| support for DESTDIR, POST_INSTALL, INSTALL_SCRIPT |
support for DESTDIR, POST_INSTALL, INSTALL_SCRIPT |
| report performance and functionality problems at end of "make" |
report performance and functionality problems at end of "make" |
| Bug fixes |
Bug fixes |
| Among others: now works with address-space randomization. |
Now works with address-space randomization. |
| The single-step debugger works again in some engines. |
The single-step debugger works again in some engines. |
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Many others. |
| Ports: |
Ports: |
| AMD64, ARM, IA-64 (Itanium): better performance |
AMD64, ARM, IA-64 (Itanium): better performance |
| Gforth EC: R8C port |
PPC: disassembler and assembler (32-bit) |
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Gforth EC: R8C, Lego NXT (complete?) |
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Invocation: |
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New flags --ignore-async-signals, --vm-commit (default overcommit) |
| Forth 200x: |
Forth 200x: |
| extension queries (produce true for all implemented extensions) |
extension queries (produce true for all implemented extensions) |
| REQUIRED etc. (not new) |
REQUIRED etc. (not new) |
| # is a decimal prefix: #10 now produces (decimal) 10 |
# is a decimal prefix: #10 now produces (decimal) 10 |
| ' now only handles a single (x)char: 'ab is no longer accepted, |
' now only handles a single (x)char: 'ab is no longer accepted, |
| 'a' now produces (decimal) 97 |
'a' now produces (decimal) 97 |
| The disassembler (DISCODE, SEE <primitive>) can now use gdb to disassemble code |
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| Uninitialized defered words now give a warning when executed |
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| New words: |
New words: |
| 16-bit and 32-bit memory acces: UW@ UL@ SW@ SK@ W! L! W@ L@ /W /L |
\C C-FUNCTION (C interface) |
| FTRUNC FMOD (undocumented) |
OUTFILE-EXECUTE INFILE-EXECUTE BASE-EXECUTE (limited change of global state) |
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16-bit and 32-bit memory acces: UW@ UL@ SW@ SL@ W! L! W@ L@ /W /L |
| NEXT-ARG SHIFT-ARGS (OS command-line argument processing) |
NEXT-ARG SHIFT-ARGS (OS command-line argument processing) |
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NOTHROW (for backtrace control) |
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FTRUNC FMOD (undocumented) |
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Improvements/changes of existing words: |
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TRY...ENDTRY changed significantly, compatibility files available (see docs). |
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The disassembler (DISCODE) can now use gdb to disassemble code |
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Uninitialized defered words now give a warning when executed |
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Division is floored (disable with "configure --enable-force-cdiv") |
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Gforth (not gforth-fast) reports division by zero and overflow on division |
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on all platforms. |
| Newly documented words: |
Newly documented words: |
| S>NUMBER? S>UNUMBER? |
S>NUMBER? S>UNUMBER? |
| EKEY keypress names: K-LEFT K-RIGHT K-UP K-DOWN K-HOME K-END K-PRIOR |
EKEY keypress names: K-LEFT K-RIGHT K-UP K-DOWN K-HOME K-END K-PRIOR |
| K-NEXT K-INSERT K-DELETE K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8 K9 K10 K11 K12 |
K-NEXT K-INSERT K-DELETE K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8 K9 K10 K11 K12 |
| S-K1 S-K2 S-K3 S-K4 S-K5 S-K6 S-K7 S-K8 S-K9 S-K10 S-K11 S-K12 |
S-K1 S-K2 S-K3 S-K4 S-K5 S-K6 S-K7 S-K8 S-K9 S-K10 S-K11 S-K12 |
| CLEARSTACKS |
CLEARSTACKS |
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FORM |
| Environment variable GFORTHSYSTEMPREFIX (used by word SYSTEM and friends) |
Environment variable GFORTHSYSTEMPREFIX (used by word SYSTEM and friends) |
| C interface: |
C interface: |
| exported symbols now start with "gforth_" (for referencing them from C code) |
exported symbols now start with "gforth_" (for referencing them from C code) |
| a C-compiler-based approach (requires C compiler at run-time) (incomplete). |
a C-compiler-based approach (requires C compiler at run-time) (incomplete). |
| Libraries: |
Libraries: |
| depth-changes.fs: report stack depth changes during interpretation |
depth-changes.fs: report stack depth changes during interpretation |
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ans-report.fs now reports CfV extensions |
| fsl-util.4th: FSL support files (undocumented) |
fsl-util.4th: FSL support files (undocumented) |
| regexp.fs for regular expressions (undocumented) |
regexp.fs for regular expressions (undocumented) |
| complex.fs for complex numbers (undocumented) |
complex.fs for complex numbers (undocumented) |
| httpd.fs, a web server (undocumented) |
httpd.fs, a web server (undocumented) |
| status.fs, show interpreter status in separate xterm (undocumented) |
status.fs, show interpreter status in separate xterm (undocumented) |
| profile.fs for profiling (undocumented, incomplete) |
profile.fs for profiling (undocumented, incomplete) |
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endtry-iferror.fs, recover-endtry.fs to ease the TRY change transition |
| compat library: |
compat library: |
| compat/execute-parsing.fs |
compat/execute-parsing.fs |
| Speed improvements: |
Speed improvements: |
| static stack caching (good speedup on PPC) |
static stack caching (good speedup on PPC) |
| fast mixed-precision division words on i386 and AMD64 |
mixed-precision division is now faster |
| support for int128 types on AMD64 |
support for int128 types on AMD64 |
| workarounds for gcc performance bugs (in particular, PR 15242) |
workarounds for gcc performance bugs (in particular, PR 15242) |
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