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+2013-06-07 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix typo
+ - remove doc target from "install-doc" since this takes a while in a
+ "make install"
+ - document tricky trace script setting in regression test
+ - use tcl8.5 commands instead of 8.4 idioms
+ - don't build doc always, since it takes a long time
+ - documentation update and regeneration of html docs
+ - add all tcl 8.5 cmds, nx methods + info methods
+ - add missing tcl-keywords to nx-mode.el
+ - adjust style files for document generation
+ - added rules for generating pdf to ease release management
+ - code cleanup
+ - updated HTML renderings of examples
+
+2013-06-06 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fix a bug in SlotContainerCmdResolver() when NSF_MEM_COUNT is
+ activated
+ - fix a small memory leak for PER_OBJECT_PARAMETER_CACHING
+ - all cases detectable with --enable-memcount=yes are fixed
+ - fix git command in release instructions
+ - fix label for debugging reference counts
+ - updated TODO
+ - reduce variable scopes
+
+ nx::test:
+ - change test cases to newer interface
+ - don't use "namespace import nx::*" in test cases when not required
+
+ nx::test:
+ - use the standard configure interface for configuring instead of
+ own version
+ - changed from nx::Test to nx::test (user never has to know that
+ nx::Test is a class).
+
+2013-06-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+
+ - Eliminate all use of Tcl_GetStringFromObj() function.
+ - fix typos, example code
+ - further release work
+
+2013-06-05 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ Fixed some typos and suggesting some rewording
+
+2013-06-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - initial checkin of nx-mode.el
+ - preparing 2.0b5 release
+
+2013-06-04 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at>
+
+ Left a to-do in the nxdoc backend
+ Completed update of nxdoc for NX
+
+2013-06-04 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ serializer.tcl
+ - added flag -objmap to Serialzer.deepSerialize to make serializer
+ usable for copying (-map is to coarse)
+ - extended regression test
+
+2013-06-04 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at>
+
+ Adjusted nxdoc for the recent changes to NSF/NX
+
+2013-06-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c
+ - removed obsolete function AssertionAppendPrePost()
+ - removed obsolete function NsfNSCopyCmdsCmd() and ::nsf::nscopycmd
+ (handled now more general on scripting level in the "copy" method)
+ nx.tcl:
+ - "copy" method: fixed copying of class-level per-object methods
+ - extended regression tests
+
+ nsf.c
+ - fixed a potential crash for objects having a wrapper-less alias defined
+
+2013-06-03 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c
+ - Make sure that the original error message is preserved when
+ calling destroy after a failed CMD or INITCMD
+
+2013-06-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c
+ - fixed a bug in "info methods returns" in cases, where no
+ returns info was available.
+ - we can "/obj/ copy" now objects/classes containing
+ * aliases
+ * setter
+ * ensemble methods
+ * method protections Instead of handling cmd copying in
+ NsfNSCopyCmdsCmd, it is replaced now by introspection.
+ - extended regression test
+
+2013-06-02 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx::test:
+ - deactivate calling overhead calculation, since this is not reliable
+ (sometimes larger than the call).
+
+ - improved handling of required configure parameters when
+ classes are changed dynamically. When configure parameter
+ are defined required, checking for the absence of required
+ parameter was only performed at creation time. When objects
+ were re-classed or their classes extended with required
+ parameters, later calls to configure did not trigger
+ exceptions. Now we check for the existence of the instance
+ variable which addresses most of these points, but in future
+ we might wish a more general solution (see comment for
+ futures releases)
+
+ - when creation with an required configure parameter failed, delete the
+ half-baked object to avoid confusing states.
+
+ - nx::test: show msg at start of test file
+
+2013-06-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - changed multiplicity of mixin, object-mixin, filter,
+ object-filter from 1..n to 0..n; rationale: when one has a
+ list of eg. mixins, which should be passed, one has to test
+ for the length before passing it, otherwise the empty list
+ would generate an error. Allowing 0..n makes the usage
+ simpler and the program shorter.
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - renamed variable option "-config" to "-configurable" to make its
+ intention clearer
+
+2013-05-31 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - traits: added ability to turn on verbosity for traits by using
+ nx::configure trait-verbosity on|off
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - replaced functionality of "/obj/ configure" by "/obj/ info
+ configure" to re-enable semantics of the plain configure
+ method, even when called without arguments. "/obj/ info
+ configure" is actually a convenience method to allow to
+ write o1 info configure instead of o1 info lookup configure
+ syntax
+
+ package nx::class-method:
+ - convenience package similar to nx::plain-object-method
+ - allow for usage "C class method ..." in addition to "C object
+ method".
+ - made warnings configurable via nx::configure
+ class-method-warning on|off
+ - completed coverage and test cases
+
+ package nx::plain-object-method:
+ - made warnings configurable via nx::configure
+ plain-object-method-warning on|off
+ - completed coverage and test cases
+
+2013-05-30 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c
+ - fixed potential infinite loop in pattern matching for
+ precedence lists
+ - cget: make error message closer to tcl conventions
+ - extended regression test
+
+2013-05-29 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - adapt to object methods
+ - prevent default value checking, when it is determined by a command
+ - completed coverage if plain-object-method.tcl
+ - provide warnings via plain-object-method.tcl via "nsf::log warn ..."
+
+2013-05-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - renamed initblock parameter from __initcmd to __initblock
+ - renamed nsf::configure parameter from "keepinitcmds" to
+ "keepcmds"
+
+ - saving "keepcmds" in an associative array named
+ "__cmd(/parameternName)" to allow saving of multiple
+ parmeters with less name clash danger (when application
+ stays away from variables stating with double underscore)
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - removed "info is .." since it might raise more questions
+ than it solves
+
+ - changed enumeration values for "-source" in
+ "info lookup methods"
+ "info lookup slots"
+ "info methods"
+ "info slots"
+ from
+ "all|application|baseclasses"
+ to
+ "all|application|system"
+ for consistency with "nsf::my" and "nsf::dispatch" which uses
+ "-system" as well
+
+2013-05-26 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ Traits:
+ - changed from traits-as-objects to traits-as-classes. This
+ allows for higher orthogonality of traits and class definitions
+ and allows in principle traits for object-specific methods (not
+ fully implemented/tested)
+ - fixed property/variable inheritance in traits.
+ - remove spurious debug line
+
+ Cleanup of nsfAPI.decls
+ - remove unneeded enumeration types
+ - use "typeName" to shorten reported names of parameters
+ - use camel case for reported names
+
+ - changed ::nsf::parametersyntax(..) to
+ ::nsf::parameter::syntax(..)
+
+ - xotcl2: adjusted manual parameter syntax entries to new conventions
+
+2013-05-24 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added implementation for slots with traces+types for classes
+ - exception for incorrect defaults are thrown during slot creation
+
+ - extended nsf::is, added parameter
+ * ?-configure? -- accept configure parameter options
+ * ?-name /name/? -- provide a parameter name for error message
+
+ - simplified nx.tcl by using new nsf::is
+ - extended regression test
+
+ - added partly implementation for slots with traces+types for
+ classes
+
+ - fixed cases, where valuechangedcmd (and the other traces) did
+ not work with "configure" method. When slot traces are used, it
+ cleans other traces for the same operations.
+
+ - extended regression test
+
+2013-05-23 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fix crash when "nsf::my" is called with a single argument
+ outside the object context.
+ - fix assert
+ - removed some TODOs from tests/parameters.test
+
+ - parameter dispositions: We differentiate now between
+ "initcmd" and "cmd": an "initcmd" is only evaluated once,
+ but one can provide configure values for this parameter
+ later. a "cmd" is executed on every evaluation, it is only
+ possible to pass cmds to it. The trailing argument of the
+ configure parameters (used e.g. for scripted object/class
+ definitions) is now of type "cmd". Implementation not yet
+ complete (object cases are not correct).
+
+ - streamline documentation
+
+ C-code Generator:
+ - added "-typeName" for enumeration types that allows for
+ disambiguation of enumerations with different argument
+ names. Before that, the argument name determined the c-type
+ of the enumeration. Therefore it was not possible to use
+ argName "-type" for two different functions with a different
+ list of enumerators.
+
+ - renamed option "-methodtype" to "-type" in
+
+ /obj/ info methods ... ?-type all|scripted|builtin|alias|forwarder|object|setter|nsfproc? ...
+ /obj/ info object methods ... ?-type all|scripted|builtin|alias|forwarder|object|setter|nsfproc? ...
+ /obj/ info lookup methods ... ?-type all|scripted|builtin|alias|forwarder|object|setter|nsfproc? ...
+
+ - minor code cleanup
+
+2013-05-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - streamlined AddSlotObjects()
+ - cleanup of TODOs
+ - nsf.c: handle full-qualified name for private slots
+ (AddSlotObjects())
+ - extended regression test
+
+2013-05-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - updated next-tutorial:
+ * bring definitions of properties and variables up to date
+ * fix "object methods"
+
+ - XOTcl2: ensure public accessor when "-parameter ..." is used
+
+ - extended parameter extractor: new functionality
+
+ ::nsf::parameter get default /parameter/ ?/varname/?
+ ::nsf::parameter get type /parameter/
+ /obj/ info parameter get default /parameter/ ?/varname/?
+ /obj/ info parameter get type /parameter/
+
+2013-05-20 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - hopefully the last changes for ?object?
+ method|variable|property: defined
+ * "/obj/ delete object method"
+ * "/obj/ delete object property"
+ * "/obj/ delete object variable"
+
+ - "info method syntax" returns now "/cls/ ...."
+ - "info object method syntax" returns now "/obj/ ...."
+
+ - updated next-migration guide to reflect changes from the
+ configure reform
+ - make name fully qualified for symmetry reasons
+ - minor cleanup
+
+ - nx-pp.tcl: fixed changed accessor handling, added cget to
+ highlight words
+
+2013-05-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added new regression test info-variables.test
+
+2013-05-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ Method and configure parameter reform, Part 3:
+ - added
+
+ /cls/ info lookup variables -> list of handles
+ /obj/ info lookup object variables -> list of handles
+ /obj/ info variable definition|name|parameter /handle/
+
+ - nx.tcl: added forward compatible scripted implementation of "lmap"
+ - nsf.c: handle names for private slots in pattern provided to
+ AddSlotObjects(), used e.g. in "info lookup slots /pattern/"
+
+2013-05-18 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - dropped "/obj/ info slot definition /obj/" in favor of "/slotobj/
+ definition"
+
+2013-05-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - nx.tcl: handle "incremental" in slot reconfigure
+ - nx.tcl: change defaultAccessor to "none"
+
+2013-05-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Method and configure parameter reform, Part 2: In order to
+ streamline the interface further, we tried to follow the
+ idea to use "... info /plural word/" to obtain a set of
+ handles, and then a separate call to obtain the
+ details. Therefore, we replaced
+
+ /cls/ info slot objects
+ /cls/ info slot definitions
+ /cls/ info slot names
+ /obj/ info object slot objects
+ /obj/ info object slot definitions
+ /obj/ info object slot names
+ /obj/ info lookup slots
+ by
+
+ /cls/ info slots ?-type /type/? ?-closure? ?-source all|application|baseclasses? ?/pattern/?
+ /obj/ info object slots ?-type /type/? ?/pattern/?
+ /obj/ info slot definition /obj/
+ /obj/ info lookup slots ?-type /type/? ?-source all|application|baseclasses? ?/pattern/?
+
+2013-05-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Method and configure parameter reform
+
+ /cls/ info configure parameters ?pattern? -> list of params
+ /cls/ info configure syntax -> syntax output
+ /obj/ info method parameters /methodName/ ?/pattern/? -> list of params
+ /obj/ info method syntax -> syntax output
+ /obj/ info lookup configure parameter ?/pattern/? -> list of params
+ /obj/ info lookup configure syntax -> syntax output
+ /cls/ info parameter list|name|syntax /param/ -> value
+
+2013-05-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - avoid crash in case NsfParameterGetCmd() is passed a plain value
+
+2013-05-13 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - minor documentation updates
+
+2013-05-10 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - initialize stub-tables only once
+
+ - syntax formatter: use /value/ for denoting placeholder in
+ "... info method syntax ..."
+
+2013-05-07 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - parametersyntax: make placeholders explicit
+
+ - moved "/obj/ info slot definition|..." to "/obj/ info object
+ slot definition|..." for consistency
+
+ - provided "parametersyntax()" for "object mixin" and "object
+ filter"
+
+2013-05-05 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at>
+
+ - win/makefile.vc: have the install target copy the public
+ headers as well
+
+2013-05-04 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at>
+
+ - MinGW toolchains do not provide support _vscprintf(), so we
+ limit the use of it to MSVC; tested NsfDStringPrintf under
+ MinGW
+
+ - Provide tcl library path to summary.tcl and remove
+ intermediate file from repo
+
+ - Fixed the Win32 logic for computing the Tcl_DString in
+ NsfDStringPrintf(), tested for MSVC under x86 and amd64
+
+2013-05-04 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - updating next-tutorial to object method syntax
+
+2013-05-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - updated migration guide
+ - update to new naming
+
+2013-05-03 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Fix the 86-specific tests to reflect the object-modifier
+ reform
+
+2013-05-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - try to print arguments in one sweep in NsfDStringPrintf()
+ - remove "extern" declarations
+
+2013-05-02 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Revised NsfDStringPrintf() for portability to
+ non-C99-compliant C runtimes (MSVC); remains to be tested
+
+2013-05-02 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - first and incomplete update of migration guide to new syntax
+
+2013-05-01 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at>
+
+ - Re-enabling deletion of intermediate file in makefile
+ - Remove legacy build artifacts
+
+ - Provide native Win build support for MSVC++ and MSVC, using
+ the Tcl 8.6 name templates. Tested using Visual Studio 12
+ (VC and name in version 11). See makefile.vc for build
+ instructions for Win32 and Win64.
+
+2013-04-29 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - bumped version number to 2.0b5
+
+ - tested with NaviServer and OpenACS (new version of nx needs
+ as well a newest NaviServer, since ns_cache implementation
+ needs to be objectified; newest NaviServer version works as
+ well with older nx)
+
+ - fix xotcl instance method serialization (still not covered
+ in regression test)
+
+ - renamed "package require nx::class" to "package require
+ nx::class-method" in analogy to "nx::plain-object-method"
+
+ - added "/obj/ object variable" and "/obj/ object property"
+
+2013-04-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+
+ MongoDB
+ - added "nx::mongo::db drop collection /name/"
+ - returning status from "nx::mongo::db remove" as success (0 or 1)
+ - adjust to object interface
+ - reduce verbosity
+ - add error messages for slot lookup failures
+
+ Updated MongoDB interface
+ - upgraded to c-driver 0.7.1
+ - tested with MongoDB 2.4.4-pre
+ - new commands:
+ * mongo::run
+ * mongo::cursor::find
+ * mongo::cursor::next
+ * mongo::cursor::close
+ - adapted interface for c-driver 0.7.1 (e.g. new optional name for
+ mongo::index
+
+ - nsfPointer.c: add parameter to Nsf_PointerDelete() for
+ allowing optional freeing
+
+ - reduced default verbosity
+ - moved NsfConfigEnabled from nsf.h to nsfInt.h (no need to be
+ part of the public interface)
+
+ - moved NSF_ARGPARSE_* macros to nsf.h (since arg parser is
+ public and uses these flags)
+
+2013-04-23 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ Object-method Reform:
+
+ - changed interface to object specific commands by requiring
+ an ensemble named "object". The rational behind is
+ essentially to use always the same info command to retrieve
+ object specific methods, no matter whether these are defined
+ on a plain object or an a class object (does not break the
+ "contract" what e.g. "info method" returns).
+
+ Now we define methods via:
+
+ /cls/ method foo {args} {...body...}
+ /cls/ object method foo {args} {...body...}
+ /obj/ object method foo {args} {...body...}
+
+ Similarly, aliases, forwards and mixins are defined, e.g.
+
+ /cls/ mixin add ...
+ /cls/ object mixin add ...
+ /obj/ object mixin add ...
+ /obj/ require object method ...
+
+ The same change propagated as well to the "info" method.
+ Now we have:
+
+ /cls/ info methods ...
+ /cls/ info object methods ...
+ /obj/ info object methods ...
+
+ Similar, the object parameterization uses
+
+ /cls/ create obj -object-mixin M
+ /cls/ create obj -object-filter f
+ /metacls/ create cls -mixin M1 -object-mixin M2
+ /metacls/ create cls -filter f1 -object-filter f2
+
+ - as a consequence,
+
+ a) "/cls/ class method ...",
+ "/cls/ class alias ...",
+ "/cls/ class forward ...",
+ "/cls/ class filter ...",
+ "/cls/ class mixin ...",
+ "/cls/ class info ..."
+ "/obj/ class method require method ..."
+ "/obj/ class method require public method ..."
+ "/obj/ class method require protected method ..."
+ "/obj/ class method require private method ..."
+ were dropped
+
+ b) "/obj/ method ....",
+ "/obj/ alias ....",
+ "/obj/ forward ...."
+ "/obj/ filter ...."
+ "/obj/ mixin ...."
+ "/obj/ info method*"
+ "/cls/ create obj -mixin M"
+ "/cls/ create obj -filter f"
+ "/obj/ method require method ..."
+ "/obj/ method require public method ..."
+ "/obj/ method require protected method ..."
+ "/obj/ method require private method ..."
+ were dropped
+
+ - added package nx::class to allow optionally the "class" notation
+ "/cls/ class method ..." (and friends, see (a)), and
+ "/cls/ class info ...
+
+ - added package nx::plain-object-method to allow optionally
+ plain method b) "/obj/ method ...." (and friends, see (b))
+
+ - add support to slots to use ensemble methods as setters
+
+2013-04-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - allow explicit unsetting of -per-object flag in 0-argument
+ -flag=value notation
+
+2013-04-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - reduce variable scope
+
+2013-03-25 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Improved wording in comment on NsfConfigEnabled()
+ - Irgh. Had forgotten about two-level stringification to
+ provide configuration macro expansions as strings in
+ NsfReportVars()
+
+2013-03-25 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding a helper macro NsfConfigEnabled() to test for
+ active/inactive build-time configurations; rewrote
+ NsfReportVars() accordingly. This makes NSF compilable under
+ MSVC (VC11). Thanks are due to Stephan Adelsberger for
+ reporting the issue.
+
+2013-02-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - ByteCompiled(): fix indentation of preprocessor #if statements
+ - ByteCompiled(): ensure result setting in case HAVE_TCL_COMPILE_H is
+ not defined
+ - improve wording in rosetta example
+
+2013-01-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - more code cleanup
+ - reduce variable scopes
+ - remove EXTERN declarations from function definitions
+
+2013-01-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Update to latest TEA.
+ - Follow new naming convention for auto-tools (using configure.ac)
+
+ - silence compiler warnings
+
+2012-12-12 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - replace Tcl_GlobalEval by Tcl_Eval, since Tcl_GlobalEval will be
+ removed in futures versions of Tcl
+
+2012-11-26 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Checked built and test suite against Tcl 8.6rc2
+ (core-8-6-0-rc) under MinGW32; removed temporary fix for bug
+ #3401422
+
+2012-11-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - quote filename in content disposition
+
+2012-11-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - replace nx::configure option defaultPropertyCallProtection by
+ defaultAccessor
+
+ - protect trf against leading dashes
+
+2012-11-15 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - deactivate tests in library file
+
+2012-11-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - add additional "convertto" when generating zip files from strings
+
+2012-10-30 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at>
+
+ - The asciidoc-related configuration artifacts, especially for
+ Tcl/NSF-specific code highlighting, are now contained in the
+ source distribution and integrated with the respective make
+ targets. Besides a running asciidoc installation, there is
+ no further configuration need. Tested with asciidoc 8.6.8
+
+2012-10-28 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu.ac.at>
+
+ - Extending test case to cover slotassign issue
+ - Adding a test and a temporary fix for the ::nsf::is issue in
+ setCheckedInstVar
+
+2012-10-13 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Make sure to NS_EXPORT Ns_ModuleVersion for people using
+ still the old-style AolServer module.
+
+2012-10-04 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - make assumptions in code explicit
+
+2012-10-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - handling of method names in error messages from nsfAPI.h. Make sure
+ that error message is generated with the actual method name.
+
+2012-10-02 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - property has now a boolean non-positional argument "-config"
+ /obj|cls/ property ?-accessor value? ?-config boolean?
+ ?-incremental? ?-class value? spec ?initblock? in symmetry with
+ "-accessor" (parameter option "noconfig" is still needed to
+ flag nsf for variables that should be initialized, which are
+ not configurable
+ - "/obj|cls/ info slot definitions" returns a full command
+ (containing flags and property|variable)
+ - extended regression test
+
+2012-09-30 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - remove debug output
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - factored out ParameterMethodForwardDispatch() to call a
+ parameter method defined as a forwarder the same way from
+ "configure" and "cget"
+ - extended regression test
+ - improve comment
+
+2012-09-29 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - extended regression test
+
+ - changed name "/obj|cls/ slot info definition" to "/obj|cls/
+ slot info definition" since result is a set
+ - dropped parameter method "properties"
+ - dropped "/obj/ info properties" (since "properties" or "variables"
+ are returned")
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - change parameter name in "/cls/ info parameter ... ?pattern?" from
+ "name" to "pattern"
+
+2012-09-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added functionality for "cget" to call parameter-methods (e.g.
+ "... cget -class"). The method cget calls either "/slot/ get
+ ..." (when slot=... is provided in the parameter spec) or it
+ assumes that the method without argument returns the value
+ - added "::nsf::object::property /obj/ volatile" to query whether
+ a object is volatile or not
+ - "/obj/ cget -volatile" returns now the volatile state of the
+ object
+ - factored out ParameterMethodDispatch() from OConfigureMethod()
+ - extended regression test
+
+2012-09-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - invalidation of per-object parameter cache
+ * on mixin changes and
+ * on deletion/adding of per-object slots
+ - deactivate PER_OBJECT_PARAMETER_CACHING per default (flipping
+ this parameter makes regression test more than 20 faster).
+ - extended regression test
+
+ - NsfObjInfoObjectparameterMethod(): return not only the first
+ matching parameter, but the list of all matching ones. The
+ last optional argument was renamed from "name" to "pattern"
+ accordingly
+
+ - rename invalidateobjectparameter ->
+ parameter:invalidate::classcache
+ - rename invalidateobjobjectparameter ->
+ parameter:invalidate::objectcache
+ - bring cmds into alphabetical order
+
+2012-09-26 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - first draft of per-object parameter caching (for per-object-mixins
+ and per-object properties).
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fix potential bad interaction between per-object mixins and per-class
+ caching of object-parameters
+
+2012-09-25 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - don't blindly register all object/class methods for XOTcl
+
+ Property Reform Part 2: better handling of per-object properties
+ nsf.c:
+ - changed "/class/ __objectconfigure" to "/obj/
+ __objectconfigure" to be able to handle per-object properties
+ on classes properly.
+ - renamed "info method parametersyntax" -> "info method syntax"
+ - renamed "/obj|cls/ info method parametersyntax" into "/obj|cls/
+ info method syntax"
+ - replaced "::nsf::methods::class::info::objectparameter" by
+ "::nsf::methods::object::info::objectparameter"
+ - new command "::nsf::parameter::specs ?-configure? ?-noposargs?
+ slotobjs": convert provided slotobjs into a list of parameter
+ specs
+ - new command "::nsf::parameter::get list|name|syntax
+ parameterspec": convert parameter spec into syntax form, or
+ retrieve pieces of information from it (can be extended in the
+ future)
+ - added more or less generic list handling functions
+ TclObjListFreeList(), TclObjListNewElement() and
+ TclObjListAdd() used by "::nsf::parameter::specs"
+ - replaced "::nsf::method::property /obj/ -per-object /name/
+ slotcontainer ?value?" by "::nsf::object::property /obj/
+ slotcontainer ?value?"
+ - added "::nsf::object::property /obj/ hasperobjectslots ?value?"
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - new info methods
+ * "/obj/ info lookup parameter definitions"
+ * "/obj/ info lookup parameter names"
+ * "/obj/ info lookup parameter list"
+ * "/obj/ info lookup parameter syntax"
+
+ - changed "/cls/ info parameter definition ?name?" into
+ "/cls/ info parameter definitions ?name?" since ir returns
+ a list. Still, "list" or "syntax" won't be plural
+
+2012-09-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - renamed timing variable from "time" to "ms"
+ - added timing statistics
+
+2012-09-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+
+ - generalize handling for per-object-properties
+ - added additional file for regression test
+
+2012-09-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ Property reform part 1:
+ - disallow protection modifiers for "properties" and
+ add new flag "-accessor" to "property" and "variable"
+ This changes definitions like
+
+ Class create C {
+ :property {a a1}
+ :public property {b b1}
+ :protected property {c c1}
+ :private property {d d1}
+ }
+
+ to
+
+ Class create C {
+ :property {a a1}
+ :property -accessor public {b b1}
+ :property -accessor protected {c c1}
+ :property -accessor private {d d1}
+ }
+
+ since "properties" are always public accessible over the
+ "configure" and "cget" interface, but the accessors methods
+ might not be public. The value of the accessor might be also
+ "none" (specifying explicitly that no accessor is wanted) or
+ "", which means: use the default. Same holds for "variable"
+
+ - disallow parameter option "incremental" and change it to a
+ flag of the property or variable. The motivation for this is
+ due to the fact, that "incremental" is a property of the
+ accessor, and not of the value.
+
+ old:
+ Class create C {
+ :property foo:int,incremental
+ :variable bar:int,incremental
+ }
+ new:
+ Class create C {
+ :property -incremental foo:int
+ :variable -incremental bar:int
+ }
+
+ - disallow "public class property" and friends since these are
+ not needed
+
+ - removed parameter property "noaccessor"
+
+ - removed "nx::configure defaultPropertyCallProtection" and
+ method hook "__default_property_call_protection"
+
+ - introduced "nx::configure defaultAccessor" and
+ method hook "__default_accessor"
+
+ - for the time being, "defaultAccessor" is "public" for NX and
+ XOTcl, will be changed to "none" in NX
+
+ - extended regression test (new file properties.test)
+
+2012-09-15 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fixed parmeter syntax for required nonpos args
+ - deactivate deletion of methods via nsf::object::delete during
+ shutdown to avoid missing slot forwarders called from destructors
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - remove debugging output
+ - renamed testlog file, remove it on "make clean"
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - made argument of cget required
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - added Tk-style methods "configure" and "cget"
+ - added additional regression test set for cget and configure
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - implemented cget as a configure-like method, dropped ensemble method
+ variant
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - simplified "/obj|cls/ delete method" due to resolving capabilities in
+ nsf::delete::method
+ - fixed regression test to run all test again correctly
+
+ xotcl2.tcl:
+ - made destructor of Connection more robust such it does not depend on
+ accessor methods.
+
+2012-09-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - extended nsf::method::delete to handle ensemble names
+ nx.tcl:
+ - added tk/incr-tcl style cget methods on class/object levels.
+ - improve copy handling with other child-types of the slot container
+ working
+ - make sure to ignore non-slot-type objects in slot introspection
+ - worked on regression test until "methods.test". others are missing,
+ but maybe reconsideration
+
+2012-09-13 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - updated 34 copyright notices
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - rename the following internally called methods (not for XOTcl).
+ alloc -> __alloc dealloc -> __dealloc objectparameter ->
+ __objectparameter recreate -> __recreate
+ - from these methods, only __objectparameter is defined per default,
+ the others are defined on demand
+
+ changes to allow efficient tk/incr tcl compatible configure/cget
+ - refactored code to allow to parameterize handling of required
+ flag for parameters
+ - don't flag an error when configure is called on an
+ initialized object (logic: if the object is initialized,
+ configure must have been called before, and the required
+ action must have been already taken).
+ - rename nx::Object.configure to nx::Object.__configure to free method
+ name "configure" for an e.g. tk-like configure
+
+2012-09-10 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - finalize transition from old code
+
+2012-08-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix frame scoping for myvar/myproc
+
+2012-08-10 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - allow to change title of a scripted document
+ - make doc beautifier more robust for invalid lists
+ - use explicit return in tutorial example scripts
+
+2012-08-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - improve documentation
+ - use "nsf::relation $cl superclass" instead of "$cl configure
+ -superclass"
+ - minor documentation updates
+
+ nx::test:
+ - added summary at the end of "make test" via log file
+ - updated .gitignore
+
+2012-07-31 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - set multiplicity for mixins and filters by default from 1..n
+ to 0..n to avoid error messages, when e.g. empty mixin lists
+ are configured. Setting empty mixin-lists is strictly
+ speaking not necessary, but this eases the code in cases the
+ lists are sometimes empty.
+
+ - handle cyclical superclass/class dependencies during object
+ system finalize
+ - extend regression test
+
+2012-07-18 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - ignore in internal calls to "dealloc" protection settings
+ - handle cyclical class dependencies during object system finalize
+ - extend regression test
+
+2012-07-18 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - library/nx/nx.tcl: Following the code review, implemented a
+ first scheme for handling traces in setCheckedInstVar. This
+ gives us consistent behavior for defaults and traces
+ (valuechangedcmd) across classes and objects.
+
+ - tests/parameters.test: Adjusted the relevant tests
+
+ - Pending: setCheckedInstVar currently uses ::nsf::is to
+ validate the value (e.g., default value) to be set. However,
+ it might get passed parameter options which do not fit the
+ NSF_DISALLOWED_ARG_VALUECHECKED filter.
+
+2012-07-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - define method "proc" of ::xotcl::Attribute in terms of
+ ::xotcl::Object proc
+
+ - make sure to have gcc branch hints in generated code
+
+ - honor default type in "info slot names"
+
+2012-07-17 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Addressed a number of issues in the NX slot infrastructure
+ (which revealed themselves when running Mark's
+ BusinessActivities implementation in XOTcl2 mode):
+
+ - generic/nsf.c: Initcmd blocks (as set for registering per-class
+ slot traces) were subjected to argument checks causing
+ unexpected behavior (e.g., attempts of unboxing initcmds as Tcl
+ lists or of checking initcmds against value types). This was
+ fixed by exempting NSF_ARG_INITCMD params from argument
+ checking in ArgumentCheck() explicitly.
+
+ - library/nx/nx.tcl: For per-class parameters, the use of
+ valuechangedcmd effectively overruled the default value
+ specified (simply because the generated initcmd holding the
+ trace statements took the place of the default value). While
+ for defaultcmd and for valuecmd the parallel use of default is
+ forbidden, the valuechangedcmd semantics allow for specifying a
+ default, in principle. This was fixed by providing a
+ default-setting statement in the initcmd.
+ - tests/parameters.test: Added tests to cover the above (and
+ beyond).
+
+ - library/xotcl/library/xotcl2.tcl: Extended the backwards
+ compatibility of the hybrid XOTcl2/NX slots infrastructure to
+ the XOTcl 1 interface: This includes support for inline -proc
+ statements and instvar. This compatibility level corresponds to the
+ slot interface as documented (by examples) in the XOTcl
+ language ref and the manual.
+
+ - library/xotcl/tests/slottest.xotcl: Added tests for the above compatibility
+ enhancements.
+
+2012-07-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - allow instance property inheritance for traits
+
+2012-07-11 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Don't advertise to use "configure" method for calling
+ class/superclass in documentation sice we have better
+ ways.
+
+2012-06-27 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Replaced erroneous check using the object-specific rather than
+ the class-specific options in the query mode of ::nsf::relation
+ with class-filter. This prevented [::nsf::relation /cls/
+ class-filter] from returning any filter info. As a consequence,
+ the incremental interface of the filter slot failed (e.g.,
+ [/cls/ filter add aFilterProc] effectively reset the
+ class-filter cmd list instead of adding to it). Thx are due to
+ Markus Moldaschl for reporting the issue.
+ - Aligning class-filter and object-filter behavior on errors
+ during filter additions to the state-preserving behavior of
+ object-mixin and class-mixin.
+ - Adding basic tests on object-filter/class-filter (::nsf::relation,
+ filter slot interface) and specific ones to cover the above issues.
+
+2012-06-25 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added a SlotContainerCmdResolver() to avoid interaction of slot
+ names with names of callable tcl commands. Without the
+ SlotContainerCmdResolver() the call to "list" in a property
+ named "list" leads to a call to the container object
+ ::Test2::slot::list instead to the intended ::list. The
+ implementation is not perfect, since it ignores the namespace
+ path inside the slot container.
+ - added regression test.
+ - adding gcc helper files to ignore list
+ - cosmetical documentation changes
+
+2012-06-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsfShadow.c
+ - bump MethodEpoch when a tcl ::rename command happens on a nsf
+ method (which might be cached in a Tcl_Obj) This fixes a crash
+ reported by Arthur Schreiber nsf.c:
+ - make NsfInstanceMethodEpochIncr() and
+ NsfObjectMethodEpochIncr() accessible from all files using
+ nsfInt.h
+ - remove experimental code (backslash escaping for "," in parameter
+ option parse
+
+2012-05-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - remove dependency of generated stub file from nsfInt.h
+ - fix compilation when dtrace is activated (missing parenthesis, many
+ thanks to Victor Guerra for noticing)
+ - document private properties in tutorial and migration guide
+ - improve wording in documenting
+ - extend regression test
+
+2012-05-22 Stefan Sobernig <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - configure, configure.in: Under win, the CLEANFILES missed a
+ pattern for object files
+
+ - nsfInt.h: Based on the BUILD_nsf convention, the internal
+ header introduced a TCL_STORAGE_CLASS macro placing the
+ dllimport attribute (under Win/MinGW builts). As a consequence,
+ shared and stub builds ended up with function declarations
+ annotated with dllimport (which for these cases is either
+ unnecessary or even breaks builds because the dllexport
+ counterpart is missing, obviously). As nsf.h includes a sane
+ DLLIMPORT/DLLEXPORT handling (copied over from tcl.h), I simply
+ removed the special macro handling from nsfInt.h.
+
+ - NsfProcStub(): Use the EXTERN macro rather than extern directly
+
+2012-05-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added documentation for "/obj/ info name" to migration guide
+ and .nxd file
+ - adding more comments to examples in migration guide
+ - added design study ruby-mixins.tcl to example-docs and regression test
+ - minor polishing
+
+2012-05-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - change "#!/bin/env" into "#!/usr/bin/env"
+
+2012-05-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - increase backward compatibility for ::xotcl::Attribute by defining
+ the public methods "set", "exists" and "istype"
+
+2012-05-14 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - apps/utils/nxdoc: fix shebang path to env ...
+
+ - generic/nsf.c, ObjectDispatch(): Re-arranged the handling of
+ fully-qualified method dispatches with the selectors resolving
+ to existing objects and, in particular, nested
+ (namespace-qualified) objects. Prior to that, dispatches such
+ as "::C ::parent::child" were not covered appropriately:
+ ::parent was reported as valid regObj and so the dispatcher
+ continued to dispatch to the cmd "::parent::child" in the
+ self-context ::parent::child ... with unwanted side-effects
+ (e.g., XOTcl's unknown handling was bypassed).
+
+ - tests/methods.test: Added basic tests on the (current) handling for
+ such ::* dispatches and a specific test set on the intended XOTcl
+ behavior.
+
+2012-05-13 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - start error messages with a lower case word for consistency and to
+ follow closer to Tcl's conventions
+ - added "private property foo"
+ - extended regression test
+ - allow parens in property names (array syntax)
+ - added "/obj/ info name" (as alternative to "namespace tail [self]")
+ - use newer style of tcl-obj interface instead of sprintf
+
+2012-05-11 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - implement escaping for comma in value of parameter options:
+ escaping in values can be achieved via duplicating the comma.
+ - extend regression test
+
+2012-05-04 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - library/xotcl/library/xotcl2.tcl: Provided a virtual slot
+ "multivalued" to establish backward compatibility with XOTcl1;
+ also, allow old-style class creation based on unknown for
+ ::xotcl::Attribute
+ - library/xotcl/tests/slottest.xotcl: Added some tests on backward
+ compatibility for XOTcl slots
+
+2012-04-20 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - explorative implementation of object method dispatches with
+ KEEP_CALLER_SELF and no NSF_PER_OBJECT_DISPATCH
+ - extend regression test
+
+2012-04-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - refactor ObjectCmdMethodDispatch() for clarity
+ - prepare work on object method dispatches with KEEP_CALLER_SELF and no
+ NSF_PER_OBJECT_DISPATCH
+ - remove debug line
+
+2012-04-11 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix off-by-one error
+ - add regression test for keepcallerself with and without
+ perobjectdispatch
+ - fix typo
+
+2012-04-10 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - serializer:
+ * pertain perobjectdispatch and keepcallerself in serializer
+ * extend regression test
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - generalize stack monitor by handling growing and shrinking
+ stacks
+ - refactor into function CheckCStack()
+
+ - serializer:
+
+ * make [::Serializer deepSerialize -ignoreVarsRE "" $o]
+ behave like [::Serializer deepSerialize $o], since
+ learn@wu depends on that, and a value for ignoreVarsRE of
+ empty looks more like an omitted value than a regular
+ expression, that should match everything.
+ * extended regression test
+
+ - extended regression test
+
+2012-04-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added compile macro NSF_STACKCHECK to provide stack
+ monitoring/debugging (especially useful for multi threaded
+ programs, where stack is more limited)
+ - make ::nsf::log more robust for aolserver/NaviServer, since ::ns_log
+ is not always around when an output is needed
+ - don't hide call to make.tcl
+
+2012-03-09 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - protect serial generation for parameters via mutex
+ - fix compilation when compiled without threads (many thanks for
+ r.zaumseil for noting this).
+
+2012-03-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - tcl86.test: better implementation of method "each", cleanup and
+ extension of enumerator tests
+
+2012-02-29 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - extended regression tests for yield
+ - implemented "next" for ruby-like enumerators (each needs still more
+ work)
+
+2012-02-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - pass property name to slot "initialize" method to conform with
+ the interface to "assign", "get" ... (all these receive the
+ property name as well)
+ - allow slot "initialize" method to be protected (handled similarly to
+ "init")
+
+2012-02-24 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - added object parameter option "slotinitialize"
+ - renamed object parameter option "invokesetter" -> "slotassign"
+ - call slot.assign instead of setter of object
+ - removed restriction on nosetter/invokesetter: nosetter can be
+ used in connection with slotassign
+ - added regression test for slot.initialize
+
+2012-02-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Fixed a bad interaction between Tcl's apply (pushing lambda
+ frames) and the variable resolvers. The variable resolver was
+ not able to resolve variables, while the command resolver was
+ still working correctly.
+ - Extended regression test
+
+ - Improve wording in instructions
+ - Improve comments
+ - Documented dependencies between configure flags and feature
+ activation cpp macros
+
+2012-02-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+
+ - improve error message to indicate, that nsf refuses to overwrite
+ (redefine) some cmds
+ - don't allow method to overwrite child object
+ - extended regression test
+ - documented new feature as incompatibility with XOTcl 1
+
+2012-02-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - don't allow object creation to overwrite non-object cmds (e.g. procs)
+ - improve debug line
+
+2012-02-16 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - library/lib/nxdoc-xowiki.tcl: Finished and polished the xowiki
+ backend for nxdoc. Some tests regarding relative paths and the
+ tree-view generation are pending ...
+ - library/lib/nxdoc-xowiki.tcl: Use the built-in base64 facility
+ if running under Tcl 8.6
+ - Due to re-introducing nested-object-as-method semantics
+ lately, nxdoc started stumbling over name conflicts between
+ nested entity hierarchies (i.e., the entity object
+ representing "/cls/ class info class" ...) and equally-named
+ introspection calls on such entities (e.g., a "info class"
+ call). I made these calls more robust my using -system
+ dispatches; which is fine as long as we do not have
+ sth. like "/obj/ info eval". Generally speaking, the risk of
+ such naming conflicts discredits the use of object nesting
+ in nxdoc; should eventually be revised. Or, as work-around:
+ Using a filter on Entity instances to protect/redirect
+ critical calls.
+
+ - tests/serialize.test: Added some basic regression tests, in
+ particular to challenge the filter options provided by
+ Serializer->deepSerialize() and Serializer->all().
+ - Included a test for commit 595e6a2.
+
+ - Along the line, two minor issues where fixed: 1) Set
+ Serializer->ignore() to public, otherwise the various
+ external message sends to this method would fail; 2)
+ Object-serialize() did not distinguish between serializing a
+ per-object or per-class container properly; as a
+ consequence, per-object containers were not restored at
+ all. Add a test covering this.
+
+ - library/serialize/serializer.tcl: Due to the split between
+ serializer and object system serializer, the ignore settings
+ (passed as object variables, i.e., ignoreVarRE) got
+ lost. This is fixed now ...
+
+2012-02-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - treating incompatible forwarding to slot vs. slot option
+ noaccessor
+ - extended regression test
+
+
+ - use Tcl's EXTERN macro instead of "extern"
+
+2012-02-04 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+
+ update release procedure
+
+2012-02-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - mv next-tutorial (source, images) into own subdirectory
+ doc/next-tutorial/
+ - Bump version number of head to 2.0b4
+ - improve wording in documentation
+
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+2014-10-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+ - Don't complain at final ObjectDeletion about object refcounts unless
+ we are in development mode
+ - adding .3 man pages to ease installation
+ - adding .1 man pages to ease installation
+
+2014-10-28 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Effectively remove getstubs from makefile.vc
+ - Apply stubs* resolution without getstubs to makefile.vc
+
+2014-10-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - use newest versions, re-generated stub files
+ - adjust genstubs target to subdir logic
+ - handle nsfUtil.c from version-specific subdirectory
+ - binor polishing
+
+2014-10-27 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - NsfDStringPrintf(): Fix vargs processing under VC 12
+
+2014-10-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - get rid of getstubs
+ - provide actual pkgIndex files
+ - keep an internal list of Tcl_Objs of type mixinrefs for classes used
+ as mixins. This list is used for avoiding stale entries in cases the
+ mixin class is destroyed.
+ - remove redundant and different prototype
+
+2014-10-27 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Bump version numbers in nx.tcl and xotcl2.tcl; adjust license statements
+ - Rearrange 'make getstubs' slightly, so that we do not require the stub
+ files present in generic/* for the build machinery to work properly
+ - Done revising license statements in generic/*
+
+2014-10-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix a heisenbug probably showing sometimes up due to more aggressive
+ Tcl_Obj sharing in newer versions of tcl 8.6
+
+2014-10-27 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Correct and unify licensing statements in header files
+ - Fix copyright statements in stubs* files
+ - Fix copyright dates
+
+2014-10-26 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Silence instructions, do not install xowish.in/ xotclsh.in
+ - Bump version number in win build files
+ - Trigger generation of pgk index scripts
+ - Add EXTERN to calm VC12, add missing C files from makefile.vc
+
+2014-10-25 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Use correct slashing
+ - Render file paths in a platform-independent manner
+ - Make sure genstub.tcl is called in makefile.vc
+ - Update nmakehlp (required for VC 12+)
+
+2014-10-24 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - set the right version number to 2.0.0
+ - Make dtplite configurable in Makefile, e.g. make
+ "DTPLITE=/usr/local/ns/bin/tclsh8.5 /usr/local/ns/bin/dtplite" man
+ - regenerate documentation
+ - bump version number to 2.0 (also in .man files)
+ - add Changelog for 2.0 release
+ - updated for mongo-c-driver 1.0.2 and MongoDB 2.6.5
+ - minor changes were necessary: MongogDB does not allow to delete a
+ capped collection, one has to use drop
+ - white-space changes
+ - move variable declaration to the front
+
+2014-10-23 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Fixing listings in shell-wrapper manpages
+ - Fix a typo reported by lintian
+ - Fix two more wordings lintian complained about
+ - Revise manpages; add copyright notes
+
+2014-10-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - reduce number of unused symbols
+ - fix a possible double refcount increment for argument converter (e.g.
+ for normalizing input values). This could lead to small memory leaks.
+
+2014-10-22 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Continue man corrections
+ - Work on corrections for Object.man & friends, based on Thorsten's
+ proof-reading
+ - Remove an nxdoc artifact
+ - Remove unneeded make variables
+ - Revive nsfConfig.sh: The paths expanded during a configure run were
+ broken, partly due to substituting obsolete variables
+
+2014-10-21 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Use revised interpreter directive throughout
+
+2014-10-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix final refcounting bug: it was possible that classes contained in
+ Tcl_Objs of type mixinreg were not freed, although their
+ reference-counter became 0; now all test cases free all tcl_objs and
+ referenced data structures allocated from nsf
+
+2014-10-21 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - First solution to provide a multi-step resolution of a Tcl interpreter
+ in our shell wrappers. Uses some bash scripting to walk a list of
+ candidates: 1) interp in build directory, 2) interp in install
+ directory, 3) tcl interp in PATH. Where appropriate (cases 2 & 3),
+ restricts search to a specific tinterp version. By relying on a generic
+ shebang line (/bin/sh) we do not run into package-dependency
+ restrictions on Debian. So a win-win?
+
+2014-10-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix (probably quite old) memory leak when parameter passing fails to
+ reclaim temporary Tcl_Objs
+ - fix memory leak with virtual parameters (resolved via args) with
+ ref-counting
+
+2014-10-21 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding man pages for shell wrappers
+ - Adjust file extension for nroff files to reflect manpage section
+
+2014-10-20 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Fix the remaining shebangs
+ - Fix shebang lines
+ - Remove any nxdoc artifacts from repo, to ease Debian packaging (incl.
+ binary js is not accepted by lintian
+
+2014-10-20 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix execution with --enable-memcount=yes: second argument of
+ NsfMemCountAlloc() and NsfMemCountFree() may be empty
+ - don't put macro arguments between parens when these are used for
+ concatenation
+ - remove // comments
+
+2014-10-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ build system:
+ - don't call genstubs from configure, since Debian does not seem to
+ have genstubs.tcl installed. Now, we pre-generate the stub files for
+ tcl8.5 and tcl8.6 and copy the "right" version depending on the
+ configured version.
+ - avoid old-style prototypes
+
+2014-10-15 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Done with basic princexml integration, improve Makefile integration
+ - Provide first stylesheet based on HTML markup by doctools HTML backend
+ - Integrating manpages into build setup
+
+2014-10-14 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Improve wording
+ - Add a draft section on self-references
+ - Improve wording in overview diagram of Class doc item
+ - Working on overview diagram for Class doc item
+ - Add to the overview diagram
+ - Adding overview diagram to Object doc item
+ - Cleanup namespace export statement
+ - Reflect plural reform in all doc items
+
+2014-10-10 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Doc item on nx::configure
+ - Doc item on nx::current
+ - Doc item for nx::next
+
+2014-10-10 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - minor cleanup of "//"-comments
+
+2014-10-07 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Add some documentation on 'info info'
+ - Make 'info info' behaving as expected again
+
+2014-10-06 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Minuscule refactoring, have DispatchUnknownMethod() reset the interp
+ unknown-state directly, rather than its clients.
+
+2014-10-06 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - make types for bit operations unsigned (mostly flags)
+
+2014-10-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - simplify the info ensembles on nx::Object or nx::Class
+ significantly, by making use if ensemble-next.
+ - delete "info unknown", since this is not called.
+ - extend regression test
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - implement a new approach to error reporting in ensembles: instead of
+ trying to find the "right" place to report the best "error", compute
+ the longest valid ensemble prefix from all the stack frames.
+
+2014-09-29 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - make compilation clean again
+ - improve safety of macro arguments
+
+2014-09-29 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding a test showing the yet to solve unknown-handling issue in info
+ ensembles
+
+2014-09-28 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Work-in-progress on sanitizing unknown handling in ensembles
+
+2014-09-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - remove useless distinction from the past
+ - revise sanity check for tcl _objs in 8.6 once one: length field might
+ be garbage
+ - add alternative test for sanity checking of tcl_objs: when bytes not
+ NULL, length must be 0 or higher
+
+2014-09-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - remove redundant definition
+ - reduce variable scope
+ - make sure to follow nonnull assumptions
+ - improve cppcheck flags
+
+ nsf.h
+ - In Tcl 8.6.1 it might be that a Tcl_Obj has length > 0 but bytes ==
+ NULL. We have to relax out tcl_obj-sanity test for this case to avoid
+ false-positives from assertions()
+
+2014-09-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - documentation update to reflect recent changes
+
+2014-09-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ documentation:
+ - add current args to migration guide
+ - fix cut&paste error: replace "current currentclass" by "current
+ calledclass"
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - remove redundant null check for object and add assertion
+ - remove duplicate entry for returns_nonnull
+ - serializer: keep parameter properties in xotcl parameter lists
+
+2014-08-08 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Revise Object documentation, align with output from quant.tcl helper
+ - Reflect recent parameter syntax change in corresponding test
+ - Revise Class documentation, align with output from quant.tcl helper
+ - Provide corrections for some syntax strings
+
+2014-07-09 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - no need to "set nodashalnum for int types"
+ - extended regression test
+
+2014-06-23 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - provide error messages for ambiguous abbreviations
+ - extend regression test (now 5460 tests)
+
+2014-06-23 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ Revised life-cycle section further
+
+2014-06-23 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - dropped unused object::info::is
+ - renamed ::nsf::methods::class::info::filtermethods ->
+ ::nsf::methods::class::info::filters
+ ::nsf::methods::object::info::filtermethods ->
+ ::nsf::methods::object::info::filters
+ ::nsf::methods::class::info::mixinclasses ->
+ ::nsf::methods::class::info::mixins
+ ::nsf::methods::object::info::mixinclasses ->
+ ::nsf::methods::object::info::mixins
+
+2014-06-23 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Change overview illustration on object life cycle in Class.man
+ - Adjust for changes in plural reform
+
+2014-06-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx.tcl: pluralism reform part 3
+ - introduced simple plural form "mixins" and "filters" for
+ introspection
+ - moved differentiated interface into slot methods. the
+ slot methods "get" stay symmetrically to "set", but
+ additional methods "classes" or "methods" are used like
+ "guard" to obtain partial results of the mixin and filter
+ specs
+ - changed info methods /cls/ info mixin classes -> /cls/
+ info mixins /cls/ info filter methods -> /cls/ info
+ filters /obj/ info object mixin classes -> /obj/ info
+ object mixins /obj/ info object filter methods -> /obj/
+ info object filters
+ - dropped /cls/ info mixin guard /cls/ info filter guard
+ /obj/ info object mixin guard /obj/ info object filter
+ guard
+ - added /cls/ mixin classes /cls/ filter methods /obj/ object filter
+ methods /obj/ object mixin classes
+
+2014-06-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - make all __* system methods in nx redefine-protected
+ - let "nsf::configure objectsystem" return handles and protections as
+ well
+
+2014-06-20 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx.tcl: pluralism reform part 2
+ - changed methods /cls/ info subclass -> /cls/ info
+ subclasses /cls/ info superclass -> /cls/ info
+ superclasses /cls/ mixin ... -> /cls/ mixins /cls/ filter
+ ... -> /cls/ filters /cls/ object mixin ... -> /cls/
+ object mixins /cls/ object filter ... -> /cls/ object
+ filters
+ - changed configure parameters /cls/ configure -mixin ->
+ /cls/ configure -mixins /cls/ configure -filter -> /cls/
+ configure -filters /obj/ configure -object-mixin -> /obj/
+ configure -object-mixins /obj/ configure -object-filter
+ -> /obj/ configure -object-filters
+ - added handling for calling relation slot with unknown sub method
+
+2014-06-20 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Revising lifecycle section; adding TODOs
+ - Restructuring __* doc fragments to an life-cycle section
+
+2014-06-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - allow abbreviated nonpos args
+ - change name of relation slot "superclass" to "superclasses". (part of
+ a planned change to use plural for setvalued parameters, "info
+ superclasses" and similar changes for mixins/filters will probably
+ follow)
+
+2014-06-18 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - define means to protect "undefined" internally-directly
+ called methods __alloc and __dealloc in nx. This is
+ achieved mostly via a an additional value in a method
+ declaration in ::nsf::objectsystem::create. Example:
+ -class.dealloc {__dealloc ::nsf::methods::class::dealloc
+ 1}
+ - extend regression test
+
+2014-06-18 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding missing doc fragments on __* methods for Object and Class
+
+2014-06-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - relax the meaning of noleadingdash to allow negative
+ numbers
+ - rename noleadingdash to e.g. nodashalnum
+
+2014-06-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - extend regression test
+ - update parse context
+ - remove debugging output
+ - improve argument name
+
+2014-06-15 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - extended regression test
+ - cleanup, reduce verbosity
+ - minor cleanup
+ - allow to configure verbosity in test sets
+
+ genttclAPI.tcl:
+ - added option "-flags", which can be used for every
+ parameter. example: .... -flags NSF_ARG_NOLEADINGDASH ....
+ - experimental: use NSF_ARG_NOLEADINGDASH for pattern "info subclass"
+ to improve error messages.
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - checked, that all CallDirectly() cases, where method is
+ dispatched (no direct call) are covered by the regression
+ tests
+ - avoid double memcpy() in dispatch recreate by using
+ ObjectDispatch() rather than CallMethod()
+ - removed memcpy() in call-directy for "create"
+ - some more cleanup
+
+2014-06-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c: parameter passing reform
+ - don't pass full argument list for filtering methods calle
+ further methods from C (such as new/create/... ) to allow
+ processing of e.g. "--" in "new" to separate arguments to
+ "new" cleanly from arguments passed to "create". Now we
+ can use e.g. "C new -- -childof 123" in case class C has
+ a property "childof".
+ - extend c-generator to accept option "-objv0" to pass the
+ original "objv[0]" to the called command. Since we had
+ previously "allargs", we have to pass the objv[0] now
+ differently
+ - more thorough checking ISOBJ(someObj) macro for asserts
+ (use "assert(ISOBJ(someObj))" instead of just
+ "assert(someObj)")
+ - extend regression test
+
+2014-06-13 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix parse context initialization
+
+2014-06-12 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - collecting arguments
+
+2014-06-11 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix shutdown comparison
+ - don't invalidate class-level param caches during shutdown
+ - add assertions for class colorings
+
+2014-06-11 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Clarify usage of 'current methodpath' in defaultmethod of ensembles
+ - Editing TODO
+ - Add doc fragment on new
+ - Adding missing info sub-method docs for Class, document -dependent flag,
+ and method create
+
+2014-06-11 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - simplify test
+ - use 3-argument version of NsfMethodNamePath()
+
+2014-06-11 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Add basic test for unexpected-#-args error in ensembles
+ - Adding to the state of the method-path introspection reform;
+ introducing CallStackGetFrame() which can also be used to implement
+ CallStackGetTopFrame
+
+2014-06-10 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fix name paths in error messages triggered from ArgumentParse()
+ - move NsfMethodNamePath() out of NsfUnexpectedArgumentError() and
+ NsfUnexpectedNonposArgumentError()
+ - no need to call NsfMethodNamePath in NsfArgumentError()
+ - move NsfMethodNamePath() out of NsfUnexpectedArgumentError() and
+ NsfUnexpectedNonposArgumentError()
+ - move NsfMethodNamePath() out of NsfObjWrongArgs()
+ - added option "-dependent" to "info subclass"
+ - extended regression test
+
+2014-06-10 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Working on info sub-methods for Class
+
+2014-06-09 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - white-space change
+
+ nsf.c
+ - base MixinInvalidateObjOrders() on DependentSubClasses()
+ and avoid the need of using a separate hash table for
+ class-mixin handling. The new implementation is several
+ times faster and improves the speed of the functions
+ CleanupDestroyClass(), SuperclassAdd() and
+ NsfRelationClassMixinsSet(). Adding a class-mixin to
+ ::xotcl::Object in OpenACS is more than 4x faster.
+ - remove obsolete function MixinResetOrderForInstances()
+ - rename ResetOrderOfClassesUsedAsMixins() to
+ ResetOrderOfObjectsUsingThisClassAsObjectMixin()
+ - used consistently DependentSubClasses() instead of
+ TransitiveSubClasses() for invalidations.
+ - extend regression test
+
+2014-06-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix a few more cases, where required accessor method "get" was missing
+ - omit warnings, when value of "expected" looks like a non-positional
+ parameter
+
+2014-06-07 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - improve performance of MixinInvalidateObjOrders() by
+ about 30% by recompiling the list of the dependent classes
+ over and over again, since MixinInvalidateObjOrders()
+ iterates over the full list already.
+ - Document NsfRelationClassMixinsSet() and add nonnull declarations and
+ the usual assertions()
+
+2014-06-06 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added experimental code feature CYCLIC_MIXIN_ERROR
+
+2014-06-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - new function DependentSubClasses() to determine all
+ classes that inherit from a given class. The result
+ extend TransitiveSubClasses() by including class mixin
+ relationships.
+ - simplify NsfParameterCacheClassInvalidateCmd() by using the new
+ function DependentSubClasses(). With the new implementation,
+ NsfParameterCacheClassInvalidateCmd() is as efficient as before without
+ to MostGeneralSuperclass optimization (but being complete now) when
+ working on the root classes (an more efficient on subclasses).
+
+2014-06-04 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fixed error message for forward ... onerror and method paths. The
+ command "C object mixin" returns now "::C object mixin
+ add|clear|delete|get|guard|set" and not "::C mixin
+ add|clear|delete|get|guard|set" as before.
+
+2014-06-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - add ".add" file for mongodb interface
+ - use cget interface
+ - rename nsf::parameter:invalidate::classcache ->
+ nsf::parameter::cache::classinvalidate
+ nsf::parameter:invalidate::objectcache ->
+ nsf::parameter::cache::objectinvalidate
+ reasons: (a) remove single colon inside the name,
+ (b) put verb to the end
+
+ - use functions IsRootClass(), IsRootMetaClass() and
+ IsBaseClass() to access object/class properties
+ - add gcc attribute "pure"
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - cleanup of NsfParameterInvalidateClassCacheCmd(): performance
+ improvements. After the fixing of indirect mixin validation,
+ performance of invalidation went up by a factor of 5. At least, in some
+ important cases (invalidation of rootclasses like nx::Object /
+ xotcl::Object), we are again on the same level as before (actually
+ slightly faster).
+
+2014-06-02 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - reduce variable scopes
+ - fix error message
+ - add target for cppcheck with same arguments as for compilation
+
+2014-06-02 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Removing traces of nxdoc
+
+2014-06-01 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Fixing an example script for changes in getter/setter reform
+
+2014-06-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - updated migration guide and tutorial to reflect recent changes
+ - minor cleanup
+ - improve spelling
+ - update of TODO and regression test
+ - adapt mixinof.test to the additional information
+ - transform mixinof.test to newer style regression test with automated
+ object deletion
+ - add test file nsf-cmd.test
+ - ignore generated .txt files
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - removed /cls/ info configure parameters /cls/ info configure /cls/
+ info syntax Use e.g. "/cls/ info lookup parameters create" instead
+
+2014-06-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - nsf.c:
+ - Let "/cls/ info mixinof -closure" return as well implicit mixin
+ classes to make it easier to determine class dependencies.
+ Example:
+ nx::Class create M0
+ nx::Class create M1 -superclass M0
+ nx::Class create M2 -superclass M1
+ nx::Class create C
+ nx::Class create D -superclass C
+ C mixin add M2
+ # M2 is mixed into C, and implicitly into D
+ #
+ # Since M2 is a subclass of M1, classes C and D depend as well
+ # on M1 and M0, as seen in the heritage:
+ ? {C info heritage} ":M2 ::M1 ::M0 ::nx::Object"
+ ? {D info heritage} ":M2 ::M1 ::M0 ::C ::nx::Object"
+ # previously, only "M2 info mixinof -closure" showed the
+ # mixin relations, even with "-closure", while M1 and M0 did not.
+ ? {M2 info mixinof -closure} "::C ::D"
+ # now these show the same relations (in this example).
+ ? {M1 info mixinof -closure} "::C ::D"
+ ? {M0 info mixinof -closure} "::C ::D"
+
+2014-06-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - handle ensembles in info nx::help
+ - harden code
+
+ mongodb:
+ - upgrade to the newly released version 0.96 of the c-driver
+ - replace deprecated function mongoc_collection_delete by
+ mongoc_collection_remove
+ - tested with MongoDB v2.6.1
+
+2014-05-31 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - provide a minimal nx::help
+ - provide contextObj when required argument is missing
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - added options to filter output from ::nsf::cmd::info
+ parameter options (args, syntax, parameter)
+ - deleted:
+ - "/obj/ info lookup configure parameters ?pattern?"
+ - "/obj/ info lookup configure syntax"
+ - added:
+ - "/obj/ info lookup parameters /methodName/ ?pattern?"
+ - "/obj/ info lookup syntax /methodName/ ?pattern?" This
+ covers as well
+ - "/obj/ info lookup parameters configure|create|new|...
+ ?pattern?"
+
+ - extend regression test
+ - remove dead code
+ - white-space change
+ - improve error message
+
+ nsf.c, gentclAPI.tcl:
+ - new argument types "virtualobjectargs" and
+ "virtualclassargs" for context-specific argument
+ resolutions: when a context object is provided, arguments
+ of type "virtualobjectargs" are determined based on the
+ slots applicable for the object (like "... lookup ..."),
+ arguments of type "virtualclassargs" are resolved against
+ a class. These types are used as follows: /obj/ configure
+ /virtualobjectargs/ /cls/ create /name/
+ /virtualclassargs/ /cls/ recreate /name/
+ /virtualclassargs/ /cls/ new ?-childof /obj/?
+ /virtualclassargs/ This new feature allows us to provide
+ better error messages and to make much of the "... info
+ ... configure parameter ..." infrastructure much less
+ important.
+ - For "virtualclassargs" we need the functionality to
+ obtain from the C-Code based on a class the configure
+ parameters applicable to objects of this class.
+ - add argument "-context ..." to "cmd::info" to pass the
+ context object (so far the only place where the
+ context-object is used)
+ - object system configuration parameters changes: new:
+ -class.configureparameter new: -object.configureparameter removed:
+ -class.objectparameter
+
+2014-05-30 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c
+ - renamed parameter::get -> parameter::info
+ - renamed method::get -> cmd::info
+
+ gentclAPI.tcl:
+ - handle duplicated domains by folding these to a single definition
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - added command nsf::method::get.
+ Rationale: provide a central place to obtain information
+ about all kind of method handles, which might be
+ - scripted and c-based methods
+ - nsf::procs
+ - plain tcl procs
+ - cmds (with and without parameter definitions)
+ - make results of ListMethod() robust against missing
+ information (e.g. plain tcl cmds, missing object registrations,
+ etc.)
+ - factor out common code for ListMethod call sites
+ for per-object methods, instance methods and procs/cmds
+ to ListMethodResolve()
+ - return errors from failing converter registrations
+ - extend regression test (new test set nsf-method.test)
+
+2014-05-30 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Done with first version of Class.man
+
+2014-05-29 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - also drop class level "info configure"
+
+ nx.tcl
+ - drop short form "/obj/ info configure" for now
+ - make output of "/obj/ info lookup configure syntax" equivalent to
+ "/obj/ info configure"
+ - updated TODOs
+ - updated documentation
+ - simplify slot parameter settings for object-mixins and object-filter
+ lightly by omitting redundant method name
+ - minor cleanup
+
+2014-05-29 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Some polishing of Object.man
+ - Done with 'info method *' ensemble
+ - Working on 'info object *' ensemble
+
+2014-05-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - make error-checks as unlikely to succeed
+ - we must replace ::get command with ::set commands for reestablishing
+ relationships
+ - return class of desired object in nsf::parameter::get when provided
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - extend nsf::parameter::get to obtained more detailed
+ information for objects/classes/metaclasses/baseclasses
+ and specified types
+ - extend regression test
+
+2014-05-28 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Add doc fragment about 'info variable *'
+
+2014-05-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx.tcl
+ - switch from "/obj/ info parameter" -> "nsf::parameter::get" to reduce
+ potential semantic confusion of info options. "info parameter" was
+ not object/class specific at all, but is just a syntax extractor
+
+ nsf.c
+ - force again literal "-guard" in a "mixinreg" type to
+ avoid potential confusions
+ - Base nsfRelationSet for mixins on cmds rather than
+ TclObjs to avoid confusions and duplication of guard
+ detection logic
+ - Add interp to NsfMixinregGet() and NsfFilterregGet() to
+ be able to return error messages
+ - return more error message from mixinreg converter
+ - provide at least minimal support for "funny class names"
+ (i.e. containing spaces)
+ - FinalObjectDeletion: don't enforce namespace = 1 for
+ cases with weird namespace deletion order
+ - extended regression test
+
+2014-05-28 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Amend doc of filter|mixin clear, re-instate -guard in filter|mixin set
+ - Adding doc for the two new lookup sub-methods
+
+2014-05-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added methods "info lookup filters ?-guards? ?/pattern/?"
+ and "info lookup methods *-guards? ?/pattern/?"
+ - extended regression test
+ - have "filter|mixin clear" return the list of former|removed
+ filters|mixins.
+ - disallow arguments for "... info configure"
+
+2014-05-27 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Complete info lookup doc
+ - Adjust filter|mixin method for recent changes; working on info ensemble
+ doc
+
+2014-05-27 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - improve handling of space in object names
+
+ nsfObj.c:
+ - allow to omit "-guard" within arguments to flag
+ definition of a filter/mixin guard
+ - extended regression test
+
+ - name parameter option "slotset" instead of "slotassign"
+ - use "mixin|filter clear" instead of "mixin|filter unset"
+
+2014-05-26 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fixed unary argument passing notation for "-nocomplain" of nsf::var
+ and for 42 other options of other commands
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - added flag -nocomplain to "/obj/ /prop/ unset ?-nocomplain?"
+ - renamed nsf::relation to nsf::relation::set and added
+ nsf::relation::get in accordance with nsf::var::get
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - added nsf::var::get and "::nx::var get" to provide selector based
+ interface for variable reading (used in slot-method get of
+ nx::VariableSlot)
+ - cleanup of nx.tcl and TODO
+
+2014-05-26 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Updated doc fragments to reflect recent changes
+
+2014-05-26 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - finish implementation of NsfForwardPrintError()
+ - use NsfForwardPrintError() in ForwardArg() for all error messages
+
+ traits:
+ - define simple setter methods "requiredMethods" and
+ "requiredVariables" to avoid to "set" these explicitly
+ - fix compilation for OpenSolaris (e.g. OmniOS)
+
+2014-05-25 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix compilation for OpenSolaris (e.g. OmniOS)
+
+2014-05-23 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - cleaned up relation slot mixin variants
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - reworked error message generation of slot-forwarder (list all
+ available slot methods with prefix value=)
+
+ xotcl2:
+ - use xotcl::RelationSlot instead of nx::Relationslot in xotcl2
+ (we can more value=assign here).
+ - fix load paths for sub-libs (e.g. mongodb) in regression test
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - add slot method value=unset to nx::RelationSlot and
+ nx::VariableSlot
+ - extended regression test
+ - added likely/unlikely to result == TCL_OK etc.
+
+ xotcl2:
+ - use value=set instead of value=assign
+ - simplify "-parameter" implementation
+ - add setters for "name", "domain", and "default" to xotcl::Attribute
+ for backward compatibility
+
+ mongodb:
+ - by directing calls to the setter, it is now more complex
+ to determine the true calling object for an converter,
+ since the set operation might be routed though the slot
+ object. It would be nice to have framework support for
+ this.
+ - fix 2 error messages
+ - provide shorter tracebacks by using "return -code error ..." rather
+ than "error ..."
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fix one more subtle case of an error being swallowed: for xotcl, the
+ constructor returns the list of residual arguments. In case there was
+ an error, it was possible that the returned residual arguments
+ overwrote the error message in the interp result
+
+2014-05-23 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adjust variable doc for recent changes
+ - Extending mixin/filter doc to cover guards
+ - Adding filter doc fragment
+ - Adjust mixin doc for recent changes
+ - Adjusting property doc to reflect recent changes
+
+2014-05-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - don't delete system slot ::xotcl::Attribute on cleanup
+
+ nx.tcl, xotcl2.tcl:
+ - use value=* as names for internally called and
+ forwarder-called accessor methods
+ - disallow "assign" for nx::variableSlots
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - rename default slot methods add/get to value=add/value=get
+ - provide an error message, when referring to a non-existing slot object
+
+2014-05-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - use set/get/add as slot methods for
+ get/configure/incremental operations
+ - demangle slots for nx/xotcl2 further
+
+ xotcl2:
+ - use assign/get/add as slot methods for get/configure/incremental
+ operations
+ - use object system configuration for -slot.get and -slot.set
+ - allow configuration of internally called "slot.get" and "slot.assign"
+ methods via objectsystem::create
+
+2014-05-20 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - enforce usage of "get" for all slots in nx
+ - TODO: check, what in detail "parameter" in xtocl2 inherit from
+ nx::variableslot (e.g. needsForwarder?)
+ - enforce using "set" for filter/object-filter in slot operations (same
+ as for mixins)
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - remove setter methods from BootstrapVariableSlots
+ - reducing interface of BootstrapVariableSlots by setting methods
+ protected
+
+2014-05-18 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - put test cases for all kind of mix setter / getter together in one
+ test case
+ - reduce verbosity
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - add "set" as a method name for relation slots
+ - implemented relation slot "mixin" and "object-mixin" via
+ "slotassign" to disallow "/obj/ mixin /value/" and "/obj/
+ object mixin /value/" to use instead "/obj/ mixin set
+ /value/" and "/obj/ object mixin set /value/" while
+ keeping "configure" and "cget" working. This has the
+ advantage that "/obj/ mixin set" does not try to replace
+ the mixin chain by "set"
+ - adapted regression test
+ - TODO: check, if we need the explicit "slotassign"? isn't
+ the presence of the slotObj sufficient? maybe
+ "-forwardToSlot" in relationSlots?
+ - TODO: demangle "slotassign" in "ObjectParameterSlot
+ protected method getParameterOptions" and check
+ interactions
+ - TODO: to the same as -mixin and -object-mixin to -filter
+ and -object-filter
+ - TODO: clean up relation slot mixin variants
+ - TODO: do we really like the fact that we have to write
+ now "B mixin set M2" instead of "B mixin M2"?
+ - TODO: should we disallow "B mixin" and enforce instead of
+ "B mixin get" ?
+ - TODO: we could as well allow "B mixin clear" instead of
+ "B mixin set {}"
+ - TODO: allow "set" for variable slots as well. Do we need "assign"?
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - allow parameter option "method=" for slotassign as well.
+ rationale: this allows to use the parameter
+ "forwardername" to specify a different forwarder target
+ method (e.g. in case of object-mixins). The method is
+ used both in "configure" and "cget".
+ - allow method name to consist of max tow words in relation slots (e.g.
+ "-methodname {mixin set}"}
+
+2014-05-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - extend bagel example slightly
+ - finalize dropping of setter methods for nx
+ - show info line for every test case
+
+2014-05-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - add flag "-onerror" to nsf::forward::method to handle
+ errors during dispatch of a forwarder (not all error
+ messages of forwarder are already transformed)
+ - added log-level Info which prints always, e.g. for
+ "-verbose" flag of forwarder
+ - drop setter-rule from properties (use always forwarder)
+
+ - drop "/obj/ /prop/" and "/obj/ /prop/ /value/" in favor of
+ "/obj/ /prop/ get" and "/obj/ /prop/ assign /value/"
+ to achieve better orthogonality with e.g. incremental properties
+
+2014-05-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - replace empty-named arrays by dicts
+
+2014-05-13 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix change of semantics when default multiplicity (1..1) is combined
+ with lower bound preserving incremental (results in 1..n instead of
+ 0..n previously)
+
+2014-05-12 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - make sure that nsfDtrace.h has a newer timestamp than nsfDtrace.d
+ - preserve lower bound of multiplicity when incremental is
+ added
+ - extend regression test
+ - added more test cases for multiplicity and incremental
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - Define method "value" as a slot forwarder to allow for
+ calling value-less slot methods like e.g. "get" despite
+ of the arity-based forward dispatcher.
+ - extend regression test
+
+2014-05-12 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding doc fragment on mixin method
+
+2014-05-12 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - remove over-eager nonnull declaration
+ - remove done entries from TODO
+
+2014-05-11 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - add fixes for tcl 8.6
+ - finish non-null handling for tcl 8.5
+ - continuing with nonnull assertions, various small cleanups
+
+2014-05-10 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - complete nonnull assertion cleanup to 80% of nsf.c
+ - complete nonnull assertion cleanup to 33% of nsf.c
+ - improve source code documentation
+ - simplify SuperclassAdd()
+ - improve code documentation
+ - complete nonnull assertion cleanup to 50% of nsf.c
+ - simplify FilterInvalidateObjOrders() and
+ FilterRemoveDependentFilterCmds()
+ - complete nonnull assertion cleanup to 33% of nsf.c
+
+2014-05-09 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Add argument to last discussion item
+ - Add another incremental TODO
+ - Adding discussion items
+
+2014-05-09 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - finishing checking of first 25% of of nonnull assertions in nsf.c
+ - added still more nonnull assertions
+
+2014-05-09 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Drafted a variable doc fragment, and revised the property's one to make
+ the (subtle) difference clear
+
+2014-05-09 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added shortcut for MixinSearchProc when mixinOrder is NULL
+ - work on nonnull
+
+2014-05-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - let the c-code generator produce as well nonnull assertions
+ - commenting item
+ - made nsf::is using the "-strict" option when tcl's "string is" is
+ called.
+
+2014-05-08 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding incremental doc to property doc fragment
+
+2014-05-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - complete nonnull+assert adding in .c-files other than nsf.c
+
+2014-05-08 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding todo on multiplicities
+
+2014-05-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - add asserts to nsfError.c
+ - fixed all over-eager nonnull cases for optimizing with gcc and clang
+ (works up to -O3 except gcc 4.9.0)
+
+2014-05-07 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added nonnull for args of type Tcl_Command and ClientData
+ - add asserts for nonnull
+
+2014-05-07 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Starting documenting info ensemble
+
+2014-05-06 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - provide nonnull statements for all functions in nsf.c
+ - some more code cleanup
+ - complete asserts due to nonnull
+
+2014-05-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - update more copyright notices
+ - update copyright notices
+ - update copyright notice
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - simplify few inner code pieces based on assertions
+ - add several more assertions based on nonnull specifications.
+ - use nx rather than xotcl2 terminology in nsf::method::forward
+
+2014-05-04 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - renamed "-methodprefix" to "-prefix" in nx, since the prefix can be
+ applied as well applied to a cmd.
+
+2014-05-04 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding doc fragment about require method
+
+2014-05-03 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding a todo
+ - nsf.c, NsfForwardMethod(): Make sure that a 2nd argument
+ is available for prepending the methodprefix. Earlier,
+ NSF crashed in case of a missing 2nd arg.
+ - Added some basic tests on -methodprefix.
+
+2014-05-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - use nonnull variable attributes for prototypes (nsf.h, nsfInt.h,
+ nsf.c)
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - de-spaghetti precedence computations for multiple
+ inheritance and improve documentation
+ - get rid of // comments
+ - stubsPtr can't be NULL there
+
+2014-05-02 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - remove false alarm
+ - deactivated "-onerror", since its semantics are expressible via
+ try/catch, and there are no regression tests for xotcl and nx, and we
+ could not find any script that uses this
+
+2014-05-01 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adjusting forward doc, adding TODO
+ - forward.test: Adding some tests
+
+2014-05-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - use in forwarders "-frame object" instead of "-objframe" in nx for
+ consistency with other calls (e.g. dispatch). Other values for
+ "-frame" are not allowed. (btw, XOTcl has "-objscope")
+ - move "checkalways for forwarders and aliases" to RFEs and comment it
+
+ forwarders:
+ - use for output of forward ... -verbose NsfLog(...NSF_LOG_NOTICE...)
+ instead of fprintf() to make it redirect-able
+ - RFE "provide %method" as keyword like %proc" was already
+ implemented. Dropping %proc would break XOTcl2
+ compatibility.
+ - adding a test case
+
+2014-04-30 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Continue working on forward doc, adding some tests
+ - Adding some todos
+ - Working on Object.man, in particular forward
+ - library/nx/nx.tcl: Pulling out method contracts (pre- and
+ postconditions) from NX for the time being. Corresponding tests have
+ been commented out or, if applicable, turned into XOTcl2-specific tests.
+
+2014-04-30 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - finalize autoconf quoting
+
+2014-04-29 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix configure.ac quoting
+ - stick closer to TEA conventions (keep tclconfig-sh in
+ tclconfig directory)
+ - remove obsolete version of install-sh, copy manifested
+ version to mongodb library
+ - fix more configure quoting
+
+2014-04-18 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding doc fragment on 'method'
+
+2014-04-14 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - doc/Object.man: Adding documentation on alias (doc/alias.man.inc) and
+ delete (doc/delete.man.inc)
+
+2014-04-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ small introspection reform:
+ - Introspection for commands and arguments did not work for
+ cmds defined in sub-packages (such as mongodb). We keep
+ now this information in hash tables and maintain a slim
+ interface for this.
+ - fix generation of pkgIndex.tcl for mongodb
+
+2014-04-08 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Some more refactoring
+ - Refactor the include file slightly, so that Object/Class-specific
+ parameters etc. of a shared method documentation can be provided in the
+ respective Object.man/Class.man files
+ - Continue working in man pages, introducing a first shared section using
+ [include] and [vset]
+
+2014-04-06 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - tested with MongoDB v2.4.10 and J mongodb-c-driver 0.94.1
+ - moving .m4 files to subdirectory as recommended
+ - update generated configure files
+ - replace obsolete autoconf macros
+ - replace obsolete autoconf macros
+ - update to must recent build files (tcl.m4 and install-sh) from tcl
+ source repository
+
+2014-04-05 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ build-process:
+ - replace make.tcl by the much simpler mkIndex.tcl:
+ * Does not use pkg_mkIndex
+ * Does not load binary files (problem for cross compiling)
+ * Requires package provide with constant in one line.
+
+2014-04-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - reduce variable scope
+ - remove redundant NULL tests
+ - improve safety mof macro ObjStr()
+
+2014-03-31 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - improve code documentation
+ - add some more tests to the regression test suite
+
+2014-03-29 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - generic/nsf.c: Avoiding excessive allocation/deallocation of
+ temporary hash tables when invalidating per-class objparam caches in
+ NsfParameterInvalidateClassCacheCmd().
+
+2014-03-29 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - extend regression test
+
+2014-03-29 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - generic/nsf.c: Use GetAllClassMixinsOf() instead of
+ TransitiveSubClasses() when invalidating per-class caches. Added two
+ tests.
+
+2014-03-28 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - remove obsolete code
+ - invalidate parameter caches of subclasses on
+ NsfParameterInvalidateClassCacheCmd unless during
+ shutdown. Otherwise some classes might not become aware
+ of properties added later to superclasses.
+ - extended regression test
+
+2014-03-25 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Adding to Object.man: cget, configure, move, copy, ...
+
+2014-03-23 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx-mongo:
+ - added command "::mongo::status /mongoConn/"
+ - extended regression test
+
+2014-03-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fix case, where NsfDStringPrintf() failed (when print
+ llength including \0 was 1 byte longer than print buffer)
+ - make sure, that the list kept for the cached parameter is just built
+ from unshared objects; otherwise Tcl append will abort
+
+ nx.tcl:
+ - new package "nx::volatile"
+ - don't define configure parameter "-volatile" per default;
+ use "package req nx::volatile" instead
+ - don't define per method "volatile" per default;
+ use "::nsf::method::require ::nx::Object volatile" instead
+ - get rid of -volatile in nx.tcl and serializer
+ - update/extend regression test
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fix case, where NsfDStringPrintf() failed (when print llength
+ including \0 was 1 byte longer than print buffer)
+ - added mongo::cursor::aggregate
+
+2014-03-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added mongo::collection::stats
+ - extended regression test
+
+2014-03-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx-mongo:
+ - fixed surprising compiler message "alignment of array
+ elements is greater than element size" when using e.g.
+ "bson_iter_t i[1]"
+ - some c-code cleanup
+ - tested with mongodb-c-driver 0.92.3
+
+2014-03-17 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Started working on an authoritative man page for nx::Object, still
+ cleaning up and still tweaking the doctools markup
+
+2014-03-15 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - mongodb's c-driver changed version number from 0.93.0 to 0.92.1;
+ followed the change in README
+
+2014-03-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - tested with mongodb-c-driver 0.93.0
+
+2014-03-12 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - since mongoc_gridfs_get_files is supported since today by the
+ mongo-c-driver, we do not need it private implementation any more.
+ all dependencies on private header files are removed by now.
+
+2014-03-09 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - adjust to newest version of mongo-c-driver
+ - remove one dependency for private header file
+
+2014-03-07 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - move close of the pseudo comment for syntax highlighter out of quoted
+ block
+
+2014-03-04 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ xotcl2:
+ - prevent strange error messages, when "abstract" is called with quotes
+ in the argument list.
+
+2014-03-02 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - represent BSON_TYPE_REGEX as pairs (regexp + options) in
+ the Tcl representation to preserve regular expression
+ options
+ - update to newest version of mongo-c-driver and libbson from Github
+
+ nx-mongo:
+ - optional support for mongodb connection pools (compile
+ time macro USE_CLIENT_POOL controls this, per default,
+ this is on)
+ - allow to pass "-metadata" to gridfile::create to ease
+ metadata attachment to grid-files
+ - some convenience improvements in nx-mongo.tcl (ability to
+ ignore attributes in "bson encode", ability to unset
+ attributes in gridfs, ...)
+ - bump version numbers of nsfmongo to 0.3 and nx-monogo to 0.5
+
+2014-02-26 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - let [current methodpath] return full path (similar to
+ -path option in "info methods"
+ - handle collateral damage in regression test due to changed result of
+ "current methodpath"
+ - add traits.test to the regression tests
+
+ nx::traits:
+ - handle ensemble methods correctly (use full method path
+ for resolution)
+ - add new regression tests for traits
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - fix small memory leak in multiple inheritance code.
+ - all regression tests rerun cleanly with --enable-memcount=yes
+
+2014-02-25 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - raise an error, when an ensemble methods redefined a plain method
+ - add incr/decr refcount for callInfoObj in unknown handling
+ - deactivated suspicious assert() in NsfMethodNamePath()
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - change name of enumeratorConverterEntry to
+ Nsf_EnumeratorConverterEntry, move it with NSF_ARG_*
+ flags to tcl.h to make it available in derived modules
+ using the converter
+ - Added editor hints for a more uniform appearance
+
+ - change configure flags from --with-mongodb to --with-mongoc=... and
+ --with-bson
+
+ nx-monogo:
+ - Updated the mongo-c-driver and libbson to the actual tip
+ version from Github (this is a significant change, since
+ 10gen essentially changed the officially supported
+ c-driver of MongoDB)
+ - mongo-c-driver was more or less new-implementation, since
+ structure and names changed in the mongo-c-driver
+ substantially, several functions were added, several
+ were dropped. The new interface supports now e.g. mongo
+ URIs, and should be faster (by using collection objects
+ instead of connection handles)
+ - Although the low-level nsf interface changed
+ significantly, the high level (nx level) interface
+ remained unaffected.
+ - Configure has now --with-mongoc=... and --with-bson
+ instead of --with-mongodb
+ - New commands: mongo::collection::open /mongoConn/
+ /dbName/ /collectionName/ mongo::collection::close
+ /collection/ mongo::gridfs::store_string /content/ /name/
+ /contentType/
+ - Make use of the new collection handle mongo::count
+ /mongoConn/ /ns/ ... -> mongo::collection::count
+ /collection/ ... mongo::index /mongoConn/ /ns/ ... ->
+ mongo::collection::index /collection/ ... mongo::insert
+ /mongoConn/ /ns/ ... -> mongo::collection::insert
+ /collection/ ... mongo::query /mongoConn/ /ns/ ... ->
+ mongo::collection::query /collection/ ... mongo::remove
+ /mongoConn/ /ns/ ... -> mongo::collection::delete
+ /collection/ ... mongo::update /mongoConn/ /ns/ ... ->
+ mongo::collection::update /collection/ ...
+ mongo::cursor::find /mongoConn/ /ns/ ... ->
+ mongo::cursor::find /collection/ ...
+ - nsf::mongo::connect receives now a mongoc_uri
+ https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/blob/master/doc/mongoc_uri.txt
+ - The gridfs interface allows now to store multiple
+ revisions of a file
+ - The gridfs interface allows now upload files from a string
+ - The gridfs interface allows to refer to files by other
+ attributes than just the filename (e.g. the mongo id).
+ - Modified/new grid-file functions mongo::gridfile::create
+ ?-source file|string? /gridfs/ /value/ /name/
+ /contentType/ mongo::gridfile::delete /gridfs/ /query/
+ mongo::gridfile::open /gridfs/ /query/
+ - Updated README
+ - Updated regression test
+ - Added editor hints for a more uniform appearance
+
+2014-02-20 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - nx.tcl: Throw error exceptions using "return -code error", to exclude
+ the unevaluated error cmd statement from the trace message
+ - At two or three locations, we used to compute the method path using
+ different helpers (CallStackMethodPath, NsfMethodNamePath) etc. I
+ tried to unify this by revising NsfMethodNamePath to accomodate the
+ different uses.
+ - Besides, for required-argument checks, I included the method path
+ (for ensemble invocations) into the error messages.
+
+2014-02-17 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - improve performance of mongo->tcl conversion by using predefined
+ global strings
+
+ nx-mongo:
+ - updated documentation (switch back to mongo-c-driver, but
+ comment usage of tagged version v0.8.1)
+ - added support for rep types (allow for mappings between
+ certain instance variables such as arrays or dicts to
+ customizable representations in MongoDB)
+ - added nx-serialize to test cases (simple state
+ persistance for nx objects)
+ - added nx-rep to test cases (rep types for "array" and "dict")
+ - provide datarootdir to get rid of warning during configure
+
+2014-02-14 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix bug in interaction between up-level method from tcl procs
+
+ -nsf.c:
+ - fix bug in interaction between uplevel method and
+ interceptor transparency
+ - extend regression test
+
+2014-02-07 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - in case of multiple inheritance, make sure that all supporting
+ classes haver already a precedence order defined
+
+2014-02-04 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - implement simple persistent handle management based on per-thread
+ objects
+ - reduce verbosity for FreeUnsetTraceVariable
+ - return TCL_OK, even when FreeUnsetTraceVariable() fails (warning
+ stays)
+ - improve worrying in comments
+ - fix stub provisioning for Tcl 8.6.*
+ - change macro name from XOTCL to NSF
+
+2014-01-26 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ nx:
+ - allow copy of objects with required arguments
+ - use ::nsf::object::alloc in "copy" method
+ - don't depend on method "trace", use directdispatch instead
+ - remove method "-noinit" (nsf::object::alloc makes it
+ obsolete)
+ - extend regression test
+ - restore traces after object-serialize
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - when ::nsf::object::alloc is passed an empty name (2nd argument),
+ behave like "new" method
+
+2014-01-25 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - don't rely on the existence of a "trace" method
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - new command ::nsf::object::alloc /class/ /obj/ ?/script/? alloc an
+ object and execute script in the context. Can be used to regenerate
+ an object in a old state.
+ serializer:
+ - fixed loading of objects with required data in the blueprint
+ (many thanks for david hopfmueller for reporting this)
+ - make use of nsf::object::alloc (1 command instead of 1 create + 2
+ evals)
+ - these changes improved loading time of blueprint by about 25%
+ for OpenACS+xowiki
+
+2014-01-21 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - make test for retrieving parsed parameters more safe
+
+2014-01-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - update hint at end of build for NaviServer
+ - strip trailing spaces
+ - silence cppcheck
+
+2014-01-07 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ mongodb:
+ - add flag "-puts" to method "show" of nx::mongo::Class to
+ turnoff output to stdout
+ - handle empty find operations for "find first"
+ - added method pretty_variables to output available
+ variables of a class in a similar style as in the
+ definition
+ - added low-level method "close" to nx::mongo
+
+2014-01-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Tcl's "package present" raises an error if the package is not present
+
+2013-12-26 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - add more assertions
+ - ensure computation of requires orders for recursive merges
+ - make test more robust
+ - strip trailing spaces
+ - get rid of potentially uninitialized variables
+ - make compilation more clean
+ - add assertion for validity checking of precedence lists
+ - improve error message
+ - remove trailing space
+
+2013-12-23 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Fixing a mini-typo in nsf.c: unlinkely -> unlikely
+
+2013-12-23 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - made linearization monotonic (for multiple inheritance)
+ via single-inheritance linearization merging while
+ preserving overall linearization rules
+ - added flag NSF_LINEARIZER_TRACE
+ - extended regression test
+ - upgrade to mongo-c-driver to 0.8.1
+ - added new flag "-ttl" to mongo::index
+ - there seems to be now a different mongo-c-driver to be the
+ preferred one, the old one is renamed to
+ mongo-c-driver-legacy
+ - link against nsf-stublib
+ - bump version number to 0.2
+ - don't try to load nx when building pkgindex for a binary package (.so
+ or dylib)
+
+ generic/nsfPointer.c:
+ - add reference counter to avoid double-inits and double-frees in case
+ the table of converters is used from multiple interpreters
+
+2013-12-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - change base stub table from XOTcl to NSF.
+ - improve wording of error messages.
+ - add parameter parser and converter to stub tables
+ - make converter usable from c-based packages compiled with subs
+ activated
+
+2013-11-12 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ xotcl2:
+ - fixed "... info defaults ..." and "... info instdefaults
+ ..." emulation in XOTcl 2
+ - fixed error message
+ - extended regression test
+ - bumped revision of nsf/xotcl/nx to 2.0b6
+
+2013-10-22 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - nsf: added switch "-checkalways" to nsf::method::create
+ - nx: added switch "checkalways" to "method" and "object
+ method"
+ - extended regression test
+
+2013-10-19 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - minor cleanup:
+ * reduce variable scope
+ * remove uncalled static function
+
+ - added flag -checkalways to nsf::proc and nsf::asm::proc (for the
+ latter just a placeholder for now). If the flag is used, it will cause
+ argument testing independently from the "configure checkarguments"
+ setting. To force argument checking always is useful e.g. for checking
+ external values (e.g. in a web server)
+
+2013-09-15 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - fix object method serializeExportedMethod: targetName might have been
+ uninitialized
+
+2013-08-27 ssoberni <stefan.sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - Explored assertion support from an NX perspective, by reviewing the
+ current implementation against Eiffel's RAC; along the way, I made
+ ::nsf::current more robust when being used in assertions
+
+2013-08-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - don't call postcondition, when the command/invariant have returned
+ already an error
+
+ nsf.c
+ - fixed a bug where turning on assertions could swallow
+ result-codes
+ - extended regression test
+ - fix potential crash when preconditions are empty
+ - fix typo
+
+2013-08-03 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added sample script doc/example-scripts/tk-geo.tcl
+ - minor cleanup of configure script
+ - bump version number of mongo support to 0.2
+
+2013-08-01 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ mongodb:
+ - integrated configuration of mongodb into toplevel
+ configfile option:
+ --with-mongodb=MONGO_INCLUDE_DIR,MONGO_LIB_DIR
+ - added regression test files for mongodb support (low level
+ (tcl-only) and high level (nx based oo support))
+ - integrated mongodb-testfiles with "make test"
+ - reduced verbosity of nx-mongo.tcl (added verbosity variable)
+
+2013-07-31 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - added example scripts rosetta-sudoku.{tcl,html} and tk-ludo.{tcl,html}
+
+ mongodb:
+ - don't call NsfLog() in Nsfmongo_Exit, since interp-data might be
+ already cleaned up
+ - improve robustness
+ - added flag for verbosity
+
+2013-07-30 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ mongodb:
+ - updated to most recent version of c-driver (0.7.1)
+ - adapted to nx 2.0b5 (use everywhere cget interface)
+ - tested with mongodb 2.4.5
+
+ - updated locomotive example to use nx::callback
+
+2013-07-16 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - updated TODO
+
+2013-07-15 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - prepare for providing nx as a tcl module (.tm file). this is just a
+ preparation, since for testing, one cannot set up a path that prefers
+ a local copy over a global installed one (the global tcl-site is
+ preferred over the one specified in e.g. TCL8_5_TM_PATH)
+
+2013-07-08 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - explore the usage of dict instead of anonymous array
+
+ nsf.c:
+ - dont't use the default of a invocation parameter in
+ "configure" when the object is already initialized. The
+ default is in general only used when the parameter is not
+ specified. We do not want e.g. superclass to be reset to
+ ::nx::Object, when configure is called on a class without
+ arguments.
+ - extended regression test
+
+2013-07-02 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - remove debug statement
+
+2013-06-24 Gustaf Neumann <neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+
+ - keep this single pkgIndex.tcl
+ - keep packages versions from 2.0 and 1.0 disjoint
+
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+Dear Community,
+
+Since releasing the Next Scripting Framework (NSF) 2.0b5, we have
+received more feedback from early adopters. Many thanks for the
+helpful and the constructive comments!
+
+Since the release of 2.0b5, there have been more than 450 commits to
+our code repository. The implementation is very stable and has been
+used for more than two years in production of our large-scale,
+multi-threaded web environment inside NaviServer. Most of the changes
+happened in NX and, therefore, on the NSF scripting level, without the
+need to modify the NSF C layer. The implementation of XOTcl 2 has
+changed very little. The Next Scripting Framework was tested with Tcl
+8.5.17 and Tcl 8.6.2 on Linux, Mac OS X, and in Windows enviroments
+(MinGW, VC12).
+
+Below are the most notable differences in NSF/NX 2.0 final relative to
+2.0b5:
+
+a) Pluralism reform:
+
+ Use plural names for structural features of objects and classes,
+ whenever potentially multiple elements are provided or
+ returned. This rule applies now consistently throughout NX. Here are
+ examples from the introspection interface:
+
+ /cls/ info superclasses
+ /cls/ info subclasses
+ /cls/ info mixins
+ /obj/ info object mixins
+ /cls/ info filters
+ /obj/ info object filters
+
+ Similarly, there the plural is used for configure options, e.g.:
+
+ nx:create create Foo -superclasses {C D}
+
+ Note that abbreviations are allowed as well:
+
+ nx:create create Foo -superclass {C D}
+
+b) Dispatch by arity is gone in NX.
+
+ XOTcl and earlier versions of NX supported a dispatch-by-arity
+ mechanism for relation slots:
+
+ o mixin; # arity 1: get value
+ o mixin M1; # arity 2: set value
+ o mixin add M1; # arity 3: use arg 2 for slot methods
+
+ The problem with this approach is that it is not straight forward
+ to provide meaningful error messages. In addition, one might be
+ irritated about the result of e.g. "o mixin add" (leaving out a
+ class to be added). In the final release, we removed the entailed
+ complexity by relying on a fixed arity of 3 (last form above) for
+ the default slot methods:
+
+ add, clear, delete, get, guard, set
+
+c) Support for querying computed parameters of methods.
+
+ Earlier versions of NX had several methods to query the parameters
+ for configuring objects of different classes. The configure
+ parameters are determined by the inheritance order in the class
+ hierarchy and are relevant during object creation (e.g.
+ methods "create" or "new").
+
+ Now, these configure parameter can be queried using the standard
+ parameter introspection interface for e.g. "new", "create", or
+ "configure", such as in:
+
+ nx::Object info lookup parameters create
+
+ The above command call returns the parameters which can be provided
+ to an "nx::Object create ..." invocation. Furthermore, these
+ computed parameters are returned in error messages.
+
+d) Support abbreviations of non-positional parameter names (for plain
+ methods, nsf::proc, or "... configure...").
+
+ To avoid surprises, especially for computed argument lists, the
+ minimal number of optional trailing characters is set to 4.
+
+e) Updated MongoDB interface:
+
+ The interface was extended in various ways and is now based on
+ mongo-c-driver 1.0.2 and was tested with MongoDB 2.6.5. The driver
+ can be used nicely with e.g. Naviserver by using the c-driver
+ supported connection pool.
+
+f) API changes:
+
+ nx::Object info lookup parameters create
+ /cls/ mixins ...
+ /obj/ object mixins ...
+ /cls/ filters ...
+ /obj/ object filters ...
+
+ Simplified info methods for interceptors:
+
+ /cls/ info mixin classes -> /cls/ info mixins
+ /cls/ info filter methods -> /cls/ info filters
+ /obj/ info object mixin classes -> /obj/ info object mixins
+
+ Dropped methods:
+
+ /cls/ info mixin guard
+ /obj/ info object mixin guard
+ /cls/ info filter guard
+ /obj/ info object filter guard
+
+ Instead, use the "-guards" option of "... info ?object? mixins|filters ...".
+
+ Added methods:
+
+ /cls/ mixins classes
+ /cls/ filters methods
+ /obj/ object filters methods
+ /obj/ object mixins classes
+
+g) Added API documentation:
+
+ Using tcllib's doctools markup and dtplite, we now provide manpages
+ for:
+ nx::Object
+ nx::Class
+ nx::current
+ nx::next
+ nx::configure
+
+The Next Scripting Framework 2.0.0 (containing NX and XOTcl 2.0.0) can
+be obtained from https://next-scripting.org/
+
+The detailed ChangeLog can be downloaded from
+https://next-scripting.org/xowiki/download/file/ChangeLog-2.0b5-2.0.0
+
+Best regards
+- Gustaf Neumann
+- Stefan Sobernig
+