5 + Context PMCs now support attribute-based introspection
6 + Context and CallSignature PMCs merged into CallContext
7 + .lex directive throws exceptions when used with incorrect register types
9 + Packaging improved for free OS distributions
10 + PPC, PPC64, and ARM now tested when running Linux
12 + Minor improvements to the profiling runcore
13 + Improvements from the CallContext PMC merge
15 + In/out parameters in STRING modification functions
16 + Void handling in NCI signatures
17 + Parameter passing opcodes order in PBC
19 + Continued migration of core tests from Perl 5 to PIR
21 + dependency checker improved
23 + Deprecation cycle length changed to three months from six
24 + GC accuracy improved
25 + PMC freeze improvements; much more reliable
26 + Makefile improvements for dependency handling
30 + Made profiling runcore output format configurable and extensible
31 options include "pprof" and "none" ("binary" and "callgrind" are planned)
32 + Added environment variables to specify profiling output type and filename
33 (PARROT_PROFILING_OUTPUT and PARROT_PROFILING_FILENAME)
34 + Began merging Freeze/Thaw and Bytecode generator/loader
36 + Included latest nqp-rx compiler, with many improvements
37 - GLOBAL:: package identifier
38 - dynamic variables look in global namespace
39 - $obj."$method" syntax
40 - :p(os) and :c(ontinue) option on regexes
41 - try/CATCH/CONTROL handling
42 - support leading & on subroutine declarations
43 - allow "category:<symbol>" names (for builtin operators)
44 - simple version of smartmatch operator
45 - simple regex matches
46 - updated HLL::Compiler with new import/export methods
48 + Portability updates for RTEMS, and Intel architectures with GNU compilers
49 + Completed conversion of ticket tracking system from RT to Trac
50 + New draft of PDD31 for HLL export API and import implementation
51 + Several (build time, runtime) performance improvements
52 + Converted many tests to PIR, reducing test execution time
53 + Various bugfixes, code cleanups, and coding standard fixes
57 + The FileHandle PMC now exposes the exit code of child process that was run as pipe.
58 + Experimental support for overriding VTABLE invoke in PIR objects was added.
59 + The method 'type' was added to the PackfileAnnotations PMC.
60 + The internals of the parrot calling conventions, PCC, were reworked.
61 All call paths now use a CallSignature object for passing arguments and return values.
62 + The new API-function 'Parrot_ext_call' was added for calling into C-land.
63 + The fixed-size allocator was improved.
64 + The files installed by 'make install-dev' are now covered by 'make install' as well.
65 + The experimental ops 'fetch' and 'vivify' were added.
66 + The -I option to the command 'parrot' now prepends items to the search path.
67 + The Context struct was substituted with auto attributes (context_auto_attrs branch).
68 + Use the osname determined in auto::arch in subsequent configuration steps (convert_OSNAME branch).
69 + Eliminated dependence on Perl 5 '%Config' in auto::format (auto_format_no_Config branch).
70 + MultiSub PMCs now stringify to the name of their first candidate,
71 instead of the number of candidates.
72 + The platform detection at the start of the configuration process was improved.
73 + The 'lineof' method on CodeString objects now precomputes line number information
74 to be more efficient on variable-width encoded strings.
75 + P6object now supports .WHO and .WHERE methods on protoobjects.
77 + A shiny new self-hosting implementation of NQP has been added in ext/nqp-rx.
78 - New NQP available as nqp-rx.pbc or parrot-nqp fakecutable.
79 - NQP includes direct support for grammars and regexes, including protoregexes.
80 - NQP has a new PAST-based regex engine (intended to replace PGE).
81 - Regexes may contain code assertions, parameters, lexical declarations, and more.
82 - Double-quoted strings now interpolate scalar variables and closures.
83 - Subroutine declarations are now lexical by default.
85 - PAST::Block now supports an 'nsentry' attribute.
86 - PAST::Var allows 'contextual' scope.
87 - Attribute bindings now return the bound value.
89 + Fixes for the port of Parrot to RTEMS were applied. Yay, first port to a real time OS!
90 + On NetBSD, shared libs are now used.
92 + Use the the fixed-sized allocator in the Context and the CallSignature PMC.
93 + Many small speed improvements.
95 + MT19937, the Mersenne twisted pseudorandom number generator, is now hosted on github and
96 will be removed from the Parrot core. (eligible in 2.1)
97 + The 'Parrot_call_*' functions for invoking a sub/method object from C are
98 deprecated. They are replaced by 'Parrot_ext_call'. (eligible in 2.1)
99 + All bitwise VTABLE functions are deprecated. (eligible in 2.1)
100 + All bitwise ops will become dynops. (eligible in 2.1)
101 - Realized deprecations
102 + The slice VTABLE entry was removed.
103 + The last traces of the 'malloc' garbage collector were removed.
104 + Parrot_pcc_constants() was renamed to Parrot_pcc_get_constants().
105 + The deprecated functions from the Embedding/Extension interface were removed.
106 + The library YAML/Parser/Syck.pir was removed.
107 + The VTABLE function instantiate_str() was removed.
108 + Building of parrot_nqp was removed.
110 + The test coverage of the time-related ops was much improved.
111 + New testing functions in Test::More: lives_ok() and dies_ok().
112 + The Perl 5 based test scripts t/op/bitwise.t, t/op/comp.t, t/op/inf_nan.t,
113 t/op/literal.t, t/op/number.t, t/op/sprintf2.t, and t/op/00ff-dos.t were converted to PIR.
114 + The test scripts t/op/annotate.t and t/op/time.t have begun
115 to be translated from Perl 5 to PIR.
116 + In some tests the dependency on %Config from Perl 5 was eliminated.
118 + The meaning of 'p' means in NCI function call signatures was clarified.
120 + The stub for a new language, as created by mk_language_shell.pl,
121 now relies on the PIR-based tools, which are replacing the Perl 5-based tools.
122 + The library Configure.pir was added.
123 + The library distutils.pir was added.
125 + The mailing list parrot-users and a corresponding google group was created,
126 http://groups.google.com/group/parrot-users.
127 + Many bugfixes, code cleanups, and coding standard fixes.
131 + Parrot_capture_lex has been added to the PARROT_EXPORT API
132 + PARROT_MAX_ARGS has been increased from 8 to 16 to allow for ops that take more than 8 args
134 + The profiling runcore now caches metadata for improved performance
135 - Maintenance and cleanup
136 + Expanded the Parrot debugger documentation
137 + Parrot debugger now uses the new Parrot STRING API
138 + Continue to port rest of internals to use the STRING API
140 + The JIT subsystem has been removed and is being written from the ground up. More
141 information can be found at https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/wiki/JITRewrite
142 + Implicit optional named parameters (eligible in 2.1)
143 + Continuation-based ExceptionHandlers (eligible in 2.1)
144 + Use of undocumented variables in class_init (eligible in 2.1)
145 + Parrot_oo_get_namespace (eligible in 2.1)
147 + Improved line number tracking in IMCC
149 + Converted many more Perl 5 tests to PIR
150 + Expanded test coverage of the CallSignature, Namespace, FixedPMCArray,
151 ResizeableIntegerArray and ExceptionHandler PMCs
155 + Added a fixed-size structure allocator to the Garbage Collector
156 + Added a "lazy" mode to the PObj and Fixed-Size memory allocators
157 + Added a profiling runcore, which generates Callgrind-compatible output
158 + Added lexical subsystem opcodes: find_dynamic_lex, store_dynamic_lex
159 + Converted Contexts to garbage-collectable PMC structures
160 + Created a new Context API
161 + Enhanced the PMC allocator to automatically allocate ATTR structures
163 + Optimized opcodes to cache the current Context for subsequent lookups
164 + Reduced string comparisons in VTABLE_isa
165 - Maintenance and cleanup
166 + Began proper encapsulation of STRING API
167 + Unified all PMC destruction functions
168 + Unified Continuation PMC and Parrot_cont structure
169 + Unified Sub PMC and Parrot_sub structure
170 + Removed PMC_EXT structure
171 + Removed PMC_Sync from PMC
172 + Removed UnionVal from PMC structure
174 + Fixed several stack-walking bugs in Garbage Collector code
175 + Fixed bug when copying a NULL STRING, now returns empty STRING struct
177 + Converted several Perl5 tests to PIR
178 + Expanded test coverage of NameSpace PMC
180 + Made Parrot Compiler Toolkit available in the base install
184 + Removed several deprecated functions and features
185 + Removed bsr, jsr, branch_cs, and ret opcodes
186 + Removed global stacks system
187 + Changed OPS file format to include explicit preamble
188 + Changed all "new 'Iterator'" instructions into 'iter' instructions
189 + Removed Configure.pl options for specifying non-working GC cores
190 + Removed unexecuting code as found by Coverity
191 + Improvements to the Parrot Debugger
192 + Added experimental fixed-size structure allocator to the GC
193 + Added experimental lazy arena allocation to the GC
194 + Refactored hashes, keys, and iterators
195 + Added "corevm" make target to build Parrot without all the supporting libraries
196 + Removed Random PMC type and added in a "rand" dynop
197 + Optimization and Improvements to the NCI thunk generator
198 + New include file libpaths.pasm
200 + Multiple .local with same name and different type is now an error on IMCC.
202 + Improved support for detecting Fink and Macports
203 + Updated search directories for libraries
205 + "Parrot Developers Guide: PIR" released to publisher and available to purchase
206 + Improved documentation about Parrot Debugger
207 + Update PGE Documentation
209 + Deprecate 'PASM1' compiler object, update to warn instead of segfault
211 + Fixes to code, documentation, and standards
215 + Key and Iterator refactor
216 + Major pbc_to_exe generated code speed improvement
217 + New "Infinite Memory" GC core for demonstration purposes
218 + gc_debug runcore and GC-related heisenbug fixes
219 + Elimination of variable expansion in parrot_config
220 + CLI arguments are processed as Unicode by default
221 + Substantial optimizations in NCI
222 + Parrot builds on Win64
223 + Hashes can use native types as keys and values
224 + Fixed installed pbc_to_exe
225 + Simplification of PMC generation code
226 + Improved GC encapsulation and API documentation
228 + List of candidates for embedding API (docs/embed.pod)
229 + PIR book sent to publisher
231 + Several conversions of Perl test to pure PIR.
232 + C indentation coding standards test improvement
233 + Improved test coverage of example code
235 + Removal of PGE rules: <null> <fail> <sp> <lt> <gt> <dot>
236 + Removal of PGE methods: .text .item .result_object
237 + Deprecation of most dynops
239 + Beginnings of OpenGL::Math library; OpenGL bindings and library marked experimental
240 + Localizing and consting fixes
241 + Many memory and thread-related leaks plugged
245 + Optimized parts of the IO system
246 + Fixed inheritance hierarchy of FileHandle and Socket PMC types
247 + Fixed leaks involving subroutines and Parrot_Context
248 + Cleaned up and refactored GC internals, including fixes and optimizations
249 + Optimized PMC class manipulations to use type numbers instead of string names
250 + Fixed problems involving hashval calculations in strings
251 + Removed unnecessary MULTI dispatches in built-in PMCs
252 + Fixed memory leaks involving PMCs that were not properly destroyed
253 + Fixed creation of PMCProxy PMCs in correct namespaces
254 + Added preliminary Pipe support
255 + Fixed cloning of Object PMCs
256 + Added root_new opcode
257 + Added initial versions of Packfile PMCs with read/write capabilities
259 + Fixed several memory leaks in IMCC
260 + Updated PCT to use root_new opcode
261 + Added support for keyword "self" in NQP
263 + Improved and expanded /docs/book
264 + Updated project documentation
265 + Defined 'experimental' status and procedures in DEPRECATED.pod
267 + Cleaned code and improved code-level documentation
268 + Various bugfixes, code cleanups, and coding standard fixes
269 + Added an experimental compiler library to help use PIR libraries from HLLs
270 + Updated OpenGL library and examples to support experimental HLL import
274 + Fixes for pir classes inheriting from core pmcs.
275 + Cleaned up headers and reorganized some sources into subsystem directories.
276 + Clean up PMCs so libparrot.so exports far fewer vtable/method symbols.
277 + Clean up the GC API.
278 + Several unicode identifier improvements in IMCC.
280 + Protoobject stringification is gone.
282 + Rewrite several core documents.
283 + Many reworks, improvements & additions to the Parrot Book.
284 + Installation PDD is launched out of draft.
286 + Fixes for running the language shell generator outside the parrot tree.
287 + Several fixes for developing and building HLLs from an installed parrot.
288 + Configure.pl now has a --no-line-directives option to ease source level debugging.
290 + Portability updates for macports, netbsd, mingw32, hpux.
291 + Several (build time, runtime) performance improvements.
292 + Lots of updates to examples and tests.
293 + Various bugfixes, code cleanups, and coding standard fixes.
297 + Added op: load_language, find_caller_lex
298 + Socket IO are back as PMC
299 + Refactor some PMC: Hash, ManagedStruct
303 - Allow \x, \c, and \o in enumerated character classes (incl ranges)
304 - Add initial greedy-only version of ** <exp> quantifier
306 - Add HLL source line bytecode annotations
307 - Add another dumper format to assist syntax highlighters
308 - Revise mk_language_shell.pl to updated create_language.pl
310 + Removed ops: gcd, exec, classname, need_finalize, runinterp, substr_r
311 + Removed dynamic op: mul
312 + Removed .HLL_map directive; use interp's .hll_map() instead
313 + Removed PMCs: slice, bound_nci, ref
314 + Removed Configure.pl option: --pmc
315 + Removed PMC union struct
318 - Reorganization and many improvements & additions
320 + Add a parrot-fuzzer
322 + Improve Debian/Ubuntu package
323 + various bugfixes, code cleanups, and coding standard fixes
328 + New user documentation for exceptions.
329 + Updates to Chapters 4 & 5 of the Parrot book.
330 + Improved and expanded generated HTML documentation, as the input for
331 http://docs.parrot.org.
332 + Added Compiled HTML Help (.chm) version of documentation.
333 + Cleanups and fixes.
336 - left the nest and is now at http://pynie.googlecode.com/
338 - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/cardinal
340 - left the nest and is now at http://paraplegic.googlecode.com/
341 + ABC, Squaak, and Befunge moved to examples/.
342 + All remaining languages moved to https://svn.parrot.org/languages/
344 + Support for language builds from an installed Parrot.
345 + Expanded language shell generator for new languages.
346 + 'parrotbug' utility repurposed for the Trac interface.
348 + Removed deprecated Tqueue and Closure PMCs.
349 + String, Key, NCI, LexPad, Iterator, Sub, Continuation, RetContinuation,
350 ExceptionHandler, ParrotLibrary, ParrotInterpreter, ParrotThread,
351 ParrotRunningThread, Rational, FixedPMCArray, ResizablePMCArray, and
352 GDBMHash PMCs now use declared attributes (ATTR), in place of the
358 + Support for portable 'Inf', 'NaN' and -0.0
359 + pbc_disassemble prints constants in constants table
360 + New experimental BigNum implementation
361 + Pair is now a dynamic loadable PMC
362 + Various function name sanification
363 + New implementation of Strings component
364 + Replace various PMC value union access code by VTABLE method invocations
365 + Replace various PMC value unions by ATTRibutes
366 + Removed SArray PMC. Use FixedPMCArray instead.
369 - updates to Chapter 2 (getting started)
370 - updates to Chapter 3 (PIR basics)
371 - updates to Chapter 4 (PIR subroutines)
372 - updates to Chapter 10 (HLLs)
373 - updates to Chapter 12 (opcodes)
374 + Function documentation
375 + Pod documentation style modernized; no longer Perl 5 style.
376 + PMC has an additional acronym: Poly Morphic Container
377 + The DOD (Dead Object Detection) acronym is no longer used;
378 use 'GC' to refer to the Garbage Collector component.
381 - :named flag can now take string registers as argument
382 - A single '=cut' directive is now ignored (without initial Pod directive)
383 - :vtable subs now have proper access to 'self' pseudo variable
385 + add new 'Pod' documentation parser
386 + Pipp (PHP implementation):
387 - Pipp is now at http://github.com/bschmalhofer/pipp
388 - support for 'print', 'dirname', 'implode', 'str_replace',
389 - various grammar fixes
391 + add 'quit', 'readline' builtins
392 + fix 'Boolean' type and 'print' builtin
394 - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/fperrad/lua/
396 - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/
397 - build instructions can be found at http://tinyurl.com/rakudo
399 - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/bschmalhofer/lazy-k.git
401 - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/bschmalhofer/unlambda/
403 - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/fperrad/wmlscript.git
404 + removed Zcode implementation
407 - ATTRs are now inherited automatically in subclassing PMCs
409 + Parrot_readbc, Parrot_loadbc renamed to Parrot_pbc_read, Parrot_pbc_load.
410 + .HLL_map directive in favour of 'hll_map' method on Parrot interpreter
411 + Data::Escape library
413 + pbc_disassemble options added
414 + pbc_dump renamed from pdump
416 + Parrot is now Copyright Parrot Foundation
417 + Parrot's SVN repository is now hosted at https://svn.parrot.org
418 + Various code cleanups, consting, 64-bit incompatibilities and other bug fixes
421 New in January 2009 release (0.9.0)
423 + Implemented bytecode annotations
424 + Role composition is now aware of multi-subs
425 + Unbuffered IO PMCs now autopromote when buffering is necessary
426 + Installation parrot binary and libparrot shared library now supported
427 + Class registry now respects HLLs
430 - removed keyed string indexing, e.g. $S0[1].
431 - removed slice syntax, e.g. $P0[1..2]
432 - removed .namespace <ident>/.endnamespace <ident> pair
433 - fixed 'new $P0, [classname]' syntax
435 - refactoring of various data structures
436 - various bug fixes and updates
437 - complete bytecode generation
438 - add '-x' commandline option to run compiled code
440 - add 'hll' and 'subid' attributes to PAST::Block
441 - refactor loop handling code to handle last/redo/next
442 - add :pasttype('stmts') and :pasttype('null')
443 - improve "scope not found" error message
444 - allow PAST::Val nodes to contain block references
446 - add "skipkey" option to PGE::OPTable
447 - allow spaces before modifiers in regexes
448 - add '(' ~ ')' goal matching syntax
449 - skip creating a class/grammar if it already exists
452 - improved error mesages in multi dispatch
453 - implemented clone method for all objects
454 - implemented MAIN sub
455 - Unicode versions of infix hyper operators
456 - refactored IO.readline
457 - basic support for Inf and NaN
458 - list and array slices with whatever star
460 - implemented last and redo
461 - pointy blocks as terms
462 - refactored variable and parameter passing
463 - improved assignment semantics
464 - improved parsing of type names and subs
465 - mostly implemented parametric roles
466 - separate types for blocks, subs and methods
467 - basic support for submethods
468 - implemented Junction autothreading of user code (not builtins yet)
469 - eval supports :lang attribute
470 - proto makes other subs in scope multis, including in role composition
472 - back to working state
475 - add support for predefined constant __CLASS__ and __METHOD__
476 - add initial support for static members
477 - add support for namespaced constants
478 - constants are now handled as package vars
479 - variables are now lexical variables
480 - add support for superglobals in functions
481 - Call the class __constructor when there is one
482 - added incomplete support for closures
483 - removed support for the alternative parsing strategies
484 - added support for 'elsif'
485 - added support for 'do-while'
487 - left the nest and is now at https://github.com/bschmalhofer/hq9plus/
489 - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/bschmalhofer/eclectus/
491 - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/bschmalhofer/m4/
493 - add a minimalist user back trace
495 - "does" and "morph" VTABLE interfaces are now overridable from PIR
498 - 'make smoke' now generates Smolder reports sent to
499 http://smolder.plusthree.com/app/public_projects/smoke_reports/8
500 + Improved const and null correctness for C function parameters
501 + Sped up STRING manipulation (append, chop), improving PGE about 30%
503 - Added sections about Classes, OO programming, and methods.
504 - Added information about Annotations, Exceptions, and Handlers
506 - Removed non-functional STM subsystem
511 + fixed lexical semantics
512 + added the 'capture_lex' opcode
513 + added automatic resume for nonfatal exceptions
514 + added multidispatch cache
515 + applied miscellaneous performance improvements, including startup time
516 + fixed several bugs and leaks found by Coverity Scan
517 + removed race conditions from parallel testing
520 - removed undocumented .param int <stringc> => <ident> syntax
521 - .line directive now only takes an integer argument
522 - new .file directive to specify the file name being compiled
524 - properly handles lexical generation and closure semantics
525 - uses :subid instead of name lookups to reference PAST::Block nodes
526 - added PAST::Control node type (exception handlers)
528 - add support for <?{{...}}> and <!{{...}}> assertions
529 - Match objects use Capture PMC instead of Capture_PIR
531 - add macro handling to PASM mode
532 - disable vanilla register allocation in PASM mode, but do allow optimization
533 - add tests and bug fixes
534 - first bits of bytecode generation. No sub calling/returning yet.
537 - fixed lexical handling and recursion
538 - refactored subtypes implementation
539 - support for quotes with multi-character delimiters
540 - implemented list slices (Positional role)
542 - reduction meta operators
543 - hyper meta operators
544 - cross meta operators
545 - more builtin functions
547 - basic support for protos
548 - iterator on filehandle objects
549 - basic support for exception handlers
552 - added complex & mathx libraries
553 - merged LuaClosure & LuaFunction PMC
555 - added support for a return value from user defined functions
556 - added incomplete implemention of 'require_once'
558 - parser fixes, parses spidermonkey's top level test/shell.js
560 + PARROT_API is now PARROT_EXPORT
562 - :lexid is now :subid
563 - .arg is now .set_arg
564 - .result is now .get_result
565 - .yield (in .begin/end_yield) is now .set_yield
566 - .return (in .begin/end_return) is now .set_return
567 - .namespace x / .endnamespace x syntax is removed
568 + Capture_PIR (runtime/parrot/library/Parrot/Capture_PIR.pir)
572 + added CPAN module Storable 2.12 as a configuration and build dependency
573 + removed the pseudo PIR opcode 'addr'
574 + added the 'box' opcode
575 + fixed 'pop_eh' handling in PIR libraries and examples
576 + removed usage of .return for tailcalls (use .tailcall instead)
577 + removed 'get_hash' and 'get_array' from Capture PMC and Capture_PIR
578 + improved debugger and HLL coordination
579 + allowed MMD primitive autoboxing
580 + fixed all known memory leaks in PIR "Hello, world!"
581 + NCI signatures now JITted on x86-32 platforms (Windows and Linux)
582 + made the .const directive take a quoted type name instead of a constant
583 + made IMCC more re-entrant
586 - refactored Junctions implementation
587 - added "fire and forget" tool to rebase/rebuild/test Parrot and Rakudo
588 - updated container/reference semantics
589 - added more builtin methods and functions
590 - improved support for multilevel namespaces
591 - added support for .Str, .succ, .pred in user-defined classes
592 - implemented pointy blocks on if/loops
593 - increased STD.pm convergence
595 - improved MMD candidate sorting
596 - improved integration of Num and Int
597 - implemented increment on protoobjects
598 - added initial support for MAIN subs
599 - added .PARROT method
601 - added some predefined constants
602 - added implemention of the function basename()
604 - Added initial support for the classes Proc, Continuation, Queue, Dir, File, and FileStat
605 - fixed various minor bugs
606 - fixed broken Regexes
609 - added '.isa' method to PCT::Node
610 - cleaned up 'immediate block' handling
611 - allowed arguments to immediate blocks in loops/conditionals
612 - metaclass objects can now 'add_method'
614 - integrated macro processing in PIRC's lexer
615 - integrated heredoc lexer in PIRC executable
616 - added preprocess and heredoc-preprocess commandline options
617 - integrated the PASM grammar into PIRC
618 - added a register allocator to optimize the built-in vanilla allocator
619 - code cleanups and documentation
620 - added 'make test' target
622 - updated to work with new namespace/classname syntax
624 + PARROT_API will become PARROT_EXPORT
625 + :lexid will become :subid
628 - updates and additions to the Parrot book (see docs/book/)
630 - minor fixes to Parrot's base OpenGL bindings
631 - converted OpenGL PIR examples to Perl 6 (two complete, one WIP)
632 - added simplified OpenGL PIR example for NCI JIT testing
634 - further improvements to parallel tests
635 - tests no longer leave filesystem breadcrumbs
636 - more thorough testing of Parrot::Test itself
640 + float precision expanded to 15 significant digits from 6
641 + large integers autopromoted in PIR so as not to lose precision
642 + improved precision of complex square root
643 + exception handlers can register types of exceptions they catch
646 - implemented gather, take, and yield builtins
647 - Range, Time, Math, GC, Kernel classes
649 - added a new committer
650 + Markdown : new lightweight markup language
651 - start implementation with PCT/NQP
653 - Moved to its own repository: http://code.google.com/p/partcl/
655 - split() works with regexes
656 - implemented Str.comb
657 - ord() and chr() builtins
658 - improved parsing of literal numbers
659 - support for hyphens and dashes in identifiers
660 - next() on for-loops
661 - fixed floating point constant precision
662 - improved namespace handling, closer to STD.pm model
663 - support for exporting symbols
666 - now generates classes in nested namespaces instead of :: names
667 - supports class creation in caller's HLL namespace
669 - now using true nested namespaces instead of :: names
670 - cleaned up HLLCompiler interactive prompts and readline mode
671 - updated to use typed exception handler registration
672 - added initial support for loop control exceptions
674 - fixed Heredoc preprocessor
675 - cleaned up Macro preprocessor
676 - many code clean-ups, warning fixes and consting
677 - updated Makefile for easier compilation
679 - Added .tailcall syntax to replace .return in tailcall context
682 - an old style line numbered Basic interpreter able to use parrot objects
683 - example connecting to mysql via nci
684 - example using classes to write and run an embedded Basic program
687 - Added chapters for PCT, PMCs, and Opcodes/Runcores
688 - Expanded and improved formatting in various chapters
689 - Renumbered chapters
694 + add -I and -L command line options
695 + support for null strings in NCI calls
696 + preliminary support for resumable exceptions
697 + add '.hll_map' method for dynamic HLL type mapping
698 + more parrot_debugger fixes
699 + remove obsolete '.past' extension
702 - now over 3300 passing spectests
703 - precompiled modules
704 - precompiled scripts (--target=pir can now be executed standalone)
705 - Support for @*INC and %*INC varialbes
706 - additional builtin methods and subs
707 - added 'fail' function, warnings on use of undefined values
709 - qq, qw, q quoting forms
710 - run tests in parallel
714 - 'require' and precompiled modules
716 - all Array tests pass
718 - default arguments to functions
722 - add :loadinit attribute for PAST::Block
724 - major refactoring to allow all PIR keywords as identifiers
725 - links to libparrot now, so all Parrot ops are recognized as such
726 - implemented .loadlib, .HLL_map, .HLL
728 + add Xlib and Mysql modules and test programs to NCI examples
729 + many updates and cleanups to PDD documents
733 + PDD27: add multisub lookup
735 + new concurrency implementation (see PDD25)
736 + Exception PMC now captures a return continuation
737 + improved PMC encapsulation (Iterator, Key, Pair)
741 - parsing improvements
742 - minor additions to class builtins
743 - add support for block parameters to functions
745 - various language fixes
746 - refactor all libraries (namespace, method registration)
747 - add a OpenGL binding (still incomplete)
748 - lost user back trace (see ppd25 & pushaction)
750 - add support for while- and for-loops
751 - add support for increment and decrement
752 - designate PHP 5.3 as the reference implementation
753 - improve support for string literals
755 - removed due to bit rot
757 - now over 2200 passing spectests
758 - updated the Rakudo roadmap
759 - Perl 6 multi dispatch
760 - dispatch with slurpies
761 - class attributes ("my $.x")
763 - OO and metaclass improvements (.WHAT, .WHICH, .WHENCE)
764 - additional builtin methods and subs
765 - improved make test targets and harness
767 - implement [lreverse], [lsort -command]
768 - allow [incr] to autovivify
769 - update tclsh spec target to 8.5.3
770 - fix bug in TclDict PMC, allowing ~200 more [dict] spec tests to pass
771 - update 'make spectest' fudging, using TODO instead of SKIP if possible
774 - :scope('register') for PAST::Var nodes
775 - allow invocant specification in attribute scope PAST::Var nodes
776 - correct ordering of sub generation from POST
777 - add 'loadinit' attribute to PAST::Block for block initialization
779 - PIR registers now use the vanilla register allocator
780 - all PASM output now uses PASM registers
781 - all .locals and $registers are mapped
782 - clean-up of grammar, back-end and documentation
783 - implemented constant folding
784 - implemented instruction selection
786 + tests now clean up after themselves
787 + improved parallel test support
789 + Darwin problems fixed
791 + parrot_debugger renamed from pdb, numerous tweaks
794 + :vtable implies self in PIR
795 + modest core speed improvements
796 + Cygwin support improved
797 + "say" now an opcode (was dispatched to a method; see Deprecations)
799 + ".pragma n_operators" is deprecated
800 + old PASM register syntax (without "$") is deprecated
801 + bare (unquoted) method names are deprecated
802 + "#line" will be replaced with ".line"
803 + ".HLL_map" syntax will change
804 + ".loadlib" is now separate from ".HLL"
805 + mmdvtregister and mmdvtablefind opcodes are deprecated
806 + removed getfd, getclass opcodes
807 + removed IMCC syntax that treated some methods as builtins
808 + removed numeric get_attr and set_attr vtable entries
812 + removed a lot of old information from the FAQ
813 + improved function level documentation
815 + removed the configuration item 'has_gnu_m4'
816 + refactored ICU-detection
819 - improved the Smalltalk implementation
821 - renamed Plumhead to Pipp
822 - support for a lot of builtin functions.
823 - Pipp now uses PHP specific data types.
824 - converted from PCT with TGE to PCT with NQP actions
825 - improvements in the PCT variant by using optok parsing
826 - start of object support
828 - simple assignments work
830 - added a PCT-based implementation of JSON parsing
832 - improved handling of symbols
833 - added support for block handling
834 - added support for globals
838 - updated Range implementation
840 - added generic type declarations (::T)
841 - added runtime mixing of roles with 'does' and 'but'
842 - fixed handling of implicit lexicals ($_, $!, and $/)
843 - fixed implicit method calls on $_
844 - improved complex math builtins, added Complex
845 - moved many builtins to class Any
846 - declaration of lists of variables now work
847 - improved test infrastructure
848 - 910 additional passing spec tests since last release
849 - more convergence with STD.pm grammar
850 - added named 0-ary parsing and ops
853 - allowed subroutine and method names to be a PAST tree that produces the name
854 - Improved lexical handling
856 + pbc_disassemble renamed from disassemble
858 + allowed .macro_const in PIR
859 + added the flag :lexid(...) for subroutines
860 + made multiple dispatch work for sub types
861 + fixed garbage collection bug related to the metadata attached to a PMC_EXT structure
862 + added a warning when using deprecated opcodes
863 + simplified the stacks implementation
865 + improved closure and lexical support
866 + improved IMCC register allocator
867 + added cache for all runtime-constant strings, reducing memory usage
869 + improved OpenGL/GLU/GLUT bindings
870 + added a standard profile for Perl::Critic coding standard testing
871 + added support for smoke testing with Smolder
872 + enabled use of Test::Harness 3.0 if available, but don't require it for 'make test'
873 + added the executable 'parrot_config' to query Parrot configuration
877 + updated pdd09_gc.pod
880 - dramatically improved parsing speed
881 - added support for defining and instantiating classes
882 - started fleshing out the builtin class hierarchy
883 - added support for hashes and arrays
884 + Chitchat: added the start of a smalltalk compiler
885 + Pheme: updated to match PGE changes
886 + Pynie: return statement, other minor updates
888 - added working list and hash contexts
889 - added 'return' statements
890 - added => pair constructor
891 - added ?? !! ternary
892 - added Range, range operators, Complex
893 - added common List, Hash methods
894 - refactored base classes
895 - added Mutable, Perl6Scalar classes
896 - added type-checking, is readonly/rw/copy for parameters
897 - added make localtest, docs/spectest-progress.csv
899 + Squaak: implement return statement
900 + Tcl: updated control flow exceptions to use new builtin types
902 + All tools converted to P6object metamodel
904 - <?foo> is now a zero-width match
905 - reduced backtracking to improve parsing speed
907 - added "return" PAST.op node type for subroutine returns
908 - added "keyed_int" scoping to PAST::Var
909 - fixed calls to closures
910 - automatically transcode 7-bit unicode to ascii for faster processing
911 + NQP: added "return" statement, ?? !! ternary operator
913 + expanded step gen::opengl
915 + updated function and macro names to match pdd09_gc.pod
917 + add ".namespace []" as alternative to ".namespace"
918 + "make codetest" target runs standard coding tests
920 + added P6object class for Perl 6 interfaces to objects in Parrot
921 + ported OpenGL/GLU/GLUT bindings to Win32, BSD, and more Mac OS X variants
922 + generate OpenGL/GLU/GLUT bindings by parsing system headers
923 + new OpenGL example shapes.pir, covering basic OpenGL 1.1 / GLUT 3 APIs
924 + new float4.pir structure-packing benchmark
925 + reduced memory use for variables
926 + improved constant string caching
927 + made code g++ and gcc (with optimizations) safe
928 + the usual collection of bugfixes and optimizations
932 + updated and launched pdd28_strings.pod
933 + updated pdd19_pir.pod
935 + added implementation of Rational PMC.
936 + simplified ops control flow syntax
937 + enabled backtrace on non-glibc platforms too
938 + improved some PIR error reporting
939 + removed user stack opcodes
940 (save, restore, lookback, entrytype, depth, rotate_up)
941 (NOTE: This was scheduled to occur after 0.7.0, moved up to this release)
942 + removed register stack, saveall, and restoreall opcodes
943 + removed various deprecated features and unused code
946 + C99: grammar updated
947 + Cardinal: resurrected, method calls and do blocks work now
948 + Eclectus: use NQP as PAST generating code
950 - added big number library
951 - updated to match PGE changes
952 - added a bytecode disassembler & a Lua 5.1 VM bytecode translator
953 + Pheme: updated to match PGE/PCT changes
955 - use NQP as PAST generating code
956 - use riaxpander for macro expansion
959 - conditional and loop statement modifiers
960 - lots of class, object, role, and method improvements
961 - Str increment and decrement
962 - improved spectest reporting
963 - type checking on assignment
964 - regexes and grammars
968 + Squaak: added to repository
971 + PGE: updated to match Synopsis 5, deprecated features removed
973 - improve handling of register types, conversion between registers
974 - improved error diagnostics
975 - add 'arity' to for loops
977 + added step auto::opengl
978 + added step gen::opengl
979 + added step gen::call_list
981 + still more optimizations and performance improvements, especially in GC
982 + new libraries: OpenGL/GLU/GLUT bindings (small subset working)
983 + new dump_pbc.pl utility: PBC disassembly/source code weaver
984 + improved C++ compiler support
985 + optimized builds work again
990 + drafted pdd29_compiler_tools.pod
991 + updated pdd28_character_sets.pod draft
992 + updated pdd19_pir.pod draft
994 + c99: added independent C pre-processor
995 + HQ9+: reimplemented with PCT
997 . reimplementation with PCT, using PAST and POST
998 . behavior aligned wih 5.1.3
1000 . implemented basic I/O, including '$*IN', '$*OUT', '$*ERR', 'prefix:='
1001 . implemented simple typing and runtime type checking
1002 . added basic multi-method dispatch
1003 . expanded named argument handling, including Pair and colonpairs
1004 . added 'Whatever' and 'Capture' classes
1005 . implemented 'handles' trait verb
1006 . added 'loop' statement
1007 . implemented 'given', 'when', 'for', 'while', 'until' statement modifiers
1008 . implemented Hash methods '.keys' and '.values'
1009 . fixed bug to get '.WHAT' working correctly
1010 . initial implementation of 'eval'
1013 . created a bootstrapped build, see 'make boot'
1014 . added 'infix:<', 'infix:<=', 'infix:>', 'infix:>=' relational operators
1015 . added 'postfix:++', 'postfix:--' operators
1017 . added methods specifying default behaviors in PAST, reducing repeated code
1018 . improved symbol table lookup
1020 . removed deprecated code including: P6Regex, P6Grammar, PAST-pm
1022 + notable speedups during compilation and execution of parrot and HLLs
1023 + pdb (the parrot debugger) can now catch parrot exceptions
1024 + better detection of glibc and gettext during configuration
1025 + various bugfixes, code cleanups, deprecations, and coding standard fixes
1030 + launched pdd18_security.pod
1031 + updated pdd17_pmc.pod
1032 + launching draft of pdd28_character_sets.pod
1034 + cleanup of IMCC documentation
1036 + add step auto::gettext
1037 + add step auto::crypto
1041 . Phase out P6Regex in favor of Perl6Regex
1043 '.local Array my_arr' is illegal now
1045 + C99: reimplementation with PCT
1048 . add support for functions with params
1049 . add math functions
1052 . first cut at smart matching
1053 . indirect method calls
1055 . added methods 'grep' and 'first'
1056 . implement auto{increment,decrement}
1057 . initial implementation of 'perl6doc'
1060 . add base64 library
1061 + Cardinal: basic support for functions with parameters
1062 + Pheme: various updates
1063 + Ecmascript: various updates
1064 + Tcl: now targeting tcl 8.5.1, no more expected failures in test suite.
1065 (No, this doesn't mean everything's implemented. =-)
1066 + Eclectus: various updates
1067 + WMLScript: various updates
1070 + Add library YAML::Dumper
1071 + Add the MD2, MD4, MD5, RIPEMD160, SHA & SHA1 PMC, as a wrapper
1074 + various bugfixes, code cleanups and coding standard fixes
1076 + remove external Perl 5 modules from the Parrot distribution
1080 + PDD09 (garbage collection) - approved
1081 + PDD28 (character sets) - draft started
1082 + added function documentation to some core functions
1083 + PCT beginners guide, optable guide and PAST nodes guide, bug fixes
1085 + IMCC: plugged various memory leaks and other cleanups
1087 . add "attribute" as a scope variant to PAST::Var nodes
1088 . add 'shift' and 'pop' methods to PAST:: nodes
1089 + NQP: add '=:=' op, tests for scalar and list contextualizers, \x escapes
1091 + APL: reimplementation with PCT
1092 + Cardinal (Ruby): reimplemention with PCT
1093 + Ecmascript: reimplementation with PCT
1094 + lolcode: improved expression parsing, ifthen, IT, YARN
1096 . aligned with Lua official release 5.1.3.
1097 . added initial PCT-based implementation.
1098 + Punie (Perl 1): refactor to use standard PCT-based filenames
1099 + Pynie (Python): add functions
1101 . rebranded, formerly known as 'perl6'
1102 . passes many more official Perl 6 Specification tests
1103 . added 'perl6doc' utility
1104 . oo including meta?classes, objects, methods, attributes, role composition
1105 . match variables, while/until statements, traits
1106 . many new methods for Str, List, Hash, Junction
1109 + PCCINVOKE syntax for named arguments using []; use () instead.
1110 + see DEPRECATED.pod for details
1112 + pbc_to_exe refactored for code reduction, portability, and maintainability
1114 + #line directives added to generated JIT files, improving debugging
1115 + consting, attribute marking, refactoring, warnings cleanup
1119 + PDD27 (multiple dispatch) - debut of new design
1120 + Numerous small updates to glossary.pod, etc
1122 + NQP: optional, named, and named/required parameters
1124 + PAST: "defined-or"
1126 + New mk_language_shell.pl script creates language stubs
1129 + Eclectus: start with support for local variables and procedures,
1130 use SXML as intermediate representation
1131 + Perl 6: list builtins, compiler directives, command-line options, etc.
1132 + "make perl6" now builds a Perl 6 executable
1133 + punie: more builtins, control structures, code refactoring
1134 + pynie: builtin stubs, more tests
1136 + New "pbc_to_exe" utility turns bytecode to executables
1137 + New set_outer method for subs
1138 + Further configuration refactoring for testability
1139 + All functions now completely headerized
1140 + Concurrency: interpreter schedulers
1142 + DYNSELF (changes to SELF; SELF to STATICSELF)
1143 + METHOD (replaced by renaming PCCMETHOD)
1144 + pmcinfo op (superseded by 'inspect')
1145 + get_attr, set_attr, and 8 other vtable methods
1146 + See DEPRECATED.pod for details
1149 + Minor speed enhancements with UTF-8 string handling
1151 + consting, attribute marking, warnings cleanup, memory leaks plugged ...
1155 + PDD19 (PIR) - reflect state on the ground; incorporate old IMCC docs
1156 + PDD25 (Concurrency) - launch out of draft
1157 + Improve documentation of deprecated parrot features.
1159 + PCT: Parrot Compiler Toolkit redesigned and updated
1160 + NQP: major updates, including support for namespaces,
1161 module/class declarations, methods
1162 + IMCC: remove .sym as alias for .local. Remove .pcc_
1163 prefix for calling directives (.pcc_begin became .begin_call).
1164 + PIRC: creates an AST during the parse.
1165 + PGE: more updates to match S05 syntax.
1167 + perl6: re-implemented using PCT and NQP, new object subsystem
1168 + abc: re-implemented using PCT and NQP
1169 + eclectus: initial implementation
1170 + plumhead: add PCT variant
1171 + punie: re-implemented using PCT and NQP, extended to handle subroutines
1172 Happy 20th Birthday, Perl!
1173 + pynie: re-implemented using PCT and NQP
1174 + PIR: start conversion to NQP (under construction)
1176 + new opcodes: 'die', 'addhandler', 'copy'
1177 + Initial implementation of Concurrency PDD
1178 + Add 'arity' method to Sub and NCI PMCs
1181 + consting, attribute marking, warnings cleanup, memory leaks, GC...
1182 + dead code removal (includes some defunct languages)
1186 + PDD15 (OO) branch merged with trunk; this release contains a working,
1187 tested implementation of the latest OO model
1188 + Added pop_eh/push_eh_p/count_eh opcodes
1189 + Add --runcore command line option
1190 + Add gcdebug runcore to help track down GC bugs
1191 + minor improvements to IA-32 JIT
1193 + PDD19 (PIR): updates to macros, .pcc* directives
1194 + PDD25 (Concurrency): updated
1195 + PDD26 (AST): draft approved
1196 + PDD23 (Exceptions): draft approved
1197 + Copyright cleanups
1198 - Languages/Compilers
1199 + languages/APL: minor updates, PDD15 conformance
1200 + languages/dotnet: minor updates
1201 + languages/lua: minor updates, PDD15 conformance
1202 + languages/lisp: minor updates
1203 + languages/perl6: minor updates, PDD15 conformance
1204 + languages/plumhead: minor updates
1205 + languages/punie: minor updates, PDD15 conformance
1206 + languages/nqp: minor updates
1207 + languages/scheme: many updates, PDD15 conformance, improved tests, use
1208 PMCs instead of primitive registers to represent values
1209 + languages/tcl: bugfixes, PDD15 conformance
1210 + languages/WMLScript: minor updates
1211 + compilers/pirc: updates from PDD19, PDD06
1212 + compilers/pct: minor updates, PDD15 conformance
1213 + compilers/pge: PDD15 conformance
1214 + compilers/tge: PDD15 conformance
1216 + Improve test coverage
1217 + Improve reporting when a step fails; allow abort on failure
1219 + More coding standard conformance, tests, cleanup, speedups,
1221 + Bug cleanup, esp. GC bugs
1222 + Eliminate .imc extension (use .pir)
1223 + Simplify some core config steps to not allow interactive prompting
1229 + Bug fixes (including Coverity IDs 20, 22, 30, 119-122, 124-126, 129-131)
1230 Also various GC, memory, and segfault issues
1231 + Fix & reenable CGP core
1232 + Parrot's -r flag now works again (compile to and execute bytecode)
1233 + Updates to pmc2c & PIR syntaxes
1235 + Minor performance improvements, especially in PGE
1237 + PDD02 "Vtables" - superceded by PDD17
1238 + PDD06 "PASM" - minor updates
1239 + PDD17 "PMC" - add VTABLE syntax, update core PMC struct, restore UnionVal
1240 + PDD19 "PIR" - early review started
1241 + PDD21 "Namespaces" - cleanup
1242 + PDD24 "Events" - draft approved
1243 + PDD25 "Concurrency" - minor updates
1244 + PDD26 "AST" - draft version begun
1245 + PIR tutorials updated
1246 - Languages/Compilers
1247 + Make scheme work with the current calling conventions, other major work.
1248 + Updates to m4, lua, compilers/pirc, languages/PIR, dotnet, tcl
1250 + make -j functional again
1251 + Code cleanup (refactoring, optimizations)
1255 + Performed code review on every PMC
1256 + Modified PMC code generation to use Storable, reducing compile times
1257 + Added a makefile target to generate test coverage data of C sources
1259 + NQP: added lists, for loops, operators, comparison and multiplicative operators
1260 + Announced Kea-CL, Kea Common Lisp, an ANSI Common Lisp implementation
1261 The repository is available at https://rgrjr.dyndns.org/svn/kea-cl/trunk/
1263 + PDD17 "PMCs" - draft approved, the design is complete
1264 + Added more PIR tutorials, see examples/tutorial/00_README.pod
1266 + Many bugfixes, enhancements, documentation, and coding standard updates
1267 + Deprecated PMC constants and other crufty syntax, see DEPRECATED.pod
1268 + Improved icc compiler compatibility for error line reporting
1272 + Lots of code review, many bugs fixed
1273 + Many more code cleanups and compiler warning levels
1274 + Started a new jit engine for 64-bit processors
1275 + Refactored configure process, with tests and new diagnostic options
1276 + Added new CodeString PMC for dynamic generation of PIR code
1277 + More pdd15 support for object metamodel.
1279 + Added NQP ("Not Quite Perl"), a very lightweight Perl 6-like language
1280 + Significant improvements and refactors to PCT (Parrot Compiler Toolkit)
1281 + perl6 passes more spec tests
1282 + Lua works now with a PGE/TGE/PAST-pm based compiler, lives in one pbc,
1283 and the interpreter has same behavior as original.
1285 + Added a committers' HOWTO
1286 + More PIR tutorial examples
1290 - Now, with Seat Belts!
1291 + added makefile targets for Sun lint, BSD lint, and splint
1292 + corrected many errors picked up by these tools
1293 + decorated source code with compiler hints, assertions, and attribute macros
1294 + automated creation of function declarations to prevent common errors
1295 + increased compiler warnings levels
1296 + converted more exceptions to a recoverable form
1298 + updated Lisp, Lua, Perl 6, tcl, regex, Scheme ("Pheme")
1299 + Perl 6 now fetches selected tests from pugs, and even passes some
1300 + PGE modified to handle {*} action subs for top-down and bottom-up parsers,
1301 and to allow grammar subclassing
1302 + HLLCompiler now has better exception, eval, and exit support
1303 + Introduced PCT, a refactor of HLLCompiler and PAST-pm
1305 + PDD15 "Objects" - details added to 'new' and 'getattribute' opcodes
1306 + PDD17 "PMCs" - notes added on instantiation and dynamic extention in PIR
1308 + added Parrot-related text from "Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials" book,
1309 tutorial examples from "Learning PIR" talk, and PDD15 metamodel diagrams
1311 + reduced memory footprint when using named registers
1312 + implemented overridding of vtable methods by PDD15 classes
1313 + improved PDD15 support for 'new', 'instantiate', and others
1314 + added makefile targets to ease core and HLL makefile regeneration
1315 + updated parrot dubugger, "pdb", to allow loading of commands from file
1317 + many bugfixes, enhancements, documentation, and coding standard updates
1321 + Updated Lisp, Lua, PHP ("Plumhead"), Python ("Pynie"), ABC,
1322 WMLScript, and Tcl ("ParTcl").
1323 + Perl 6 passes all of the sanity tests.
1324 + PGE supports latest Perl 6 grammar syntax. Perl 6, Python
1325 ("Pynie"), and ABC parsers updated to match.
1326 + Updated PHP ("Plumhead") to Antlr 3.0.
1327 + Lua added the beginnings of a PGE/TGE based compiler (not yet
1328 replacing the Perl/Yapp compiler).
1329 + Lisp updated for current features, added a test suite.
1330 - Core Implementation:
1331 + Filled in features and backward compatibility for PDD 15 objects.
1332 New object metamodel passes 85% of old test suite.
1333 + GCC API symbols are visible externally only when explicitly exported.
1334 + Added generated GCC compiler attributes to increase warnings, and
1335 cleaned up resulting warnings.
1336 + Code cleanup efforts and fixed memory leaks by the cage cleaners,
1337 resulting in notable speed increases.
1339 + Updated Parrot distribution to Artistic License 2.0, from dual
1340 Artistic 1/GPL license.
1341 + SDL examples brought up-to-date with current features.
1345 + even more refactorings and improvements in configuration system
1346 + improved tests and documentation for configuration system
1348 + Updated abc, PHP ("Plumhead"), Lua, Tcl
1351 + new PMC PDD draft partially completed
1353 + continued implementation of PDD 15 (Objects)
1354 + minor garbage collector and memory management improvements
1355 + several memory leaks resolved
1356 + extended support for compilers other than GCC
1357 + improved C++ compiler compatibility
1358 + enhanced support for Solaris, non-MSVC Win32, and other platforms
1363 + IMCC: added documentation for C-based Parrot Calling Conventions,
1364 refactorings and bug fixes
1365 + PGE: new perl6regex front end reflecting recent S05 syntax changes
1366 + PIRC: new prototype PIR parser
1368 + Updated Lua, PHP ("Plumhead"), BASIC, pynie
1369 + Lua implements environment
1371 + PDD15 "Objects" - details added, and draft approved
1373 + Added guidelines for PMC documentation
1375 + PDD15 implementation is largely complete, including role-based composition,
1376 introspection, and C3 method resolution order
1377 + new Exporter PMC for importing globals between namespaces
1378 + new string utilities for radix conversion
1379 + PCCINVOKE and Parrot_PCCINVOKE allow calling using the full Parrot Calling
1380 Conventions from PMCs and C code respectively
1382 + Refactorings and improvements in test coverage for 'Configure.pl'
1384 + many bugfixes, enhancements, and code cleanup
1385 + added example subversion config file
1386 + extended support for gcc, icc, and other compilers
1387 + extended support for Solaris and other platforms
1393 + IMCC: Parrot calling conventions now available between two C PMCs (PMINVOKE)
1394 + PGE: Match object improvements
1395 + smop: added Attribute and Class PMCs
1396 + HLLCompiler: improvements for interactive mode
1398 + extended binding to a list of variables
1400 + Updated Lua, PHP ("Plumhead"), Tcl ("ParTcl"), Ruby ("Cardinal")
1401 + Update PIR, regex, Zcode
1402 + New language: Pynie - a Python compiler for Parrot
1403 + Lua implements require and many other ops, improved regex support
1406 + PDD01 "Overview" - updated architecture and platform information
1407 + PDD15 "Objects" - details on roles, objects, and classes added
1408 + PDD22 "I/O" - added async ops and Status PMC details
1410 + Added guides for Metacommitter, Relase Manager, and Cage Cleaner roles
1412 + Object, Class, Role, and Attribute PMC implementation has begun
1413 + Perl 5 module "Parrot::Embed" now compiles and links on all platforms
1415 + Major improvements in test coverage for 'ops2c.pl'
1417 + New utility: Crow, a template processor
1418 + New library module: Config/JSON for reading/writing JSON files
1419 + many bugfixes, enhancements, and coding standard updates, code cleanup
1424 + IMCC: Parrot calling conventions now available in C PMCs, allowing
1425 named, optional, slurpy, and flat parameter passing
1426 + PGE: extended support for Perl 5 Regexes
1427 + smop: prototype object model implementation
1428 + hllcompiler: refactored to run a configurable set of compilation stages
1430 + redesigned assign/binding to support Perl 6 binding semantics
1432 + Updated Lua, PHP ("Plumhead"), Tcl ("ParTcl"), perl6, perl5
1433 + New language: PIR - a PGE-based implementation of Parrot PIR
1434 + perl6 now supports binding (':=') and 'join'
1435 + lua generates tail calls, and supports its own regex flavor (PGE-based)
1436 + Pheme still works, huzzah!
1438 + PDD21 "Objects" - rewritten
1439 + PDD22 "I/O" - updated and 'TODO' tests added
1441 + Interface stability classification standards approved
1442 + Roles and Responsibilities documented approved
1443 + Official 'drafts' directory created (was 'clip')
1445 + More NameSpace and OS PMC methods implemented
1446 + Parrot executable fullname and basename now available in PIR/PASM code
1447 + new 'chomp' library function
1449 + Major improvements in test coverage for 'ops2pm.pl'
1451 + many bugfixes, enhancements, and coding standard updates
1452 + extended support for Sun Workshop Compilers
1453 + Parrot now builds on PocketPC platform
1458 + HLLCompiler: added tracing options, modified api
1459 + PGE & TGE bugfixes and updates
1461 + added global and lexical variable support
1462 + added looping constructs, arrays, hashes
1464 + Updated PHP ("Plumhead"), Tcl ("ParTcl"),
1465 forth, perl6, lua, abc, APL, WMLScript, punie
1466 + ParTcl is passing > 24.9% of Tcl cvs-latest test suite
1467 + perl6 now supports hashes, arrays, method calls, arity-based
1468 multisubs, quoted terms, ranges (non-lazy), try blocks, $!
1470 + PDD01 "Overview" - updated
1471 + PDD22 "I/O" - rewritten and approved
1473 + Converted Perl 5 Regex tests to PIR, with notable speedup
1474 + Added tests for opcodes, compilers, languages, and coding standards
1476 + Major improvements in test coverage for 'pmc2c.pl'
1478 + many bugfixes, enhancements, and coding standard updates
1479 + extended support for non-core platforms including Cygwin, Tru64
1483 - New languages: PHP ("Plumhead"), Forth
1484 - Updated languages: Ruby ("Cardinal"), Tcl, Lua
1485 - Remove old Python implementation from Parrot repository; the new Python
1486 language code is hosted at http://pirate.tangentcode.com
1488 + PGE updated with more expressions, latest changes to S05
1489 + new Perl 6 grammar compiler
1491 + Perl 5 module "Parrot::Embed" allows easy embedding of a Parrot
1492 runtime into a Perl 5 program
1494 + new :init pragma for subs that must run before the main function
1495 + new :vtable pragma to identify subs that override PMC vtable methods,
1496 eliminating the need for special subroutine names
1497 + PIR parser/compiler does not stop on first syntax error
1498 + Vanilla register allocator ("register alligator") greatly improves
1499 performance compiling large functions
1500 + Eliminated limit on number of PIR macros
1502 + hash lookups return null instead of None for missing keys
1504 + PDD13 "Bytecode files: format and manipulation" - new
1505 + PDD10 "Embedding" - new
1506 + PDD25 "Concurrency" - rewritten
1507 + PDD15 "Objects" - new section on redesign requirements
1508 + PDD07 "Coding standards" - significant updates and automated tests
1510 + Many many more new tests
1512 + autoconf compatible install options
1514 + Namespace refinements
1515 + Coroutine improvements
1516 + An impressive swarm of other bugfixes and enhancements
1520 - New languages: Ruby ("Cardinal"), Javascript ("ecmascript")
1521 - Updated languages: Tcl, dotnet, bc, Pheme, Punie, WMLScript
1522 - Updated compilers: PGE, TGE
1524 + ".loadlib" directive expresses dependencies
1525 + ".namespace" with no parameter goes to HLL root
1526 + lexer is reentrant (reentrant grammar in progress)
1527 - Namespace improvements:
1528 + new suite of opcodes to access namespaces and globals
1529 ("find_global" and "store_global" will be phased out)
1530 + namespace '' no longer means HLL root
1531 - Design document updates:
1532 namespaces (pdd23), basic types (pdd17), embedding
1533 - Updated tool requirements for developers:
1534 flex 2.5.33, bison 2.1, perl 5.6.1
1535 - New to-do list for people new to Parrot:
1537 - The usual plethora of bugfixes and enhancements
1541 - unicode subroutine names
1542 - hierarchical class names finished including MMD support
1543 - new dotnet CLI to PIR translator
1544 - improved TGE code and compiler
1545 - APL: vector handling
1546 - new STM branch in the svn repository
1547 - the usual bugfixes and enhancements
1551 - hierarchical class names
1554 - understands simple vector ops, strings
1555 - demonstrates use of Unicode in Parrot
1556 - pgc, a compiler for rules and operator precedence parsers
1557 - Major redesign and improvements for PGE
1558 - compilers understand named parameter options
1559 - :ratchet option implemented to support non-backtracking quantifiers
1560 - TGE (tree grammar engine) for tree transformations
1561 - tgc, tree grammar compiler
1563 - support for many operators, lexical scalars, regex matches
1564 - new pheme (Parrot scheme) compiler
1568 - namespaces partially implemented
1569 - rulec, Perl 6 rule compiler
1570 - PGE improvements including return values for closure
1571 - parts of a Perl 6 parser based on PGE
1572 - complex trigonometric methods
1573 - type of Sub PMC is now overridable by HLL
1575 - many bug fixes and improvements
1579 - improved PPC and x86 JIT support including JIT compilation
1580 of very simple PASM/PIR subroutines
1581 - preliminary libreadline support
1582 - better trace and debug features
1584 - META.yml to support proper indexing on CPAN
1585 - new opcode: hcf (in "my_ops" in dynamic op library)
1586 - new File pmc for file specific ops (is_dir, is_file, copy, rename...)
1587 - named arguments and parameters (both :named("") and => syntaxes)
1588 - ongoing config improvements
1589 - tons of bug fixes and other small improvements - too much to list all
1593 - Installation: 'make install' is using standard locations now
1594 (/usr/local is the default --prefix)
1595 - Produce static and shared libraries on some systems
1596 - Configure system rearragement
1597 - OS pmc started (mkdir,cd,cwd,rm,umask,stat)
1599 - Test files are now testable with 'prove'
1600 - Smoke (and smokej) outputs progress
1601 - PIR supports: I = A < B (>,<=,>=,==,!=)
1602 - Add support for octal number constants
1604 - almost finish [string]; start [file]
1605 - add build tool for generating inline'd tcl builtins from templates.
1606 - Jako updates: NCI, subroutines, global variables and constants all work.
1611 - New lexical handling and closure support including better
1612 introspection for caller and outer
1613 - PGE (Parrot Grammar Engine) provides now compilers for P6Rule,
1614 P6Grammar, P5Regexp, and Glob
1615 - ca. 1000 new tests including 800 for Perl5 regexp
1616 - Improved unicode charset and encoding support
1617 - Calling conventions for exception handlers
1618 - Punie (Perl 1) uses TGE (Tree Grammar Engine) to convert from
1619 PGE match objects to AST via two steps of tree transformation grammars
1620 - New languages: amber and lua
1621 - The usual code fixes, cleanup, and improvements, including an overhaul
1622 of the config and test framework
1626 - Variable sized register frames are finished. Each subroutine gets
1627 the amount of registers that it actually needs. No more spilling.
1628 - Vastly improved PGE (Parrot Grammar Engine) including shift-reduce,
1629 precedence-based expression parser and support for matching of
1630 bracketed text delimited by e.g. ()[]{}'"
1631 - uniccode character classification (is_upper ...)
1632 - support for heredoc syntax in assembler
1633 - improved examples, basic JSON support
1634 - debian packaging support
1635 - the usual improvements, bug fixes, and cleanup
1636 - test count exceeds 3000
1640 - New calling conventions implemented: see PDD03 for details
1641 - Merge multiple Parrot bytecode (PBC) files into a singe PBC file
1642 - 'make smoke' target going beta
1643 - bc now supports if statements, comparison ops, prefix inc/dec
1644 - ParTcl adds [lassign], [switch] (partially); [expr] converted to a compiler
1645 - Many exciting doc updates, tests, and bugfixes, too numerous to mention
1649 - Dynamic classes now compile on Windows (including ParTcl)
1650 - New Super PMC allows easy access to superclass methods
1651 - Implement C3 method resolution order (just like Perl 6 & Python)
1652 - ParTcl has new PIR-based parser and passes more Tcl tests
1653 - added character class support in Globs to PGE
1654 - added language implementations of unlambda, Lazy-k
1655 - many bugfixes, including GC and memory leaks
1656 - the new calling scheme continued to evolve in branches/leo-ctx5
1660 - new call scheme: docs/pdds/pdd03_calling_conventions.pod
1661 - partial implementation of the new calling conventions
1662 PASM only, don't mix PIR foo() call syntax with the new scheme
1663 - grammar and rule support in PGE - the Parrot Grammar Engine
1664 - TCL passes >10% of the tcl test suite
1665 - the usual bugfixes and improvements
1669 - better HLL support (short names for object attributes, and
1670 .HLL and n_operators pragmas)
1671 - string encoding and charset can now be set independently
1672 - experimental mmap IO layer for slurping files
1673 - distinct debug and trace flag settings
1674 - glob support in PGE
1675 - new character classification opcodes and interfaces
1679 - parrot repository is now under subversion
1680 - MMD (Multi Method Dispatch) enhanced
1681 - new unary and infix opcodes that return new result PMCs
1682 - dynamic scalar PMCs inherit now almost all from Parrot core PMCs
1683 - more unification of PMCs and ParrotObjects
1684 - tailcalls for functions and methods
1685 - PGE (Parrot Grammar Engine) reworked
1686 - Pugs creates Parrot code and Pugs is a registered compiler now
1687 - new languages/lisp
1688 - the usual bug fixes and improvements
1692 - New string handling code. Strings now have charset and encoding
1693 - Parts of a generation garbage collector
1694 - Better Python code, separated in dynclasses
1695 - Parrot Grammar Engine
1696 - Improved test coverage and documentation
1700 Parrot 0.1.1 is an intermediate release with tons of updates and fixes.
1701 - Python support: Parrot runs 4/7 of the pie-thon test suite
1702 - Better OS support: more platforms, compiler, OS functions
1703 - Improved PIR syntax for method calls and <op>= assignment
1704 - Dynamic loading reworked including a "make install" target
1705 - MMD - multi method dispatch for binary vtable methods
1706 - Library improvement and cleanup
1707 - BigInt, Complex, *Array, Slice, Enumerate, None PMC classes
1708 - IA64 and hppa JIT support
1709 - Tons of fixes, improvements, new tests, and documentation updates.
1710 A lot is unfinished and keeps changing. Nethertheless Parrot is stable
1711 and usable at the surface, while internals are moving.
1714 - "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... objects!"
1715 - Huge documentation overhaul
1716 - More supported platforms, s. PLATFORMS
1717 - Basic thread support for pthread based architectures
1718 - Basic event handling for timers and signals including:
1719 - PASM callbacks for NCI (native C) functions.
1720 - Improved platform configuration
1721 - COW stacks now working, stacks code redone
1722 - Structure handling vastly improved
1723 - Random PMC and rand primitives
1724 - Better subroutine call syntax in PIR
1725 - Make PIR subroutines compliant with pdd03
1726 - Improved profiling (DOD, GC timings)
1727 - Hash code improvements, incl. random key order support
1728 - Experimental freeze/thaw code for some PMC types
1729 - IO improvements for buffered layer and Win32
1731 - String bitwise vtables
1733 - Support for JIT, where malloced memory isn't executable
1734 - Priority DOD scheme for objects that need timely destruction
1735 - Improved byte code loading (e.g. onLoad functions)
1736 - Language updates: forth, Perl 6/P6C, m4
1737 - Libraries: Getopt_Long, SDL, Dumper, Sort
1739 - Unified imcc and parrot test handling
1740 - Many new tests (make test reports 1386 tests)
1741 - Numerous bug fixes
1744 - The Big Move: Parrot source and build files rearranged into sub dirs
1745 - Build imcc as parrot
1746 - Objects more finished
1747 - Delegate vtable methods to byte code
1748 - Binary multi-method dispatching
1749 - Isa and does methods for PMCs
1750 - Call byte code from C
1751 - Start of extension interface
1752 - Experimental struct handling
1753 - Catch access to NULL PMCs
1754 - Experimental network socket interface code and opcodes
1755 - IO fixes and improvements
1756 - Dynamic opcode libraries
1757 - Fix-assigned opcode numbers
1758 - Argument flattening for function calls
1759 - More native call interface (NCI) signatures
1760 - Ncurses, postgres, and pcre interface libraries
1761 - Forth language is vastly improved
1762 - BSD and Win32 build improvements
1763 - Many new tests and fixes
1766 - This number intentionally left blank
1770 - Dynamic PMC registration
1771 - Trial exception system
1772 - Beginnings of object system
1775 - I/O system improvements
1777 - Documentation for basic PMC types
1778 - IMCC support of Parrot Calling Conventions
1779 - Runtime loading of chartypes (and other string improvements)
1780 - Conditional breakpoints
1781 - Dramatically accelerated sweeps for finalizable objects
1782 - Small PMCs (PMCs split into core and extensions)
1783 - Loadable bytecode packfiles
1785 - Sub variants that deal with the stack correctly
1786 - Switched runops core
1787 - Line numbers in warnings
1788 - Environment access
1789 - Many documentation cleanups
1790 - Conversion to CPS style!
1791 - BASIC debugger and many other wacky features
1792 - Filename, line number parsing support in IMCC
1797 - some more benchmarking
1799 - optimized math ops
1800 - intersegment branches
1801 - more complete use of PObjs
1802 - beefed up packfiles
1803 - sub/continuation/coroutine fixes
1804 - better NCI (native calling interface)
1805 - many imcc improvements
1810 - Native function calling interface (Dan)
1811 - Stack/list aggregate rewrite (Leo)
1812 - Scratchpads (Jonathan Sillito)
1813 - Preliminary DotGNU support -- type conversion ops (Gopal V + Leo)
1814 - Buffer/PMC unification (Leo)
1815 - stabs debugging support for JIT (Leo)
1816 - Jako overhaul (Gregor)
1817 - Optional Lea allocator (Leo)
1818 - Parrot sprintf (Brent)
1820 - PMC Properties (Dan)
1821 - Various JIT improvements (D. Grunblatt + Leo)
1822 - Extensible packfiles (Juergen)
1823 - Restructured PMC hierarchy (Leo)
1824 - Real Scheme (Juergen)
1828 - Several new grammars and a BNF -> perl5 and perl6 converter (Jeff)
1829 - Working Perl 6 REs (Sean)
1830 - Keyed Access (Tom Hughes et al)
1831 - New PMCs (Alberto et al)
1832 - Better Documentation
1834 - GC acceleration (Mike Lambert)
1835 - Lexical scope (Jonathan Sillito)
1841 - Perl 6 Grammar and Compiler (Sean)
1842 - Subroutines, coroutines, and continuations (Melvin)
1843 - GC improvements (Peter Gibbs, Mike Lambert)
1844 - Global variables (Melvin)
1845 - Intermediate bytecode compiler (Melvin, Angel)
1846 - And much, much more.
1850 - New assembler that support keyed types (Jeff)
1851 - New macro layer, allowing constants (Jeff)
1852 - New Configure.pl (Brent)
1853 - Changes to bytecode format, endian issues resolved (Melvin)
1854 - GC improvements and bug fixes (Peter Gibbs, Mike Lambert)
1855 - JIT compiler rewrite (Jason and Daniel)
1856 - Parrot assembler in Parrot (Daniel)
1857 - Parrot debugger (Daniel)
1858 - BASIC polished, Eliza.bas is new (Clint)
1859 - Cola compiler committed and working, with limited OOP (Melvin)
1860 - Keyed aggregates (Steve Fink)
1861 - Global ops (Melvin)
1862 - Compile-time speedup (Melvin)
1863 - Much documentation
1865 - Contributed tetris and lzw files
1866 - And many more, from the cast of thousands
1871 - Perl Scalar support in PMCs
1872 - Array and Hash types almost ready for prime-time
1873 - Internal support for keyed types
1874 - EMACS editing mode
1876 - New Language - BASIC
1877 - Regular expression compiler
1879 - Many, many bug fixes, enhancements, and speedups
1883 - Arena-based memory allocation system
1886 - "Predereferencing" mode - ./parrot -P - 22% speedup
1887 - JIT compiler - ./parrot -j
1888 - Parrot now builds warnings-clean on many platforms
1889 - Many more PMC methods implemented
1890 - Regular expression operations
1892 - Basic support for embedding Parrot in other programs
1894 - Added PDDs to distribution
1898 - Added an assembly optimizer
1899 - Improved string encoding/type support
1901 - Source reformatting
1902 - Major refactoring in packfile library
1903 - More Miniperl functionality
1904 - New PMC "clone" operator
1905 - Beginnings of key-based access to PMCs - arrays and hashes
1906 - MOPS comparisons in examples/mops/
1911 - Perl base scalar types implemented
1912 - A new minilanguage, Scheme
1913 - Much improved documentation
1914 - Register stacks pushing and popping
1915 - User stack pushing, popping and rotating
1916 - Jako updates: subroutines, more example programs, optimizations
1917 - test_prog renamed to 'parrot'
1919 - Added features to the assembler: @ for current location, and global
1921 - Build tweaks for VMS
1922 - Bytecode typing clean-ups
1923 - More platforms: OS X, HPUX, OS/2
1924 - The proliferation of runops cores reduced to one fast and one slow one
1925 - Opcode tracing, bounds checking, profiling
1926 - Vastly improved string support, with separation of encoding and
1929 - Multiple interpreter creation support - the beginnings of threading
1930 - Much better resource handling - the beginnings of GC
1934 - Parrot now works on all core platforms
1935 - A large number of tests, in the standard Perl testing framework
1936 - A new minilanguage (Jako) which compiles to Parrot assembly
1937 - Documentation about the assembly language (docs/parrot_assembly.pod)
1939 - Separate modules for assembly (Parrot::Assemble) and bytecode
1940 manipulation (Parrot::PackFile::*, packfile.c)
1941 - Assembler completely rewritten
1942 - Better operand-type guessing in the assembler
1943 - Assembler support for '\n' etc. in string constants
1944 - Code reformatted to match the coding standards
1945 - New ops for register-constant INTEGER comparisons
1946 - Macro expansion in the assembler
1947 - IVs and NVs renamed to more friendly INTVAL and NUMVAL
1948 - Hard-coded pack("") formats removed
1949 - Better handling of floating-point numbers in assembler
1950 - Moved floats to constant table (fixing many alignment issues)