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@ -20,21 +20,20 @@ SWIG release. The guilty parties working on this are:
- Catalin Dumitrescu (cldumitr@cs.uchicago.edu) (SWIG core)
***********************************************************************
***** IMPORTANT NOTICE -- READ THIS NOW! *****
***** IMPORTANT NOTICE -- READ THIS NOW (OR ELSE) *****
***********************************************************************
If you downloaded SWIG as a prepackaged release such as SWIG1.3a3, be
If you downloaded SWIG as a prepackaged release such as SWIG1.3a4, be
advised that this distribution represents a snapshot of the most
stable part of the SWIG CVS repository. As this is an unstable
"stable" part of the SWIG CVS repository. As this is an unstable
release, there is a pretty good chance that a number of features are
broken or under repair. Currently, SWIG is undergoing a large
redevelopment effort in which it is being converted from C++ to ANSI
C. As a result, the source code is a little disorganized at the
moment. The SWIG1.3 series of releases should be viewed as
transitional releases leading to the eventual release of
SWIG2.0. First-time users may want to start with SWIG1.1p5 which is
significantly more stable (and includes a wider range of documentation
and examples).
C. As a result, the source code is very disorganized at the moment.
The SWIG1.3 series of releases should be viewed as transitional
releases leading to the eventual release of SWIG2.0. First-time users
should probably start with SWIG1.1p5 which is significantly more
stable (and includes a wider range of documentation and examples).
*** WE NEED YOUR HELP! ***
@ -43,6 +42,21 @@ are we making radical changes to the system, we only have access to a
limited variety of hardware (Linux, Solaris, and Windows). All contributions
help.
*** Backwards Compatibility ***
Although we are making every attempt preserve backwards compatibility
with interfaces written for SWIG1.1, SWIG1.3 incorporates a number of
very substantial modifications to things such as type handling,
typemaps, and wrapper code generation. Therefore, if you are making
extensive use of advanced SWIG features, interfaces written for
SWIG1.1 may not work. We apologize for the inconvenience, but these
changes are needed in order to remove a variety of annoying "features"
of SWIG1.1.
In addition, SWIG1.3 makes no attempt to be compatible with SWIG1.1 at
the C++ API level so language modules written for SWIG1.1 will most
definitely not work with this release.
What's New?
===========
Here are the most notable changes (so far):
@ -58,6 +72,8 @@ Here are the most notable changes (so far):
- The Guile module is stable. It represents C pointers as smobs and
supports the Guile module system and exceptions.
- Ruby and mzscheme modules added.
- A lot of minor bug fixes and cleanup.
Here are a few missing features
@ -74,7 +90,8 @@ Here are a few missing features
What's Broken?
==============
- Objective C support doesn't work right now.
- Objective C support doesn't work right now. No ETA as to
when it will return.
- SWIG requires an ANSI C compiler.