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authorCST 1998 Shawn T. Amundson <amundson@gtk.org>1998-11-23 01:37:32 +0000
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NEWS: README: configure.in: glib.spec: Updated to version 1.1.5upstream/GLIB_1_1_5
Sat Nov 21 14:57:39 CST 1998 Shawn T. Amundson <amundson@gtk.org> * INSTALL: NEWS: README: configure.in: glib.spec: Updated to version 1.1.5 * Released GLib 1.1.5
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+Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.5:
+
+* Win32 portability
+* GIOChannel structure to encapsulate the IPC mechanism
+* Reimplemented endian stuff, using inline asm for x86
+* New functions:
+ - g_strescape: escapes backslashes
+ - g_path_is_absolute and g_path_skip_root
+ - g_getenv: expands environment variables that contain references
+ to other environment variables
+ - g_scanner_sync_file_offset: rewind the filedescriptor to the current
+ buffer position and blow the file read ahead buffer
+ - g_array_remove_index: remove an entry, preserving the order
+ - g_array_remove_index_fast: remove an entry, order might be distorted
+ - g_ptr_array_remove: remove an entry, preserving the order
+ - g_ptr_array_remove_fast: remove an entry, order might be distorted
+ - g_byte_array_remove_index: wrapper for g_array_remove_index
+ - g_byte_array_remove_index_fast: wrapper for g_array_remove_index_fast
+ - g_strncasecmp: modeled closely after g_strcasecmp
+ - g_list_sort, g_slist_sort: to merge sort GLists and GSLists
+* New macros:
+ - G_DIR_SEPARATOR, G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S: platform-dependant file name
+ syntax elements
+ - G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S: platform-dependant
+ search path syntax conventions
+ - G_STRUCT_OFFSET, G_STRUCT_MEMBER_P, G_STRUCT_MEMBER: for handling
+ structure fields through their offsets
+* Removed G_ENUM, G_FLAGS, G_NV, and G_SV macros
+* Bug fixes
+
Overview of Changes in GLib 1.1.4:
* Added generic callback maintenance functions (ghook)