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jkummerow@chromium.org212d9642012-05-11 15:02:09 +000012012-05-11: Version 3.11.0
2
3 Fixed compose-discard crasher from r11524 (issue 2123).
4
5 Activated new global semantics by default. Global variables can
6 now shadow properties of the global object (ES5.1 erratum).
7
8 Properly set ElementsKind of empty FAST_DOUBLE_ELEMENTS arrays when
9 transitioning (Chromium issue 117409).
10
11 Made Error.prototype.name writable again, as required by the spec and
12 the web (Chromium issue 69187).
13
14 Implemented map collection with incremental marking (issue 1465).
15
16 Regexp: Fixed overflow in min-match-length calculation
17 (Chromium issue 126412).
18
19 MIPS: Fixed illegal instruction use on Loongson in code for
20 Math.random() (issue 2115).
21
22 Fixed crash bug in VisitChoice (Chromium issue 126272).
23
24 Fixed unsigned-Smi check in MappedArgumentsLookup
25 (Chromium issue 126414).
26
27 Fixed LiveEdit for function with no locals (issue 825).
28
29 Fixed register clobbering in LoadIC for interceptors
30 (Chromium issue 125988).
31
32 Implemented clearing of CompareICs (issue 2102).
33
34 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
35
36
danno@chromium.org2c26cb12012-05-03 09:06:43 +0000372012-05-03: Version 3.10.8
38
39 Enabled MIPS cross-compilation.
40
41 Ensured reload of elements pointer in StoreFastDoubleElement stub.
42 (Chromium issue 125515)
43
44 Fixed corner cases in truncation behavior when storing to
45 TypedArrays. (issue 2110)
46
47 Fixed failure to properly recognize and report out-of-memory
48 conditions when allocating code space pages. (Chromium issue
49 118625)
50
51 Fixed idle notifications to perform a round of incremental GCs
52 after context disposal. (issue 2107)
53
54 Fixed preparser for try statement. (issue 2109)
55
56 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
57
58
danno@chromium.org1044a4d2012-04-30 12:34:39 +0000592012-04-30: Version 3.10.7
60
61 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
62
63
yangguo@chromium.orgefdb9d72012-04-26 08:21:05 +0000642012-04-26: Version 3.10.6
65
66 Fixed some bugs in accessing details of the last regexp match.
67
68 Fixed source property of empty RegExp objects. (issue 1982)
69
70 Enabled inlining some V8 API functions.
71
72 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
73
74
mstarzinger@chromium.org88d326b2012-04-23 12:57:22 +0000752012-04-23: Version 3.10.5
76
77 Put new global var semantics behind a flag until WebKit tests are
78 cleaned up.
79
80 Enabled stepping into callback passed to builtins.
81 (Chromium issue 109564)
82
83 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
84
85
svenpanne@chromium.orgfb046332012-04-19 12:02:44 +0000862012-04-19: Version 3.10.4
87
88 Fixed issues when stressing compaction with WeakMaps.
89
90 Fixed missing GVN flag for new-space promotion. (Chromium issue 123919)
91
92 Simplify invocation sequence at monomorphic function invocation sites.
93 (issue 2079)
94
95 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
96
97
erik.corry@gmail.comed49e962012-04-17 11:57:53 +0000982012-04-17: Version 3.10.3
99
100 Fixed several bugs in heap profiles (including issue 2078).
101
102 Throw syntax errors on illegal escape sequences.
103
104 Implemented rudimentary module linking (behind --harmony flag)
105
106 Implemented ES5 erratum: Global declarations should shadow
107 inherited properties.
108
109 Made handling of const more consistent when combined with 'eval'
110 and 'with'.
111
112 Fixed V8 on MinGW-x64 (issue 2026).
113
114 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
115
116
jkummerow@chromium.org28faa982012-04-13 09:58:30 +00001172012-04-13: Version 3.10.2
118
119 Fixed native ARM build (issues 1744, 539)
120
121 Return LOOKUP variable instead of CONTEXT for non-context allocated
122 outer scope parameters (Chromium issue 119609).
123
124 Fixed regular and ElementsKind transitions interfering with each other
125 (Chromium issue 122271).
126
127 Improved performance of keyed loads/stores which have a HeapNumber
128 index (issues 1388, 1295).
129
130 Fixed WeakMap processing for evacuation candidates (issue 2060).
131
132 Bailout on possible direct eval calls (Chromium issue 122681).
133
134 Do not assume that names of function expressions are context-allocated
135 (issue 2051).
136
137 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
138
139
fschneider@chromium.org7d10be52012-04-10 12:30:14 +00001402012-04-10: Version 3.10.1
141
142 Fixed bug with arguments object in inlined functions (issue 2045).
143
144 Fixed performance bug with lazy initialization (Chromium issue
145 118686).
146
147 Added suppport for Mac OS X 64bit builds with GYP.
148 (Patch contributed by Filipe David Manana <fdmanana@gmail.com>)
149
150 Fixed bug with hidden properties (issue 2034).
151
152 Fixed a performance bug when reloading pages (Chromium issue 117767,
153 V8 issue 1902).
154
155 Fixed bug when optimizing throw in top-level code (issue 2054).
156
157 Fixed two bugs with array literals (issue 2055, Chromium issue 121407).
158
159 Fixed bug with Math.min/Math.max with NaN inputs (issue 2056).
160
161 Fixed a bug with the new runtime profiler (Chromium issue 121147).
162
163 Fixed compilation of V8 using uClibc.
164
165 Optimized boot-up memory use.
166
167 Optimized regular expressions.
168
169
jkummerow@chromium.org1456e702012-03-30 08:38:13 +00001702012-03-30: Version 3.10.0
171
172 Fixed store IC writability check in strict mode
173 (Chromium issue 120099).
174
175 Resynchronize timers if the Windows system time was changed.
176 (Chromium issue 119815)
177
178 Removed "-mfloat-abi=hard" from host compiler cflags when building for
179 hardfp ARM
180 (https://code.google.com/p/chrome-os-partner/issues/detail?id=8539)
181
182 Fixed edge case for case independent regexp character classes
183 (issue 2032).
184
185 Reset function info counters after context disposal.
186 (Chromium issue 117767, V8 issue 1902)
187
188 Fixed missing write barrier in CopyObjectToObjectElements.
189 (Chromium issue 119926)
190
191 Fixed missing bounds check in HasElementImpl.
192 (Chromium issue 119925)
193
194 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
195
196
danno@chromium.org88aa0582012-03-23 15:11:57 +00001972012-03-23: Version 3.9.24
198
199 Activated count-based profiler for ARM.
200
201 Fixed use of proxies as f.prototype properties. (issue 2021)
202
203 Enabled snapshots on MIPS.
204
205 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
206
207
ulan@chromium.org6ff65142012-03-21 09:52:17 +00002082012-03-21: Version 3.9.23
209
210 Use correct arguments adaptation environment when inlining function
211 containing arguments. (Issue 2014)
212
213 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
214
215
jkummerow@chromium.org531dfe82012-03-20 13:01:16 +00002162012-03-20: Version 3.9.22
217
218 Enabled count-based profiler by default.
219
220 Implemented a hash based look-up to speed up address checks
221 in large object space (issue 853).
222
223 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
224
225
rossberg@chromium.org2c067b12012-03-19 11:01:52 +00002262012-03-19: Version 3.9.21
227
228 Fixed push-to-trunk script (and re-push).
229
230 Added API call that identifies strings that are guaranteed only to
231 contain ASCII characters.
232
233
2342012-03-19: Version 3.9.20
235
236 Fixed declarations escaping global strict eval. (Issue 1624)
237
238 Fixed wrapping of receiver for non-strict callbacks. (Issue 1973)
239
240 Fixed function declarations overwriting read-only global properties.
241 (Chromium issue 115452)
242
243 Fixed --use-strict flag in combination with --harmony[-scoping].
244
245 Debugger: naive implementation of "step into Function.prototype.bind".
246
247 Debugger: added ability to set script source from within OnBeforeCompile
248
249 Added flag to always call DebugBreak on abort.
250
251 Re-enabled constructor inlining and inline === comparison with boolean
252 constants. (Issue 2009)
253
254 Don't use an explicit s0 in ClampDoubleToUint8. (Issue 2004)
255
256 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
257
258
mstarzinger@chromium.org3233d2f2012-03-14 11:16:03 +00002592012-03-14: Version 3.9.19
260
261 Ensure there is a smi check of the receiver for global load and call
262 ICs (Chromium issue 117794).
263
264 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
265
266
yangguo@chromium.org154ff992012-03-13 08:09:54 +00002672012-03-13: Version 3.9.18
268
269 Ensure consistency of Math.sqrt on Intel platforms.
270
271 Remove static initializers in v8. (issue 1859)
272
273 Add explicit dependency on v8_base in the GYP-based build.
274
275 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
276
277
svenpanne@chromium.org4efbdb12012-03-12 08:18:42 +00002782012-03-12: Version 3.9.17
279
280 Fixed VFP detection through compiler defines. (issue 1996)
281
282 Add Code-related fields to postmortem metadata.
283
284 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
285
286
erik.corry@gmail.combbceb572012-03-09 10:52:05 +00002872012-03-09: Version 3.9.16
288
289 Added basic interface inference for modules (behind the --harmony flag).
290
291 Added Object.is, Number.isFinite, Number.isNaN.
292
293 Updated the Unicode tables to Unicode version 6.1.0.
294
295 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
296
297
ulan@chromium.org9a21ec42012-03-06 08:42:24 +00002982012-03-06: Version 3.9.15
299
300 Fix the heap profiler crash caused by memory layout changes between
301 passes.
302
303 Fix Error.prototype.toString to throw TypeError. (issue 1980)
304
305 Fix double-rounding in strtod for MinGW. (issue 1062)
306
307 Fix corrupted snapshot serializaton on ia32. (Chromium issue v8/1985)
308
309 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
310
311
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +00003122012-03-01: Version 3.9.14
313
314 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
315
316
ulan@chromium.org812308e2012-02-29 15:58:45 +00003172012-02-29: Version 3.9.13
318
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000319 Added code kind check before preparing for OSR. (issue 1900, 115073)
ulan@chromium.org812308e2012-02-29 15:58:45 +0000320
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000321 Fixed issue 1802: Pass zone explicitly to zone-allocation on x64 and
322 ARM.
ulan@chromium.org812308e2012-02-29 15:58:45 +0000323
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000324 Ported string construct stub to x64. (issue 849)
ulan@chromium.org812308e2012-02-29 15:58:45 +0000325
326 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
327
328
ulan@chromium.org967e2702012-02-28 09:49:15 +00003292012-02-28: Version 3.9.12
330
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000331 Fixed the negative lookup stub to handle deleted entries in a
332 dictionary. (issue 1964)
ulan@chromium.org967e2702012-02-28 09:49:15 +0000333
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000334 Added a new API where the host can supply a callback function. The
ulan@chromium.org967e2702012-02-28 09:49:15 +0000335 callback function can resolve the location of a return address on stack
336 to the location where a return-address rewriting profiler stashed the
337 original return address.
338
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000339 Fixed Chromium issue http://crbug.com/115646: When compiling for-in
340 pass correct context value to the increment instruction.
ulan@chromium.org967e2702012-02-28 09:49:15 +0000341
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000342 Fixed issue 1853: Update breakpoints set with partial file name after
343 compile.
ulan@chromium.org967e2702012-02-28 09:49:15 +0000344
345
yangguo@chromium.orga7d3df92012-02-27 11:46:55 +00003462012-02-27: Version 3.9.11
347
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000348 Made 'module' a context-sensitive keyword (V8 issue 1957).
yangguo@chromium.orga7d3df92012-02-27 11:46:55 +0000349
350
yangguo@chromium.orgab30bb82012-02-24 14:41:46 +00003512012-02-24: Version 3.9.10
352
353 Fixed V8 issues 1322, 1772 and 1969.
354
355 Conformance improvements.
356
357 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
358
359
kmillikin@chromium.orgbe6bd102012-02-23 08:45:21 +00003602012-02-23: Version 3.9.9
361
362 Supported fast case for-in in Crankshaft.
363
364 Sped up heap snapshot serialization and dominators construction.
365
366 Randomized allocation addresses on windows. (Chromium issue 115151)
367
368 Fixed compilation with MinGW-w64. (issue 1943)
369
370 Fixed incorrect value of assignments to non-extensible properties.
371
372 Fixed a crash bug in generated code on ia32.
373
374 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
375
376
jkummerow@chromium.orgf7a58842012-02-21 10:08:21 +00003772012-02-21: Version 3.9.8
378
379 Fixed memory leak and missing #include in StartupDataDecompressor
380 (issue 1960).
381
382 Renamed static methods to avoid shadowing virtual methods and fix Clang
383 C++11 compile error.
384
385 Fixed sequence of element access in array builtins (issue 1790).
386
387 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
388
389
yangguo@chromium.org56454712012-02-16 15:33:53 +00003902012-02-16: Version 3.9.7
391
392 Fixed V8 issues 1322, 1878, 1942, 1945 and Chromium issue 113924.
393
394 Fixed GCC-4.7 warnings.
395
396 Added Navier-Stokes benchmark.
397
398 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
399
400
ulan@chromium.org65a89c22012-02-14 11:46:07 +00004012012-02-14: Version 3.9.6
402
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000403 Fixed template-related linker error. (issue 1936)
ulan@chromium.org65a89c22012-02-14 11:46:07 +0000404
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000405 Allowed inlining of functions containing object literals. (issue 1322)
ulan@chromium.org65a89c22012-02-14 11:46:07 +0000406
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000407 Added --call-graph-size option to tickprocessor. (issue 1937)
ulan@chromium.org65a89c22012-02-14 11:46:07 +0000408
409 Heap Snapshot maximum size limit is too low for really big apps. At the
410 moment the limit is 256MB. (Chromium issue 113015)
411
412 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
413
414
yangguo@chromium.org78d1ad42012-02-09 13:53:47 +00004152012-02-09: Version 3.9.5
416
417 Removed unused command line flags.
418
419 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
420
421
svenpanne@chromium.orgb1df11d2012-02-08 10:26:21 +00004222012-02-08: Version 3.9.4
423
424 Properly initialize element-transitioning array literals on ARM.
425 (issue 1930)
426
427 Bug fixes on all platforms.
428
429
jkummerow@chromium.orgab7dad42012-02-07 12:07:34 +00004302012-02-07: Version 3.9.3
431
432 When rethrowing an exception, print the stack trace of its original
433 site instead of rethrow site (Chromium issue 60240).
434
435 Increased size of small stacks from 32k to 64k to avoid hitting limits
436 in Chromium (Chromium issue 112843).
437
438
rossberg@chromium.org994edf62012-02-06 10:12:55 +00004392012-02-06: Version 3.9.2
440
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000441 Added timestamp to --trace-gc output. (issue 1932)
rossberg@chromium.org994edf62012-02-06 10:12:55 +0000442
443 Heap profiler reports implicit references.
444
445 Optionally export metadata with libv8 to enable debuggers to inspect V8
446 state.
447
448
jkummerow@chromium.org1145ef82012-02-02 16:21:15 +00004492012-02-02: Version 3.9.1
450
451 Fixed memory leak in NativeObjectsExplorer::FindOrAddGroupInfo
452 (Chromium issue 112315).
453
454 Fixed a crash in dev tools (Chromium issue 107996).
455
456 Added 'dependencies_traverse': 1 to v8 GYP target.
457
458 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
459
460
danno@chromium.orgfa458e42012-02-01 10:48:36 +00004612012-02-01: Version 3.9.0
462
fschneider@chromium.org35814e52012-03-01 15:43:35 +0000463 Reduced memory use immediately after starting V8.
danno@chromium.orgfa458e42012-02-01 10:48:36 +0000464
465 Stability fixes and performance improvements on all platforms.
466
467
yangguo@chromium.org659ceec2012-01-26 07:37:54 +00004682012-01-26: Version 3.8.9
469
470 Flush number string cache on GC (issue 1605).
471
472 Provide access to function inferred name with
473 v8::Function::GetInferredName in V8 public API.
474
475 Fix building with Clang (issue 1912).
476
477 Reduce the space used by the stack for the profiling thread.
478
479 Fix misleading documentation of v8::Locker (issue 542).
480
481 Introduce readbinary function in d8 to read binary files.
482
483 Performance and stability improvements on all platforms.
484
485
jkummerow@chromium.org05ed9dd2012-01-23 14:42:48 +00004862012-01-23: Version 3.8.8
487
488 Limited number of loop iterations in Heap::ReserveSpace
489 (Chromium issue 99027).
490
491 Fixed solaris build (VirtualMemory) (issue 1761).
492
493 Fixed strict vs. non-strict handling of function proxies in
494 higher-order array and string methods.
495
496 Enabled asynchronous remote debugging with d8 (issue 1691).
497
498 Stability and performance improvements on all platforms.
499
500
ulan@chromium.org2efb9002012-01-19 15:36:35 +00005012012-01-19: Version 3.8.7
502
503 Ensure that LRandom restores rsi after call to the C function on x64.
504 (Chromium issue http://crbug.com/110509)
505
506 Fixing include issues on *bsd when building with scons.
507 (issue 1897)
508
509 Provide a switch to specify -fno-strict-aliasing
510 (issue 1887)
511
512 Move WIN32 define from standalone.gypi to common.gypi
513 (issue 1760)
514
515 Fix corner-case in heap size estimation.
516 (issue 1893)
517
518 Fix and enable NEW_NON_STRICT_FAST ArgumentsAccess stub on x64.
519 (issue 1903)
520
521 Performance improvements and bug fixes.
522
523
erik.corry@gmail.comf2038fb2012-01-16 11:42:08 +00005242012-01-16: Version 3.8.6
525
526 Add primitive WebGL array support to d8.
527
528 Improve heap size estimation (issue 1893).
529
530 Hash collision DOS workaround extended from string keys
531 to numeric keys.
532
533 Provide an API for iterating through all external strings referenced
534 from the JS heap.
535
536 Adjust position recorded for call expressions. http://crbug.com/109195
537
538 Fix GC crash related to instanceof. http://crbug.com/109448
539
540 Performance improvements and bug fixes.
541
542
rossberg@chromium.orgfab14982012-01-05 15:02:15 +00005432012-01-05: Version 3.8.5
544
545 Fix broken test that assumes that no GC can clear the regexp cache (GC
546 can happen at any time due to Crankshaft).
547
548 Fix handling of bogus receivers for Harmony collections. (issue 1884)
549
550 Add netbsd support to gyp build.
551
552 Determine page size at runtime on posix platforms.
553
554 Ensure that store buffer filtering hash sets are cleared after
555 StoreBuffer::Filter.
556
557 Randomize the seed used for string hashing. This helps guard against
558 CPU-eating DOS attacks against node.js servers. Based on code from
559 Bert Belder. This version only solves the issue for those that compile
560 V8 themselves or those that do not use snapshots. A snapshot-based
561 precompiled V8 will still have predictable string hash codes.
562
563 Implement callback when script finishes running in V8 API.
564
565 Improve performance of Math.min and Math.max for the case of two
566 arguments. (issue 1325)
567
568
svenpanne@chromium.org3c93e772012-01-02 09:26:59 +00005692012-01-02: Version 3.8.4
570
571 Performance improvements for large Smi-only arrays.
572
573 Fixed InternalArrays construction. (issue 1878)
574
575
danno@chromium.orgbf0c8202011-12-27 10:09:42 +00005762011-12-27: Version 3.8.3
577
578 Avoid embedding new space objects into code objects in the lithium gap
579 resolver. (chromium:108296)
580
581 Bug fixes and performance optimizations on all platforms.
582
583
danno@chromium.orge78f9fc2011-12-21 08:29:34 +00005842011-12-21: Version 3.8.2
585
586 Add max optimization flag to v8 gyp build to ensure V8 is always built
587 fully optimized in Chrome.
588
589 MIPS: Bring MIPS to parity with other platforms.
590
591 Optimizations and stability improvements on all platforms.
592
593
ricow@chromium.org7ad65222011-12-19 12:13:11 +00005942011-12-19: Version 3.8.1
595
596 Fixed GCC 4.7 warnings. Patch from Tobias Burnus.
597
598 Stability improvements on all platforms.
599
600
ricow@chromium.org64e3a4b2011-12-13 08:07:27 +00006012011-12-13: Version 3.8.0
602
603 Fixed handling of arrays in DefineOwnProperty. (issue 1756)
604
605 Sync parser and preparser on do-while and return statements.
606 (issue 1856)
607
608 Fixed another corner case for DefineOwnProperty on arrays (issue 1756).
609
610 Stability and performance improvements on all platforms.
611
612
svenpanne@chromium.orgecb9dd62011-12-01 08:22:35 +00006132011-12-01: Version 3.7.12
614
615 Increase tick interval for the android platform.
616
617 Fix a bug in the register allocator. (chromium:105112)
618
619 Fix handling of recompiling code. (chromium:105375, v8:1782)
620
621 Start incremental marking on idle notification. (v8:1458)
622
623 Build fixes for various platforms.
624
625 Various performance improvements.
626
627
mstarzinger@chromium.org1b3afd12011-11-29 14:28:56 +00006282011-11-29: Version 3.7.11
629
630 Fixed bug when generating padding to ensure space for lazy
631 deoptimization.
632 (issue 1846)
633
634 Further reduced pause times due to GC.
635
636 Stability and performance improvements on all platforms.
637
638
mstarzinger@chromium.orgf8c6bd52011-11-23 12:13:52 +00006392011-11-23: Version 3.7.10
640
641 Set maximum length of FixedArray in terms of elements instead an
642 absolute number of bytes.
643 (Chromium issue 103103)
644
645 Stability and performance improvements on all platforms.
646
647
6482011-11-21: Version 3.7.9
649
650 Removed exit-time destructors.
651
652 Stability and performance improvements on all platforms.
653
654
ricow@chromium.org27bf2882011-11-17 08:34:43 +00006552011-11-17: Version 3.7.8
656
mstarzinger@chromium.orgf8c6bd52011-11-23 12:13:52 +0000657 Removed hidden prototype from builtins, i.e., deleting an overridden
ricow@chromium.org27bf2882011-11-17 08:34:43 +0000658 function on builtins will not make the original function reappear.
659
660 Added NetBSD support for scons build.
661
662 Performance improvements on all platforms.
663
664
jkummerow@chromium.org04e4f1e2011-11-14 13:36:17 +00006652011-11-14: Version 3.7.7
666
667 Fix missing fast property accessors in heap snapshots.
668 (issue 1818)
669
670
danno@chromium.org2c456792011-11-11 12:00:53 +00006712011-11-11: Version 3.7.6
672
673 Fixed filtering of store buffer for large object pages.
674 (issue 1817)
675
676 Fixed generated hash function on all platforms.
677 (issue 1808)
678
679 Fixed Heap::Shrink to ensure that it does not free pages that are
680 still in use.
681 (Chromium issue 100414)
682
jkummerow@chromium.org04e4f1e2011-11-14 13:36:17 +0000683 Stability and performance improvements on all platforms.
danno@chromium.org2c456792011-11-11 12:00:53 +0000684
685
danno@chromium.orgc612e022011-11-10 11:38:15 +00006862011-11-10: Version 3.7.5
687
688 Added initial gyp infrastructure for MIPS.
689
jkummerow@chromium.org04e4f1e2011-11-14 13:36:17 +0000690 Implemented performance improvements to the incremental garbage
danno@chromium.orgc612e022011-11-10 11:38:15 +0000691 collector.
692
jkummerow@chromium.org04e4f1e2011-11-14 13:36:17 +0000693 Added optimizations and stability improvements on all platforms.
danno@chromium.orgc612e022011-11-10 11:38:15 +0000694
695
jkummerow@chromium.orgc3b37122011-11-07 10:14:12 +00006962011-11-07: Version 3.7.4
697
698 Proper "libv8.so.3.7.4" SONAME for Linux shared library (issue 1786).
699
700 Fix Harmony sets and maps to allow null and undefined as keys
701 (still hidden behind --harmony flag) (issue 1622).
702
703 Implement VirtualMemory on FreeBSD to fix build (issue 1807).
704
705 Enable VFP instructions for Android.
706
707 Fix error handling in Date.prototype.toISOString (issue 1792).
708
709 Bug fixes and performance improvements for all platforms.
710
711 Not officially supported but noteworthy: Crankshaft for MIPS :-)
712
713
erik.corry@gmail.combecbc522011-10-28 07:45:20 +00007142011-10-28: Version 3.7.3
715
716 Slight deoptimization as a workaround for issue with jslint: Issue
717 1789.
718
719
erik.corry@gmail.com6e28b562011-10-27 14:20:17 +00007202011-10-27: Version 3.7.2
721
722 Fix bug in deoptimization. Known issue with jslint: Issue 1789.
723
724
erik.corry@gmail.com394dbcf2011-10-27 07:38:48 +00007252011-10-26: Version 3.7.1
726
727 Achieved 33% speedup in debug-mode tests.
728
729 Removed special casing of calls to RegExp test and exec methods with no
730 argument. Now matches new JSC behaviour. crbug.com/75740.
731
732 Return the empty string on cyclic references in toString (ES5
733 conformance).
734
735 Fixed bug triggered by JSBeautifier. crbug.com/100409.
736
737 Made Math.random state per-context instead of per-process (issue 864).
738
739 Fixed stack traces to skip native functions.
740
741 Make snapshots (new contexts) smaller and faster.
742
743 Fixed handling of Function.apply for non-array arguments.
744
745 Fixed evaluation order in defineProperties to match FireFox.
746
747 Fixed handling of non-object receivers for array builtins,
748 crbug.com/100702.
749
750 Multiple fixes to improve compliance with test262.
751
752 Fixed compatibility with older Android releases.
753
754 Fixed compilation with gcc-4.5.3.
755
756 Improved performance of WriteUtf8, issue 1665.
757
758 Made native syntax an early error in the preparser.
759
760 Fixed issues 793 and 893 relating to Function.prototype.bind.
761
762 Improved let, const, Set and Map support and other Harmony features
763 (behind the --harmony flag).
764
765 Changed evaluation order for > and <= to match ES5 instead of ES3.
766
767 Bug fixes and performance improvements on all platforms.
768
769
rossberg@chromium.orgb4b2aa62011-10-13 09:49:59 +00007702011-10-13: Version 3.7.0
771
772 Fixed array handling for Object.defineOwnProperty (ES5 conformance).
773
774 Fixed issue 1757 (string slices of external strings).
775
776 Fixed issue 1759 (ARM).
777
778 Added flag --noclever-optimizations to disable some things that
779 caused trouble in the past.
780
781 Added flag --stress-compaction for testing.
782
783 Added flag --harmony to activate all experimental Harmony features.
784
785
svenpanne@chromium.orga8bb4d92011-10-10 13:20:40 +00007862011-10-10: Version 3.6.6
787
788 Added a GC pause visualization tool.
789
790 Added presubmit=no and werror=no flags to Makefile.
791
792 ES5/Test262 conformance improvements.
793
794 Fixed compilation issues with GCC 4.5.x (issue 1743).
795
796 Bug fixes and performance improvements on all platforms.
797
798
erik.corry@gmail.comc3b670f2011-10-05 21:44:48 +00007992011-10-05: Version 3.6.5
800
801 New incremental garbage collector.
802
803 Removed the hard heap size limit (soft heap size limit is still
804 700/1400Mbytes by default).
805
806 Implemented ES5 generic Array.prototype.toString (Issue 1361).
807
808 V8 now allows surrogate pair codes in decodeURIComponent (Issue 1415).
809
810 Fixed x64 RegExp start-of-string bug (Issues 1746, 1748).
811
812 Fixed propertyIsEnumerable for numeric properties (Issue 1692).
813
814 Fixed the MinGW and Windows 2000 builds.
815
816 Fixed "Prototype chain is not searched if named property handler does
817 not set a property" (Issue 1636).
818
819 Made the RegExp.prototype object be a RegExp object (Issue 1217).
820
821 Disallowed future reserved words as labels in strict mode.
822
823 Fixed string split to correctly coerce the separator to a string
824 (Issue 1711).
825
826 API: Added an optional source length field to the Extension
827 constructor.
828
829 API: Added Debug::DisableAgent to match existing Debug::EnableAgent
830 (Issue 1573).
831
832 Added "native" target to Makefile for the benefit of Linux distros.
833
834 Fixed: debugger stops stepping outside evaluate (Issue 1639).
835
836 More work on ES-Harmony proxies. Still hidden behind a flag.
837
838 Bug fixes and performance improvements on all platforms.
839
840
lrn@chromium.org34e60782011-09-15 07:25:40 +00008412011-09-15: Version 3.6.4
842
843 Fixed d8's broken readline history.
844
845 Removed the need for code delete events in CPU profiler (Issue 1466).
846
847 Fixed debugger stepping next with trycatch recursion (Issue 1639).
848
849 Fixing parallel execution in d8 (with -p) and some memory leaks.
850
851 Support for precise stepping in functions compiled before debugging was
852 started (step 1).
853
854
kmillikin@chromium.org83e16822011-09-13 08:21:47 +00008552011-09-13: Version 3.6.3
856
857 Implemented better support of typed arrays in the d8 shell.
858
859 Bug fixes and performance improvements on all platforms.
860
861
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +00008622011-09-08: Version 3.6.2
863
864 Added "dependencies" target to top-level Makefile.
865
866 Added ability to turn profiler on/off in d8.
867
868 Added "soname_version" parameter to common.gypi, v8.gyp, and Makefile.
869
870 Fixed several crash bugs.
871
872
jkummerow@chromium.org486075a2011-09-07 12:44:28 +00008732011-09-07: Version 3.6.1
874
875 Fixed a bug in abrupt exit from with or catch inside finally.
876
877 Fixed possible crash in FixedDoubleArray::Initialize() (Chromium
878 issue 95113).
879
880 Fixed a bug in Page::GetRegionMaskForSpan (Chromium issue 94425).
881
882 Fixed a few clang warnings (which -Werror treated as errors).
883
884 Performance improvements on all platforms.
885
886
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +00008872011-09-05: Version 3.6.0
888
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +0000889 Fixed a bug when optimizing named function expression (issue 1647).
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +0000890
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +0000891 Fixed a bug when optimizing f.call.apply (issue 1650).
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +0000892
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +0000893 Made arguments and caller always be null on native functions
894 (issues 1548 and 1643).
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +0000895
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +0000896 Fixed issue 1648 (cross-compiling x64 targeting ia32).
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +0000897
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +0000898 Fixed issue 371 (d8 printing of strings containing \0).
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +0000899
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +0000900 Fixed order of evaluation in arguments to parseInt (issue 1649).
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +0000901
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +0000902 Fixed a problem with large heap snapshots in Chrome DevTools
903 (issue 1658, chromium issue 89268).
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +0000904
ricow@chromium.org55ee8072011-09-08 16:33:10 +0000905 Upped default maximum heap size from 512M to 700M.
fschneider@chromium.org1805e212011-09-05 10:49:12 +0000906
907
yangguo@chromium.org80c42ed2011-08-31 09:03:56 +00009082011-08-31: Version 3.5.10
909
910 Added dependency of v8_base on WinSocket2 Windows library in
911 the GYP-build.
912
913 Various bugfixes.
914
915
ricow@chromium.org4668a2c2011-08-29 10:41:00 +00009162011-08-29: Version 3.5.9
917
918 Made FromPropertyDescriptor not trigger inherited setters.
919
920 Fixed .gyp files to work on the ARM simulator.
921
922 Fixed shared library build warnings for MSVS.
923
924
ricow@chromium.orgddd545c2011-08-24 12:02:41 +00009252011-08-24: Version 3.5.8
926
927 Added V8EXPORT attributes for v8::Array::CheckCast and
928 v8::Number::CheckCast.
929
930 Made a slight API change enabling opting out from null termination
931 in String::Write*().
932
933 Fixed arm build for gcc-4.6.
934
935
rossberg@chromium.org28a37082011-08-22 11:03:23 +00009362011-08-22: Version 3.5.7
937
938 Make scanner handle invalid unicode escapes in identifiers correctly.
939
940 Make regexp flag parsing stricter.
941
942 Fix several memory leaks.
943
944
danno@chromium.orgb6451162011-08-17 14:33:23 +00009452011-08-17: Version 3.5.6
946
947 Fixed issue that could cause crashes when running with --heap-stats.
948
949 Fixed compilation on Linux 2.6.9 and older.
950
951 Fixed live-object-list to work with isolates.
952
953 Fixed memory leaks in zones and isolates.
954
955 Fixed a performance regression for TypedArrays on x64.
956
957 Stability improvements on all platforms.
958
959
whesse@chromium.org4acdc2c2011-08-15 13:01:23 +00009602011-08-15: Version 3.5.5
961
962 Fixed bugs involving negative zero and the optimizing compiler.
963
964 Fixed optimized version of Function.apply(x, arguments). (issue 1592)
965
966 Eliminated uses of deprecated ARM instructions.
967
968 Sped up Math.floor by using SSE 4.1 roundsd instruction on ia32.
969
970 Removed restriction on the size of disassembled code that is printed.
971
972
kmillikin@chromium.org7c2628c2011-08-10 11:27:35 +00009732011-08-10: Version 3.5.4
974
975 Added a preliminary implementation of ES Harmony weak maps. Weak
976 maps can be enabled by the flag --harmony-weakmaps.
977
978 Introduced a toplevel Makefile to support GYP-based building. GYP
979 can be obtained from http://gyp.googlecode.com.
980
981 Fixed a bug in the length property of functions created by
982 Function.prototype.bind.
983
984 Reduced malloc heap allocation on process startup.
985
986 Several important code generation bug fixes.
987
988 Performance improvements on all platforms.
989
990
lrn@chromium.orgd4e9e222011-08-03 12:01:58 +00009912011-08-03: Version 3.5.3
992
993 MIPS: Port of fix to ClassOf check from ARM.
994 Patch from Paul Lind <plind44@gmail.com>.
995
996 Stopped using mprotect on Cygwin.
997 Avoided uninitialized member warning on gcc 4.3.4
998 Both patches by Bert Belder.
999
1000 Bug fixes and performance improvements on all platforms.
1001
1002
vegorov@chromium.org7943d462011-08-01 11:41:52 +000010032011-08-01: Version 3.5.2
1004
1005 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1006
1007
ricow@chromium.org2c99e282011-07-28 09:15:17 +000010082011-07-28: Version 3.5.1
1009
1010 Fixed setting the readonly flag on the prototype property using the
1011 API call FunctionTemplate::SetPrototypeAttributes (issue 1539).
1012
1013 Changed the tools/test.py script to use d8 instead of shell for
1014 testing.
1015
1016 Fixed crash in ToBooleanStub when GC happens during invocation.
1017
1018 Enabled automatic unboxing of double arrays.
1019
1020 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1021
1022
ricow@chromium.org9fa09672011-07-25 11:05:35 +000010232011-07-25: Version 3.5.0
1024
1025 Implemented Object.prototype.{hasOwnProperty, propertyIsEnumerable} for
1026 proxies.
1027
1028 Removed logging to memory support.
1029
1030 Bugfixes and performance work.
1031
1032
rossberg@chromium.org717967f2011-07-20 13:44:42 +000010332011-07-20: Version 3.4.14
1034
1035 Fix the debugger for strict-mode functions. (Chromium issue 89236)
1036
jkummerow@chromium.org04e4f1e2011-11-14 13:36:17 +00001037 Add GetPropertyAttribute method for Object in the API. (Patch by
ricow@chromium.org9fa09672011-07-25 11:05:35 +00001038 Peter Varga)
rossberg@chromium.org717967f2011-07-20 13:44:42 +00001039
1040 Fix -Wunused-but-set-variable for gcc-4.6 on x64. (Issue 1291)
1041
1042
svenpanne@chromium.org84bcc552011-07-18 09:50:57 +000010432011-07-18: Version 3.4.13
1044
1045 Improved debugger support to allow inspection of optimized frames (issue
1046 1140).
1047
1048 Fixed a bug in prototype transitions cache clearing introduced by r8165.
1049
1050 Fixed shortcutting bug in HInferRepresentation. Patch by Andy Wingo.
1051
1052 Fixed a memory leak in sample/shell.cc (dispose semaphores).
1053
1054 Simplified HClampToUint8. Patch by Andy Wingo.
1055
1056 Exposed APIs for detecting boxed primitives, native errors. Patch by
1057 Luke Zarko.
1058
1059 Added map check for COW elements to crankshaft array handling code
1060 (issue 1560).
1061
1062 Sample shell and (a light version of) D8 links against a shared library
1063 now.
1064
1065 Fixed bug in array filter and reduce functions (issue 1559).
1066
1067 Avoid TLS load in AstNode constructor.
1068
1069 Introduced a random entropy source which can optionally be provided at
1070 initialization. (Chromium issue 89462).
1071
1072
whesse@chromium.org030d38e2011-07-13 13:23:34 +000010732011-07-13: Version 3.4.12
1074
1075 Added --prof profiling option to d8 shell.
1076
1077 Fixed a bug where reading a directory in d8 shell hangs (issue 1533).
1078
1079 Fixed a potential assertion failure in const declarations.
1080
1081 Fixed an assertion failure in descriptor arrays (issue 1526).
1082
1083 Enabled fast thread-local storage by default on supported platforms.
1084
1085 Improved reporting of source position for global variable loads
1086 (issue 1527).
1087
1088
sgjesse@chromium.org6db88712011-07-11 11:41:22 +000010892011-07-11: Version 3.4.11
1090
1091 Fixed MinGW32 build.
1092
1093 Fixed a GC bug with RegExp code flushing.
1094
1095 Implemented Object.defineProperty for proxies.
1096
1097 Fixed a bug in for/in iteration of arguments objects (issue 1531).
1098
1099 Added debugger support for inspecting optimized frames (issue 1140).
1100
1101 Allowed JSObject::PreventExtensions to work for arguments objects.
1102
1103 Bugfixes and performance work.
1104
1105
jkummerow@chromium.orgddda9e82011-07-06 11:27:02 +000011062011-07-06: Version 3.4.10
1107
1108 Fixed debugger not breaking on certain "if" statements (issue 1523).
1109
1110 Fixed assertion failure in runtime profiler when running on IA32
1111 without snapshot (issue 1522).
1112
1113 Fixed ABI for API calls on IA32 (for clang compatibility).
1114
1115 Introduced code flushing of RegExp code to free memory used by
1116 RegExps sooner.
1117
1118 Fixed linux-tick-processor built wrong version of v8 (issue 1532).
1119
1120 Fixed assertion failure in v8::TryCache::StackTrace (issue 1529).
1121
1122 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1123
1124
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +000011252011-07-04: Version 3.4.9
1126
1127 Added support for debugger inspection of locals in optimized frames
1128 (issue 1140).
1129
1130 Fixed SConstruct to pass correct defines to samples/preparser when
1131 building with library=shared.
1132
1133 Made date parser handle ES5 Date Time Strings correctly (issue 1498).
1134
1135 Fixed a bug in Object.defineProperty on the arguments object.
1136
1137 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1138
1139
vegorov@chromium.org3cf47312011-06-29 13:20:01 +000011402011-06-29: Version 3.4.8
1141
1142 Ensure 16-byte stack alignment on Solaris (issue 1505).
1143
sgjesse@chromium.org6db88712011-07-11 11:41:22 +00001144 Fix "illegal access" when calling parseInt with a radix
vegorov@chromium.org3cf47312011-06-29 13:20:01 +00001145 that is not a smi. (issue 1246).
1146
1147
ager@chromium.org04921a82011-06-27 13:21:41 +000011482011-06-27: Version 3.4.7
1149
1150 Fixed 64-bit build on FreeBSD.
1151
1152 Added API to set the property attributes for the prototype
1153 property on functions created from FunctionTemplates.
1154
1155 Bugfixes and performance work.
1156
1157
lrn@chromium.orgac2828d2011-06-23 06:29:21 +000011582011-06-22: Version 3.4.6
1159
1160 Lowered limit on code space for systems with low memory supply.
1161
1162 Allowed compiling v8_shell with the 'host' toolset (issue 82437).
1163
1164 Extended setBreakpoint API to accept partial script name (issue 1418).
1165
1166 Made multi-line comments not count when deciding whether the '-->'
1167 comment starter is first on a line. This matches Safari.
1168
1169 Made handling of non-array recievers in Array length setter correct
1170 (issue 1491).
1171
1172 Added ability to heap profiler to iterate over snapshot's node
1173 (issue 1481).
1174
1175
whesse@chromium.org7b260152011-06-20 15:33:18 +000011762011-06-20: Version 3.4.5
1177
1178 Fixed issues 794, 1097, 1215(partial), 1417, 1435, 1472, 1473,
1179 1476, and 1477.
1180
1181 Improved code generation for !0 and !1.
1182
1183 Reduced memory usage for regular expressions with nested qualifiers.
1184 (issue 1472)
1185
1186 Fixed V8 to count line terminators in multi-line comments.
1187 (Chromium issue 86431)
1188
1189 Fixed disassembler=on option for release-mode builds. (issue 1473)
1190
1191 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1192
1193
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +000011942011-06-15: Version 3.4.4
1195
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001196 Added snapshot compression support and --stress-opt flag to d8.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001197
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001198 Improved performance of try/catch.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001199
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001200 Several GYP-related changes: Added support for building Xcode project
1201 files. Make the ARM simulator build with GYP again. Generate Makefiles
1202 for all architectures on Linux.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001203
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001204 Fixed Array.prototype.{reduce,reduceRight} to pass undefined as the
1205 receiver for strict mode callbacks. (issue 1436)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001206
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001207 Fixed a bug where an array load was incorrectly hoisted by GVN.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001208
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001209 Handle 'undefined' correctly when === has been specialized for doubles.
1210 (issue 1434)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001211
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001212 Corrected the limit of local variables in an optimized function from 64
1213 to 63.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001214
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001215 Correctly set ReadOnly flag on indexed properties when using the API Set
1216 method. (issue 1470)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001217
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001218 Give the correct error message when Object.isExtensible is called on a
1219 non-object. (issue 1452)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001220
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001221 Added GetOwnPropertyNames method for Object in the API. Patch by Peter
1222 Varga.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001223
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001224 Do not redefine properties unneccesarily in seal and freeze. (issue
1225 1447)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001226
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001227 IsExecutionTerminating has an Isolate parameter now.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001228
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001229 Distinguish keyed loads with a symbol key from fast elements loads,
1230 avoiding some useless deoptimizations. (issue 1471)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001231
1232
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +000012332011-06-08: Version 3.4.3
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +00001234
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +00001235 Clear the global thread table when an isolate is disposed
1236 (issue 1433).
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +00001237
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +00001238 Converted time zone name to UTF8 on Windows (issue 1290).
1239
1240 Limited the number of arguments in a function call to 32766
1241 (issue 1413).
1242
1243 Compress sources of JS libraries in addition to the snapshot.
1244
1245 Fixed a bug in Lithium environment iteration.
1246
1247 Performance improvements on all platforms.
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +00001248
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001249
erik.corry@gmail.comd6076d92011-06-06 09:39:18 +000012502011-06-06: Version 3.4.2
1251
1252 More work on ES-Harmony proxies. Still hidden behind a flag.
1253
1254 Fixed some crash bugs and improved performance.
1255
1256 Fixed building with gdb debugging support.
1257
1258 Do not install SIGPROF handler until it is needed.
1259
1260 Added DateTimeFormat to i18n API.
1261
1262 Fixed compilation on OpenBSD.
1263
1264 Take the ulimit into account when sizing the heap. OpenBSD users
1265 may still have to increase the default ulimit to run heavy pages in
1266 the browser.
1267
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001268
ricow@chromium.orgd2be9012011-06-01 06:00:58 +000012692011-06-01: Version 3.4.1
1270
1271 Fixed JSON stringify issue with arrays.
1272
1273 Changed calls to JS builtins to be passed undefined when called with
1274 implicit receiver.
1275
1276 Implemented the set trap for Harmony proxies. Proxies still need to
1277 be enabled with the --harmony-proxies flag.
1278
1279
ricow@chromium.orgc54d3652011-05-30 09:20:16 +000012802011-05-30: Version 3.4.0
1281
1282 Changed calls to undefined property setters to not throw (issue 1355).
1283
1284 Made RegExp objects not callable.
1285
1286 Fixed issues on special case large JSON strings in new json parser
1287 (issues http://crbug.com/83877 and http://crbug.com/84186).
1288
1289 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1290
1291
danno@chromium.org40cb8782011-05-25 07:58:50 +000012922011-05-25: Version 3.3.10
1293
1294 Fixed calls of strict mode function with an implicit receiver.
1295
1296 Fixed fast handling of arrays to properly deal with changes to the
1297 Object prototype (issue 1403).
1298
1299 Changed strict mode poison pill to be the same type error function
1300 (issue 1387).
1301
1302 Fixed a debug crash in arguments object handling (issue 1227).
1303
1304 Fixed a bug in deoptimization on x64 (issue 1404).
1305
1306 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
1307
1308
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +000013092011-05-23: Version 3.3.9
1310
1311 Added DateTimeFormat class to experimental i18n API.
1312
1313 Extended preparser to give early errors for some strict mode
1314 restrictions.
1315
1316 Removed legacy execScript function from V8.
1317
1318 Extended isolate API with the ability to add embedder-specific
1319 data to an isolate.
1320
1321 Added basic support for polymorphic loads from JS and external
1322 arrays.
1323
1324 Fixed bug in handling of switch statements in the optimizing
1325 compiler.
1326
1327
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +000013282011-05-18: Version 3.3.8
1329
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +00001330 Added MarkIndependent to the persistent handle API. Independent
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +00001331 handles are independent of all other persistent handles and can be
1332 garbage collected more frequently.
1333
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +00001334 Implemented the get trap for Harmony proxies. Proxies are enabled
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +00001335 with the --harmony-proxies flag.
1336
1337 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
1338
1339
vegorov@chromium.org7304bca2011-05-16 12:14:13 +000013402011-05-16: Version 3.3.7
1341
1342 Updated MIPS infrastructure files.
1343
1344 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
1345
1346
karlklose@chromium.org83a47282011-05-11 11:54:09 +000013472011-05-11: Version 3.3.6
1348
1349 Updated MIPS infrastructure files.
1350
1351 Added method IsCallable for Object to the API.
1352 Patch by Peter Varga.
1353
1354
lrn@chromium.org1c092762011-05-09 09:42:16 +000013552011-05-09: Version 3.3.5
1356
1357 Fixed build on FreeBSD. Patch by Akinori MUSHA.
1358
1359 Added check that receiver is JSObject on API calls.
1360
1361 Implemented CallAsConstructor method for Object in the API (Issue 1348).
1362 Patch by Peter Varga.
1363
1364 Added CallAsFunction method to the Object class in the API (Issue 1336).
1365 Patch by Peter Varga.
1366
1367 Added per-isolate locking and unlocking.
1368
1369 Fixed bug in x64 >>> operator (Issue 1359).
1370
1371
fschneider@chromium.orgfb144a02011-05-04 12:43:48 +000013722011-05-04: Version 3.3.4
1373
1374 Implemented API to disallow code generation from strings for a context
1375 (issue 1258).
1376
1377 Fixed bug with whitespaces in parseInt (issue 955).
1378
1379 Fixed bug with == comparison of Date objects (issue 1356).
1380
1381 Added GYP variables for ARM code generation:
1382 v8_can_use_vfp_instructions, v8_can_use_unaligned_accesses
1383 and v8_use_arm_eabi_hardfloat.
1384
1385
sgjesse@chromium.org8e8294a2011-05-02 14:30:53 +000013862011-05-02: Version 3.3.3
1387
1388 Added support for generating Visual Studio solution and project files
1389 using GYP.
1390
1391 Implemented support for ARM EABI calling convention variation where
1392 floating-point arguments are passed in registers (hardfloat).
1393
1394 Added Object::HasOwnProperty() to the API.
1395
1396 Added support for compressing startup data to reduce binary size. This
1397 includes build time support and an API for the embedder to decompress
1398 the startup data before initializing V8.
1399
1400 Reduced the profiling hooks overhead from >400% to 25% when using
1401 ll_prof.
1402
1403 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
1404
1405
erik.corry@gmail.com3847bd52011-04-27 10:38:56 +000014062011-04-27: Version 3.3.2
1407
1408 Fixed crash bug on ARM with no VFP3 hardware.
1409
1410 Fixed compilation of V8 without debugger support.
1411
1412 Improved performance on JSLint.
1413
1414 Added support Float64 WebGL arrays.
1415
1416 Fixed crash bug in regexp replace.
1417
sgjesse@chromium.org8e8294a2011-05-02 14:30:53 +00001418
ricow@chromium.orgdcebac02011-04-20 09:44:50 +000014192011-04-20: Version 3.3.1
1420
1421 Reduced V8 binary size by removing virtual functions from hydrogen.
1422
1423 Fixed crash bug on x64.
1424
1425 Performance improvements on ARM and IA32.
1426
1427
danno@chromium.org160a7b02011-04-18 15:51:38 +000014282011-04-18: Version 3.3.0
1429
1430 Fixed bug in floating point rounding in Crankshaft on ARM
1431 (issue 958)
1432
1433 Fixed a number of issues with running without VFPv3 support on ARM
1434 (issue 1315)
1435
1436 Introduced v8Locale.Collator, a partial implementation of Collator
1437 per last ECMAScript meeting + mailing list.
1438
1439 Minor performance improvements and bug fixes.
1440
1441
ager@chromium.orga9aa5fa2011-04-13 08:46:07 +000014422011-04-13: Version 3.2.10
1443
1444 Fixed bug in external float arrays on ARM (issue 1323).
1445
1446 Minor performance improvements and bug fixes.
1447
1448
karlklose@chromium.org44bc7082011-04-11 12:33:05 +000014492011-04-11: Version 3.2.9
1450
1451 Removed support for ABI prior to EABI on ARM.
1452
1453 Fixed multiple crash bugs.
1454
1455 Added GCMole to the repository, a simple static analysis tool that
1456 searches for GC-unsafe evaluation order dependent callsites.
1457
1458 Made preparser API be exported in shared libraries.
1459
1460 Fixed multiple issues in EcmaScript 5 strict mode implementation.
1461
1462 Fixed mutable __proto__ property if object is not extensible
1463 (Issue 1309).
1464
1465 Fixed auto suspension of the sampler thread.
1466
1467
vegorov@chromium.org74f333b2011-04-06 11:17:46 +000014682011-04-06: Version 3.2.8
1469
1470 Exposed WebGL typed array constructors in the shell sample.
1471
1472 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1473
1474
kmillikin@chromium.orgc36ce6e2011-04-04 08:25:31 +000014752011-04-04: Version 3.2.7
1476
1477 Disabled the original 'classic' V8 code generator. Crankshaft is
1478 now the default on all platforms.
1479
1480 Changed the heap profiler to use more descriptive names.
1481
1482 Performance and stability improvements to isolates on all platforms.
1483
1484
lrn@chromium.org7516f052011-03-30 08:52:27 +000014852011-03-30: Version 3.2.6
1486
1487 Fixed xcode build warning in shell.cc (out of order initialization).
1488
1489 Fixed null-pointer dereference in the compiler when running without
1490 SSE3 support (Chromium issue 77654).
1491
1492 Fixed x64 compilation error due to some dead code. (Issue 1286)
1493
1494 Introduced scons target to build the preparser stand-alone example.
1495
1496 Made FreeBSD build and pass all tests.
1497
1498
fschneider@chromium.org7979bbb2011-03-28 10:47:03 +000014992011-03-28: Version 3.2.5
1500
lrn@chromium.org7516f052011-03-30 08:52:27 +00001501 Fixed build with Irregexp interpreter (issue 1266).
fschneider@chromium.org7979bbb2011-03-28 10:47:03 +00001502
1503 Added Crankshaft support for external arrays.
1504
1505 Fixed two potential crash bugs.
1506
1507
sgjesse@chromium.orgea88ce92011-03-23 11:19:56 +000015082011-03-23: Version 3.2.4
1509
1510 Added isolates which allows several V8 instances in the same process.
1511 This is controlled through the new Isolate class in the API.
1512
1513 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
1514
1515 Reduced the time it takes to make detailed heap snapshot.
1516
1517 Added a number of commands to the ARM simulator and enhanced the ARM
1518 disassembler.
1519
1520
ricow@chromium.orgbadaffc2011-03-17 12:15:27 +000015212011-03-17: Version 3.2.3
1522
1523 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
1524
1525 Fixed Array::New(length) to return an array with a length (issue 1256).
1526
1527 Fixed FreeBSD build.
1528
1529 Changed __defineGetter__ to not throw (matching the behavior of Safari).
1530
1531 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
1532
1533 Improved Crankshaft performance on all platforms.
1534
1535
whesse@chromium.orgb08986c2011-03-14 16:13:42 +000015362011-03-14: Version 3.2.2
1537
1538 Fixed a number of crash and correctness bugs.
1539
1540 Improved Crankshaft performance on all platforms.
1541
1542 Fixed Crankshaft on Solaris/Illumos.
1543
1544
danno@chromium.org4d3fe4e2011-03-10 10:14:28 +000015452011-03-10: Version 3.2.1
1546
1547 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
1548
1549 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
1550
1551 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
1552
1553
karlklose@chromium.org8f806e82011-03-07 14:06:08 +000015542011-03-07: Version 3.2.0
1555
1556 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
1557
1558 Turned on Crankshaft by default on x64 and ARM.
1559
1560 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
1561
1562 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
1563
1564
ager@chromium.org9ee27ae2011-03-02 13:43:26 +000015652011-03-02: Version 3.1.8
1566
1567 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
1568
1569 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
1570
1571 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
1572
1573 Fixed issue with unaligned reads and writes on ARM.
1574
1575 Improved heap profiler support.
1576
1577
vegorov@chromium.org5d6c1f52011-02-28 13:13:38 +000015782011-02-28: Version 3.1.7
1579
1580 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
1581
1582 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
1583
ager@chromium.org9ee27ae2011-03-02 13:43:26 +00001584 Fixed implementation of indexOf/lastIndexOf for sparse
vegorov@chromium.org5d6c1f52011-02-28 13:13:38 +00001585 arrays (http://crbug.com/73940).
1586
1587 Fixed bug in map space compaction (http://crbug.com/59688).
1588
1589 Added support for direct getter accessors calls on ARM.
1590
1591
fschneider@chromium.org3a5fd782011-02-24 10:10:44 +000015922011-02-24: Version 3.1.6
1593
1594 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
1595
1596 Added support for Cygwin (issue 64).
1597
1598 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
1599
1600 Added Crankshaft support for stores to pixel arrays.
1601
1602 Fixed issue in CPU profiler with Crankshaft.
1603
1604
kmillikin@chromium.org49edbdf2011-02-16 12:32:18 +000016052011-02-16: Version 3.1.5
1606
1607 Change RegExp parsing to disallow /(*)/.
1608
1609 Added GDB JIT support for ARM.
1610
1611 Fixed several crash bugs.
1612
1613 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
1614
1615
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +000016162011-02-14: Version 3.1.4
1617
1618 Fixed incorrect compare of prototypes of the global object (issue
1619 1082).
1620
1621 Fixed a bug in optimizing calls to global functions (issue 1106).
1622
1623 Made optimized Function.prototype.apply safe for non-JSObject first
1624 arguments (issue 1128).
1625
1626 Fixed an error related to element accessors on Object.prototype and
1627 parser errors (issue 1130).
1628
1629 Fixed a bug in sorting an array with large array indices (issue 1131).
1630
1631 Properly treat exceptions thrown while compiling (issue 1132).
1632
1633 Fixed bug in register requirements for function.apply (issue 1133).
1634
1635 Fixed a representation change bug in the Hydrogen graph construction
1636 (issue 1134).
1637
1638 Fixed the semantics of delete on parameters (issue 1136).
1639
1640 Fixed a optimizer bug related to moving instructions with side effects
1641 (issue 1138).
1642
1643 Added support for the global object in Object.keys (issue 1150).
1644
1645 Fixed incorrect value for Math.LOG10E
1646 (issue http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=72555)
1647
1648 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
1649
1650 Implement assignment to undefined reference in ES5 Strict Mode.
1651
1652
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +000016532011-02-09: Version 3.1.3
1654
1655 Fixed a bug triggered by functions with huge numbers of declared
1656 arguments.
1657
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +00001658 Fixed zap value aliasing a real object - debug mode only (issue 866).
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +00001659
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +00001660 Fixed issue where Array.prototype.__proto__ had been set to null
1661 (issue 1121).
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +00001662
1663 Fixed stability bugs in Crankshaft for x86.
1664
1665
ricow@chromium.org83aa5492011-02-07 12:42:56 +000016662011-02-07: Version 3.1.2
1667
1668 Added better security checks when accessing properties via
1669 Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor.
1670
1671 Fixed bug in Object.defineProperty and related access bugs (issues
1672 992, 1083 and 1092).
1673
1674 Added LICENSE.v8, LICENSE.strongtalk and LICENSE.valgrind to ease
1675 copyright notice generation for embedders.
1676
1677
kmillikin@chromium.org31b12772011-02-02 16:08:26 +000016782011-02-02: Version 3.1.1
1679
1680 Perform security checks before fetching the value in
1681 Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor.
1682
1683 Fixed a bug in Array.prototype.splice triggered by passing no
1684 arguments.
1685
1686 Fixed bugs in -0 in arithmetic and in Math.pow.
1687
1688 Fixed bugs in the register allocator and in switching from optimized
1689 to unoptimized code.
1690
1691
16922011-01-31: Version 3.1.0
1693
whesse@chromium.org7a392b32011-01-31 11:30:36 +00001694 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1695
1696
ager@chromium.org378b34e2011-01-28 08:04:38 +000016972011-01-28: Version 3.0.12
1698
1699 Added support for strict mode parameter and object property
1700 validation.
1701
1702 Fixed a couple of crash bugs.
1703
1704
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +000017052011-01-25: Version 3.0.11
1706
1707 Fixed a bug in deletion of lookup slots that could cause global
1708 variables to be accidentally deleted (http://crbug.com/70066).
1709
1710 Added support for strict mode octal literal verification.
1711
1712 Fixed a couple of crash bugs (issues 1070 and 1071).
1713
1714
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +000017152011-01-24: Version 3.0.10
1716
1717 Fixed External::Wrap for 64-bit addresses (issue 1037).
1718
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +00001719 Fixed incorrect .arguments variable proxy handling in the full
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +00001720 code generator (issue 1060).
1721
1722 Introduced partial strict mode support.
1723
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +00001724 Changed formatting of recursive error messages to match Firefox and
1725 Safari (issue http://crbug.com/70334).
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +00001726
1727 Fixed incorrect rounding for float-to-integer conversions for external
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +00001728 array types, which implement the Typed Array spec
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +00001729 (issue http://crbug.com/50972).
1730
1731 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
1732
1733
erik.corry@gmail.com0511e242011-01-19 11:11:08 +000017342011-01-19: Version 3.0.9
1735
1736 Added basic GDB JIT Interface integration.
1737
1738 Make invalid break/continue statements a syntax error instead of a
1739 runtime error.
1740
1741
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +000017422011-01-17: Version 3.0.8
1743
1744 Exposed heap size limit to the heap statistics gathered by
erik.corry@gmail.com0511e242011-01-19 11:11:08 +00001745 the GetHeapStatistics API.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +00001746
1747 Wrapped external pointers more carefully (issue 1037).
1748
1749 Hardened the implementation of error objects to avoid setters
1750 intercepting the properties set then throwing an error.
1751
1752 Avoided trashing the FPSCR when calculating Math.floor on ARM.
1753
1754 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
1755
1756
17572011-01-10: Version 3.0.7
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +00001758
1759 Stopped calling inherited setters when creating object literals
1760 (issue 1015).
1761
1762 Changed interpretation of malformed \c? escapes in RegExp to match
1763 JSC.
1764
1765 Enhanced the command-line debugger interface and fixed some minor
1766 bugs in the debugger.
1767
1768 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
1769
1770
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +000017712011-01-05: Version 3.0.6
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +00001772
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +00001773 Allowed getters and setters on JSArray elements (issue 900).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +00001774
1775 Stopped JSON objects from hitting inherited setters (part of
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +00001776 issue 1015).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +00001777
1778 Allowed numbers and strings as names of getters/setters in object
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +00001779 initializer (issue 820).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +00001780
1781 Added use_system_v8 option to gyp (off by default), to make it easier
1782 for Linux distributions to ship with system-provided V8 library.
1783
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +00001784 Exported external array data accessors (issue 1016).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +00001785
1786 Added labelled thread names to help with debugging (on Linux).
1787
1788
fschneider@chromium.org9e3e0b62011-01-03 10:16:46 +000017892011-01-03: Version 3.0.5
1790
1791 Fixed a couple of cast errors for gcc-3.4.3.
1792
1793 Performance improvements in GC and IA32 code generator.
1794
1795
whesse@chromium.org023421e2010-12-21 12:19:12 +000017962010-12-21: Version 3.0.4
1797
1798 Added Date::ResetCache() to the API so that the cached values in the
1799 Date object can be reset to allow live DST / timezone changes.
1800
1801 Extended existing support for printing (while debugging) the contents
1802 of objects. Added support for printing objects from release builds.
1803
1804 Fixed V8 issues 989, 1006, and 1007.
1805
1806
ager@chromium.org5f0c45f2010-12-17 08:51:21 +000018072010-12-17: Version 3.0.3
1808
1809 Reapplied all changes for version 3.0.1.
1810
1811 Improved debugger protocol for remote debugging.
1812
1813 Added experimental support for using gyp to generate build files
1814 for V8.
1815
1816 Fixed implementation of String::Write in the API (issue 975).
1817
1818
lrn@chromium.org8541d772010-12-15 12:05:09 +000018192010-12-15: Version 3.0.2
1820
1821 Revert version 3.0.1 and patch 3.0.1.1.
1822
1823
kmillikin@chromium.orgfacd82d2010-12-13 18:00:51 +000018242010-12-13: Version 3.0.1
1825
1826 Added support for an experimental internationalization API as an
1827 extension. This extension is disabled by default but can be enabled
1828 when building V8. The ECMAScript internationalization strawman is
1829 at http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:i18n_api.
1830
1831 Made RegExp character class parsing stricter. This mirrors a change
1832 to RegExp parsing in WebKit.
1833
1834 Fixed a bug in Object.defineProperty when used to change attributes
1835 of an existing property. It incorrectly set the property value to
1836 undefined (issue 965).
1837
1838 Fixed several different compilation failures on various platforms
1839 caused by the 3.0.0 release.
1840
1841 Optimized Math.pow so it can work on unboxed doubles.
1842
1843 Sped up quoting of JSON strings by removing one traversal of the
1844 string.
1845
1846
kasperl@chromium.orga5551262010-12-07 12:49:48 +000018472010-12-07: Version 3.0.0
1848
1849 Improved performance by (partially) addressing issue 957 on
1850 IA-32. Still needs more work for the other architectures.
1851
1852
ager@chromium.orgbeb25712010-11-29 08:02:25 +000018532010-11-29: Version 2.5.9
1854
1855 Fixed crashes during GC caused by partially initialize heap
1856 objects.
1857
1858 Fixed bug in process sample that caused memory leaks.
1859
1860 Improved performance on ARM by implementing missing stubs and
1861 inlining.
1862
1863 Improved heap profiler support.
1864
1865 Added separate seeding on Windows of the random number generator
1866 used internally by the compiler (issue 936).
1867
1868 Exposed API for getting the name of the function used to construct
1869 an object.
1870
1871 Fixed date parser to handle one and two digit millisecond
1872 values (issue 944).
1873
1874 Fixed number parsing to disallow space between sign and
1875 digits (issue 946).
1876
1877
vegorov@chromium.org21b5e952010-11-23 10:24:40 +000018782010-11-23: Version 2.5.8
1879
1880 Removed dependency on Gay's dtoa.
1881
1882 Improved heap profiler precision and speed.
1883
1884 Reduced overhead of callback invocations on ARM.
1885
1886
erik.corry@gmail.com4a6c3272010-11-18 12:04:40 +000018872010-11-18: Version 2.5.7
1888
1889 Fixed obscure evaluation order bug (issue 931).
1890
1891 Split the random number state between JavaScript and the private API.
1892
1893 Fixed performance bug causing GCs when generating stack traces on
1894 code from very large scripts.
1895
1896 Fixed bug in parser that allowed (foo):42 as a labelled statement
1897 (issue 918).
1898
1899 Provide more accurate results about used heap size via
1900 GetHeapStatistics.
1901
1902 Allow build-time customization of the max semispace size.
1903
1904 Made String.prototype.split honor limit when separator is empty
1905 (issue 929).
1906
1907 Added missing failure check after expecting an identifier in
1908 preparser (Chromium issue 62639).
1909
1910
ager@chromium.org01fe7df2010-11-10 11:59:11 +000019112010-11-10: Version 2.5.6
1912
1913 Added support for VFP rounding modes to the ARM simulator.
1914
1915 Fixed multiplication overflow bug (issue 927).
1916
1917 Added a limit for the amount of executable memory (issue 925).
1918
1919
whesse@chromium.orgf0ac72d2010-11-08 12:47:26 +000019202010-11-08: Version 2.5.5
1921
1922 Added more aggressive GC of external objects in near out-of-memory
1923 situations.
1924
1925 Fixed a bug that gave the incorrect result for String.split called
1926 on the empty string (issue 924).
1927
1928
lrn@chromium.orgfa943b72010-11-03 08:14:36 +000019292010-11-03: Version 2.5.4
1930
whesse@chromium.orgf0ac72d2010-11-08 12:47:26 +00001931 Improved V8 VFPv3 runtime detection to address issue 914.
lrn@chromium.orgfa943b72010-11-03 08:14:36 +00001932
1933
fschneider@chromium.orge03fb642010-11-01 12:34:09 +000019342010-11-01: Version 2.5.3
1935
1936 Fixed a bug that prevents constants from overwriting function values
1937 in object literals (issue 907).
1938
1939 Fixed a bug with reporting of impossible nested calls of DOM functions
1940 (issue http://crbug.com/60753).
1941
1942
lrn@chromium.org303ada72010-10-27 09:33:13 +000019432010-10-27: Version 2.5.2
1944
1945 Improved sampler resolution on Linux.
1946
1947 Allowed forcing the use of a simulator from the build script
1948 independently of the host architecture.
1949
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +00001950 Fixed FreeBSD port (issue 912).
lrn@chromium.org303ada72010-10-27 09:33:13 +00001951
1952 Made windows-tick-processor respect D8_PATH.
1953
1954 Implemented --noinline-new flag fully on IA32, X64 and ARM platforms.
1955
1956
whesse@chromium.org4a5224e2010-10-20 12:37:07 +000019572010-10-20: Version 2.5.1
1958
1959 Fixed bug causing spurious out of memory exceptions
1960 (issue http://crbug.com/54580).
1961
1962 Fixed compilation error on Solaris platform (issue 901).
1963
1964 Fixed error in strtod (string to floating point number conversion)
1965 due to glibc's use of 80-bit floats in the FPU on 32-bit linux.
1966
1967 Adjusted randomized allocations of executable memory to have 64k
1968 granularity (issue http://crbug.com/56036).
1969
1970 Supported profiling using kernel perf_events on linux. Added ll_prof
1971 script to tools and --ll-prof flag to V8.
1972
1973
vegorov@chromium.org42841962010-10-18 11:18:59 +000019742010-10-18: Version 2.5.0
1975
1976 Fixed bug in cache handling of lastIndex on global regexps
1977 (issue http://crbug.com/58740).
1978
1979 Added USE_SIMULATOR macro that explicitly indicates that we wish to use
1980 the simulator as the execution engine (by Mark Lam <mark.lam@palm.com>
kmillikin@chromium.orgfacd82d2010-12-13 18:00:51 +00001981 from Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP).
vegorov@chromium.org42841962010-10-18 11:18:59 +00001982
1983 Fixed compilation error on ARM with gcc 4.4 (issue 894).
1984
1985
19862010-10-13: Version 2.4.9
ager@chromium.orgb61a0d12010-10-13 08:35:23 +00001987
1988 Fixed a bug in the handling of conditional expressions in test
1989 contexts in compiler for top-level code.
1990
1991 Added "//@ sourceURL" information to the StackTrace API.
1992
1993 Exposed RegExp construction through the API.
1994
1995
ricow@chromium.orgeb7c1442010-10-04 08:54:21 +000019962010-10-04: Version 2.4.8
1997
1998 Fixed a bug in ResumeProfilerEx causing it to not always write out the
1999 whole snapshot (issue 868).
2000
2001 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2002
2003
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +000020042010-09-30: Version 2.4.7
2005
2006 Changed the command-line flag --max-new-space-size to be in kB and the
2007 flag --max-old-space-size to be in MB (previously they were in bytes).
2008
2009 Added Debug::CancelDebugBreak to the debugger API.
2010
2011 Fixed a bug in getters for negative numeric property names
2012 (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46689).
2013
2014 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2015
2016
whesse@chromium.org4a1fe7d2010-09-27 12:32:04 +000020172010-09-27: Version 2.4.6
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +00002018
whesse@chromium.org4a1fe7d2010-09-27 12:32:04 +00002019 Fixed assertion failure related to copy-on-write arrays (issue 876).
2020
2021 Fixed build failure of 64-bit V8 on Windows.
2022
2023 Fixed a bug in RegExp (issue http://crbug.com/52801).
2024
2025 Improved the profiler's coverage to cover more functions (issue 858).
2026
2027 Fixed error in shift operators on 64-bit V8
2028 (issue http://crbug.com/54521).
2029
2030
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +000020312010-09-22: Version 2.4.5
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +00002032
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002033 Changed the RegExp benchmark to exercise the regexp engine on different
2034 inputs by scrambling the input strings.
2035
2036 Fixed a bug in keyed loads on strings.
2037
2038 Fixed a bug with loading global function prototypes.
2039
2040 Fixed a bug with profiling RegExp calls (issue http://crbug.com/55999).
2041
2042 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2043
2044
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +000020452010-09-15: Version 2.4.4
2046
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002047 Fixed bug with hangs on very large sparse arrays.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00002048
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002049 Now tries harder to free up memory when running out of space.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00002050
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002051 Added heap snapshots to JSON format to API.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00002052
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002053 Recalibrated benchmarks.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00002054
2055
sgjesse@chromium.org2ec107f2010-09-13 09:19:46 +000020562010-09-13: Version 2.4.3
2057
2058 Made Date.parse properly handle TZ offsets (issue 857).
2059
2060 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2061
2062
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +000020632010-09-08: Version 2.4.2
2064
2065 Fixed GC crash bug.
2066
2067 Fixed stack corruption bug.
2068
2069 Fixed compilation for newer C++ compilers that found Operand(0)
2070 ambiguous.
2071
2072
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +000020732010-09-06: Version 2.4.1
2074
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00002075 Added the ability for an embedding application to receive a callback
2076 when V8 allocates (V8::AddMemoryAllocationCallback) or deallocates
2077 (V8::RemoveMemoryAllocationCallback) from the OS.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00002078
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00002079 Fixed several JSON bugs (including issue 855).
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00002080
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00002081 Fixed memory overrun crash bug triggered during V8's tick-based
2082 profiling.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00002083
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00002084 Performance improvements on all platforms.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00002085
2086
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +000020872010-09-01: Version 2.4.0
2088
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002089 Fixed bug in Object.freeze and Object.seal when Array.prototype or
2090 Object.prototype are changed (issue 842).
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00002091
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002092 Updated Array.splice to follow Safari and Firefox when called
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00002093 with zero arguments.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00002094
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002095 Fixed a missing live register when breaking at keyed loads on ARM.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00002096
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00002097 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00002098
2099
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +000021002010-08-25: Version 2.3.11
2101
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002102 Fixed bug in RegExp related to copy-on-write arrays.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00002103
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002104 Refactored tools/test.py script, including the introduction of
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00002105 VARIANT_FLAGS that allows specification of sets of flags with which
2106 all tests should be run.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00002107
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002108 Fixed a bug in the handling of debug breaks in CallIC.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00002109
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00002110 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00002111
2112
erik.corry@gmail.com145eff52010-08-23 11:36:18 +000021132010-08-23: Version 2.3.10
2114
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002115 Fixed bug in bitops on ARM.
erik.corry@gmail.com145eff52010-08-23 11:36:18 +00002116
2117 Build fixes for unusual compilers.
2118
2119 Track high water mark for RWX memory.
2120
2121 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2122
2123
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +000021242010-08-18: Version 2.3.9
2125
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002126 Fixed compilation for ARMv4 on OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00002127
2128 Removed specialized handling of GCC 4.4 (issue 830).
2129
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00002130 Fixed DST cache to take into account the suspension of DST in
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00002131 Egypt during the 2010 Ramadan (issue http://crbug.com/51855).
2132
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00002133 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00002134
2135
ager@chromium.orgea4f62e2010-08-16 16:28:43 +000021362010-08-16: Version 2.3.8
2137
2138 Fixed build with strict aliasing on GCC 4.4 (issue 463).
2139
2140 Fixed issue with incorrect handling of custom valueOf methods on
2141 string wrappers (issue 760).
2142
2143 Fixed compilation for ARMv4 (issue 590).
2144
2145 Improved performance.
2146
2147
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +000021482010-08-11: Version 2.3.7
2149
2150 Reduced size of heap snapshots produced by heap profiler (issue 783).
2151
2152 Introduced v8::Value::IsRegExp method.
2153
2154 Fixed CPU profiler crash in start / stop sequence when non-existent
2155 name is passed (issue http://crbug.com/51594).
2156
2157 Introduced new indexed property query callbacks API (issue 816). This
2158 API is guarded by USE_NEW_QUERY_CALLBACK define and is disabled
2159 by default.
2160
2161 Removed support for object literal get/set with number/string
2162 property name.
2163
2164 Fixed handling of JSObject::elements in CalculateNetworkSize
2165 (issue 822).
2166
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002167 Allowed compiling with strict aliasing enabled on GCC 4.4 (issue 463).
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00002168
2169
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +000021702010-08-09: Version 2.3.6
2171
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00002172 RegExp literals create a new object every time they are evaluated
2173 (issue 704).
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00002174
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00002175 Object.seal and Object.freeze return the modified object (issue 809).
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00002176
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002177 Fixed building using GCC 4.4.4.
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00002178
2179
sgjesse@chromium.orgc3a01972010-08-04 09:46:24 +000021802010-08-04: Version 2.3.5
2181
2182 Added support for ES5 property names. Object initialisers and
2183 dot-notation property access now allows keywords. Also allowed
2184 non-identifiers after "get" or "set" in an object initialiser.
2185
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002186 Randomized the addresses of allocated executable memory on Windows.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc3a01972010-08-04 09:46:24 +00002187
2188
whesse@chromium.orge90029b2010-08-02 11:52:17 +000021892010-08-02: Version 2.3.4
2190
2191 Fixed problems in implementation of ES5 function.prototype.bind.
2192
2193 Fixed error when using apply with arguments object on ARM (issue 784).
2194
2195 Added setting of global flags to debugger protocol.
2196
2197 Fixed an error affecting cached results of sin and cos (issue 792).
2198
2199 Removed memory leak from a boundary case where V8 is not initialized.
2200
2201 Fixed issue where debugger could set breakpoints outside the body
2202 of a function.
2203
2204 Fixed issue in debugger when using both live edit and step in features.
2205
2206 Added Number-letter (Nl) category to Unicode tables. These characters
2207 can now be used in identifiers.
2208
2209 Fixed an assert failure on X64 (issue 806).
2210
2211 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2212
2213
whesse@chromium.orgba5a61b2010-07-26 11:44:40 +000022142010-07-26: Version 2.3.3
2215
2216 Fixed error when building the d8 shell in a fresh checkout.
2217
2218 Implemented Function.prototype.bind (ES5 15.3.4.5).
2219
2220 Fixed an error in inlined stores on ia32.
2221
2222 Fixed an error when setting a breakpoint at the end of a function
2223 that does not end with a newline character.
2224
2225 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2226
2227
fschneider@chromium.orged78ffd2010-07-21 11:05:19 +000022282010-07-21: Version 2.3.2
2229
2230 Fixed compiler warnings when building with LLVM.
2231
2232 Fixed a bug with for-in applied to strings (issue 785).
2233
2234 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2235
whesse@chromium.orgba5a61b2010-07-26 11:44:40 +00002236
ricow@chromium.org4980dff2010-07-19 08:33:45 +000022372010-07-19: Version 2.3.1
2238
2239 Fixed compilation and linking with V8_INTERPRETED_REGEXP flag.
2240
2241 Fixed bug related to code flushing while compiling a lazy
2242 compilable function (issue http://crbug.com/49099).
2243
2244 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2245
2246
ager@chromium.orgb5737492010-07-15 09:29:43 +000022472010-07-15: Version 2.3.0
2248
2249 Added ES5 Object.seal and Object.isSealed.
2250
2251 Added debugger API for scheduling debugger commands from a
2252 separate thread.
2253
2254
ager@chromium.org6a2b0aa2010-07-13 20:58:03 +000022552010-07-14: Version 2.2.24
2256
2257 Added API for capturing stack traces for uncaught exceptions.
2258
2259 Fixed crash bug when preparsing from a non-external V8 string
2260 (issue 775).
2261
2262 Fixed JSON.parse bug causing input not to be converted to string
2263 (issue 764).
2264
2265 Added ES5 Object.freeze and Object.isFrozen.
2266
2267 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2268
2269
erik.corry@gmail.com4a2e25e2010-07-07 12:22:46 +000022702010-07-07: Version 2.2.23
2271
2272 API change: Convert Unicode code points outside the basic multilingual
2273 plane to the replacement character. Previous behavior was to silently
2274 truncate the value to 16 bits.
2275
2276 Fixed crash: handle all flat string types in regexp replace.
2277
2278 Prevent invalid pre-parsing data passed in through the API from
2279 crashing V8.
2280
2281 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2282
ager@chromium.org6a2b0aa2010-07-13 20:58:03 +00002283
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +000022842010-07-05: Version 2.2.22
2285
2286 Added ES5 Object.isExtensible and Object.preventExtensions.
2287
2288 Enabled building V8 as a DLL.
2289
2290 Fixed a bug in date code where -0 was not interpreted as 0
2291 (issue 736).
2292
2293 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2294
2295
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +000022962010-06-30: Version 2.2.21
2297
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002298 Fixed bug in externalizing some ASCII strings (Chromium issue 47824).
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00002299
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002300 Updated JSON.stringify to floor the space parameter (issue 753).
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00002301
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002302 Updated the Mozilla test expectations to the newest version.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00002303
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002304 Updated the ES5 Conformance Test expectations to the latest version.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00002305
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002306 Updated the V8 benchmark suite.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00002307
2308 Provide actual breakpoints locations in response to setBreakpoint
2309 and listBreakpoints requests.
2310
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00002311
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +000023122010-06-28: Version 2.2.20
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00002313
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002314 Fixed bug with for-in on x64 platform (issue 748).
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00002315
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002316 Fixed crash bug on x64 platform (issue 756).
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00002317
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002318 Fixed bug in Object.getOwnPropertyNames. (chromium issue 41243).
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00002319
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002320 Fixed a bug on ARM that caused the result of 1 << x to be
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00002321 miscalculated for some inputs.
2322
2323 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2324
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00002325
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +000023262010-06-23: Version 2.2.19
2327
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002328 Fixed bug that causes the build to break when profillingsupport=off
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +00002329 (issue 738).
2330
2331 Added expose-externalize-string flag for testing extensions.
2332
2333 Resolve linker issues with using V8 as a DLL causing a number of
2334 problems with unresolved symbols.
2335
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002336 Fixed build failure for cctests when ENABLE_DEBUGGER_SUPPORT is not
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +00002337 defined.
2338
2339 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2340
2341
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +000023422010-06-16: Version 2.2.18
2343
2344 Added API functions to retrieve information on indexed properties
2345 managed by the embedding layer. Fixes bug 737.
2346
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002347 Made ES5 Object.defineProperty support array elements. Fixes bug 619.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00002348
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002349 Added heap profiling to the API.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00002350
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002351 Removed old named property query from the API.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00002352
2353 Incremental performance improvements.
2354
2355
ager@chromium.org2cc82ae2010-06-14 07:35:38 +000023562010-06-14: Version 2.2.17
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00002357
ager@chromium.org2cc82ae2010-06-14 07:35:38 +00002358 Improved debugger support for stepping out of functions.
2359
2360 Incremental performance improvements.
2361
2362
23632010-06-09: Version 2.2.16
2364
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00002365 Removed the SetExternalStringDiposeCallback API. Changed the
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00002366 disposal of external string resources to call a virtual Dispose
2367 method on the resource.
2368
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00002369 Added support for more precise break points when debugging and
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00002370 stepping.
2371
2372 Memory usage improvements on all platforms.
2373
2374
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +000023752010-06-07: Version 2.2.15
2376
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002377 Added an API to control the disposal of external string resources.
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00002378
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002379 Added missing initialization of a couple of variables which makes
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00002380 some compilers complaint when compiling with -Werror.
2381
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002382 Improved performance on all platforms.
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00002383
2384
sgjesse@chromium.org82dbbab2010-06-02 08:57:44 +000023852010-06-02: Version 2.2.14
2386
2387 Fixed a crash in code generated for String.charCodeAt.
2388
2389 Fixed a compilation issue with some GCC versions (issue 727).
2390
2391 Performance optimizations on x64 and ARM platforms.
2392
2393
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +000023942010-05-31: Version 2.2.13
2395
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002396 Implemented Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor for element indices and
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00002397 strings (issue 599).
2398
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002399 Fixed bug for windows 64 bit C calls from generated code.
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00002400
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002401 Added new scons flag unalignedaccesses for arm builds.
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00002402
2403 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2404
2405
kmillikin@chromium.org9155e252010-05-26 13:27:57 +000024062010-05-26: Version 2.2.12
2407
2408 Allowed accessors to be defined on objects rather than just object
2409 templates.
2410
2411 Changed the ScriptData API.
2412
2413
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +000024142010-05-21: Version 2.2.11
2415
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002416 Fixed crash bug in liveedit on 64 bit.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00002417
2418 Use 'full compiler' when debugging is active. This should increase
2419 the density of possible break points, making single step more fine
2420 grained. This will only take effect for functions compiled after
2421 debugging has been started, so recompilation of all functions is
2422 required to get the full effect. IA32 and x64 only for now.
2423
2424 Misc. fixes to the Solaris build.
2425
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002426 Added new flags --print-cumulative-gc-stat and --trace-gc-nvp.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00002427
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002428 Added filtering of CPU profiles by security context.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00002429
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002430 Fixed crash bug on ARM when running without VFP2 or VFP3.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00002431
2432 Incremental performance improvements in all backends.
2433
2434
vegorov@chromium.orgdff694e2010-05-17 09:10:26 +000024352010-05-17: Version 2.2.10
2436
2437 Performance improvements in the x64 and ARM backends.
2438
2439
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +000024402010-05-10: Version 2.2.9
2441
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002442 Allowed Object.create to be called with a function (issue 697).
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +00002443
2444 Fixed bug with Date.parse returning a non-NaN value when called on a
2445 non date string (issue 696).
2446
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002447 Allowed unaligned memory accesses on ARM targets that support it (by
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00002448 Subrato K De of CodeAurora <subratokde@codeaurora.org>).
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +00002449
2450 C++ API for retrieving JavaScript stack trace information.
2451
2452
ager@chromium.orgac091b72010-05-05 07:34:42 +000024532010-05-05: Version 2.2.8
2454
2455 Performance improvements in the x64 and ARM backends.
2456
2457
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +000024582010-05-03: Version 2.2.7
2459
2460 Added support for ES5 date time string format to Date.parse.
2461
2462 Performance improvements in the x64 backend.
2463
2464
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +000024652010-04-28: Version 2.2.6
2466
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00002467 Added "amd64" as recognized architecture in scons build script
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00002468 (by Ryan Dahl <coldredlemur@gmail.com>).
2469
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00002470 Fixed bug in String search and replace with very simple RegExps.
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00002471
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00002472 Fixed bug in RegExp containing "\b^".
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00002473
2474 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2475
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00002476
fschneider@chromium.org013f3e12010-04-26 13:27:52 +000024772010-04-26: Version 2.2.5
2478
2479 Various performance improvements (especially for ARM and x64)
2480
2481 Fixed bug in CPU profiling (http://crbug.com/42137)
2482
2483 Fixed a bug with the natives cache.
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00002484
2485 Fixed two bugs in the ARM code generator that can cause
fschneider@chromium.org013f3e12010-04-26 13:27:52 +00002486 wrong calculations.
2487
2488 Fixed a bug that may cause a wrong result for shift operations.
2489
2490
24912010-04-21: Version 2.2.4
ricow@chromium.orgc9c80822010-04-21 08:22:37 +00002492
2493 Fixed warnings on arm on newer GCC versions.
2494
2495 Fixed a number of minor bugs.
2496
2497 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2498
2499
whesse@chromium.orgb6e43bb2010-04-14 09:36:28 +000025002010-04-14: Version 2.2.3
2501
2502 Added stack command and mem command to ARM simulator debugger.
2503
2504 Fixed scons snapshot and ARM build, and Windows X64 build issues.
2505
2506 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2507
2508
ager@chromium.org357bf652010-04-12 11:30:10 +000025092010-04-12: Version 2.2.2
2510
2511 Introduced new profiler API.
2512
2513 Fixed random number generator to produce full 32 random bits.
2514
2515
lrn@chromium.org25156de2010-04-06 13:10:27 +000025162010-04-06: Version 2.2.1
2517
2518 Debugger improvements.
2519
2520 Fixed minor bugs.
2521
2522
ricow@chromium.orgaa1b6162010-03-29 07:44:58 +000025232010-03-29: Version 2.2.0
2524
2525 Fixed a few minor bugs.
2526
2527 Performance improvements for string operations.
2528
2529
ager@chromium.orgb26c50a2010-03-26 09:27:16 +000025302010-03-26: Version 2.1.10
2531
2532 Fixed scons build issues.
2533
2534 Fixed a couple of minor bugs.
2535
2536
sgjesse@chromium.orgdf7a2842010-03-25 14:34:15 +000025372010-03-25: Version 2.1.9
2538
2539 Added API support for reattaching a global object to a context.
2540
2541 Extended debugger API with access to the internal debugger context.
2542
2543 Fixed Chromium crashes (issues http://crbug.com/39128 and
2544 http://crbug.com/39160)
2545
2546
kmillikin@chromium.org5d8f0e62010-03-24 08:21:20 +000025472010-03-24: Version 2.1.8
2548
2549 Added fine-grained garbage collection callbacks to the API.
2550
2551 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2552
2553
whesse@chromium.orgcec079d2010-03-22 14:44:04 +000025542010-03-22: Version 2.1.7
2555
2556 Fixed issue 650.
2557
2558 Fixed a bug where __proto__ was sometimes enumerated (issue 646).
fschneider@chromium.org086aac62010-03-17 13:18:24 +00002559
2560 Performance improvements for arithmetic operations.
2561
2562 Performance improvements for string operations.
2563
whesse@chromium.orgcec079d2010-03-22 14:44:04 +00002564 Print script name and line number information in stack trace.
2565
2566
25672010-03-17: Version 2.1.6
2568
2569 Performance improvements for arithmetic operations.
2570
2571 Performance improvements for string operations.
2572
2573
vegorov@chromium.orgf8372902010-03-15 10:26:20 +000025742010-03-10: Version 2.1.4
2575
2576 Fixed code cache lookup for keyed IC's (issue http://crbug.com/37853).
2577
2578 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2579
2580
ager@chromium.orgce5e87b2010-03-10 10:24:18 +000025812010-03-10: Version 2.1.3
2582
2583 Added API method for context-disposal notifications.
2584
2585 Added API method for accessing elements by integer index.
2586
2587 Added missing implementation of Uint32::Value and Value::IsUint32
2588 API methods.
2589
2590 Added IsExecutionTerminating API method.
2591
2592 Disabled strict aliasing for GCC 4.4.
2593
2594 Fixed string-concatenation bug (issue 636).
2595
2596 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2597
2598
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +000025992010-02-23: Version 2.1.2
2600
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002601 Fixed a crash bug caused by wrong assert.
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +00002602
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002603 Fixed a bug with register names on 64-bit V8 (issue 615).
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +00002604
2605 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2606
ager@chromium.orgce5e87b2010-03-10 10:24:18 +00002607
ager@chromium.org5c838252010-02-19 08:53:10 +000026082010-02-19: Version 2.1.1
2609
2610 [ES5] Implemented Object.defineProperty.
2611
2612 Improved profiler support.
2613
2614 Added SetPrototype method in the public V8 API.
2615
2616 Added GetScriptOrigin and GetScriptLineNumber methods to Function
2617 objects in the API.
2618
2619 Performance improvements on all platforms.
2620
2621
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +000026222010-02-03: Version 2.1.0
2623
2624 Values are now always wrapped in objects when used as a receiver.
2625 (issue 223).
2626
2627 [ES5] Implemented Object.getOwnPropertyNames.
2628
2629 [ES5] Restrict JSON.parse to only accept strings that conforms to the
2630 JSON grammar.
2631
2632 Improvement of debugger agent (issue 549 and 554).
2633
2634 Fixed problem with skipped stack frame in profiles (issue 553).
2635
2636 Solaris support by Erich Ocean <erich.ocean@me.com> and Ryan Dahl
2637 <ry@tinyclouds.org>.
2638
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002639 Fixed a bug that Math.round() returns incorrect results for huge
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00002640 integers.
2641
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002642 Fixed enumeration order for objects created from some constructor
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00002643 functions (isue http://crbug.com/3867).
2644
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002645 Fixed arithmetic on some integer constants (issue 580).
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00002646
2647 Numerous performance improvements including porting of previous IA-32
2648 optimizations to x64 and ARM architectures.
2649
2650
fschneider@chromium.org0c20e672010-01-14 15:28:53 +000026512010-01-14: Version 2.0.6
2652
2653 Added ES5 Object.getPrototypeOf, GetOwnPropertyDescriptor,
2654 GetOwnProperty, FromPropertyDescriptor.
2655
2656 Fixed Mac x64 build errors.
2657
2658 Improved performance of some math and string operations.
2659
2660 Improved performance of some regexp operations.
2661
2662 Improved performance of context creation.
2663
2664 Improved performance of hash tables.
2665
2666
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +000026672009-12-18: Version 2.0.5
2668
2669 Extended to upper limit of map space to allow for 7 times as many map
2670 to be allocated (issue 524).
2671
2672 Improved performance of code using closures.
2673
2674 Improved performance of some binary operations involving doubles.
2675
2676
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +000026772009-12-16: Version 2.0.4
2678
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00002679 Added ECMAScript 5 Object.create.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002680
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00002681 Improved performance of Math.max and Math.min.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002682
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00002683 Optimized adding of strings on 64-bit platforms.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002684
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00002685 Improved handling of external strings by using a separate table
2686 instead of weak handles. This improves garbage collection
2687 performance and uses less memory.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002688
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00002689 Changed code generation for object and array literals in toplevel
2690 code to be more compact by doing more work in the runtime.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002691
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00002692 Fixed a crash bug triggered when garbage collection happened during
2693 generation of a callback load inline cache stub.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002694
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00002695 Fixed crash bug sometimes triggered when local variables shadowed
2696 parameters in functions that used the arguments object.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002697
2698
sgjesse@chromium.orgac6aa172009-12-04 12:29:05 +000026992009-12-03: Version 2.0.3
2700
2701 Optimized handling and adding of strings, for-in and Array.join.
2702
2703 Heap serialization is now non-destructive.
2704
2705 Improved profiler support with information on time spend in C++
2706 callbacks registered through the API.
2707
2708 Added commands to the debugger protocol for starting/stopping
2709 profiling.
2710
2711 Enabled the non-optimizing compiler for top-level code.
2712
2713 Changed the API to only allow strings to be set as data objects on
2714 Contexts and scripts to avoid potentially keeping global objects
2715 around for too long (issue 528).
2716
2717 OpenBSD support patch by Peter Valchev <pvalchev@gmail.com>.
2718
2719 Fixed bugs.
2720
2721
ager@chromium.org01beca72009-11-24 14:29:16 +000027222009-11-24: Version 2.0.2
2723
2724 Improved profiler support.
2725
2726 Fixed bug that broke compilation of d8 with readline support.
2727
2728
ager@chromium.org6141cbe2009-11-20 12:14:52 +000027292009-11-20: Version 2.0.1
2730
2731 Fixed crash bug in String.prototype.replace.
2732
2733 Reverted a change which caused Chromium interactive ui test
2734 failures.
2735
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002736
ager@chromium.orgc4c92722009-11-18 14:12:51 +000027372009-11-18: Version 2.0.0
2738
2739 Added support for VFP on ARM.
2740
2741 Added TryCatch::ReThrow method to the API.
2742
2743 Reduced the size of snapshots and improved the snapshot load time.
2744
2745 Improved heap profiler support.
2746
2747 64-bit version now supported on Windows.
2748
2749 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
2750
2751 Fixed bugs.
2752
2753
sgjesse@chromium.orgf1e73132009-10-29 14:46:49 +000027542009-10-29: Version 1.3.18
2755
2756 Reverted a change which caused crashes in RegExp replace.
2757
sgjesse@chromium.orgac6aa172009-12-04 12:29:05 +00002758 Reverted a change which caused Chromium ui_tests failure.
sgjesse@chromium.orgf1e73132009-10-29 14:46:49 +00002759
2760
ager@chromium.org3811b432009-10-28 14:53:37 +000027612009-10-28: Version 1.3.17
2762
2763 Added API method to get simple heap statistics.
2764
2765 Improved heap profiler support.
2766
2767 Fixed the implementation of the resource constraint API so it
2768 works when using snapshots.
2769
2770 Fixed a number of issues in the Windows 64-bit version.
2771
2772 Optimized calls to API getters.
2773
2774 Added valgrind notification on code modification to the 64-bit version.
2775
2776 Fixed issue where we logged shared library addresses on Windows at
2777 startup and never used them.
2778
2779
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +000027802009-10-16: Version 1.3.16
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002781
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00002782 X64: Convert smis to holding 32 bits of payload.
2783
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002784 Introduced v8::Integer::NewFromUnsigned method.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00002785
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002786 Added missing null check in Context::GetCurrent.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00002787
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002788 Added trim, trimLeft and trimRight methods to String
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00002789 Patch by Jan de Mooij <jandemooij@gmail.com>
2790
2791 Implement ES5 Array.isArray
2792 Patch by Jan de Mooij <jandemooij@gmail.com>
2793
2794 Skip access checks for hidden properties.
2795
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002796 Added String::Concat(Handle<String> left, Handle<String> right) to the
2797 V8 API.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00002798
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002799 Fixed GYP-based builds of V8.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00002800
2801
sgjesse@chromium.org152a0b02009-10-07 13:50:16 +000028022009-10-07: Version 1.3.15
2803
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002804 Expanded the maximum size of the code space to 512MB for 64-bit mode.
sgjesse@chromium.org152a0b02009-10-07 13:50:16 +00002805
2806 Fixed a crash bug happening when starting profiling (issue
2807 http://crbug.com/23768).
2808
2809
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +000028102009-10-07: Version 1.3.14
2811
2812 Added GetRealNamedProperty to the API to lookup real properties
2813 located on the object or in the prototype chain skipping any
2814 interceptors.
2815
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002816 Fixed the stack limits setting API to work correctly with threads. The
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00002817 stack limit now needs to be set to each thread thich is used with V8.
2818
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002819 Removed the high-priority flag from IdleNotification()
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00002820
2821 Ensure V8 is initialized before locking and unlocking threads.
2822
2823 Implemented a new JavaScript minifier for compressing the source of
ager@chromium.org3811b432009-10-28 14:53:37 +00002824 the built-in JavaScript. This removes non-Open Source code from Douglas
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00002825 Crockford from the project.
2826
2827 Added a missing optimization in StringCharAt.
2828
2829 Fixed some flaky socket tests.
2830
2831 Change by Alexander Botero-Lowry to fix profiler sampling on FreeBSD
2832 in 64-bit mode.
2833
2834 Fixed memory leaks in the thread management code.
2835
2836 Fixed the result of assignment to a pixel array. The assigned value
2837 is now the result.
2838
2839 Error reporting for invalid left-hand sides in for-in statements, pre-
2840 and postfix count expressions, and assignments now matches the JSC
2841 behavior in Safari 4.
2842
2843 Follow the spec in disallowing function declarations without a name.
2844
2845 Always allocate code objects within a 2 GB range. On x64 architecture
2846 this is used to use near calls (32-bit displacement) in Code objects.
2847
2848 Optimized array construction ported to x64 and ARM architectures.
2849
2850 [ES5] Changed Object.keys to return strings for element indices.
2851
2852
ager@chromium.org68e7ab72009-09-23 09:40:39 +000028532009-09-23: Version 1.3.13
2854
2855 Fixed uninitialized memory problem.
2856
2857 Improved heap profiler support.
2858
2859
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com2bc58ef2009-09-22 10:00:30 +000028602009-09-22: Version 1.3.12
2861
2862 Changed behavior of |function|.toString() on built-in functions to
2863 be compatible with other implementations. Patch by Jan de Mooij.
2864
2865 Added Object::IsDirty in the API.
2866
2867 Optimized array construction; it is now handled purely in native
2868 code.
2869
2870 [ES5] Made properties of the arguments array enumerable.
2871
2872 [ES5] Added test suite adapter for the es5conform test suite.
2873
2874 [ES5] Added Object.keys function.
2875
ager@chromium.org68e7ab72009-09-23 09:40:39 +00002876
ager@chromium.org4af710e2009-09-15 12:20:11 +000028772009-09-15: Version 1.3.11
2878
2879 Fixed crash in error reporting during bootstrapping.
2880
2881 Optimized generated IA32 math code by using SSE2 instructions when
2882 available.
2883
2884 Implemented missing pieces of debugger infrastructure on ARM. The
2885 debugger is now fully functional on ARM.
2886
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002887 Made 'hidden' the default visibility for gcc.
ager@chromium.org4af710e2009-09-15 12:20:11 +00002888
2889
ager@chromium.orga1645e22009-09-09 19:27:10 +000028902009-09-09: Version 1.3.10
2891
2892 Fixed profiler on Mac in 64-bit mode.
2893
2894 Optimized creation of objects from simple constructor functions on
2895 ARM.
2896
2897 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
2898
2899 Reduced the amount of memory consumed by V8.
2900
2901
ager@chromium.org18ad94b2009-09-02 08:22:29 +000029022009-09-02: Version 1.3.9
2903
2904 Optimized stack guard checks on ARM.
2905
2906 Optimized API operations by inlining more in the API.
2907
2908 Optimized creation of objects from simple constructor functions.
2909
2910 Enabled a number of missing optimizations in the 64-bit port.
2911
2912 Implemented native-code support for regular expressions on ARM.
2913
2914 Stopped using the 'sahf' instruction on 64-bit machines that do
2915 not support it.
2916
2917 Fixed a bug in the support for forceful termination of JavaScript
2918 execution.
2919
2920
ager@chromium.org96c75b52009-08-26 09:13:16 +000029212009-08-26: Version 1.3.8
2922
2923 Changed the handling of idle notifications to allow idle
2924 notifications when V8 has not yet been initialized.
2925
2926 Fixed ARM simulator compilation problem on Windows.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002927
ager@chromium.org96c75b52009-08-26 09:13:16 +00002928
ager@chromium.orgab99eea2009-08-25 07:05:41 +000029292009-08-25: Version 1.3.7
2930
2931 Reduced the size of generated code on ARM platforms by reducing
2932 the size of constant pools.
2933
2934 Changed build files to not include the 'ENV' user environment
2935 variable in the build environment.
2936
2937 Changed the handling of idle notifications.
2938
2939
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +000029402009-08-21: Version 1.3.6
2941
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002942 Added support for forceful termination of JavaScript execution.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +00002943
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002944 Added low memory notification to the API. The embedding host can signal
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +00002945 a low memory situation to V8.
2946
2947 Changed the handling of global handles (persistent handles in the API
2948 sense) to avoid issues regarding allocation of new global handles
2949 during weak handle callbacks.
2950
2951 Changed the growth policy of the young space.
2952
2953 Fixed a GC issue introduced in version 1.3.5.
2954
2955
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +000029562009-08-19: Version 1.3.5
2957
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002958 Optimized initialization of some arrays in the builtins.
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00002959
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002960 Fixed mac-nm script to support filenames with spaces.
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00002961
2962 Support for using the V8 profiler when V8 is embedded in a Windows DLL.
2963
2964 Changed typeof RegExp from 'object' to 'function' for compatibility.
2965 Fixed bug where regexps were not callable across contexts.
2966
2967 Added context independent script compilation to the API.
2968
2969 Added API call to get the stack trace for an exception.
2970
2971 Added API for getting object mirrors.
2972
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002973 Made sure that SSE3 instructions are used whenever possible even when
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00002974 running off a snapshot generated without using SSE3 instructions.
2975
2976 Tweaked the handling of the initial size and growth policy of the heap.
2977
2978 Added native code generation for RegExp to 64-bit version.
2979
2980 Added JavaScript debugger support to 64-bit version.
2981
2982
ager@chromium.orgadd848f2009-08-13 12:44:13 +000029832009-08-13: Version 1.3.4
2984
2985 Added a readline() command to the d8 shell.
2986
2987 Fixed bug in json parsing.
2988
2989 Added idle notification to the API and reduced memory on idle
2990 notifications.
2991
2992
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +000029932009-08-12: Version 1.3.3
2994
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002995 Fixed issue 417: incorrect %t placeholder expansion.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002996
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002997 Added .gitignore file similar to Chromium's one.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002998
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002999 Fixed SConstruct file to build with new logging code for Android.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00003000
3001 API: added function to find instance of template in prototype
3002 chain. Inlined Object::IsInstanceOf.
3003
3004 Land change to notify valgrind when we modify code on x86.
3005
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00003006 Added api call to determine whether a string can be externalized.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00003007
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00003008 Added a write() command to d8.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00003009
3010
sgjesse@chromium.orgb9d7da12009-08-05 08:38:10 +000030112009-08-05: Version 1.3.2
3012
3013 Started new compiler infrastructure for two-pass compilation using a
3014 control flow graph constructed from the AST.
3015
3016 Profiler stack sampling for X64.
3017
3018 Safe handling of NaN to Posix platform-dependent time functions.
3019
3020 Added a new profiler control API to unify controlling various aspects
3021 of profiling.
3022
3023 Fixed issue 392.
3024
3025
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +000030262009-07-30: Version 1.3.1
3027
3028 Speed improvements to accessors and interceptors.
3029
3030 Added support for capturing stack information on custom errors.
3031
3032 Added support for morphing an object into a pixel array where its
3033 indexed properties are stored in an external byte array. Values written
3034 are always clamped to the 0..255 interval.
3035
3036 Profiler on x64 now handles C/C++ functions from shared libraries.
3037
3038 Changed the debugger to avoid stepping into function.call/apply if the
3039 function is a built-in.
3040
3041 Initial implementation of constructor heap profile for JS objects.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00003042
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +00003043 More fine grained control of profiling aspects through the API.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00003044
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +00003045 Optimized the called as constructor check for API calls.
3046
3047
kasperl@chromium.orge959c182009-07-27 08:59:04 +000030482009-07-27: Version 1.3.0
3049
3050 Allowed RegExp objects to be called as functions (issue 132).
3051
3052 Fixed issue where global property cells would escape after
3053 detaching the global object; see http://crbug.com/16276.
3054
3055 Added support for stepping into setters and getters in the
3056 debugger.
3057
3058 Changed the debugger to avoid stopping in its own JavaScript code
3059 and in the code of built-in functions.
3060
3061 Fixed issue 345 by avoiding duplicate escaping labels.
3062
3063 Fixed ARM code generator crash in short-circuited boolean
3064 expressions and added regression tests.
3065
3066 Added an external allocation limit to avoid issues where small V8
3067 objects would hold on to large amounts of external memory without
3068 causing garbage collections.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00003069
3070 Finished more of the inline caching stubs for x64 targets.
kasperl@chromium.orge959c182009-07-27 08:59:04 +00003071
3072
kasperl@chromium.orgdefbd102009-07-13 14:04:26 +000030732009-07-13: Version 1.2.14
3074
3075 Added separate paged heap space for global property cells and
3076 avoid updating the write barrier when storing into them.
3077
3078 Improved peep-hole optimization on ARM platforms by not emitting
3079 unnecessary debug information.
3080
3081 Re-enabled ICs for loads and calls that skip a global object
3082 during lookup through the prototype chain.
3083
3084 Allowed access through global proxies to use ICs.
3085
3086 Fixed issue 401.
3087
3088
kasperl@chromium.org68ac0092009-07-09 06:00:35 +000030892009-07-09: Version 1.2.13
3090
3091 Fixed issue 397, issue 398, and issue 399.
3092
3093 Added support for breakpoint groups.
3094
3095 Fixed bugs introduced with the new global object representation.
3096
3097 Fixed a few bugs in the ARM code generator.
3098
3099
kasperl@chromium.org86f77b72009-07-06 08:21:57 +000031002009-07-06: Version 1.2.12
3101
3102 Added stack traces collection to Error objects accessible through
3103 the e.stack property.
3104
3105 Changed RegExp parser to use a recursive data structure instead of
3106 stack-based recursion.
3107
3108 Optimized Date object construction and string concatenation.
3109
3110 Improved performance of div, mod, and mul on ARM platforms.
3111
3112
kasperl@chromium.org2abc4502009-07-02 07:00:29 +000031132009-07-02: Version 1.2.11
3114
3115 Improved performance on IA-32 and ARM.
3116
3117 Fixed profiler sampler implementation on Mac OS X.
3118
3119 Changed the representation of global objects to improve
3120 performance of adding a lot of new properties.
3121
3122
ager@chromium.org3e875802009-06-29 08:26:34 +000031232009-06-29: Version 1.2.10
3124
3125 Improved debugger support.
3126
3127 Fixed bug in exception message reporting (issue 390).
3128
3129 Improved overall performance.
3130
3131
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +000031322009-06-23: Version 1.2.9
3133
3134 Improved math performance on ARM.
3135
3136 Fixed profiler name-inference bug.
3137
3138 Fixed handling of shared libraries in the profiler tick processor
3139 scripts.
3140
3141 Fixed handling of tests that time out in the test scripts.
3142
3143 Fixed compilation on MacOS X version 10.4.
3144
3145 Fixed two bugs in the regular expression engine.
3146
3147 Fixed a bug in the string type inference.
3148
3149 Fixed a bug in the handling of 'constant function' properties.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00003150
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +00003151 Improved overall performance.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00003152
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +00003153
ager@chromium.orgeadaf222009-06-16 09:43:10 +000031542009-06-16: Version 1.2.8
3155
3156 Optimized math on ARM platforms.
3157
3158 Fixed two crash bugs in the handling of getters and setters.
3159
3160 Improved the debugger support by adding scope chain information.
3161
3162 Improved the profiler support by compressing log data transmitted
3163 to clients.
3164
3165 Improved overall performance.
3166
3167
ager@chromium.orge2902be2009-06-08 12:21:35 +000031682009-06-08: Version 1.2.7
3169
3170 Improved debugger and profiler support.
3171
3172 Reduced compilation time by improving the handling of deferred
3173 code.
3174
3175 Optimized interceptor accesses where the property is on the object
3176 on which the interceptors is attached.
3177
3178 Fixed compilation problem on GCC 4.4 by changing the stack
3179 alignment to 16 bytes.
3180
3181 Fixed handle creation to follow stric aliasing rules.
3182
3183 Fixed compilation on FreeBSD.
3184
3185 Introduced API for forcing the deletion of a property ignoring
3186 interceptors and attributes.
3187
3188
sgjesse@chromium.org755c5b12009-05-29 11:04:38 +000031892009-05-29: Version 1.2.6
3190
3191 Added a histogram recording hit rates at different levels of the
3192 compilation cache.
3193
3194 Added stack overflow check for the RegExp analysis phase. Previously a
3195 very long regexp graph could overflow the stack with recursive calls.
3196
3197 Use a dynamic buffer when collecting log events in memory.
3198
3199 Added start/stop events to the profiler log.
3200
3201 Fixed infinite loop which could happen when setting a debug break while
3202 executing a RegExp compiled to native code.
3203
3204 Fixed handling of lastIndexOf called with negative index (issue 351).
3205
3206 Fixed irregular crash in profiler test (issue 358).
3207
3208 Fixed compilation issues with some versions of gcc.
3209
3210
kasperl@chromium.org71affb52009-05-26 05:44:31 +000032112009-05-26: Version 1.2.5
3212
3213 Fixed bug in initial boundary check for Boyer-Moore text
3214 search (issue 349).
3215
3216 Fixed compilation issues with MinGW and gcc 4.3+ and added support
3217 for armv7 and cortex-a8 architectures. Patches by Lei Zhang and
3218 Craig Schlenter.
3219
3220 Added a script cache to the debugger.
3221
3222 Optimized compilation performance by improving internal data
3223 structures and avoiding expensive property load optimizations for
3224 code that's infrequently executed.
3225
3226 Exposed the calling JavaScript context through the static API
3227 function Context::GetCalling().
3228
3229
kasperl@chromium.orgb3284ad2009-05-18 06:12:45 +000032302009-05-18: Version 1.2.4
3231
3232 Improved performance of floating point number allocation for ARM
3233 platforms.
3234
3235 Fixed crash when using the instanceof operator on functions with
3236 number values in their prototype chain (issue 341).
3237
3238 Optimized virtual frame operations in the code generator to speed
3239 up compilation time and allocated the frames in the zone.
3240
3241 Made the representation of virtual frames and jump targets in the
3242 code generator much more compact.
3243
3244 Avoided linear search for non-locals in scope code when resolving
3245 variables inside with and eval scopes.
3246
3247 Optimized lexical scanner by dealing with whitespace as part of
3248 the token scanning instead of as a separate step before it.
3249
3250 Changed the scavenging collector so that promoted objects do not
3251 reside in the old generation while their remembered set is being
3252 swept for pointers into the young generation.
3253
3254 Fixed numeric overflow handling when compiling count operations.
3255
3256
ager@chromium.org9085a012009-05-11 19:22:57 +000032572009-05-11: Version 1.2.3
3258
3259 Fixed bug in reporting of out-of-memory situations.
3260
3261 Introduced hidden prototypes on certain builtin prototype objects
3262 such as String.prototype to emulate JSC's behavior of restoring
3263 the original function when deleting functions from those prototype
3264 objects.
3265
3266 Fixed crash bug in the register allocator.
3267
3268
ager@chromium.org5ec48922009-05-05 07:25:34 +000032692009-05-04: Version 1.2.2
3270
3271 Fixed bug in array sorting for sparse arrays (issue 326).
3272
3273 Added support for adding a soname when building a shared library
3274 on Linux (issue 151).
3275
3276 Fixed bug caused by morphing internal ASCII strings to external
3277 two-byte strings. Slices over ASCII strings have to forward ASCII
3278 checks to the underlying buffer string.
3279
3280 Allowed API call-as-function handlers to be called as
3281 constructors.
3282
3283 Fixed a crash bug where an external string was disposed but a
3284 slice of the external string survived as a symbol.
3285
3286
ager@chromium.org3a37e9b2009-04-27 09:26:21 +000032872009-04-27: Version 1.2.1
3288
3289 Added EcmaScript 5 JSON object.
3290
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00003291 Fixed bug in preemption support on ARM.
ager@chromium.org3a37e9b2009-04-27 09:26:21 +00003292
3293
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +000032942009-04-23: Version 1.2.0
3295
3296 Optimized floating-point operations on ARM.
3297
3298 Added a number of extensions to the debugger API.
3299
3300 Changed the enumeration order for unsigned integer keys to always
3301 be numerical order.
3302
3303 Added a "read" extension to the shell sample.
3304
3305 Added support for Array.prototype.reduce and
3306 Array.prototype.reduceRight.
3307
3308 Added an option to the SCons build to control Microsoft Visual C++
3309 link-time code generation.
3310
3311 Fixed a number of bugs (in particular issue 315, issue 316,
3312 issue 317 and issue 318).
3313
3314
kasperl@chromium.org2d18d102009-04-15 13:27:32 +000033152009-04-15: Version 1.1.10
3316
3317 Fixed crash bug that occurred when loading a const variable in the
3318 presence of eval.
3319
3320 Allowed using with and eval in registered extensions in debug mode
3321 by fixing bogus assert.
3322
3323 Fixed the source position for function returns to enable the
3324 debugger to break there.
3325
3326
kasperl@chromium.orgd1e3e722009-04-14 13:38:25 +000033272009-04-14: Version 1.1.9
3328
3329 Made the stack traversal code in the profiler robust by avoiding
3330 to look into the heap.
3331
3332 Added name inferencing for anonymous functions to facilitate
3333 debugging and profiling.
3334
3335 Re-enabled stats timers in the developer shell (d8).
3336
3337 Fixed issue 303 by avoiding to shortcut cons-symbols.
3338
3339
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +000033402009-04-11: Version 1.1.8
3341
3342 Changed test-debug/ThreadedDebugging to be non-flaky (issue 96).
3343
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +00003344 Fixed step-in handling for Function.prototype.apply and call in
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +00003345 the debugger (issue 269).
3346
3347 Fixed v8::Object::DeleteHiddenValue to not bail out when there
3348 are no hidden properties.
3349
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +00003350 Added workaround for crash bug, where external symbol table
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +00003351 entries with deleted resources would lead to NPEs when looking
3352 up in the symbol table.
3353
3354
kasperl@chromium.org8ccb0be2009-04-07 07:21:39 +000033552009-04-07: Version 1.1.7
3356
3357 Added support for easily importing additional environment
3358 variables into the SCons build.
3359
3360 Optimized strict equality checks.
3361
3362 Fixed crash in indexed setters on objects without a corresponding
3363 getter (issue 298).
3364
3365 Re-enabled script compilation cache.
3366
3367
ager@chromium.org8682a592009-04-01 10:47:14 +000033682009-04-01: Version 1.1.6
3369
3370 Reverted an unsafe code generator change.
3371
3372
ager@chromium.org71daaf62009-04-01 07:22:49 +000033732009-04-01: Version 1.1.5
3374
3375 Fixed bug that caused function literals to not be optimized as
3376 much as other functions.
3377
3378 Improved profiler support.
3379
3380 Fixed a crash bug in connection with debugger unloading.
3381
3382 Fixed a crash bug in the code generator caused by losing the
3383 information that a frame element was copied.
3384
3385 Fixed an exception propagation bug that could cause non-null
3386 return values when exceptions were thrown.
3387
3388
ager@chromium.org41826e72009-03-30 13:30:57 +000033892009-03-30: Version 1.1.4
3390
3391 Optimized String.prototype.match.
3392
3393 Improved the stack information in profiles.
3394
3395 Fixed bug in ARM port making it possible to compile the runtime
3396 system for thumb mode again.
3397
3398 Implemented a number of optimizations in the code generator.
3399
3400 Fixed a number of memory leaks in tests.
3401
3402 Fixed crash bug in connection with script source code and external
kasperl@chromium.org8ccb0be2009-04-07 07:21:39 +00003403 strings.
ager@chromium.org41826e72009-03-30 13:30:57 +00003404
3405
kasperl@chromium.orgf5aa8372009-03-24 14:47:14 +000034062009-03-24: Version 1.1.3
3407
3408 Fixed assertion failures in compilation of loop conditions.
3409
3410 Removed STL dependency from developer shell (d8).
3411
3412 Added infrastructure for protecting the V8 heap from corruption
3413 caused by memory modifications from the outside.
3414
3415
ager@chromium.orgbb29dc92009-03-24 13:25:23 +000034162009-03-24: Version 1.1.2
3417
3418 Improved frame merge code generated by the code generator.
3419
3420 Optimized String.prototype.replace.
3421
3422 Implemented __defineGetter__ and __defineSetter__ for properties
3423 with integer keys on non-array objects.
3424
3425 Improved debugger and profiler support.
3426
3427 Fixed a number of portability issues to allow compilation for
3428 smaller ARM devices.
3429
3430 Exposed object cloning through the API.
3431
3432 Implemented hidden properties. This is used to expose an identity
3433 hash for objects through the API.
3434
3435 Implemented restarting of regular expressions if their input
3436 string changes representation during preemption.
3437
3438 Fixed a code generator bug that could cause assignments in loops
3439 to be ignored if using continue to break out of the loop (issue
3440 284).
3441
3442
ager@chromium.org3a6061e2009-03-12 14:24:36 +000034432009-03-12: Version 1.1.1
3444
3445 Fixed an assertion in the new compiler to take stack overflow
3446 exceptions into account.
3447
3448 Removed exception propagation code that could cause crashes.
3449
3450 Fixed minor bug in debugger line number computations.
3451
3452 8-byte align the C stack on Linux and Windows to speed up floating
3453 point computations.
3454
3455
kasperl@chromium.org7be3c992009-03-12 07:19:55 +000034562009-03-12: Version 1.1.0
3457
3458 Improved code generation infrastructure by doing simple register
3459 allocation and constant folding and propagation.
3460
3461 Optimized regular expression matching by avoiding to create
3462 intermediate string arrays and by flattening nested array
3463 representations of RegExp data.
3464
3465 Traverse a few stack frames when recording profiler samples to
3466 include partial call graphs in the profiling output.
3467
3468 Added support for using OProfile to profile generated code.
3469
3470 Added remote debugging support to the D8 developer shell.
3471
3472 Optimized creation of nested literals like JSON objects.
3473
3474 Fixed a bug in garbage collecting unused maps and turned it on by
3475 default (--collect-maps).
3476
3477 Added support for running tests under Valgrind.
3478
3479
kasperl@chromium.org061ef742009-02-27 12:16:20 +000034802009-02-27: Version 1.0.3
3481
3482 Optimized double-to-integer conversions in bit operations by using
3483 SSE3 instructions if available.
3484
3485 Optimized initialization sequences that store to multiple
3486 properties of the same object.
3487
3488 Changed the D8 debugger frontend to use JSON messages.
3489
3490 Force garbage collections when disposing contexts.
3491
3492 Align code objects at 32-byte boundaries.
3493
3494
ager@chromium.org381abbb2009-02-25 13:23:22 +000034952009-02-25: Version 1.0.2
3496
3497 Improved profiling support by performing simple call stack
3498 sampling for ticks and by fixing a bug in the logging of code
3499 addresses.
3500
3501 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
3502
3503 Optimized code that uses eval.
3504
3505 Fixed a couple of bugs in the regular expression engine.
3506
3507 Reduced the size of generated code for certain regular expressions.
3508
3509 Removed JSCRE completely.
3510
3511 Fixed issue where test could not be run if there was a dot in the
3512 checkout path.
3513
3514
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +000035152009-02-13: Version 1.0.1
3516
3517 Fixed two crash-bugs in irregexp (issue 231 and 233).
3518
3519 Fixed a number of minor bugs (issue 87, 227 and 228).
3520
3521 Added support for morphing strings to external strings on demand
3522 to avoid having to create copies in the embedding code.
3523
3524 Removed experimental support for external symbol callbacks.
3525
3526
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +000035272009-02-09: Version 1.0.0
3528
3529 Fixed crash-bug in the code generation for case independent 16 bit
3530 backreferences.
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00003531
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00003532 Made shells more robust in the presence of string conversion
3533 failures (issue 224).
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00003534
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00003535 Fixed a potential infinite loop when attempting to resolve
3536 eval (issue 221).
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00003537
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00003538 Miscellaneous fixes to the new regular expression engine.
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00003539
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00003540 Reduced binary by stripping unneeded text from JavaScript library and
3541 minifying some JavaScript files.
3542
3543
ager@chromium.orgddb913d2009-01-27 10:01:48 +000035442009-01-27: Version 0.4.9
3545
3546 Enabled new regular expression engine.
3547
3548 Made a number of changes to the debugger protocol.
3549
3550 Fixed a number of bugs in the preemption support.
3551
3552 Added -p option to the developer shell to run files in parallel
3553 using preemption.
3554
3555 Fixed a number of minor bugs (including issues 176, 187, 189, 192,
3556 193, 198 and 201).
3557
3558 Fixed a number of bugs in the serialization/deserialization
3559 support for the ARM platform.
3560
3561
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +000035622009-01-19: Version 0.4.8.1
3563
3564 Minor patch to debugger support.
3565
3566
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +000035672009-01-16: Version 0.4.8
3568
3569 Fixed string length bug on ARM (issue 171).
3570
3571 Made most methods in the API const.
3572
3573 Optimized object literals by improving data locality.
3574
3575 Fixed bug that caused incomplete functions to be cached in case of
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +00003576 stack overflow exceptions.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003577
3578 Fixed bugs that caused catch variables and variables introduced by
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +00003579 eval to behave incorrectly when using accessors (issues 186, 190
3580 and 191).
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003581
3582
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +000035832009-01-06: Version 0.4.7
3584
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003585 Minor bugfixes and optimizations.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00003586
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003587 Added command line debugger to D8 shell.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00003588
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003589 Fixed subtle bug that caused the wrong 'this' to be used when
3590 calling a caught function in a catch clause.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00003591
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003592 Inline array loads within loops directly in the code instead of
3593 always calling a stub.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00003594
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003595
ager@chromium.org8bb60582008-12-11 12:02:20 +000035962008-12-11: Version 0.4.6
3597
3598 Fixed exception reporting bug where certain exceptions were
3599 incorrectly reported as uncaught.
3600
3601 Improved the memory allocation strategy used during compilation to
3602 make running out of memory when compiling huge scripts less
3603 likely.
3604
3605 Optimized String.replace by avoiding the construction of certain
3606 sub strings.
3607
3608 Fixed bug in code generation for large switch statements on ARM.
3609
3610 Fixed bug that caused V8 to change the global object template
3611 passed in by the user.
3612
3613 Changed the API for creating object groups used during garbage
3614 collection. Entire object groups are now passed to V8 instead of
3615 individual members of the groups.
3616
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003617
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +000036182008-12-03: Version 0.4.5
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00003619
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +00003620 Added experimental API support for allocating V8 symbols as
3621 external strings.
3622
3623 Fixed bugs in debugging support on ARM.
3624
3625 Changed eval implementation to correctly detect whether or not a
3626 call to eval is aliased.
3627
3628 Fixed bug caused by a combination of the compilation cache and
3629 dictionary probing in native code. The bug caused us to sometimes
3630 call functions that had not yet been compiled.
3631
3632 Added platform support for FreeBSD.
3633
3634 Added support for building V8 on Windows with either the shared or
3635 static version of MSVCRT
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003636
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00003637 Added the v8::jscre namespace around the jscre functions to avoid
3638 link errors (duplicate symbols) when building Google Chrome.
3639
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +00003640 Added support for calling a JavaScript function with the current
3641 debugger execution context as its argument to the debugger
3642 interface.
3643
3644 Changed the type of names of counters from wchar_t to char.
3645
3646 Changed the Windows system call used to compute daylight savings
3647 time. The system call that we used to use became four times
3648 slower on WinXP SP3.
3649
3650 Added support in the d8 developer shell for memory-mapped counters
3651 and added a stats-viewer tool.
3652
3653 Fixed bug in upper/lower case mappings (issue 149).
3654
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00003655
ager@chromium.org3bf7b912008-11-17 09:09:45 +000036562008-11-17: Version 0.4.4
3657
3658 Reduced code size by using shorter instruction encoding when
3659 possible.
3660
3661 Added a --help option to the shell sample and to the d8 shell.
3662
3663 Added visual studio project files for building the ARM simulator.
3664
3665 Fixed a number of ARM simulator issues.
3666
3667 Fixed bug in out-of-memory handling on ARM.
3668
3669 Implemented shell support for passing arguments to a script from
3670 the command line.
3671
3672 Fixed bug in date code that made certain date functions return -0
3673 instead of 0 for dates before the epoch.
3674
3675 Restricted applications of eval so it can only be used in the
3676 context of the associated global object.
3677
3678 Treat byte-order marks as whitespace characters.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003679
3680
ager@chromium.org870a0b62008-11-04 11:43:05 +000036812008-11-04: Version 0.4.3
3682
3683 Added support for API accessors that prohibit overwriting by
3684 accessors defined in JavaScript code by using __defineGetter__ and
3685 __defineSetter__.
3686
3687 Improved handling of conditionals in test status files.
3688
3689 Introduced access control in propertyIsEnumerable.
3690
3691 Improved performance of some string operations by caching
3692 information about the type of the string between operations.
3693
3694 Fixed bug in fast-case code for switch statements that only have
3695 integer labels.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003696
ager@chromium.org870a0b62008-11-04 11:43:05 +00003697
kasperl@chromium.org9bbf9682008-10-30 11:53:07 +000036982008-10-30: Version 0.4.2
3699
3700 Improved performance of Array.prototype.concat by moving the
3701 implementation to C++ (issue 123).
3702
3703 Fixed heap growth policy to avoid growing old space to its maximum
3704 capacity before doing a garbage collection and fixed issue that
3705 would lead to artificial out of memory situations (issue 129).
3706
3707 Fixed Date.prototype.toLocaleDateString to return the date in the
3708 same format as WebKit.
3709
3710 Added missing initialization checks to debugger API.
3711
3712 Added removing of unused maps during GC.
3713
3714
kasperl@chromium.org9fe21c62008-10-28 08:53:51 +000037152008-10-28: Version 0.4.1
3716
3717 Added caching of RegExp data in compilation cache.
3718
3719 Added Visual Studio project file for d8 shell.
3720
3721 Fixed function call performance regression introduced in version
3722 0.4.0 when splitting the global object in two parts (issue 120).
3723
3724 Fixed issue 131 by checking for empty handles before throwing and
3725 reporting exceptions.
3726
3727
kasperl@chromium.org5a8ca6c2008-10-23 13:57:19 +000037282008-10-23: Version 0.4.0
3729
3730 Split the global object into two parts: The state holding global
3731 object and the global object proxy.
3732
3733 Fixed bug that affected the value of an assignment to an element
3734 in certain cases (issue 116).
3735
3736 Added GetPropertyNames functionality (issue 33) and extra Date
3737 functions (issue 77) to the API.
3738
3739 Changed WeakReferenceCallback to take a Persistent<Value> instead
3740 of a Persistent<Object> (issue 101).
3741
3742 Fixed issues with message reporting for exceptions in try-finally
3743 blocks (issues 73 and 75).
3744
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003745 Optimized flattening of strings and string equality checking.
kasperl@chromium.org5a8ca6c2008-10-23 13:57:19 +00003746
3747 Improved Boyer-Moore implementation for faster indexOf operations.
3748
3749 Added development shell (d8) which includes counters and
3750 completion support.
3751
3752 Fixed problem with the receiver passed to functions called from
3753 eval (issue 124).
3754
3755
ager@chromium.org7c537e22008-10-16 08:43:32 +000037562008-10-16: Version 0.3.5
3757
3758 Improved string hash-code distribution by excluding bit-field bits
3759 from the hash-code.
3760
3761 Changed string search algorithm used in indexOf from KMP to
3762 Boyer-Moore.
3763
3764 Improved the generated code for the instanceof operator.
3765
3766 Improved performance of slow-case string equality checks by
3767 specializing the code based on the string representation.
3768
3769 Improve the handling of out-of-memory situations (issue 70).
3770
3771 Improved performance of strict equality checks.
3772
3773 Improved profiler output to make it easier to see anonymous
3774 functions.
3775
3776 Improved performance of slow-case keyed loads.
3777
3778 Improved property access performance by allocating a number of
3779 properties in the front object.
3780
3781 Changed the toString behavior on the built-in object constructors
3782 to print [native code] instead of the actual source. Some web
3783 applications do not like constructors with complex toString
3784 results.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003785
ager@chromium.org7c537e22008-10-16 08:43:32 +00003786
kasperl@chromium.org41044eb2008-10-06 08:24:46 +000037872008-10-06: Version 0.3.4
3788
3789 Changed Array.prototype.sort to use quick sort.
3790
3791 Fixed code generation issue where leaving a finally block with
3792 break or continue would accumulate elements on the expression
3793 stack (issue 86).
3794
3795 Made sure that the name accessor on functions returns the expected
3796 names for builtin JavaScript functions and C++ callback functions.
3797
3798 Added fast case code for extending the property storage array of
3799 JavaScript objects.
3800
3801 Ported switch statement optimizations introduced in version 0.3.3
3802 to the ARM code generator.
3803
3804 Allowed GCC to use strict-aliasing rules when compiling.
3805
3806 Improved performance of arguments object allocation by taking care
3807 of arguments adaptor frames in the generated code.
3808
3809 Updated the V8 benchmark suite to version 2.
3810
3811
ager@chromium.org236ad962008-09-25 09:45:57 +000038122008-09-25: Version 0.3.3
3813
3814 Improved handling of relocation information to enable more
3815 peep-hole optimizations.
3816
3817 Optimized switch statements where all labels are constant small
3818 integers.
3819
3820 Optimized String.prototype.indexOf for common cases.
3821
3822 Fixed more build issues (issue 80).
3823
3824 Fixed a couple of profiler issues.
3825
3826 Fixed bug where the body of a function created using the Function
3827 constructor was not allowed to end with a single-line comment
3828 (issue 85).
3829
3830 Improved handling of object literals by canonicalizing object
3831 literal maps. This will allow JSON objects with the same set of
3832 properties to share the same map making inline caching work better
3833 for JSON objects.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003834
ager@chromium.org236ad962008-09-25 09:45:57 +00003835
kasperl@chromium.orgb9123622008-09-17 14:05:56 +000038362008-09-17: Version 0.3.2
3837
3838 Generalized the EvalCache into a CompilationCache and enabled it
3839 for scripts too. The current strategy is to retire all entries
3840 whenever a mark-sweep collection is started.
3841
3842 Fixed bug where switch statements containing only a default case
3843 would lead to an unbalanced stack (issue 69).
3844
3845 Fixed bug that made access to the function in a named function
3846 expression impossible in certain situations (issue 24).
3847
3848 Fixed even more build issues.
3849
3850 Optimized calling conventions on ARM. The conventions on ARM and
3851 IA-32 now match.
3852
3853 Removed static initializers for flags and counters.
3854
3855 Improved inline caching behavior for uncommon cases where lazily
3856 loading Date and RegExp code could force certain code paths go
3857 megamorphic.
3858
3859 Removed arguments adaption for builtins written in C++. This
3860 makes Array.prototype.push and Array.prototype.pop slightly
3861 faster.
3862
3863
ager@chromium.org9258b6b2008-09-11 09:11:10 +000038642008-09-11: Version 0.3.1
3865
3866 Fixed a number of build issues.
3867
3868 Fixed problem with missing I-cache flusing on ARM.
3869
3870 Changed space layout in memory management by splitting up
3871 code space into old data space and code space.
3872
3873 Added utf-8 conversion support to the API (issue 57).
3874
3875 Optimized repeated calls to eval with the same strings. These
3876 repeated calls are common in web applications.
3877
3878 Added Xcode project file.
3879
3880 Optimized a couple of Array operation.
3881
3882 Fixed parser bug by checking for end-of-string when parsing break
3883 and continue (issue 35).
3884
3885 Fixed problem where asian characters were not categorized as
3886 letters.
3887
3888 Fixed bug that disallowed calling functions fetched from an array
3889 using a string as an array index (issue 32).
3890
3891 Fixed bug where the internal field count on object templates were
3892 sometimes ignored (issue 54).
3893
3894 Added -f option to the shell sample for compatibility with other
3895 engines (issue 18).
3896
3897 Added source info to TryCatches in the API.
3898
3899 Fixed problem where the seed for the random number generator was
3900 clipped in a double to unsigned int conversion.
3901
3902 Fixed bug where cons string symbols were sometimes converted to
3903 non-symbol flat strings during GC.
3904
3905 Fixed bug in error reporting when attempting to convert null to an
3906 object.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003907
3908
ager@chromium.orgc27e4e72008-09-04 13:52:27 +000039092008-09-04: Version 0.3.0
3910
3911 Added support for running tests on the ARM simulator.
3912
3913 Fixed bug in the 'in' operator where negative indices were not
3914 treated correctly.
3915
3916 Fixed build issues on gcc-4.3.1.
3917
3918 Changed Date.prototype.toLocaleTimeString to not print the
3919 timezone part of the time.
3920
3921 Renamed debug.h to v8-debug.h to reduce the risk of name conflicts
3922 with user code.
3923
3924
v8.team.kasperl727e9952008-09-02 14:56:44 +000039252008-09-02: Version 0.2.5
3926
3927 Renamed the top level directory 'public' to 'include'.
3928
3929 Added 'env' option to the SCons build scripts to support
3930 overriding the ENV part of the build environment. This is mostly
3931 to support Windows builds in cases where SCons cannot find the
3932 correct paths to the Windows SDK, as these paths cannot be passed
3933 through shell environment variables.
3934
3935 Enabled "Buffer Security Check" on for the Windows SCons build and
3936 added the linker option /OPT:ICF as an optimization.
3937
3938 Added the V8 benchmark suite to the repository.
3939
3940
mads.s.ager@gmail.com9a4089a2008-09-01 08:55:01 +000039412008-09-01: Version 0.2.4
3942
3943 Included mjsunit JavaScript test suite and C++ unit tests.
3944
3945 Changed the shell sample to not print the result of executing a
3946 script provided on the command line.
3947
3948 Fixed issue when building samples on Windows using a shared V8
3949 library. Added visibility option on Linux build which makes the
3950 generated library 18% smaller.
3951
3952 Changed build system to accept multiple build modes in one build
3953 and generate separate objects, libraries and executables for each
3954 mode.
3955
3956 Removed deferred negation optimization (a * -b => -(a * b)) since
3957 this visibly changes operand conversion order.
3958
3959 Improved parsing performance by introducing stack guard in
3960 preparsing. Without a stack guard preparsing always bails out
3961 with stack overflow.
3962
3963 Changed shell sample to take flags directly from the command-line.
3964 Added API call that implements this.
3965
3966 Added load, quit and version functions to the shell sample so it's
3967 easier to run benchmarks and tests.
3968
3969 Fixed issue with building samples and cctests on 64-bit machines.
3970
3971 Fixed bug in the runtime system where the prototype chain was not
3972 always searched for a setter when setting a property that does not
3973 exist locally.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00003974
mads.s.ager@gmail.com9a4089a2008-09-01 08:55:01 +00003975
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000039762008-08-14: Version 0.2.3
3977
3978 Improved performance of garbage collection by moving the
3979 function that updates pointers during compacting collection
3980 into the updating visitor. This gives the compiler a better
3981 chance to inline and avoid a function call per (potential)
3982 pointer.
3983
3984 Extended the shell sample with a --runtime-flags option.
3985
3986 Added Visual Studio project files for the shell.cc and
3987 process.cc samples.
3988
3989
39902008-08-13: Version 0.2.2
mads.s.ager31e71382008-08-13 09:32:07 +00003991
3992 Improved performance of garbage collection by changing the way
3993 we use the marking stack in the event of stack overflow during
3994 full garbage collection and by changing the way we mark roots.
3995
3996 Cleaned up ARM version by removing top of stack caching and by
3997 introducing push/pop elimination.
3998
3999 Cleaned up the way runtime functions are called to allow
4000 runtime calls with no arguments.
4001
4002 Changed Windows build options to make sure that exceptions are
4003 disabled and that optimization flags are enabled.
4004
4005 Added first version of Visual Studio project files.
4006
4007
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000040082008-08-06: Version 0.2.1
mads.s.ager@gmail.com769cc962008-08-06 10:02:49 +00004009
4010 Improved performance of unary addition by avoiding runtime calls.
4011
4012 Fixed the handling of '>' and '<=' to use right-to-left conversion
4013 and left-to-right evaluation as specified by ECMA-262.
4014
4015 Fixed a branch elimination bug on the ARM platform where incorrect
4016 code was generated because of overly aggressive branch
4017 elimination.
4018
4019 Improved performance of code that repeatedly assigns the same
4020 function to the same property of different objects with the same
4021 map.
4022
4023 Untangled DEBUG and ENABLE_DISASSEMBLER defines. The disassembler
4024 no longer expects DEBUG to be defined.
4025
4026 Added platform-nullos.cc to serve as the basis for new platform
4027 implementations.
4028
mads.s.ager31e71382008-08-13 09:32:07 +00004029
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000040302008-07-30: Version 0.2.0
kasper.lund7276f142008-07-30 08:49:36 +00004031
4032 Changed all text files to have native svn:eol-style.
4033
4034 Added a few samples and support for building them. The samples
4035 include a simple shell that can be used to benchmark and test V8.
4036
4037 Changed V8::GetVersion to return the version as a string.
4038
4039 Added source for lazily loaded scripts to snapshots and made
4040 serialization non-destructive.
4041
4042 Improved ARM support by fixing the write barrier code to use
4043 aligned loads and stores and by removing premature locals
4044 optimization that relied on broken support for callee-saved
4045 registers (removed).
4046
4047 Refactored the code for marking live objects during garbage
4048 collection and the code for allocating objects in paged
4049 spaces. Introduced an abstraction for the map word of a heap-
4050 allocated object and changed the memory allocator to allocate
4051 executable memory only for spaces that may contain code objects.
4052
4053 Moved StringBuilder to utils.h and ScopedLock to platform.h, where
4054 they can be used by debugging and logging modules. Added
4055 thread-safe message queues for dealing with debugger events.
4056
4057 Fixed the source code reported by toString for certain builtin
4058 empty functions and made sure that the prototype property of a
4059 function is enumerable.
4060
4061 Improved performance of converting values to condition flags in
4062 generated code.
4063
4064 Merged disassembler-{arch} files.
4065
4066
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000040672008-07-28: Version 0.1.4
kasper.lundaf4734f2008-07-28 12:50:18 +00004068
4069 Added support for storing JavaScript stack traces in a stack
4070 allocated buffer to make it visible in shallow core dumps.
4071 Controlled by the --preallocate-message-memory flag which is
4072 disabled by default.
4073
4074
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000040752008-07-25: Version 0.1.3
kasper.lund44510672008-07-25 07:37:58 +00004076
4077 Fixed bug in JSObject::GetPropertyAttributePostInterceptor where
4078 map transitions would count as properties.
4079
4080 Allowed aliased eval invocations by treating them as evals in the
4081 global context. This may change in the future.
4082
4083 Added support for accessing the last entered context through the
4084 API and renamed Context::Current to Context::GetCurrent and
4085 Context::GetSecurityContext to Context::GetCurrentSecurityContext.
4086
4087 Fixed bug in the debugger that would cause the debugger scripts to
4088 be recursively loaded and changed all disabling of interrupts to
4089 be block-structured.
4090
4091 Made snapshot data read-only to allow it to be more easily shared
4092 across multiple users of V8 when linked as a shared library.
4093
4094
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000040952008-07-16: Version 0.1.2
kasper.lund212ac232008-07-16 07:07:30 +00004096
4097 Fixed building on Mac OS X by recognizing i386 and friends as
4098 IA-32 platforms.
4099
4100 Added propagation of stack overflow exceptions that occur while
4101 compiling nested functions.
4102
4103 Improved debugger with support for recursive break points and
4104 handling of exceptions that occur in the debugger JavaScript code.
4105
4106 Renamed GetInternal to GetInternalField and SetInternal to
4107 SetInternalField in the API and moved InternalFieldCount and
4108 SetInternalFieldCount from FunctionTemplate to ObjectTemplate.
4109
4110
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000041112008-07-09: Version 0.1.1
kasper.lundbd3ec4e2008-07-09 11:06:54 +00004112
4113 Fixed bug in stack overflow check code for IA-32 targets where a
4114 non-tagged value in register eax was pushed to the stack.
4115
4116 Fixed potential quadratic behavior when converting strings to
4117 numbers.
4118
4119 Fixed bug where the return value from Object::SetProperty could
4120 end up being the property holder instead of the written value.
4121
4122 Improved debugger support by allowing nested break points and by
4123 dealing with stack-overflows when compiling functions before
4124 setting break points in them.
4125
4126
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000041272008-07-03: Version 0.1.0
christian.plesner.hansen43d26ec2008-07-03 15:10:15 +00004128
kasper.lundbd3ec4e2008-07-09 11:06:54 +00004129 Initial export.
christian.plesner.hansen43d26ec2008-07-03 15:10:15 +00004130
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