- New language features
- New tools
- Faster type-checking of functor applications.
- Referencing an interface compiled with -rectypes from a module
not compiled with -rectypes is now an error.
- Revised the "fragile matching" warning.
- Print a stack backtrace on an uncaught exception.
- Stack overflow detection on MS Windows 32 bits.
- Stack overflow detection on MacOS X PPC and Intel.
- Intel/AMD 64 bits: generate position-independent code by default.
- Fixed bug involving -for-pack and missing .cmx files.
- Fixed bug causing duplication of literals.
- C/Caml interface functions take "char const *" arguments
instead of "char *" when appropriate.
- Faster string comparisons (fast case if strings are ==).
- Other
- split patches files
- always enable threading which has various advantages
- it fixes the build of the Tk library
- it greatly simplifies the package list handling
- it provides threading support under NetBSD 1.6/1.6.x
- correct default dependence in "buildlink2.mk" to "build"
Bump package revision because of all these changes.
* For consistency use SYS_bsd for system type
on powerpc. We differ from SYS_elf (presumably Linux) on
a few points here anyway.
* Fix signal handling on powerpc which caused a
seg fault when compiling native code version of coq.
* Install ocamllex.opt, camlp4o.opt and camlp4r.opt too.
