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*** ANNOUNCE: SWIG1.3 (Alpha 4) ***
*** ANNOUNCE : SWIG1.3 (Alpha 4) ***
September 4, 2000
September 4, 2000
Overview
--------
@ -27,21 +27,24 @@ been added to support Ruby and Mzscheme. In addition, Python, Perl,
and Guile support has been enhanced to support new releases such as
Python1.6 and Perl5.6.
Under the hood, you will find that this release represents an almost
complete reimplementation of SWIG's internals. In fact the only code
that still remains from SWIG1.1 is the C/C++ parser and the language
Under the hood, you will find that this release is an almost complete
reimplementation of SWIG's internals. In fact the only code that
still remains from SWIG1.1 is the C/C++ parser and the language
modules (all of which have undergone significant changes as well). As
a result, a lot of minor improvements can be found throughout the
system and things that used to cause problems may now work (for
instance, pointers to functions are now supported).
instance, pointers to functions are now supported). In addition, this
release incorporates a number of feature requests that have been made
on the mailing list.
What's broken?
--------------
As this is a work in progress, a number of features are still missing
or imcomplete. The documentation system is still missing and won't be
or incomplete. The documentation system is still missing and won't be
reimplemented for some time. The Java module is also temporarily out
of service for this release. In addition, C++ programmers who make
extensive use of typemaps may encounter a few strange problems.
extensive use of typemaps may encounter a few strange problems
(although SWIG will generate warning messages).
We need your help!
------------------
@ -49,13 +52,13 @@ Even if you are perfectly happy with SWIG1.1, we can use your
feedback. First, we like to know about compilation problems and other
issues concerning the building of SWIG. Second, if SWIG1.3 is unable
to compile your old interface files, we would like to get information
about the problematic features you are using. This information will
help us find bugs in the SWIG1.3 release, develop techniques for
supporting backwards compatibility, and write documentation that
addresses specific issues related to migrating from SWIG1.1 to
SWIG1.3. Finally, we are still looking for volunteers to work on
aspects of SWIG development. Please send email to
beazley@cs.uchicago.edu for details.
about the features you are using. This information will help us find
bugs in the SWIG1.3 release, develop techniques for supporting
backwards compatibility, and write documentation that addresses
specific issues related to migrating from SWIG1.1 to SWIG1.3.
Finally, we are still looking for volunteers to work on aspects of
SWIG development. Please send email to beazley@cs.uchicago.edu for
details.
Please report problems with this release to swig-dev@cs.uchicago.edu.
@ -68,4 +71,3 @@ Masaki Fukushima
Harco de Hilster
Loic Dachary
Oleg Tolmatcev