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authorThien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>2000-08-31 19:27:42 +0000
committerThien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>2000-08-31 19:27:42 +0000
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@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator)
Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
======================================
+8/31/00 : ttn
+ Added Makefile target `check-c++-examples', which uses new
+ files under Examples/C++ contributed by Tal Shalif. Now "make
+ check" also does "make check-c++-examples". Also, expanded
+ actions in `check-gifplot-example' and `check-aliveness'.
+
8/30/00 : mkoeppe
Major clean-up in the Guile module. Added typemap-driven
documentation system. Changed to handle more than 10
@@ -14,7 +20,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
into a portion of the output wrapper file. This is only intended
for use by writers of language modules. Works as follows:
- %insert(headers) "file.swg";
+ %insert(headers) "file.swg";
%insert(runtime) "file.swg";
%insert(wrappers) "file.swg";
%insert(init) "file.swg";
@@ -24,17 +30,17 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
8/29/00 : beazley
Added new %runtime directive which includes code into the runtime
portion of the wrapper code. For example:
-
+
%runtime %{
... some internal runtime code ...
%}
There is no practical reason for ordinary users to use this
- feature (almost everything can be done using %{ ... %}
+ feature (almost everything can be done using %{ ... %}
instead). However, writers of language modules may want to
use this in language configuration files.
*** NEW FEATURE ***
-
+
======= end of combination
8/28/00 : beazley
Typemaps can now be specified using string literals like
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
code string so if you want to include a quote or some
other special character, make sure you use a (\).
*** NEW FEATURE ***
-
+
8/27/00 : beazley
Typemaps have been modified to follow typedef declarations.
For example, if you have this:
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
%typemap(in) int SWIG_DEFAULT_TYPE {
...
}
-
+
To specify the default handling of a datatype. Now that
SWIG follows typedef declarations, this is unnecessary.
Simply specifying a typemap for 'int' will work for all
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
different. This must be done as follows:
%typemap() SWIGPOINTER * {
- ... a pointer ...
+ ... a pointer ...
}
%typemap() SWIGREFERENCE & {
... a reference ...
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
1. Typemap scoping is currently broken. Because of this, the
following code won't work.
- %typemap(in) blah * {
+ %typemap(in) blah * {
...
}
class Foo {
@@ -124,18 +130,18 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
generated after the entire interface file has been processed).
This is only a temporary bug.
- 2. In SWIG1.1, the %apply directive worked by performing a
+ 2. In SWIG1.1, the %apply directive worked by performing a
very complex type-aliasing procedure. From this point on,
- %apply is simply a generalized typemap copy operation.
+ %apply is simply a generalized typemap copy operation.
For example,
%apply double *OUTPUT { double *x, double *y };
-
+
Copies *ALL* currently defined typemaps for 'double *OUTPUT' and
copies them to 'double *x' and 'double *y'.
Most people probably won't even notice this change in
- %apply. However, where it will break things is in code like
+ %apply. However, where it will break things is in code like
this:
%apply double *OUTPUT { double *x };
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
after the %apply directive.
3. The %clear directive has been modified to erase all currently
- defined typemaps for a particular type. This differs from
+ defined typemaps for a particular type. This differs from
SWIG1.1 where %clear only removed rules that were added using
the %apply directive.
@@ -166,7 +172,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
arrays, and references. For example:
%typemap(in) double * { }
-
+
used to apply to 'double &', 'double []', Now, it only applies
to 'double *'. If you want a 'double &', you'll need to handle
that separately.
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
5. Array matching has been simplfied. In SWIG1.1, array matching
was performed by trying various combinations of dimensions.
For example, 'double a[10][20]' was matched as follows:
-
+
double [10][20]
double [ANY][20]
double [10][ANY]
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@ Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
any temporary files such as _wrap.wrap, _wrap.ii, _wrap.init.
Instead, these "files" are kept around in memory as strings
(although this is transparent to language moduels).
-
+
8/4/00 : ttn
Added Makefile target "check" and variants.
This can be used like "make check" or, to explicitly skip a