pkgsrc/lang/parrot
he 15b764ddf0 Update parrot from version 2.3.0 to 2.4.0.
Pkgsrc changes:
 o Now pass the --optimize flag to configure
 o Pull in devel/gmp/buildlink3.mk so that multi-precision arithmetic
   is enabled (and gets testing)
 o Adapt PLIST and Makefile to what's present and being installed

Upstream changes:

- Core
  + Various long-standing bugs in IMCC were fixed
  + STRINGs are now immutable.
  + use STRINGNULL instead of NULL when working with strings
  + Fixed storage of methods in the NameSpace PMC
  + Added :nsentry flag to force method to be stored in the NameSpace
  + Added StringBuilder and PackfileDebug PMCs
  + Added experimental opcodes find_codepoint and unroll
- Compilers
  + Fixed reporting of line numbers in IMCC
  + Removed deprecated NQP compiler, replaced with new NQP-RX
  + Removed NCIGen compiler
- Deprecations
  + Tools to distribute on CPAN were removed
  + Deprecated dynpmcs have been removed to external repositories
  + Removed RetContinuation PMC
  + Removed CGoto, CGP, and Switch runcores
- Tests
  + Many tests for the extend/embed interface were added
  + done_testing() is now implemented in Test::More
- Tools
  + The fakexecutable tapir is renamed parrot-prove
  + Performance fixes to the pbc_to_exe tool
  + Fix data_json to work outside of trunk
  + The dynpmc GzipHandle (zlib wrapper) was added
  + The library Archive/Tar.pir was added.
  + The library Archive/Zip.pir was added.
  + The libraries LWP.pir, HTTP/Message.pir & URI.pir were added.
- Miscellaneous
  + Six Parrot-related projects accepted to GSoC
  + Improve use of const and other compiler hints
2010-08-17 13:27:51 +00:00
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patches Update parrot from version 2.2.0 to 2.3.0. 2010-04-23 14:08:17 +00:00
buildlink3.mk recursive bump for icu shlib version change except already done. 2009-08-12 02:31:18 +00:00
DESCR
distinfo Update parrot from version 2.3.0 to 2.4.0. 2010-08-17 13:27:51 +00:00
Makefile Update parrot from version 2.3.0 to 2.4.0. 2010-08-17 13:27:51 +00:00
PLIST Update parrot from version 2.3.0 to 2.4.0. 2010-08-17 13:27:51 +00:00
PLIST.Darwin Sorry once again, these two files should have been committed 2009-10-22 12:59:58 +00:00
PLIST.shared Sorry once again, these two files should have been committed 2009-10-22 12:59:58 +00:00