ooRexx 4.1.2 - Changelog

What's new in ooRexx 4.1.2:

September 6th, 2012

All Bugs:
· 3544442 The oodraw.rex example in ooRexx 4.1.1 does not execute.
· 3541163 cyclic dependency error not giving good position.
· 3537339 Incorrect message for ::ATTRIBUTE errors
· 3535883 rexx abends when hostemu execio attempted
· 3534403 Inccorect message for mising end on LOOP instruction
· 3534402 do over not working with strings
· 3533899 Mutablebuffer string method not getting used correctly.
· 3532728 system breaks when string method has no Return
· 3529966 ReleaseLocalReference() causes ooRexx to abend
· 3523656 SAMP13 Does Not Work
· 3146828 Lines() / chars() return 1 for stdin when no data is present
· 2849375 redirect output to a /dev/tty

Documentation:
· 3530214 Value returned by WindowsRegistry r~getvalue() may be wrong

What's new in ooRexx 4.1.0:

December 4th, 2010

All Bugs:

· 3083953 ooDialog - odd behavior for list view connect click event

· 3080931 Possible memory leak in Stream Object

· 3080519 RXQUEUE accepts only 4096 bytes, not 64K as per documentatio

· 3070409 Missing definition of WORKAREARECORD

· 3067519 NOVALUE condition can report wrong compound variable name

· 3061474 Arg length limitation

· 3054788 Amendment to socket.cls - select method

· 3046998 "Failure during initialization" on Linux

· 3045324 RxMessageBox broken on XP

· 3044222 ooDialog ListControl Value= bug

· 3041121 Hostemu (execio) can't read read-only file in windows 7

· 3041096 First linein on read-only file returns empty line

· 3028787 Online Ref ::options formatted wrong

· 3028786 Online Ref missing example for :requires

· 3019826 RexxUtil Not Loading

· 3017541 lines() returns 0 prematurely for pipes on unix

· 2991134 4.0.1 rev. 5804, 5766 don't build with gcc 4.5-5.2

· 2981139 Error on GetEditControl for Category Dialog

· 2978925 External search path: skips "same" takes "current" directory

· 2975571 Interpreter does not provide STDIN in pipeline

· 2973684 Back button does not save state on RxAPI dialog

· 2953752 REXX.EXE crashes at REXX script end

· 2842693 oodraw.rex sample has backwards logic

· 2842643 rxapi service does not start

· 2821025 EWOULBLOCK not set in RxSock on 3.2.0

· 2790123 WindowsRegistry::open() access rights incomplete

· 2790115 WindowsRegistry::delete() incorrect

· 1890332 Writing to full disk causes abend on Linux

· 1880799 RegEx parse("[0-"||"7F"x||"]*") hangs

· 1849356 ftpGET returns 0 when out of space


Documentation:

· 2978849 Compiled works differently than uncompiled

· 2977049 circularqueue new class method requires size

· 2930620 Progress bar method setpos not working

· 1856698 RexxRegisterFunctionDLL returns undocumented error code

What's new in ooRexx 4.0.1 RC1:

April 19th, 2010

· All Bugs

· 2958746 - addListEntry() won't accept 'DATA' for an entry

· 2958172 - RPM Does Not Use lib64 on a 64 bit Install

· 2958165 - Update Dates and Version numbers

· 2956787 - User string methods can cause problems if returning a number

· 2949539 - DIRECTORY function returns not null

· 2949175 - USE not mandating comma to delimit variables to assign to

· 2935183 - REX0372E: Error 40.1: External routine "SYSSTEMINSERT" fail

· 2934013 - Linux : rxqueue("create") returns an invalid queuename

· 2933583 - routine and method reset address to system instead of defaul

· 2926003 - Typo in socket.cls

· 2898248 - rxapi : assert error with terminatedThreads

· 2897421 - No Large File Support on 32 bit Linux

· 2894336 - possible bug in rxfuncdrop()

· 2893307 - LISTCHOICE list truncated

· 2892639 - Bug in Time BIF

· 2891974 - rxapid init script is missing LSB tags

· 2883908 - disablemenuitem doesn't

· 2883064 - Deviant behaviour changestr-function regarding "00"X, ooRexx

· 2878683 - SysFromUnicode does not work well again in the release 4.0.0

· 2877234 - RxWinExec fails on long commands

· 2876047 - MS Access sample

· 2875360 - 4.0 Linux install missing symlinks

· 2873359 - .DateTime~fromISOUTCDate fails

· 2871956 - Crash when GC happens during tracing

· 2870816 - Memory leaks in ooRexx4.0 due to retainMessageData flag

· 2869039 - ooDialog may fail under certain versions of XP

· 2866554 - Multithreading problems, 3 ("run_90_testgroup.cmd")

· 2865707 - Multithreading problems, 2

· 2864958 - ::Routines cannot be called in mixed/lower case

· 2863643 - Multithreading problems with ooRexx

· 2862333 - Incorrect comment box in RXMATH.CPP

· 2859404 - sample.rex Improvements

· 2857264 - ooRexx may crash on exit when RegularExpression class is use

· 2853119 - Error in oostdfct

· 2851871 - oodtree pseudo-parent?

· 2850208 - Quoted command name parsing error

· 2848529 - Bug in CheckList class (ooDialog)

· 2848293 - Incorrect file overlay

· 2846895 - oograph improvement

· 2846075 - Syntax error crashes Rexx

· 2846065 - Calculator

· 2843451 - Incorrect indention during trace

· 2842161 - OOdialog pixel calculation wrong

· 2841530 - bootstrap problems on Mac OS X Leopard

· 2841071 - Trace string empty for Address w/expr

· 2840637 - format(small,,2) cause error 93.941

· 2840151 - SysAddRexxMacro Segmentation Fault

· 2838700 - novalue(?) in asynch(?) uninit method(?) aborts Rexx.exe

· 2303747 - CPU LOAD 100%

· 1842856 - CPU 100% when ooDialog program started through explorer

· 1346379 - RexxHide pegs the CPU

· 1118328 - sysfiletree problem

· Documentation

· 2977049 - circularqueue new class method requires size

· 2930620 - Progress bar method setpos not working

· 2859410 - Play Routine description

· 2856496 - 5.2.4.2 new

· 2853785 - Ellipses
· 2849618 - 5.2.4.13. linein

· Patches
· 2966044 - socket.cls does not shutdown socket

What's new in ooRexx 4.0.1 Beta 1:

April 1st, 2010

· 2958746 - addListEntry() won't accept 'DATA' for an entry

· 2958172 - RPM Does Not Use lib64 on a 64 bit Install

· 2958165 - Update Dates and Version numbers

· 2956787 - User string methods can cause problems if returning a number

· 2949539 - DIRECTORY function returns not null

· 2949175 - USE not mandating comma to delimit variables to assign to

· 2935183 - REX0372E: Error 40.1: External routine "SYSSTEMINSERT" fail

· 2934013 - Linux : rxqueue("create") returns an invalid queuename

· 2933583 - routine and method reset address to system instead of defaul

· 2926003 - Typo in socket.cls

· 2898248 - rxapi : assert error with terminatedThreads

· 2897421 - No Large File Support on 32 bit Linux

· 2894336 - possible bug in rxfuncdrop()

· 2893307 - LISTCHOICE list truncated

· 2892639 - Bug in Time BIF

· 2891974 - rxapid init script is missing LSB tags

· 2883908 - disablemenuitem doesn't

· 2883064 - Deviant behaviour changestr-function regarding "00"X, ooRexx

· 2878683 - SysFromUnicode does not work well again in the release 4.0.0

· 2877234 - RxWinExec fails on long commands

· 2876047 - MS Access sample

· 2875360 - 4.0 Linux install missing symlinks

· 2873359 - .DateTime~fromISOUTCDate fails

· 2871956 - Crash when GC happens during tracing

· 2870816 - Memory leaks in ooRexx4.0 due to retainMessageData flag

· 2869039 - ooDialog may fail under certain versions of XP

· 2866554 - Multithreading problems, 3 ("run_90_testgroup.cmd")

· 2865707 - Multithreading problems, 2

· 2864958 - ::Routines cannot be called in mixed/lower case

· 2863643 - Multithreading problems with ooRexx

· 2862333 - Incorrect comment box in RXMATH.CPP

· 2859404 - sample.rex Improvements

· 2857264 - ooRexx may crash on exit when RegularExpression class is use

· 2853119 - Error in oostdfct

· 2851871 - oodtree pseudo-parent?

· 2850208 - Quoted command name parsing error

· 2848529 - Bug in CheckList class (ooDialog)

· 2848293 - Incorrect file overlay

· 2846895 - oograph improvement

· 2846075 - Syntax error crashes Rexx

· 2846065 - Calculator

· 2843451 - Incorrect indention during trace

· 2842161 - OOdialog pixel calculation wrong

· 2841530 - bootstrap problems on Mac OS X Leopard

· 2841071 - Trace string empty for Address w/expr

· 2840637 - format(small,,2) cause error 93.941

· 2840151 - SysAddRexxMacro Segmentation Fault

· 2838700 - novalue(?) in asynch(?) uninit method(?) aborts Rexx.exe

· 2303747 - CPU LOAD 100%

· 1842856 - CPU 100% when ooDialog program started through explorer

· 1346379 - RexxHide pegs the CPU

· 1118328 - sysfiletree problem

What's new in ooRexx 4 Beta:

April 13th, 2009

· 1811384 - 3.2.0 streamsupplier leaves stream open
· 1603254 - SUBCLASSES method does not work correclty
· 1816838 - String makearray class uses improper string test
· 1817044 - Relation items() method performance problem
· 1834618 - Using Security Manager causes seg fault
· 1837034 - Performance problems in stream arrayin method
· 1856576 - bug with multiple time('r') calls on same instruction.
· 1856717 - lines( , "") should not be valid
· 1858730 - empty method does not empty after append
· 1866822 - mutable buffer core dump
· 1876731 - Bug in Delete Instance Method of RexxQueue Class
· 1881558 - Not all unints are getting run
· 1887504 - Trace output from the parse command is sometimes misordered
· 1928224 - Array~Dimension(1) Returns wrong value
· 1970589 - value('88p8p') == '.8P8P'
· 1997863 - hang in threaded rexx program
· 2016732 - ~lines() failure in 4.0
· 2074349 - Multiple interpreter instances mix up .local & .environment
· 2121999 - package~addPublicRoutine(...) bombs
· 2144661 - minor issues with socket class
· 2149775 - RexxCreateQueue API Error
· 2150063 - RexxPullFromQueue Not Terminating String
· 2152197 - RexxvariablePool Returns RXSHV_NOAVL
· 2153363 - RexxVariablePool and Bad Variable Names
· 2153460 - RexxVariablePool No Generating Expected RXSHV_MEMFL Error
· 2155301 - RexxVariablePool Issues Wrong Error
· 2155550 - RexxVariablePool RXSHV_NEXTV Problem
· 2157967 - RxFuncAdd and Other Problems
· 2163868 - RexxAddMacro Bug
· 2194862 - 4.0.0.3609 sample ktquard.rex hangs
· 2469796 - uninit method not called when interpreter terminates
· 1098930 - Add a o-o native language API.
· 1105841 - RFE4IBM: add some sort of CLASSPATH for Object Rexx
· 1105889 - RFE4IBM: improve charin() performance by...
· 1111907 - Add concept of constants to class definitions
· 1144953 - ooRexx multiple inheritance among metaclasses not working
· 1490541 - stem output for SysDumpVariables
· 1503291 - Add QUALIFY BIF
· 1628466 - CircularQueue pushUnique method
· 1666636 - Add source of caller to function search order.
· 1711169 - Add a identity table to collection classes.
· 1739607 - Please add string (Last-)Pos length parameter
· 1775165 - ooRexxUnit should have regular release versions
· 1810883 - Add mixin class for ordered comparisons.
· 1871145 - Add UTC to DATE() time() functions
· 1887986 - Add a Routine class to ooRexx
· 1887996 - Expose program source as Rexx method.
· 1952525 - Support ISO-8859-1 NOT character
· 2007159 - Add ReplaceAt method to string class
· 2036765 - Add a clear method to the RexxQueue class.
· 2036766 - Add a makearray method to RexxQueue class.
· 2050437 - Expand the access rules for PRIVATE methods.
· 2053293 - Add ReplaceAt to the mutablebuffer class
· 2053719 - Add countStr and caselessCountStr to mutable buffer.
· 2053721 - add changeStr and caselessChangeStr to mutable buffer class.
· 2053961 - Add caseless pos and lastpos to mutablebuffer
· 2054519 - Add upper and lower to mutablebuffer
· 2054543 - Add a start and range argument to translate
· 2054544 - Add translate method to mutablebuffer
· 2057799 - Add Match and caselessMatch to mutablebuffer
· 2057804 - add matchChar and caselessMatchChar to mutable buffer
· 2057806 - add verify to mutablebuffer
· 2058009 - add subword to mutablebuffer
· 2058010 - add wordpos to mutablebuffer
· 2058012 - add wordindex to mutablebuffer
· 2058015 - Add verification length to verify()
· 2058018 - add wordlength() to mutablebuffer
· 2058022 - add word() to mutablebuffer
· 2058023 - add words() to mutable buffer
· 2058055 - Add delword to mutablebuffer
· 2086854 - Add a toDirectory() method to stem
· 2118312 - Add "exists" method to the .rexxqueue class
· 2126990 - Add a means to dynamically load an external library.
· 2126996 - Allow dynamic creation of external methods and routines.
· 2151677 - Add RS and LINE to .RexxContext
· 2152278 - Add additional function exit variant.
· 2175763 - Add location option to filespec.
· 2184443 - Upgrade random algorithm to 64-bit
· 2552719 - Add a SEND method to object class.
· 2552722 - Add startWith() method to object class.
· 2597124 - Windows specfic classes don't belong in rexxref
· 2663450 - RexxUtil generic existance check API
· 1391047 - SysWaitEventSem consumes huge memory and got rc=95 error
· 1727269 SysTempFileName generates memory error
· 1825892 - stdint.h not available on older compilers
· 1828516 - Older svnversion needs an arg
· 1838420 - rxmath - on Linux matherr() is not linked in
· 1839488 - Seg fault with queues and empty lines (Linux)
· 1867224 - The BIF rxqueue returns a zero-length string
· 1908020 - RXTRACE environment symbol crashes interpreter
· 1941155 - rexx manpage error on Ubuntu w/ 7.04 package
· 1809305 - Debian build dependencies
· 1826922 - Compile fails on linux svn rev 1193
· 2160847 - ServiceException.hpp fix missing include, conversion warning
· 2491985 - updated build instructions for AIX
· 2493960 - Update for unix-like-build.txt (AIX)
· 1639620 - Sysini requires dir part of path
· 1761497 - ooDialog doc - add ... methods not documented correctly
· 1818323 - typos in Rev 985 of RexxRef
· 1824147 - caseless examples wrong
· 1824829 - Error in standarddialog.sgml Example
· 1826924 - rexxref Wrong method description
· 1827428 - man pages category wrong
· 1827815 - Patch for collclasses.sgml
· 1832925 - 5.3.6.23. put examples need fixing
· 1836432 - RexxRef makeArray Example
· 1837371 - RexxRef 3.2.0 List class MakeString
· 1842489 - 11.2.5 wrong method
· 1842528 - 2.29 missing verb
· 1849336 - String class methods don't alter the original string
· 1849339 - 5.1.3.47 makeArray doesn't say what example produces
· 1849726 - instanceMethods needs clarifying
· 1855089 - FILENAMEDIALOG returns 0 if cancel.
· 1855881 - FILENAMEDIALOG changes directory
· 1860899 - Add documentation for WeakReference class
· 1860900 - Add documentation for ::CONSTANT keyword.
· 1860904 - Add documentation for Pointer class.
· 1860905 - Add documentation for Buffer class.
· 1880666 - RexxRef: 8.1 List of RexxUtil Funcs is missing RxXxx Funcs
· 1905153 - SysGetMessage( 0 )
· 1908292 - The WindowsEventLog Class
· 1914663 - aBaseDialog~GetSelf typos, etc.
· 1945447 - RexxRef 3.1 attribute set example
· 1951499 - RexRef 5.4.1.41 weekday typo
· 2011440 - SysFileTree info incomplete/error
· 2012128 - RxFTP sample fails with error 93.914
· 2065659 - error in example for directory BIF
· 2100048 - Relation class hasItem needs to indicate index is optional
· 2100051 - Cleanup information about white space usage
· 2132357 - Document package~loadLibrary
· 2132358 - Document routine loadExternalRoutine
· 2132359 - Document method loadExternalMethod
· 2132361 - Document stem toDirectory()
· 2132364 - Document verification length for verify
· 2132370 - Document length and range arguments of translate
· 2132378 - Docs for replaceAt method
· 2134097 - Document expanded external function search order
· 2134101 - Add docs for the Orderable mixin class.
· 2134111 - Docs for .constant and .RexxContstant
· 2134170 - WeakReference class
· 2139078 - Document 0xAC as an alternate not char
· 2141326 - Document time zone additions to .DateTime
· 2142883 - Document RexxQueue exists and open
· 2151611 - Update windows-build.txt
· 2164149 - "system error codes" need pointers to look up
· 2164645 - Array Next Method Problem
· 2165039 - Bag Union Method Problem
· 2176624 - Add documentation for qualify() BIF
· 2178822 - 1.11.2.4. Logical Operator description
· 2196795 - RexRef RxFuncAdd parms need description
· 2353987 - Relation Allindexes text wrong
· 2455439 - About changes to the process environment
· 2485564 - Add RexxPullFromQueue API
· 2485565 - Document RexxOpenQueue API
· 2485567 - Document RexxQueueExists
· 2485571 - Document RexxClearQueue
· 2505667 - Document new PRIVATE method rules.
· 2515776 - Document new behaviour of RxFuncAdd
· 2517194 - Cleanup parameter types in docs to match header file.