Maps directly to flags for open syscall. Ignored on Windows. We now
let the user decide whether to open fifos in nonblocking mode or not.
Manual has been extended to document the new extensions and slightly
rearranged to put the important information first.
The file symbols_list2.h was automatically generated from the file
symbols_list.h for dpp. This commit unifies said structure definition and
removes a step for generating symbols_list2.h.
From now on at runtime the structurecl_symbol_initializer has an additional
element storing the function name. That will help solving #543.
Professor Giuseppe Attardi was kind enough to elaborate on the history of
ECL. I've rewritten the history chapter to include more precise dates and
elaborate on other implementations. Also updated inheritance graphs to
indicate, that ECL is a descendant of DELPHI Common Lisp and that there is no
cross-pollination between ECoLisp and AKCL.
Consistent formatting and capitalization, clickable links to functions
defined in other parts of the manual, better looking css for html
output. Some small errors and typos have been corrected as well.
Previously: unconditionally use the size from ECL_OPT_C_STACK_SIZE if
it is larger than the OS provided value and if possible resize the
stack at runtime.
Now: Use ECL_OPT_C_STACK_SIZE if provided. Otherwise, use a) the OS
provided value if we can resize the stack at runtime (for Unix) or b)
the new build option ECL_DEFAULT_C_STACK_SIZE (1 MB) if we can set the
stack size at link time (for Windows).
Previously we were only creating atomic accessors when explicitely
told so, which is problematic for compatibility reasons, since it
requires compatibility libraries to define their own versions of
defstruct just for ECL. This change is backwards compatible.
Many parts of the source code were bent backward to support builds
without long floats which are always present given we depend expect
c99 compiler.
The corresponding C macros (ECL_LONG_FLOAT) and the *feature*
entry (:long-float) are marked as deprecated in the documentation.
Introduce a configure option controlling the installation and build
the documentation during the build instead of the install phase. Targets
for installation of the html version have also been added.
Fixes#482.
We signal an error if the structure is incompatible with an already defined
one. We concern ourself about slot names, their types, offset and number of
slots. Fixes#457.
