 bug fixes

            * Fixed a bug w/ unit tests involving caching of rootdir.
            * Added a minor tweak to the file discovery when called through eval.
            * Moved the packaging code into inline.rb in order to get rubygems wrapped scripts to work again (wrapper was breaking due to __FILE__ != $0).

### 3.3.0 / 2005-04-22

- 2 minor enhancement

            * Added inline_package, which helps you package inlined code into gems.
            * inline_package also generates a Rakefile for you if you need it.
            * inline.rb now (only) loads packaged code when present.

### 3.2.1 / 2005-04-19

- 2 bug fixes

            * Added double to typemap. Thanks Phil Tomson!
            * Added a minor hack to get cygwin to work right--lemme know pls.

### 3.2.0 / 2004-11-27

- 8 minor enhancements

            * Gemified
            * Added #line preprocessor directives to make debugging inside your ruby file practical.
            * Added uninstall rule to Makefile
            * Inline::C now generates classes directly instead of included modules.
            * Better execeptions are thrown on error.
            * Incorporated a bunch of changes from Jonathan Paisley:
                    * Generation of inline'd class methods. (c_singleton and c_raw_singleton)
                    * Fixed problems with nested module/classes.
                    * Inline can now extend the same class multiple times.

- 2 bug fixes

            * Smarter require/instantiation to accomodate other languages better.
            * Fixed a logic error where running good code, then bad, then bad again ran the original good code.

### 3.1.0 / 2004-09-24

- 2 minor enhancement

            * Extended API of Inline::C with prefix(code).
            * Documented all public API.

- 2 bug fixes

            * Cleaned a lot of code and tests.
            * Removed nearly all tags.

### 3.0.1 / 2004-02-24

- 2 bug fixes

            * I let references to ZenTestUnit slip through the release. Removed.
            * Converted History.txt to ZenWeb format.

### 3.0.0 / 2003-12-23

- 3 major enhancements

            * Complete rewrite with new design.
            * Multiple language support, works with C/C++ out of the box.
            * Multiple functions per compilation unit, now allowing entire classes to be defined and linked in one unit.

- Notes:

            * I still need to write much better/complete documentation.

### 2.2.0 / 2003-01-25

- 1 minor enhancements

            * Touch all generated files to avoid unnecessary diffs.

- 1 bug fixes

            * Added good profiling example in tutorial/*.
            * Added profiling strategy in README.txt.

- Notes:

            * Paired with Doug Beaver <snarly@beaver.net>

### 2.1.1 / 2002-12-27

- 2 bug fixes

            * Fixed a bug in inline.rb where it was comparing against inline.rb, not the caller.
            * Tweaked example.rb to take the number of iterations as an option.

### 2.1.0 / 2002-12-17

- 2 minor enhancements

            * Added inline_c_raw to replace Inline.inline.
            * Removed module Inline as a whole. This gets rid of some
            * major version incompatibilities, tons of duplicate code, and
            * just seems to make things happier.

- 4 bug fixes

            * Added a fix from Michael Scholz to fix the use of $0 for file test.
            * Added private and public declarations since we are invading
            * class Module.
            * Fixed tests... oops!
            * Lots of clean up...

- Notes:

            * Reviewed by Doug Beaver <snarly@beaver.net>

### 2.0.0 / 2002-12-12

- 2 bug fixes

            * Minor fix to get working on MacOS X (.so vs .bundle).
            * Downgraded typemap to be compatible with 1.6.x.

- Notes:

            * Paired w/ Doug Beaver <snarly@beaver.net>

### 2.0.0 beta / 2002-11-22

- 1 major enhancements

            * Added inline_c, a "compile-time" version of inline. Massively enhanced, this version has a limited form of C function parsing.

- 2 minor enhancements

            * Deprecated Inline#inline for Module#inline_c. To be removed by 2.1.0.
            * Extended example.rb to include a fully written inlined C function.

- 3 bug fixes

            * Updated README.txt and improved some of the documentation.
            * Added test and clean rules to Makefile.
            * Removed the copious warnings if running ruby < 1.7.2.

- Notes:

            * Paired w/ Doug Beaver <snarly@beaver.net>

### 1.1.0 / 2002-11-01

- 2 minor enhancements

            * Aliased methods are now inlined as well. 250x faster.
            * ONLY on ruby 1.7*. Warns on ruby < 1.7.
            * Added a makefile to automate running of all different benchmarks.

- 1 bug fixes

            * Improved example to include an aliased method testcase.

### 1.0.7 / 2002-09-22

- 1 minor enhancements

            * Only compiles the generated code if it was different from the previous version.

- 1 bug fixes

            * Improved security: Checks group and global write on home directory.

### 1.0.6 / 2002-09-18

- 1 minor enhancements

            * Added a prelude argument for header and datatype declarations.

- 3 bug fixes

            * Only output stuff if invoked verbose (ie 'ruby -v ./example.rb').
            * Added some compatibility code for windows.
            * Declared requirement on POSIX system.

### 1.0.5 / 2002-09-11

- 2 bug fixes

            * Improved security model for UNIX. Still not sure about windoze.
            * Fixed History.txt to be accurate, gave example in README.

### 1.0.4 / 2002-09-10

- 1 major enhancements

            * Released to sourceforge!

- 1 bug fixes

            * A number of very minor bug fixes from IRC sessions w/ others.

### 1.0.0 / 2002-09-05

- 1 major enhancements

            * Birthday!

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