Merge branch 'rc-16.1.3'

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MODULES

Makefile

/Makefile

src/autom4te.cache

src/config.log

regressions/*.lsp

regressions/eformat-tests/*.txt

*.aux

*.cp*

*.fn*

*.log

/src/doc/new-doc/*.lsp*

*.toc

*.tp*

*.vr*

/src/doc/new-doc/new-doc.pdf

/src/doc/new-doc/ecldoc.info

/src/doc/new-doc/new-doc.ex

/src/doc/new-doc/new-doc.exs

/src/doc/new-doc/new-doc.ft

/src/doc/new-doc/new-doc.fts

/src/doc/new-doc/new-doc.cf

/src/doc/new-doc/new-doc.cfs

/examples/ecl_qt/qt/ecl_qtdemo

/examples/ecl_qt/hello-lisp-system--all-systems.fasb

/examples/ecl_qt/lisp-envi.a

/examples/ecl_qt/qt/.qmake.stash

/examples/ecl_qt/qt/Makefile

*fasc

*.orig

# msvc

/msvc/encodings/

/msvc/ecl/atomic_ops/

/msvc/ecl/impl/

/msvc/ecl/*.h

/msvc/clos/

/msvc/cmp.asd

/msvc/cmp/

/msvc/deflate.asd

/msvc/defsystem.asd

/msvc/ecl-cdb.asd

/msvc/ecl-curl.asd

/msvc/ecl-help.asd

/msvc/ecl-quicklisp.asd

/msvc/ecl.ico

/msvc/ecl.rc

/msvc/ecl.res

/msvc/ext/

/msvc/lsp/

/msvc/package/

/msvc/prebuilt-asdf.asd

/msvc/profile.asd

/msvc/ql-minitar.asd

/msvc/rt.asd

/msvc/sb-bsd-sockets.asd

/msvc/sockets.asd

    have a C compiler accessible to ECL, you may use

    (ext:install-c-compiler) to switch back to the Lisp-to-C compiler.

  - Before issuing make check on the package package developer has to

  - Before issuing =make check= on the package package developer has to

    install ECL on the preferred destination (specified with "--prefix"

    parameter given to configure script).

* Pending changes since 16.1.2

* Pending changes since 16.1.3

* 16.1.3 changes since 16.1.2

** Announcement

Dear Community,

After almost a year of development we are proud to present a new release of

ECL tagged with version =16.1.3=. All changes are backward compatible

fixing bugs and other issues, implementing new interfaces and cleaning up

the code base.

ECL manual has been updated in a few places. Work on a new documentation is

still pending. It is still incomplete, but you may check see it here:

https://common-lisp.net/project/ecl/static/ecldoc/.

Before this release we have performed extensive tests on various platforms

(Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OSX, Windows MSVC, Windows MinGW, Windows

Cygwin, Android and Haiku). For details please consult

https://gitlab.com/embeddable-common-lisp/ecl/issues/307. Extra attention

has been paid to Windows testing to improve that platform support.

Best regards,

ECL Development Team

** API changes

- Added better interface for package-locks

Introduced functions:

=ext:package-locked-p package=

=ext:lock-package package=

=ext:unlock-package package=

=ext:without-package-locks=

=ext:with-unlocked-package=

To use these functions user has to require the module

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp

  (require '#:package-locks)

#+END_SRC

=defpackage= accepts new option =lock= to allow locking package on

creation:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp

  (defpackage foo (:lock t))

#+END_SRC

- mp:holding-lock-p: introduce new function for multiprocessing.

Function verifies if lock is hold by the thread which calls the

function. Usage: =(mp:holding-lock-p my-lock)=.

- make-random-state: fix problem with simple-vectors

The correct initialization types for =make-random-state= are:

=(OR RANDOM-STATE FIXNUM (MEMBER T NIL))=.

Initializing a random state with an appropriate array (element type and

arity dependent on platform) is also possible.

- ext:random-state-array: new extension for random-states. Usage:

=(ext:random-state-array random-state)=.

- ext:terminate-process: new extension for external processes. Usage:

=(ext:terminate-process process)= with a second, optional boolean argument

whenever termination should be forced or not.

** Enhancements

- Implemented CDR-7

https://common-lisp.net/project/cdr/document/7/index.html

- Implemented CDRs: CDR-1, CDR-5, CDR-14

Both CDR-1 and CDR-5 were already implemented, CDR-14 made us to list them

in =*features*=

(https://common-lisp.net/project/cdr/document/14/index.html).

- if ECL is build with =--with-cxx= option, =:CXX-CORE= is present in

  =*features*=.

- deprecated configure option =--with-local-gmp= has been removed - use

  =--enable-gmp= (defaults to auto).

- configure options has been revised.

- ASDF has been upgraded to version 3.1.7.26 (with a few patches scheduled

  for 3.2.0).

- Bundled CLX has been purged

Lately I've fixed ECL support on portable CLX maintained by sharplispers on

https://github.com/sharplispers/clx (available via QuickLisp).

- Initial port for the Haiku platform

The port is done by Kacper Kasper's work, one of Haiku developers. Threads

are not supported yet.

- Refactored ECL internal tests framework

Tests in =src/tests= are now asdf-loadable (with =load-source-op=) and

divided into test suites. =make check= target runs all regression and

feature tests which aren't supposed to fail.

- Removed 15000 lines of obsolete code

Files not included in the buildsystem but lingering in the codebase or

options failing to build. All info is added in the new documentation in the

section "Removed interfaces".

- Improved man page and help output.

Man page now contains up-to-date list of flags, as well as explanation of

flag's behavior.

- Deprecated long flags with one dash, added two-dash version

Flags that aren't one-character, but start with one dash (e.g. =-eval=) are

now deprecated; long version =--eval= was added instead.

- Indented C/C++ code to follow emacs's gnu C style

This is a first step towards coding standards in the

documentation. Additionally all in the src/c/ directory are listed in the

appropraite documentation section (new-doc).

- Refactored =list_current_directory in unixfsys.d=

Function was obfuscated with ifdefs with non-even pairs of =#\{= and =#\}=.

** Issues fixed

- ECL signals floating point exceptions in top-level console.

- =mp:rwlock= is treated as built-in class (previously process crashed if

  =class-of= was called on such object).

- ECL builds now succesfully with `--with-ieee-fp=no' option

- ext:file-stream-fd

Doesn't cause an internal-error if fed with not a file-stream (signals a

SIMPLE-TYPE-ERROR condtition).

- stable-sort bugfix and improvement in speed

Adapted from SBCL by Diogo Franco.

- typep: accept * type specifier as abbreviation of t as described in

'2.4.3 Type Specifiers' of the specification.

- MOP: fix problemes when redefining non-standard and anonymous classes

Bugs identified and fixed by Pascal Costanza.

- getcwd: fix issue with too long pathname

This fixes the regression, which crashed ECL at start when pathname

exceeded 128 characters limit.

- make-random-state: fix problem with simple-vectors

Until now #$ reader macro accepted simple vectors as an argument, what lead

to bugs if vector didn't match specific requirements like the element type

or the arity. Now we sanitize this.

- make-load-form: provide implementation for random-state objects

- thread fix on msvc: on windows importing thread was closing the thread

handler so the thread wakeup wasn't working because the handler is not more valid.

- import thread wasn't set upping a proper environment: on some case

the thread was mistakenly thinking that the thread was already registered.

- ECL_HANDLER_CASE and ECL_RESTART_CASE didn't work as expected

Bug identified and fixed by Vadim Penzin.

* 16.1.2 changes since 16.0.0

** API changes

* Windows with Visual Studio C++ 2008

1. Enter the msvc directory

  2. Read the file Makefile to find the configuration options. They typically have the

     form ECL_UNICODE=1, ECL_THREADS=1, etc

2. Read the file Makefile to find the configuration options. They

   typically have the form ECL_UNICODE=1, ECL_THREADS=1, etc

3. Enter

   nmake ...

   followed by zero or more of those options

1. Build the host ECL

   #+BEGIN_SRC shell-script

     ./configure ABI=32 CFLAGS="-m32 -g -O2" LDFLAGS="-m32 -g -O2"\

            --prefix=`pwd`/ecl-android-host \

            --disable-longdouble \

            --enable-libatomic=included

                 --prefix=`pwd`/ecl-android-host --disable-longdouble

     make -j9

     make install

     rm -r build

     export ECL_TO_RUN=`pwd`/ecl-android-host/bin/ecl

   #+END_SRC

  2. Build the toolchain (requires android-ndk) and export the

     necessary paths - if you have a toolchain for the android just

     export it's bin/ directory

2. Configure the toolchain (requires android-ndk) and export the

   necessary paths:

   #+BEGIN_SRC shell-script

       export PLATFORM_PREFIX=/opt/toolchains/android-ndk/

       export NDK_PATH=/opt/android-ndk/

       export NDK_PLATFORM=android-4

       mkdir ${PLATFORM_PREFIX}

       ${NDK_PATH}/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh \

                  --platform=${NDK_PLATFORM} \

                  --install-dir=${PLATFORM_PREFIX} \

                  --arch=arm

       export PATH=${PLATFORM_PREFIX}/bin:${PATH}

     # android-ndk r13b is known to be broken, tested with r9b available at:

     # http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9b-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2

     # http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9b-darwin-x86_64.tar.bz2

     export NDK_PATH=/opt/android-ndk

     export SYSROOT=${NDK_PATH}/platforms/android-9/arch-arm

     export PATH=${NDK_PATH}/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH

  #+END_SRC

3. Build and install the target library

   #+BEGIN_SRC shell-script

     export LDFLAGS="--sysroot=${SYSROOT}"

     export CPPFLAGS="--sysroot=${SYSROOT}"

     ./configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi \

                 --prefix=`pwd`/ecl-android \

                   --with-cross-config=`pwd`src/util/android.cross_config \

                   --disable-soname

                 --with-cross-config=`pwd`/src/util/android.cross_config

     make -j9

     make install

   #+END_SRC

  4. Library and assets in the ecl-android directory are ready to run

     on the Android system.

4. Library and assets in the ecl-android directory are ready to run on

   the Android system.

** Building ecl-android on Darwin (OSX)

If your host platform is darwin, then the host compiler should be

built with the Apple's GCC (not the GCC from Macports). Using the

MacPort command:

#+BEGIN_SRC shell-script

  sudo port select --set gcc none

#+END_SRC

Hint provided by Pascal J. Bourguignon.

  PLEASE NOTE THAT:

  This license covers all of the ECL program except for the files

	src/lsp/loop2.lsp	; Symbolic's LOOP macro

	src/lsp/loop.lsp	; Symbolic's LOOP macro

	src/lsp/pprint.lsp	; CMUCL's pretty printer

	src/lsp/format.lsp	; CMUCL's format

  and the directories

	contrib/		; User contributed extensions

        examples/               ; Examples for the ECL usage

	src/clx/		; portable CLX library from Telent

  Look the precise copyright of these extensions in the corresponding

  files.