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vegorov@chromium.org7943d462011-08-01 11:41:52 +000012011-08-01: Version 3.5.2
2
3 Performance improvements on all platforms.
4
5
ricow@chromium.org2c99e282011-07-28 09:15:17 +000062011-07-28: Version 3.5.1
7
8 Fixed setting the readonly flag on the prototype property using the
9 API call FunctionTemplate::SetPrototypeAttributes (issue 1539).
10
11 Changed the tools/test.py script to use d8 instead of shell for
12 testing.
13
14 Fixed crash in ToBooleanStub when GC happens during invocation.
15
16 Enabled automatic unboxing of double arrays.
17
18 Performance improvements on all platforms.
19
20
ricow@chromium.org9fa09672011-07-25 11:05:35 +0000212011-07-25: Version 3.5.0
22
23 Implemented Object.prototype.{hasOwnProperty, propertyIsEnumerable} for
24 proxies.
25
26 Removed logging to memory support.
27
28 Bugfixes and performance work.
29
30
rossberg@chromium.org717967f2011-07-20 13:44:42 +0000312011-07-20: Version 3.4.14
32
33 Fix the debugger for strict-mode functions. (Chromium issue 89236)
34
ricow@chromium.org9fa09672011-07-25 11:05:35 +000035 Add GetPropertyAttribute method for Object in the API. (Patch by
36 Peter Varga)
rossberg@chromium.org717967f2011-07-20 13:44:42 +000037
38 Fix -Wunused-but-set-variable for gcc-4.6 on x64. (Issue 1291)
39
40
svenpanne@chromium.org84bcc552011-07-18 09:50:57 +0000412011-07-18: Version 3.4.13
42
43 Improved debugger support to allow inspection of optimized frames (issue
44 1140).
45
46 Fixed a bug in prototype transitions cache clearing introduced by r8165.
47
48 Fixed shortcutting bug in HInferRepresentation. Patch by Andy Wingo.
49
50 Fixed a memory leak in sample/shell.cc (dispose semaphores).
51
52 Simplified HClampToUint8. Patch by Andy Wingo.
53
54 Exposed APIs for detecting boxed primitives, native errors. Patch by
55 Luke Zarko.
56
57 Added map check for COW elements to crankshaft array handling code
58 (issue 1560).
59
60 Sample shell and (a light version of) D8 links against a shared library
61 now.
62
63 Fixed bug in array filter and reduce functions (issue 1559).
64
65 Avoid TLS load in AstNode constructor.
66
67 Introduced a random entropy source which can optionally be provided at
68 initialization. (Chromium issue 89462).
69
70
whesse@chromium.org030d38e2011-07-13 13:23:34 +0000712011-07-13: Version 3.4.12
72
73 Added --prof profiling option to d8 shell.
74
75 Fixed a bug where reading a directory in d8 shell hangs (issue 1533).
76
77 Fixed a potential assertion failure in const declarations.
78
79 Fixed an assertion failure in descriptor arrays (issue 1526).
80
81 Enabled fast thread-local storage by default on supported platforms.
82
83 Improved reporting of source position for global variable loads
84 (issue 1527).
85
86
sgjesse@chromium.org6db88712011-07-11 11:41:22 +0000872011-07-11: Version 3.4.11
88
89 Fixed MinGW32 build.
90
91 Fixed a GC bug with RegExp code flushing.
92
93 Implemented Object.defineProperty for proxies.
94
95 Fixed a bug in for/in iteration of arguments objects (issue 1531).
96
97 Added debugger support for inspecting optimized frames (issue 1140).
98
99 Allowed JSObject::PreventExtensions to work for arguments objects.
100
101 Bugfixes and performance work.
102
103
jkummerow@chromium.orgddda9e82011-07-06 11:27:02 +00001042011-07-06: Version 3.4.10
105
106 Fixed debugger not breaking on certain "if" statements (issue 1523).
107
108 Fixed assertion failure in runtime profiler when running on IA32
109 without snapshot (issue 1522).
110
111 Fixed ABI for API calls on IA32 (for clang compatibility).
112
113 Introduced code flushing of RegExp code to free memory used by
114 RegExps sooner.
115
116 Fixed linux-tick-processor built wrong version of v8 (issue 1532).
117
118 Fixed assertion failure in v8::TryCache::StackTrace (issue 1529).
119
120 Performance improvements on all platforms.
121
122
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001232011-07-04: Version 3.4.9
124
125 Added support for debugger inspection of locals in optimized frames
126 (issue 1140).
127
128 Fixed SConstruct to pass correct defines to samples/preparser when
129 building with library=shared.
130
131 Made date parser handle ES5 Date Time Strings correctly (issue 1498).
132
133 Fixed a bug in Object.defineProperty on the arguments object.
134
135 Performance improvements on all platforms.
136
137
vegorov@chromium.org3cf47312011-06-29 13:20:01 +00001382011-06-29: Version 3.4.8
139
140 Ensure 16-byte stack alignment on Solaris (issue 1505).
141
sgjesse@chromium.org6db88712011-07-11 11:41:22 +0000142 Fix "illegal access" when calling parseInt with a radix
vegorov@chromium.org3cf47312011-06-29 13:20:01 +0000143 that is not a smi. (issue 1246).
144
145
ager@chromium.org04921a82011-06-27 13:21:41 +00001462011-06-27: Version 3.4.7
147
148 Fixed 64-bit build on FreeBSD.
149
150 Added API to set the property attributes for the prototype
151 property on functions created from FunctionTemplates.
152
153 Bugfixes and performance work.
154
155
lrn@chromium.orgac2828d2011-06-23 06:29:21 +00001562011-06-22: Version 3.4.6
157
158 Lowered limit on code space for systems with low memory supply.
159
160 Allowed compiling v8_shell with the 'host' toolset (issue 82437).
161
162 Extended setBreakpoint API to accept partial script name (issue 1418).
163
164 Made multi-line comments not count when deciding whether the '-->'
165 comment starter is first on a line. This matches Safari.
166
167 Made handling of non-array recievers in Array length setter correct
168 (issue 1491).
169
170 Added ability to heap profiler to iterate over snapshot's node
171 (issue 1481).
172
173
whesse@chromium.org7b260152011-06-20 15:33:18 +00001742011-06-20: Version 3.4.5
175
176 Fixed issues 794, 1097, 1215(partial), 1417, 1435, 1472, 1473,
177 1476, and 1477.
178
179 Improved code generation for !0 and !1.
180
181 Reduced memory usage for regular expressions with nested qualifiers.
182 (issue 1472)
183
184 Fixed V8 to count line terminators in multi-line comments.
185 (Chromium issue 86431)
186
187 Fixed disassembler=on option for release-mode builds. (issue 1473)
188
189 Performance improvements on all platforms.
190
191
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00001922011-06-15: Version 3.4.4
193
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000194 Added snapshot compression support and --stress-opt flag to d8.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000195
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000196 Improved performance of try/catch.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000197
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000198 Several GYP-related changes: Added support for building Xcode project
199 files. Make the ARM simulator build with GYP again. Generate Makefiles
200 for all architectures on Linux.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000201
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000202 Fixed Array.prototype.{reduce,reduceRight} to pass undefined as the
203 receiver for strict mode callbacks. (issue 1436)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000204
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000205 Fixed a bug where an array load was incorrectly hoisted by GVN.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000206
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000207 Handle 'undefined' correctly when === has been specialized for doubles.
208 (issue 1434)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000209
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000210 Corrected the limit of local variables in an optimized function from 64
211 to 63.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000212
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000213 Correctly set ReadOnly flag on indexed properties when using the API Set
214 method. (issue 1470)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000215
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000216 Give the correct error message when Object.isExtensible is called on a
217 non-object. (issue 1452)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000218
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000219 Added GetOwnPropertyNames method for Object in the API. Patch by Peter
220 Varga.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000221
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000222 Do not redefine properties unneccesarily in seal and freeze. (issue
223 1447)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000224
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000225 IsExecutionTerminating has an Isolate parameter now.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000226
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000227 Distinguish keyed loads with a symbol key from fast elements loads,
228 avoiding some useless deoptimizations. (issue 1471)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000229
230
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +00002312011-06-08: Version 3.4.3
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +0000232
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +0000233 Clear the global thread table when an isolate is disposed
234 (issue 1433).
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +0000235
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +0000236 Converted time zone name to UTF8 on Windows (issue 1290).
237
238 Limited the number of arguments in a function call to 32766
239 (issue 1413).
240
241 Compress sources of JS libraries in addition to the snapshot.
242
243 Fixed a bug in Lithium environment iteration.
244
245 Performance improvements on all platforms.
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +0000246
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000247
erik.corry@gmail.comd6076d92011-06-06 09:39:18 +00002482011-06-06: Version 3.4.2
249
250 More work on ES-Harmony proxies. Still hidden behind a flag.
251
252 Fixed some crash bugs and improved performance.
253
254 Fixed building with gdb debugging support.
255
256 Do not install SIGPROF handler until it is needed.
257
258 Added DateTimeFormat to i18n API.
259
260 Fixed compilation on OpenBSD.
261
262 Take the ulimit into account when sizing the heap. OpenBSD users
263 may still have to increase the default ulimit to run heavy pages in
264 the browser.
265
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000266
ricow@chromium.orgd2be9012011-06-01 06:00:58 +00002672011-06-01: Version 3.4.1
268
269 Fixed JSON stringify issue with arrays.
270
271 Changed calls to JS builtins to be passed undefined when called with
272 implicit receiver.
273
274 Implemented the set trap for Harmony proxies. Proxies still need to
275 be enabled with the --harmony-proxies flag.
276
277
ricow@chromium.orgc54d3652011-05-30 09:20:16 +00002782011-05-30: Version 3.4.0
279
280 Changed calls to undefined property setters to not throw (issue 1355).
281
282 Made RegExp objects not callable.
283
284 Fixed issues on special case large JSON strings in new json parser
285 (issues http://crbug.com/83877 and http://crbug.com/84186).
286
287 Performance improvements on all platforms.
288
289
danno@chromium.org40cb8782011-05-25 07:58:50 +00002902011-05-25: Version 3.3.10
291
292 Fixed calls of strict mode function with an implicit receiver.
293
294 Fixed fast handling of arrays to properly deal with changes to the
295 Object prototype (issue 1403).
296
297 Changed strict mode poison pill to be the same type error function
298 (issue 1387).
299
300 Fixed a debug crash in arguments object handling (issue 1227).
301
302 Fixed a bug in deoptimization on x64 (issue 1404).
303
304 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
305
306
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +00003072011-05-23: Version 3.3.9
308
309 Added DateTimeFormat class to experimental i18n API.
310
311 Extended preparser to give early errors for some strict mode
312 restrictions.
313
314 Removed legacy execScript function from V8.
315
316 Extended isolate API with the ability to add embedder-specific
317 data to an isolate.
318
319 Added basic support for polymorphic loads from JS and external
320 arrays.
321
322 Fixed bug in handling of switch statements in the optimizing
323 compiler.
324
325
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +00003262011-05-18: Version 3.3.8
327
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +0000328 Added MarkIndependent to the persistent handle API. Independent
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +0000329 handles are independent of all other persistent handles and can be
330 garbage collected more frequently.
331
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +0000332 Implemented the get trap for Harmony proxies. Proxies are enabled
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +0000333 with the --harmony-proxies flag.
334
335 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
336
337
vegorov@chromium.org7304bca2011-05-16 12:14:13 +00003382011-05-16: Version 3.3.7
339
340 Updated MIPS infrastructure files.
341
342 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
343
344
karlklose@chromium.org83a47282011-05-11 11:54:09 +00003452011-05-11: Version 3.3.6
346
347 Updated MIPS infrastructure files.
348
349 Added method IsCallable for Object to the API.
350 Patch by Peter Varga.
351
352
lrn@chromium.org1c092762011-05-09 09:42:16 +00003532011-05-09: Version 3.3.5
354
355 Fixed build on FreeBSD. Patch by Akinori MUSHA.
356
357 Added check that receiver is JSObject on API calls.
358
359 Implemented CallAsConstructor method for Object in the API (Issue 1348).
360 Patch by Peter Varga.
361
362 Added CallAsFunction method to the Object class in the API (Issue 1336).
363 Patch by Peter Varga.
364
365 Added per-isolate locking and unlocking.
366
367 Fixed bug in x64 >>> operator (Issue 1359).
368
369
fschneider@chromium.orgfb144a02011-05-04 12:43:48 +00003702011-05-04: Version 3.3.4
371
372 Implemented API to disallow code generation from strings for a context
373 (issue 1258).
374
375 Fixed bug with whitespaces in parseInt (issue 955).
376
377 Fixed bug with == comparison of Date objects (issue 1356).
378
379 Added GYP variables for ARM code generation:
380 v8_can_use_vfp_instructions, v8_can_use_unaligned_accesses
381 and v8_use_arm_eabi_hardfloat.
382
383
sgjesse@chromium.org8e8294a2011-05-02 14:30:53 +00003842011-05-02: Version 3.3.3
385
386 Added support for generating Visual Studio solution and project files
387 using GYP.
388
389 Implemented support for ARM EABI calling convention variation where
390 floating-point arguments are passed in registers (hardfloat).
391
392 Added Object::HasOwnProperty() to the API.
393
394 Added support for compressing startup data to reduce binary size. This
395 includes build time support and an API for the embedder to decompress
396 the startup data before initializing V8.
397
398 Reduced the profiling hooks overhead from >400% to 25% when using
399 ll_prof.
400
401 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
402
403
erik.corry@gmail.com3847bd52011-04-27 10:38:56 +00004042011-04-27: Version 3.3.2
405
406 Fixed crash bug on ARM with no VFP3 hardware.
407
408 Fixed compilation of V8 without debugger support.
409
410 Improved performance on JSLint.
411
412 Added support Float64 WebGL arrays.
413
414 Fixed crash bug in regexp replace.
415
sgjesse@chromium.org8e8294a2011-05-02 14:30:53 +0000416
ricow@chromium.orgdcebac02011-04-20 09:44:50 +00004172011-04-20: Version 3.3.1
418
419 Reduced V8 binary size by removing virtual functions from hydrogen.
420
421 Fixed crash bug on x64.
422
423 Performance improvements on ARM and IA32.
424
425
danno@chromium.org160a7b02011-04-18 15:51:38 +00004262011-04-18: Version 3.3.0
427
428 Fixed bug in floating point rounding in Crankshaft on ARM
429 (issue 958)
430
431 Fixed a number of issues with running without VFPv3 support on ARM
432 (issue 1315)
433
434 Introduced v8Locale.Collator, a partial implementation of Collator
435 per last ECMAScript meeting + mailing list.
436
437 Minor performance improvements and bug fixes.
438
439
ager@chromium.orga9aa5fa2011-04-13 08:46:07 +00004402011-04-13: Version 3.2.10
441
442 Fixed bug in external float arrays on ARM (issue 1323).
443
444 Minor performance improvements and bug fixes.
445
446
karlklose@chromium.org44bc7082011-04-11 12:33:05 +00004472011-04-11: Version 3.2.9
448
449 Removed support for ABI prior to EABI on ARM.
450
451 Fixed multiple crash bugs.
452
453 Added GCMole to the repository, a simple static analysis tool that
454 searches for GC-unsafe evaluation order dependent callsites.
455
456 Made preparser API be exported in shared libraries.
457
458 Fixed multiple issues in EcmaScript 5 strict mode implementation.
459
460 Fixed mutable __proto__ property if object is not extensible
461 (Issue 1309).
462
463 Fixed auto suspension of the sampler thread.
464
465
vegorov@chromium.org74f333b2011-04-06 11:17:46 +00004662011-04-06: Version 3.2.8
467
468 Exposed WebGL typed array constructors in the shell sample.
469
470 Performance improvements on all platforms.
471
472
kmillikin@chromium.orgc36ce6e2011-04-04 08:25:31 +00004732011-04-04: Version 3.2.7
474
475 Disabled the original 'classic' V8 code generator. Crankshaft is
476 now the default on all platforms.
477
478 Changed the heap profiler to use more descriptive names.
479
480 Performance and stability improvements to isolates on all platforms.
481
482
lrn@chromium.org7516f052011-03-30 08:52:27 +00004832011-03-30: Version 3.2.6
484
485 Fixed xcode build warning in shell.cc (out of order initialization).
486
487 Fixed null-pointer dereference in the compiler when running without
488 SSE3 support (Chromium issue 77654).
489
490 Fixed x64 compilation error due to some dead code. (Issue 1286)
491
492 Introduced scons target to build the preparser stand-alone example.
493
494 Made FreeBSD build and pass all tests.
495
496
fschneider@chromium.org7979bbb2011-03-28 10:47:03 +00004972011-03-28: Version 3.2.5
498
lrn@chromium.org7516f052011-03-30 08:52:27 +0000499 Fixed build with Irregexp interpreter (issue 1266).
fschneider@chromium.org7979bbb2011-03-28 10:47:03 +0000500
501 Added Crankshaft support for external arrays.
502
503 Fixed two potential crash bugs.
504
505
sgjesse@chromium.orgea88ce92011-03-23 11:19:56 +00005062011-03-23: Version 3.2.4
507
508 Added isolates which allows several V8 instances in the same process.
509 This is controlled through the new Isolate class in the API.
510
511 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
512
513 Reduced the time it takes to make detailed heap snapshot.
514
515 Added a number of commands to the ARM simulator and enhanced the ARM
516 disassembler.
517
518
ricow@chromium.orgbadaffc2011-03-17 12:15:27 +00005192011-03-17: Version 3.2.3
520
521 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
522
523 Fixed Array::New(length) to return an array with a length (issue 1256).
524
525 Fixed FreeBSD build.
526
527 Changed __defineGetter__ to not throw (matching the behavior of Safari).
528
529 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
530
531 Improved Crankshaft performance on all platforms.
532
533
whesse@chromium.orgb08986c2011-03-14 16:13:42 +00005342011-03-14: Version 3.2.2
535
536 Fixed a number of crash and correctness bugs.
537
538 Improved Crankshaft performance on all platforms.
539
540 Fixed Crankshaft on Solaris/Illumos.
541
542
danno@chromium.org4d3fe4e2011-03-10 10:14:28 +00005432011-03-10: Version 3.2.1
544
545 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
546
547 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
548
549 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
550
551
karlklose@chromium.org8f806e82011-03-07 14:06:08 +00005522011-03-07: Version 3.2.0
553
554 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
555
556 Turned on Crankshaft by default on x64 and ARM.
557
558 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
559
560 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
561
562
ager@chromium.org9ee27ae2011-03-02 13:43:26 +00005632011-03-02: Version 3.1.8
564
565 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
566
567 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
568
569 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
570
571 Fixed issue with unaligned reads and writes on ARM.
572
573 Improved heap profiler support.
574
575
vegorov@chromium.org5d6c1f52011-02-28 13:13:38 +00005762011-02-28: Version 3.1.7
577
578 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
579
580 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
581
ager@chromium.org9ee27ae2011-03-02 13:43:26 +0000582 Fixed implementation of indexOf/lastIndexOf for sparse
vegorov@chromium.org5d6c1f52011-02-28 13:13:38 +0000583 arrays (http://crbug.com/73940).
584
585 Fixed bug in map space compaction (http://crbug.com/59688).
586
587 Added support for direct getter accessors calls on ARM.
588
589
fschneider@chromium.org3a5fd782011-02-24 10:10:44 +00005902011-02-24: Version 3.1.6
591
592 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
593
594 Added support for Cygwin (issue 64).
595
596 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
597
598 Added Crankshaft support for stores to pixel arrays.
599
600 Fixed issue in CPU profiler with Crankshaft.
601
602
kmillikin@chromium.org49edbdf2011-02-16 12:32:18 +00006032011-02-16: Version 3.1.5
604
605 Change RegExp parsing to disallow /(*)/.
606
607 Added GDB JIT support for ARM.
608
609 Fixed several crash bugs.
610
611 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
612
613
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +00006142011-02-14: Version 3.1.4
615
616 Fixed incorrect compare of prototypes of the global object (issue
617 1082).
618
619 Fixed a bug in optimizing calls to global functions (issue 1106).
620
621 Made optimized Function.prototype.apply safe for non-JSObject first
622 arguments (issue 1128).
623
624 Fixed an error related to element accessors on Object.prototype and
625 parser errors (issue 1130).
626
627 Fixed a bug in sorting an array with large array indices (issue 1131).
628
629 Properly treat exceptions thrown while compiling (issue 1132).
630
631 Fixed bug in register requirements for function.apply (issue 1133).
632
633 Fixed a representation change bug in the Hydrogen graph construction
634 (issue 1134).
635
636 Fixed the semantics of delete on parameters (issue 1136).
637
638 Fixed a optimizer bug related to moving instructions with side effects
639 (issue 1138).
640
641 Added support for the global object in Object.keys (issue 1150).
642
643 Fixed incorrect value for Math.LOG10E
644 (issue http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=72555)
645
646 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
647
648 Implement assignment to undefined reference in ES5 Strict Mode.
649
650
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +00006512011-02-09: Version 3.1.3
652
653 Fixed a bug triggered by functions with huge numbers of declared
654 arguments.
655
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +0000656 Fixed zap value aliasing a real object - debug mode only (issue 866).
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +0000657
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +0000658 Fixed issue where Array.prototype.__proto__ had been set to null
659 (issue 1121).
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +0000660
661 Fixed stability bugs in Crankshaft for x86.
662
663
ricow@chromium.org83aa5492011-02-07 12:42:56 +00006642011-02-07: Version 3.1.2
665
666 Added better security checks when accessing properties via
667 Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor.
668
669 Fixed bug in Object.defineProperty and related access bugs (issues
670 992, 1083 and 1092).
671
672 Added LICENSE.v8, LICENSE.strongtalk and LICENSE.valgrind to ease
673 copyright notice generation for embedders.
674
675
kmillikin@chromium.org31b12772011-02-02 16:08:26 +00006762011-02-02: Version 3.1.1
677
678 Perform security checks before fetching the value in
679 Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor.
680
681 Fixed a bug in Array.prototype.splice triggered by passing no
682 arguments.
683
684 Fixed bugs in -0 in arithmetic and in Math.pow.
685
686 Fixed bugs in the register allocator and in switching from optimized
687 to unoptimized code.
688
689
6902011-01-31: Version 3.1.0
691
whesse@chromium.org7a392b32011-01-31 11:30:36 +0000692 Performance improvements on all platforms.
693
694
ager@chromium.org378b34e2011-01-28 08:04:38 +00006952011-01-28: Version 3.0.12
696
697 Added support for strict mode parameter and object property
698 validation.
699
700 Fixed a couple of crash bugs.
701
702
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +00007032011-01-25: Version 3.0.11
704
705 Fixed a bug in deletion of lookup slots that could cause global
706 variables to be accidentally deleted (http://crbug.com/70066).
707
708 Added support for strict mode octal literal verification.
709
710 Fixed a couple of crash bugs (issues 1070 and 1071).
711
712
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +00007132011-01-24: Version 3.0.10
714
715 Fixed External::Wrap for 64-bit addresses (issue 1037).
716
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +0000717 Fixed incorrect .arguments variable proxy handling in the full
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +0000718 code generator (issue 1060).
719
720 Introduced partial strict mode support.
721
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +0000722 Changed formatting of recursive error messages to match Firefox and
723 Safari (issue http://crbug.com/70334).
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +0000724
725 Fixed incorrect rounding for float-to-integer conversions for external
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +0000726 array types, which implement the Typed Array spec
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +0000727 (issue http://crbug.com/50972).
728
729 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
730
731
erik.corry@gmail.com0511e242011-01-19 11:11:08 +00007322011-01-19: Version 3.0.9
733
734 Added basic GDB JIT Interface integration.
735
736 Make invalid break/continue statements a syntax error instead of a
737 runtime error.
738
739
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +00007402011-01-17: Version 3.0.8
741
742 Exposed heap size limit to the heap statistics gathered by
erik.corry@gmail.com0511e242011-01-19 11:11:08 +0000743 the GetHeapStatistics API.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +0000744
745 Wrapped external pointers more carefully (issue 1037).
746
747 Hardened the implementation of error objects to avoid setters
748 intercepting the properties set then throwing an error.
749
750 Avoided trashing the FPSCR when calculating Math.floor on ARM.
751
752 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
753
754
7552011-01-10: Version 3.0.7
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000756
757 Stopped calling inherited setters when creating object literals
758 (issue 1015).
759
760 Changed interpretation of malformed \c? escapes in RegExp to match
761 JSC.
762
763 Enhanced the command-line debugger interface and fixed some minor
764 bugs in the debugger.
765
766 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
767
768
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +00007692011-01-05: Version 3.0.6
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000770
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000771 Allowed getters and setters on JSArray elements (issue 900).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000772
773 Stopped JSON objects from hitting inherited setters (part of
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000774 issue 1015).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000775
776 Allowed numbers and strings as names of getters/setters in object
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000777 initializer (issue 820).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000778
779 Added use_system_v8 option to gyp (off by default), to make it easier
780 for Linux distributions to ship with system-provided V8 library.
781
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000782 Exported external array data accessors (issue 1016).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000783
784 Added labelled thread names to help with debugging (on Linux).
785
786
fschneider@chromium.org9e3e0b62011-01-03 10:16:46 +00007872011-01-03: Version 3.0.5
788
789 Fixed a couple of cast errors for gcc-3.4.3.
790
791 Performance improvements in GC and IA32 code generator.
792
793
whesse@chromium.org023421e2010-12-21 12:19:12 +00007942010-12-21: Version 3.0.4
795
796 Added Date::ResetCache() to the API so that the cached values in the
797 Date object can be reset to allow live DST / timezone changes.
798
799 Extended existing support for printing (while debugging) the contents
800 of objects. Added support for printing objects from release builds.
801
802 Fixed V8 issues 989, 1006, and 1007.
803
804
ager@chromium.org5f0c45f2010-12-17 08:51:21 +00008052010-12-17: Version 3.0.3
806
807 Reapplied all changes for version 3.0.1.
808
809 Improved debugger protocol for remote debugging.
810
811 Added experimental support for using gyp to generate build files
812 for V8.
813
814 Fixed implementation of String::Write in the API (issue 975).
815
816
lrn@chromium.org8541d772010-12-15 12:05:09 +00008172010-12-15: Version 3.0.2
818
819 Revert version 3.0.1 and patch 3.0.1.1.
820
821
kmillikin@chromium.orgfacd82d2010-12-13 18:00:51 +00008222010-12-13: Version 3.0.1
823
824 Added support for an experimental internationalization API as an
825 extension. This extension is disabled by default but can be enabled
826 when building V8. The ECMAScript internationalization strawman is
827 at http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:i18n_api.
828
829 Made RegExp character class parsing stricter. This mirrors a change
830 to RegExp parsing in WebKit.
831
832 Fixed a bug in Object.defineProperty when used to change attributes
833 of an existing property. It incorrectly set the property value to
834 undefined (issue 965).
835
836 Fixed several different compilation failures on various platforms
837 caused by the 3.0.0 release.
838
839 Optimized Math.pow so it can work on unboxed doubles.
840
841 Sped up quoting of JSON strings by removing one traversal of the
842 string.
843
844
kasperl@chromium.orga5551262010-12-07 12:49:48 +00008452010-12-07: Version 3.0.0
846
847 Improved performance by (partially) addressing issue 957 on
848 IA-32. Still needs more work for the other architectures.
849
850
ager@chromium.orgbeb25712010-11-29 08:02:25 +00008512010-11-29: Version 2.5.9
852
853 Fixed crashes during GC caused by partially initialize heap
854 objects.
855
856 Fixed bug in process sample that caused memory leaks.
857
858 Improved performance on ARM by implementing missing stubs and
859 inlining.
860
861 Improved heap profiler support.
862
863 Added separate seeding on Windows of the random number generator
864 used internally by the compiler (issue 936).
865
866 Exposed API for getting the name of the function used to construct
867 an object.
868
869 Fixed date parser to handle one and two digit millisecond
870 values (issue 944).
871
872 Fixed number parsing to disallow space between sign and
873 digits (issue 946).
874
875
vegorov@chromium.org21b5e952010-11-23 10:24:40 +00008762010-11-23: Version 2.5.8
877
878 Removed dependency on Gay's dtoa.
879
880 Improved heap profiler precision and speed.
881
882 Reduced overhead of callback invocations on ARM.
883
884
erik.corry@gmail.com4a6c3272010-11-18 12:04:40 +00008852010-11-18: Version 2.5.7
886
887 Fixed obscure evaluation order bug (issue 931).
888
889 Split the random number state between JavaScript and the private API.
890
891 Fixed performance bug causing GCs when generating stack traces on
892 code from very large scripts.
893
894 Fixed bug in parser that allowed (foo):42 as a labelled statement
895 (issue 918).
896
897 Provide more accurate results about used heap size via
898 GetHeapStatistics.
899
900 Allow build-time customization of the max semispace size.
901
902 Made String.prototype.split honor limit when separator is empty
903 (issue 929).
904
905 Added missing failure check after expecting an identifier in
906 preparser (Chromium issue 62639).
907
908
ager@chromium.org01fe7df2010-11-10 11:59:11 +00009092010-11-10: Version 2.5.6
910
911 Added support for VFP rounding modes to the ARM simulator.
912
913 Fixed multiplication overflow bug (issue 927).
914
915 Added a limit for the amount of executable memory (issue 925).
916
917
whesse@chromium.orgf0ac72d2010-11-08 12:47:26 +00009182010-11-08: Version 2.5.5
919
920 Added more aggressive GC of external objects in near out-of-memory
921 situations.
922
923 Fixed a bug that gave the incorrect result for String.split called
924 on the empty string (issue 924).
925
926
lrn@chromium.orgfa943b72010-11-03 08:14:36 +00009272010-11-03: Version 2.5.4
928
whesse@chromium.orgf0ac72d2010-11-08 12:47:26 +0000929 Improved V8 VFPv3 runtime detection to address issue 914.
lrn@chromium.orgfa943b72010-11-03 08:14:36 +0000930
931
fschneider@chromium.orge03fb642010-11-01 12:34:09 +00009322010-11-01: Version 2.5.3
933
934 Fixed a bug that prevents constants from overwriting function values
935 in object literals (issue 907).
936
937 Fixed a bug with reporting of impossible nested calls of DOM functions
938 (issue http://crbug.com/60753).
939
940
lrn@chromium.org303ada72010-10-27 09:33:13 +00009412010-10-27: Version 2.5.2
942
943 Improved sampler resolution on Linux.
944
945 Allowed forcing the use of a simulator from the build script
946 independently of the host architecture.
947
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000948 Fixed FreeBSD port (issue 912).
lrn@chromium.org303ada72010-10-27 09:33:13 +0000949
950 Made windows-tick-processor respect D8_PATH.
951
952 Implemented --noinline-new flag fully on IA32, X64 and ARM platforms.
953
954
whesse@chromium.org4a5224e2010-10-20 12:37:07 +00009552010-10-20: Version 2.5.1
956
957 Fixed bug causing spurious out of memory exceptions
958 (issue http://crbug.com/54580).
959
960 Fixed compilation error on Solaris platform (issue 901).
961
962 Fixed error in strtod (string to floating point number conversion)
963 due to glibc's use of 80-bit floats in the FPU on 32-bit linux.
964
965 Adjusted randomized allocations of executable memory to have 64k
966 granularity (issue http://crbug.com/56036).
967
968 Supported profiling using kernel perf_events on linux. Added ll_prof
969 script to tools and --ll-prof flag to V8.
970
971
vegorov@chromium.org42841962010-10-18 11:18:59 +00009722010-10-18: Version 2.5.0
973
974 Fixed bug in cache handling of lastIndex on global regexps
975 (issue http://crbug.com/58740).
976
977 Added USE_SIMULATOR macro that explicitly indicates that we wish to use
978 the simulator as the execution engine (by Mark Lam <mark.lam@palm.com>
kmillikin@chromium.orgfacd82d2010-12-13 18:00:51 +0000979 from Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP).
vegorov@chromium.org42841962010-10-18 11:18:59 +0000980
981 Fixed compilation error on ARM with gcc 4.4 (issue 894).
982
983
9842010-10-13: Version 2.4.9
ager@chromium.orgb61a0d12010-10-13 08:35:23 +0000985
986 Fixed a bug in the handling of conditional expressions in test
987 contexts in compiler for top-level code.
988
989 Added "//@ sourceURL" information to the StackTrace API.
990
991 Exposed RegExp construction through the API.
992
993
ricow@chromium.orgeb7c1442010-10-04 08:54:21 +00009942010-10-04: Version 2.4.8
995
996 Fixed a bug in ResumeProfilerEx causing it to not always write out the
997 whole snapshot (issue 868).
998
999 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1000
1001
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +000010022010-09-30: Version 2.4.7
1003
1004 Changed the command-line flag --max-new-space-size to be in kB and the
1005 flag --max-old-space-size to be in MB (previously they were in bytes).
1006
1007 Added Debug::CancelDebugBreak to the debugger API.
1008
1009 Fixed a bug in getters for negative numeric property names
1010 (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46689).
1011
1012 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1013
1014
whesse@chromium.org4a1fe7d2010-09-27 12:32:04 +000010152010-09-27: Version 2.4.6
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +00001016
whesse@chromium.org4a1fe7d2010-09-27 12:32:04 +00001017 Fixed assertion failure related to copy-on-write arrays (issue 876).
1018
1019 Fixed build failure of 64-bit V8 on Windows.
1020
1021 Fixed a bug in RegExp (issue http://crbug.com/52801).
1022
1023 Improved the profiler's coverage to cover more functions (issue 858).
1024
1025 Fixed error in shift operators on 64-bit V8
1026 (issue http://crbug.com/54521).
1027
1028
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +000010292010-09-22: Version 2.4.5
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +00001030
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001031 Changed the RegExp benchmark to exercise the regexp engine on different
1032 inputs by scrambling the input strings.
1033
1034 Fixed a bug in keyed loads on strings.
1035
1036 Fixed a bug with loading global function prototypes.
1037
1038 Fixed a bug with profiling RegExp calls (issue http://crbug.com/55999).
1039
1040 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1041
1042
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +000010432010-09-15: Version 2.4.4
1044
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001045 Fixed bug with hangs on very large sparse arrays.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00001046
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001047 Now tries harder to free up memory when running out of space.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00001048
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001049 Added heap snapshots to JSON format to API.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00001050
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001051 Recalibrated benchmarks.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00001052
1053
sgjesse@chromium.org2ec107f2010-09-13 09:19:46 +000010542010-09-13: Version 2.4.3
1055
1056 Made Date.parse properly handle TZ offsets (issue 857).
1057
1058 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1059
1060
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +000010612010-09-08: Version 2.4.2
1062
1063 Fixed GC crash bug.
1064
1065 Fixed stack corruption bug.
1066
1067 Fixed compilation for newer C++ compilers that found Operand(0)
1068 ambiguous.
1069
1070
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +000010712010-09-06: Version 2.4.1
1072
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001073 Added the ability for an embedding application to receive a callback
1074 when V8 allocates (V8::AddMemoryAllocationCallback) or deallocates
1075 (V8::RemoveMemoryAllocationCallback) from the OS.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001076
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001077 Fixed several JSON bugs (including issue 855).
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001078
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001079 Fixed memory overrun crash bug triggered during V8's tick-based
1080 profiling.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001081
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001082 Performance improvements on all platforms.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001083
1084
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +000010852010-09-01: Version 2.4.0
1086
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001087 Fixed bug in Object.freeze and Object.seal when Array.prototype or
1088 Object.prototype are changed (issue 842).
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00001089
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001090 Updated Array.splice to follow Safari and Firefox when called
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001091 with zero arguments.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00001092
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001093 Fixed a missing live register when breaking at keyed loads on ARM.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00001094
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001095 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00001096
1097
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +000010982010-08-25: Version 2.3.11
1099
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001100 Fixed bug in RegExp related to copy-on-write arrays.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001101
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001102 Refactored tools/test.py script, including the introduction of
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001103 VARIANT_FLAGS that allows specification of sets of flags with which
1104 all tests should be run.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001105
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001106 Fixed a bug in the handling of debug breaks in CallIC.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001107
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001108 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001109
1110
erik.corry@gmail.com145eff52010-08-23 11:36:18 +000011112010-08-23: Version 2.3.10
1112
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001113 Fixed bug in bitops on ARM.
erik.corry@gmail.com145eff52010-08-23 11:36:18 +00001114
1115 Build fixes for unusual compilers.
1116
1117 Track high water mark for RWX memory.
1118
1119 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1120
1121
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +000011222010-08-18: Version 2.3.9
1123
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001124 Fixed compilation for ARMv4 on OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00001125
1126 Removed specialized handling of GCC 4.4 (issue 830).
1127
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001128 Fixed DST cache to take into account the suspension of DST in
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00001129 Egypt during the 2010 Ramadan (issue http://crbug.com/51855).
1130
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001131 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00001132
1133
ager@chromium.orgea4f62e2010-08-16 16:28:43 +000011342010-08-16: Version 2.3.8
1135
1136 Fixed build with strict aliasing on GCC 4.4 (issue 463).
1137
1138 Fixed issue with incorrect handling of custom valueOf methods on
1139 string wrappers (issue 760).
1140
1141 Fixed compilation for ARMv4 (issue 590).
1142
1143 Improved performance.
1144
1145
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +000011462010-08-11: Version 2.3.7
1147
1148 Reduced size of heap snapshots produced by heap profiler (issue 783).
1149
1150 Introduced v8::Value::IsRegExp method.
1151
1152 Fixed CPU profiler crash in start / stop sequence when non-existent
1153 name is passed (issue http://crbug.com/51594).
1154
1155 Introduced new indexed property query callbacks API (issue 816). This
1156 API is guarded by USE_NEW_QUERY_CALLBACK define and is disabled
1157 by default.
1158
1159 Removed support for object literal get/set with number/string
1160 property name.
1161
1162 Fixed handling of JSObject::elements in CalculateNetworkSize
1163 (issue 822).
1164
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001165 Allowed compiling with strict aliasing enabled on GCC 4.4 (issue 463).
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00001166
1167
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +000011682010-08-09: Version 2.3.6
1169
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00001170 RegExp literals create a new object every time they are evaluated
1171 (issue 704).
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00001172
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00001173 Object.seal and Object.freeze return the modified object (issue 809).
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00001174
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001175 Fixed building using GCC 4.4.4.
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00001176
1177
sgjesse@chromium.orgc3a01972010-08-04 09:46:24 +000011782010-08-04: Version 2.3.5
1179
1180 Added support for ES5 property names. Object initialisers and
1181 dot-notation property access now allows keywords. Also allowed
1182 non-identifiers after "get" or "set" in an object initialiser.
1183
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001184 Randomized the addresses of allocated executable memory on Windows.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc3a01972010-08-04 09:46:24 +00001185
1186
whesse@chromium.orge90029b2010-08-02 11:52:17 +000011872010-08-02: Version 2.3.4
1188
1189 Fixed problems in implementation of ES5 function.prototype.bind.
1190
1191 Fixed error when using apply with arguments object on ARM (issue 784).
1192
1193 Added setting of global flags to debugger protocol.
1194
1195 Fixed an error affecting cached results of sin and cos (issue 792).
1196
1197 Removed memory leak from a boundary case where V8 is not initialized.
1198
1199 Fixed issue where debugger could set breakpoints outside the body
1200 of a function.
1201
1202 Fixed issue in debugger when using both live edit and step in features.
1203
1204 Added Number-letter (Nl) category to Unicode tables. These characters
1205 can now be used in identifiers.
1206
1207 Fixed an assert failure on X64 (issue 806).
1208
1209 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1210
1211
whesse@chromium.orgba5a61b2010-07-26 11:44:40 +000012122010-07-26: Version 2.3.3
1213
1214 Fixed error when building the d8 shell in a fresh checkout.
1215
1216 Implemented Function.prototype.bind (ES5 15.3.4.5).
1217
1218 Fixed an error in inlined stores on ia32.
1219
1220 Fixed an error when setting a breakpoint at the end of a function
1221 that does not end with a newline character.
1222
1223 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1224
1225
fschneider@chromium.orged78ffd2010-07-21 11:05:19 +000012262010-07-21: Version 2.3.2
1227
1228 Fixed compiler warnings when building with LLVM.
1229
1230 Fixed a bug with for-in applied to strings (issue 785).
1231
1232 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1233
whesse@chromium.orgba5a61b2010-07-26 11:44:40 +00001234
ricow@chromium.org4980dff2010-07-19 08:33:45 +000012352010-07-19: Version 2.3.1
1236
1237 Fixed compilation and linking with V8_INTERPRETED_REGEXP flag.
1238
1239 Fixed bug related to code flushing while compiling a lazy
1240 compilable function (issue http://crbug.com/49099).
1241
1242 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1243
1244
ager@chromium.orgb5737492010-07-15 09:29:43 +000012452010-07-15: Version 2.3.0
1246
1247 Added ES5 Object.seal and Object.isSealed.
1248
1249 Added debugger API for scheduling debugger commands from a
1250 separate thread.
1251
1252
ager@chromium.org6a2b0aa2010-07-13 20:58:03 +000012532010-07-14: Version 2.2.24
1254
1255 Added API for capturing stack traces for uncaught exceptions.
1256
1257 Fixed crash bug when preparsing from a non-external V8 string
1258 (issue 775).
1259
1260 Fixed JSON.parse bug causing input not to be converted to string
1261 (issue 764).
1262
1263 Added ES5 Object.freeze and Object.isFrozen.
1264
1265 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1266
1267
erik.corry@gmail.com4a2e25e2010-07-07 12:22:46 +000012682010-07-07: Version 2.2.23
1269
1270 API change: Convert Unicode code points outside the basic multilingual
1271 plane to the replacement character. Previous behavior was to silently
1272 truncate the value to 16 bits.
1273
1274 Fixed crash: handle all flat string types in regexp replace.
1275
1276 Prevent invalid pre-parsing data passed in through the API from
1277 crashing V8.
1278
1279 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1280
ager@chromium.org6a2b0aa2010-07-13 20:58:03 +00001281
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +000012822010-07-05: Version 2.2.22
1283
1284 Added ES5 Object.isExtensible and Object.preventExtensions.
1285
1286 Enabled building V8 as a DLL.
1287
1288 Fixed a bug in date code where -0 was not interpreted as 0
1289 (issue 736).
1290
1291 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1292
1293
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +000012942010-06-30: Version 2.2.21
1295
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001296 Fixed bug in externalizing some ASCII strings (Chromium issue 47824).
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001297
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001298 Updated JSON.stringify to floor the space parameter (issue 753).
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001299
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001300 Updated the Mozilla test expectations to the newest version.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001301
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001302 Updated the ES5 Conformance Test expectations to the latest version.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001303
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001304 Updated the V8 benchmark suite.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001305
1306 Provide actual breakpoints locations in response to setBreakpoint
1307 and listBreakpoints requests.
1308
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001309
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +000013102010-06-28: Version 2.2.20
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001311
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001312 Fixed bug with for-in on x64 platform (issue 748).
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00001313
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001314 Fixed crash bug on x64 platform (issue 756).
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001315
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001316 Fixed bug in Object.getOwnPropertyNames. (chromium issue 41243).
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00001317
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001318 Fixed a bug on ARM that caused the result of 1 << x to be
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00001319 miscalculated for some inputs.
1320
1321 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1322
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001323
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +000013242010-06-23: Version 2.2.19
1325
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001326 Fixed bug that causes the build to break when profillingsupport=off
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +00001327 (issue 738).
1328
1329 Added expose-externalize-string flag for testing extensions.
1330
1331 Resolve linker issues with using V8 as a DLL causing a number of
1332 problems with unresolved symbols.
1333
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001334 Fixed build failure for cctests when ENABLE_DEBUGGER_SUPPORT is not
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +00001335 defined.
1336
1337 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1338
1339
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +000013402010-06-16: Version 2.2.18
1341
1342 Added API functions to retrieve information on indexed properties
1343 managed by the embedding layer. Fixes bug 737.
1344
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001345 Made ES5 Object.defineProperty support array elements. Fixes bug 619.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00001346
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001347 Added heap profiling to the API.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00001348
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001349 Removed old named property query from the API.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00001350
1351 Incremental performance improvements.
1352
1353
ager@chromium.org2cc82ae2010-06-14 07:35:38 +000013542010-06-14: Version 2.2.17
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00001355
ager@chromium.org2cc82ae2010-06-14 07:35:38 +00001356 Improved debugger support for stepping out of functions.
1357
1358 Incremental performance improvements.
1359
1360
13612010-06-09: Version 2.2.16
1362
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001363 Removed the SetExternalStringDiposeCallback API. Changed the
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00001364 disposal of external string resources to call a virtual Dispose
1365 method on the resource.
1366
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001367 Added support for more precise break points when debugging and
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00001368 stepping.
1369
1370 Memory usage improvements on all platforms.
1371
1372
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +000013732010-06-07: Version 2.2.15
1374
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001375 Added an API to control the disposal of external string resources.
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00001376
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001377 Added missing initialization of a couple of variables which makes
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00001378 some compilers complaint when compiling with -Werror.
1379
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001380 Improved performance on all platforms.
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00001381
1382
sgjesse@chromium.org82dbbab2010-06-02 08:57:44 +000013832010-06-02: Version 2.2.14
1384
1385 Fixed a crash in code generated for String.charCodeAt.
1386
1387 Fixed a compilation issue with some GCC versions (issue 727).
1388
1389 Performance optimizations on x64 and ARM platforms.
1390
1391
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +000013922010-05-31: Version 2.2.13
1393
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001394 Implemented Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor for element indices and
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00001395 strings (issue 599).
1396
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001397 Fixed bug for windows 64 bit C calls from generated code.
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00001398
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001399 Added new scons flag unalignedaccesses for arm builds.
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00001400
1401 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1402
1403
kmillikin@chromium.org9155e252010-05-26 13:27:57 +000014042010-05-26: Version 2.2.12
1405
1406 Allowed accessors to be defined on objects rather than just object
1407 templates.
1408
1409 Changed the ScriptData API.
1410
1411
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +000014122010-05-21: Version 2.2.11
1413
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001414 Fixed crash bug in liveedit on 64 bit.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001415
1416 Use 'full compiler' when debugging is active. This should increase
1417 the density of possible break points, making single step more fine
1418 grained. This will only take effect for functions compiled after
1419 debugging has been started, so recompilation of all functions is
1420 required to get the full effect. IA32 and x64 only for now.
1421
1422 Misc. fixes to the Solaris build.
1423
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001424 Added new flags --print-cumulative-gc-stat and --trace-gc-nvp.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001425
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001426 Added filtering of CPU profiles by security context.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001427
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001428 Fixed crash bug on ARM when running without VFP2 or VFP3.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001429
1430 Incremental performance improvements in all backends.
1431
1432
vegorov@chromium.orgdff694e2010-05-17 09:10:26 +000014332010-05-17: Version 2.2.10
1434
1435 Performance improvements in the x64 and ARM backends.
1436
1437
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +000014382010-05-10: Version 2.2.9
1439
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001440 Allowed Object.create to be called with a function (issue 697).
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +00001441
1442 Fixed bug with Date.parse returning a non-NaN value when called on a
1443 non date string (issue 696).
1444
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001445 Allowed unaligned memory accesses on ARM targets that support it (by
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001446 Subrato K De of CodeAurora <subratokde@codeaurora.org>).
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +00001447
1448 C++ API for retrieving JavaScript stack trace information.
1449
1450
ager@chromium.orgac091b72010-05-05 07:34:42 +000014512010-05-05: Version 2.2.8
1452
1453 Performance improvements in the x64 and ARM backends.
1454
1455
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +000014562010-05-03: Version 2.2.7
1457
1458 Added support for ES5 date time string format to Date.parse.
1459
1460 Performance improvements in the x64 backend.
1461
1462
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +000014632010-04-28: Version 2.2.6
1464
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00001465 Added "amd64" as recognized architecture in scons build script
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00001466 (by Ryan Dahl <coldredlemur@gmail.com>).
1467
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00001468 Fixed bug in String search and replace with very simple RegExps.
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00001469
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00001470 Fixed bug in RegExp containing "\b^".
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00001471
1472 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1473
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00001474
fschneider@chromium.org013f3e12010-04-26 13:27:52 +000014752010-04-26: Version 2.2.5
1476
1477 Various performance improvements (especially for ARM and x64)
1478
1479 Fixed bug in CPU profiling (http://crbug.com/42137)
1480
1481 Fixed a bug with the natives cache.
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00001482
1483 Fixed two bugs in the ARM code generator that can cause
fschneider@chromium.org013f3e12010-04-26 13:27:52 +00001484 wrong calculations.
1485
1486 Fixed a bug that may cause a wrong result for shift operations.
1487
1488
14892010-04-21: Version 2.2.4
ricow@chromium.orgc9c80822010-04-21 08:22:37 +00001490
1491 Fixed warnings on arm on newer GCC versions.
1492
1493 Fixed a number of minor bugs.
1494
1495 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1496
1497
whesse@chromium.orgb6e43bb2010-04-14 09:36:28 +000014982010-04-14: Version 2.2.3
1499
1500 Added stack command and mem command to ARM simulator debugger.
1501
1502 Fixed scons snapshot and ARM build, and Windows X64 build issues.
1503
1504 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1505
1506
ager@chromium.org357bf652010-04-12 11:30:10 +000015072010-04-12: Version 2.2.2
1508
1509 Introduced new profiler API.
1510
1511 Fixed random number generator to produce full 32 random bits.
1512
1513
lrn@chromium.org25156de2010-04-06 13:10:27 +000015142010-04-06: Version 2.2.1
1515
1516 Debugger improvements.
1517
1518 Fixed minor bugs.
1519
1520
ricow@chromium.orgaa1b6162010-03-29 07:44:58 +000015212010-03-29: Version 2.2.0
1522
1523 Fixed a few minor bugs.
1524
1525 Performance improvements for string operations.
1526
1527
ager@chromium.orgb26c50a2010-03-26 09:27:16 +000015282010-03-26: Version 2.1.10
1529
1530 Fixed scons build issues.
1531
1532 Fixed a couple of minor bugs.
1533
1534
sgjesse@chromium.orgdf7a2842010-03-25 14:34:15 +000015352010-03-25: Version 2.1.9
1536
1537 Added API support for reattaching a global object to a context.
1538
1539 Extended debugger API with access to the internal debugger context.
1540
1541 Fixed Chromium crashes (issues http://crbug.com/39128 and
1542 http://crbug.com/39160)
1543
1544
kmillikin@chromium.org5d8f0e62010-03-24 08:21:20 +000015452010-03-24: Version 2.1.8
1546
1547 Added fine-grained garbage collection callbacks to the API.
1548
1549 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1550
1551
whesse@chromium.orgcec079d2010-03-22 14:44:04 +000015522010-03-22: Version 2.1.7
1553
1554 Fixed issue 650.
1555
1556 Fixed a bug where __proto__ was sometimes enumerated (issue 646).
fschneider@chromium.org086aac62010-03-17 13:18:24 +00001557
1558 Performance improvements for arithmetic operations.
1559
1560 Performance improvements for string operations.
1561
whesse@chromium.orgcec079d2010-03-22 14:44:04 +00001562 Print script name and line number information in stack trace.
1563
1564
15652010-03-17: Version 2.1.6
1566
1567 Performance improvements for arithmetic operations.
1568
1569 Performance improvements for string operations.
1570
1571
vegorov@chromium.orgf8372902010-03-15 10:26:20 +000015722010-03-10: Version 2.1.4
1573
1574 Fixed code cache lookup for keyed IC's (issue http://crbug.com/37853).
1575
1576 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1577
1578
ager@chromium.orgce5e87b2010-03-10 10:24:18 +000015792010-03-10: Version 2.1.3
1580
1581 Added API method for context-disposal notifications.
1582
1583 Added API method for accessing elements by integer index.
1584
1585 Added missing implementation of Uint32::Value and Value::IsUint32
1586 API methods.
1587
1588 Added IsExecutionTerminating API method.
1589
1590 Disabled strict aliasing for GCC 4.4.
1591
1592 Fixed string-concatenation bug (issue 636).
1593
1594 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1595
1596
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +000015972010-02-23: Version 2.1.2
1598
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001599 Fixed a crash bug caused by wrong assert.
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +00001600
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001601 Fixed a bug with register names on 64-bit V8 (issue 615).
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +00001602
1603 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1604
ager@chromium.orgce5e87b2010-03-10 10:24:18 +00001605
ager@chromium.org5c838252010-02-19 08:53:10 +000016062010-02-19: Version 2.1.1
1607
1608 [ES5] Implemented Object.defineProperty.
1609
1610 Improved profiler support.
1611
1612 Added SetPrototype method in the public V8 API.
1613
1614 Added GetScriptOrigin and GetScriptLineNumber methods to Function
1615 objects in the API.
1616
1617 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1618
1619
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +000016202010-02-03: Version 2.1.0
1621
1622 Values are now always wrapped in objects when used as a receiver.
1623 (issue 223).
1624
1625 [ES5] Implemented Object.getOwnPropertyNames.
1626
1627 [ES5] Restrict JSON.parse to only accept strings that conforms to the
1628 JSON grammar.
1629
1630 Improvement of debugger agent (issue 549 and 554).
1631
1632 Fixed problem with skipped stack frame in profiles (issue 553).
1633
1634 Solaris support by Erich Ocean <erich.ocean@me.com> and Ryan Dahl
1635 <ry@tinyclouds.org>.
1636
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001637 Fixed a bug that Math.round() returns incorrect results for huge
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00001638 integers.
1639
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001640 Fixed enumeration order for objects created from some constructor
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00001641 functions (isue http://crbug.com/3867).
1642
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001643 Fixed arithmetic on some integer constants (issue 580).
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00001644
1645 Numerous performance improvements including porting of previous IA-32
1646 optimizations to x64 and ARM architectures.
1647
1648
fschneider@chromium.org0c20e672010-01-14 15:28:53 +000016492010-01-14: Version 2.0.6
1650
1651 Added ES5 Object.getPrototypeOf, GetOwnPropertyDescriptor,
1652 GetOwnProperty, FromPropertyDescriptor.
1653
1654 Fixed Mac x64 build errors.
1655
1656 Improved performance of some math and string operations.
1657
1658 Improved performance of some regexp operations.
1659
1660 Improved performance of context creation.
1661
1662 Improved performance of hash tables.
1663
1664
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +000016652009-12-18: Version 2.0.5
1666
1667 Extended to upper limit of map space to allow for 7 times as many map
1668 to be allocated (issue 524).
1669
1670 Improved performance of code using closures.
1671
1672 Improved performance of some binary operations involving doubles.
1673
1674
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +000016752009-12-16: Version 2.0.4
1676
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001677 Added ECMAScript 5 Object.create.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001678
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001679 Improved performance of Math.max and Math.min.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001680
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001681 Optimized adding of strings on 64-bit platforms.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001682
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001683 Improved handling of external strings by using a separate table
1684 instead of weak handles. This improves garbage collection
1685 performance and uses less memory.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001686
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001687 Changed code generation for object and array literals in toplevel
1688 code to be more compact by doing more work in the runtime.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001689
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001690 Fixed a crash bug triggered when garbage collection happened during
1691 generation of a callback load inline cache stub.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001692
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001693 Fixed crash bug sometimes triggered when local variables shadowed
1694 parameters in functions that used the arguments object.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001695
1696
sgjesse@chromium.orgac6aa172009-12-04 12:29:05 +000016972009-12-03: Version 2.0.3
1698
1699 Optimized handling and adding of strings, for-in and Array.join.
1700
1701 Heap serialization is now non-destructive.
1702
1703 Improved profiler support with information on time spend in C++
1704 callbacks registered through the API.
1705
1706 Added commands to the debugger protocol for starting/stopping
1707 profiling.
1708
1709 Enabled the non-optimizing compiler for top-level code.
1710
1711 Changed the API to only allow strings to be set as data objects on
1712 Contexts and scripts to avoid potentially keeping global objects
1713 around for too long (issue 528).
1714
1715 OpenBSD support patch by Peter Valchev <pvalchev@gmail.com>.
1716
1717 Fixed bugs.
1718
1719
ager@chromium.org01beca72009-11-24 14:29:16 +000017202009-11-24: Version 2.0.2
1721
1722 Improved profiler support.
1723
1724 Fixed bug that broke compilation of d8 with readline support.
1725
1726
ager@chromium.org6141cbe2009-11-20 12:14:52 +000017272009-11-20: Version 2.0.1
1728
1729 Fixed crash bug in String.prototype.replace.
1730
1731 Reverted a change which caused Chromium interactive ui test
1732 failures.
1733
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001734
ager@chromium.orgc4c92722009-11-18 14:12:51 +000017352009-11-18: Version 2.0.0
1736
1737 Added support for VFP on ARM.
1738
1739 Added TryCatch::ReThrow method to the API.
1740
1741 Reduced the size of snapshots and improved the snapshot load time.
1742
1743 Improved heap profiler support.
1744
1745 64-bit version now supported on Windows.
1746
1747 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
1748
1749 Fixed bugs.
1750
1751
sgjesse@chromium.orgf1e73132009-10-29 14:46:49 +000017522009-10-29: Version 1.3.18
1753
1754 Reverted a change which caused crashes in RegExp replace.
1755
sgjesse@chromium.orgac6aa172009-12-04 12:29:05 +00001756 Reverted a change which caused Chromium ui_tests failure.
sgjesse@chromium.orgf1e73132009-10-29 14:46:49 +00001757
1758
ager@chromium.org3811b432009-10-28 14:53:37 +000017592009-10-28: Version 1.3.17
1760
1761 Added API method to get simple heap statistics.
1762
1763 Improved heap profiler support.
1764
1765 Fixed the implementation of the resource constraint API so it
1766 works when using snapshots.
1767
1768 Fixed a number of issues in the Windows 64-bit version.
1769
1770 Optimized calls to API getters.
1771
1772 Added valgrind notification on code modification to the 64-bit version.
1773
1774 Fixed issue where we logged shared library addresses on Windows at
1775 startup and never used them.
1776
1777
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +000017782009-10-16: Version 1.3.16
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001779
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001780 X64: Convert smis to holding 32 bits of payload.
1781
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001782 Introduced v8::Integer::NewFromUnsigned method.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001783
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001784 Added missing null check in Context::GetCurrent.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001785
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001786 Added trim, trimLeft and trimRight methods to String
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001787 Patch by Jan de Mooij <jandemooij@gmail.com>
1788
1789 Implement ES5 Array.isArray
1790 Patch by Jan de Mooij <jandemooij@gmail.com>
1791
1792 Skip access checks for hidden properties.
1793
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001794 Added String::Concat(Handle<String> left, Handle<String> right) to the
1795 V8 API.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001796
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001797 Fixed GYP-based builds of V8.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001798
1799
sgjesse@chromium.org152a0b02009-10-07 13:50:16 +000018002009-10-07: Version 1.3.15
1801
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001802 Expanded the maximum size of the code space to 512MB for 64-bit mode.
sgjesse@chromium.org152a0b02009-10-07 13:50:16 +00001803
1804 Fixed a crash bug happening when starting profiling (issue
1805 http://crbug.com/23768).
1806
1807
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +000018082009-10-07: Version 1.3.14
1809
1810 Added GetRealNamedProperty to the API to lookup real properties
1811 located on the object or in the prototype chain skipping any
1812 interceptors.
1813
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001814 Fixed the stack limits setting API to work correctly with threads. The
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00001815 stack limit now needs to be set to each thread thich is used with V8.
1816
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001817 Removed the high-priority flag from IdleNotification()
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00001818
1819 Ensure V8 is initialized before locking and unlocking threads.
1820
1821 Implemented a new JavaScript minifier for compressing the source of
ager@chromium.org3811b432009-10-28 14:53:37 +00001822 the built-in JavaScript. This removes non-Open Source code from Douglas
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00001823 Crockford from the project.
1824
1825 Added a missing optimization in StringCharAt.
1826
1827 Fixed some flaky socket tests.
1828
1829 Change by Alexander Botero-Lowry to fix profiler sampling on FreeBSD
1830 in 64-bit mode.
1831
1832 Fixed memory leaks in the thread management code.
1833
1834 Fixed the result of assignment to a pixel array. The assigned value
1835 is now the result.
1836
1837 Error reporting for invalid left-hand sides in for-in statements, pre-
1838 and postfix count expressions, and assignments now matches the JSC
1839 behavior in Safari 4.
1840
1841 Follow the spec in disallowing function declarations without a name.
1842
1843 Always allocate code objects within a 2 GB range. On x64 architecture
1844 this is used to use near calls (32-bit displacement) in Code objects.
1845
1846 Optimized array construction ported to x64 and ARM architectures.
1847
1848 [ES5] Changed Object.keys to return strings for element indices.
1849
1850
ager@chromium.org68e7ab72009-09-23 09:40:39 +000018512009-09-23: Version 1.3.13
1852
1853 Fixed uninitialized memory problem.
1854
1855 Improved heap profiler support.
1856
1857
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com2bc58ef2009-09-22 10:00:30 +000018582009-09-22: Version 1.3.12
1859
1860 Changed behavior of |function|.toString() on built-in functions to
1861 be compatible with other implementations. Patch by Jan de Mooij.
1862
1863 Added Object::IsDirty in the API.
1864
1865 Optimized array construction; it is now handled purely in native
1866 code.
1867
1868 [ES5] Made properties of the arguments array enumerable.
1869
1870 [ES5] Added test suite adapter for the es5conform test suite.
1871
1872 [ES5] Added Object.keys function.
1873
ager@chromium.org68e7ab72009-09-23 09:40:39 +00001874
ager@chromium.org4af710e2009-09-15 12:20:11 +000018752009-09-15: Version 1.3.11
1876
1877 Fixed crash in error reporting during bootstrapping.
1878
1879 Optimized generated IA32 math code by using SSE2 instructions when
1880 available.
1881
1882 Implemented missing pieces of debugger infrastructure on ARM. The
1883 debugger is now fully functional on ARM.
1884
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001885 Made 'hidden' the default visibility for gcc.
ager@chromium.org4af710e2009-09-15 12:20:11 +00001886
1887
ager@chromium.orga1645e22009-09-09 19:27:10 +000018882009-09-09: Version 1.3.10
1889
1890 Fixed profiler on Mac in 64-bit mode.
1891
1892 Optimized creation of objects from simple constructor functions on
1893 ARM.
1894
1895 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
1896
1897 Reduced the amount of memory consumed by V8.
1898
1899
ager@chromium.org18ad94b2009-09-02 08:22:29 +000019002009-09-02: Version 1.3.9
1901
1902 Optimized stack guard checks on ARM.
1903
1904 Optimized API operations by inlining more in the API.
1905
1906 Optimized creation of objects from simple constructor functions.
1907
1908 Enabled a number of missing optimizations in the 64-bit port.
1909
1910 Implemented native-code support for regular expressions on ARM.
1911
1912 Stopped using the 'sahf' instruction on 64-bit machines that do
1913 not support it.
1914
1915 Fixed a bug in the support for forceful termination of JavaScript
1916 execution.
1917
1918
ager@chromium.org96c75b52009-08-26 09:13:16 +000019192009-08-26: Version 1.3.8
1920
1921 Changed the handling of idle notifications to allow idle
1922 notifications when V8 has not yet been initialized.
1923
1924 Fixed ARM simulator compilation problem on Windows.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001925
ager@chromium.org96c75b52009-08-26 09:13:16 +00001926
ager@chromium.orgab99eea2009-08-25 07:05:41 +000019272009-08-25: Version 1.3.7
1928
1929 Reduced the size of generated code on ARM platforms by reducing
1930 the size of constant pools.
1931
1932 Changed build files to not include the 'ENV' user environment
1933 variable in the build environment.
1934
1935 Changed the handling of idle notifications.
1936
1937
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +000019382009-08-21: Version 1.3.6
1939
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001940 Added support for forceful termination of JavaScript execution.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +00001941
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001942 Added low memory notification to the API. The embedding host can signal
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +00001943 a low memory situation to V8.
1944
1945 Changed the handling of global handles (persistent handles in the API
1946 sense) to avoid issues regarding allocation of new global handles
1947 during weak handle callbacks.
1948
1949 Changed the growth policy of the young space.
1950
1951 Fixed a GC issue introduced in version 1.3.5.
1952
1953
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +000019542009-08-19: Version 1.3.5
1955
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001956 Optimized initialization of some arrays in the builtins.
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00001957
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001958 Fixed mac-nm script to support filenames with spaces.
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00001959
1960 Support for using the V8 profiler when V8 is embedded in a Windows DLL.
1961
1962 Changed typeof RegExp from 'object' to 'function' for compatibility.
1963 Fixed bug where regexps were not callable across contexts.
1964
1965 Added context independent script compilation to the API.
1966
1967 Added API call to get the stack trace for an exception.
1968
1969 Added API for getting object mirrors.
1970
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001971 Made sure that SSE3 instructions are used whenever possible even when
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00001972 running off a snapshot generated without using SSE3 instructions.
1973
1974 Tweaked the handling of the initial size and growth policy of the heap.
1975
1976 Added native code generation for RegExp to 64-bit version.
1977
1978 Added JavaScript debugger support to 64-bit version.
1979
1980
ager@chromium.orgadd848f2009-08-13 12:44:13 +000019812009-08-13: Version 1.3.4
1982
1983 Added a readline() command to the d8 shell.
1984
1985 Fixed bug in json parsing.
1986
1987 Added idle notification to the API and reduced memory on idle
1988 notifications.
1989
1990
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +000019912009-08-12: Version 1.3.3
1992
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001993 Fixed issue 417: incorrect %t placeholder expansion.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00001994
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001995 Added .gitignore file similar to Chromium's one.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00001996
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001997 Fixed SConstruct file to build with new logging code for Android.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00001998
1999 API: added function to find instance of template in prototype
2000 chain. Inlined Object::IsInstanceOf.
2001
2002 Land change to notify valgrind when we modify code on x86.
2003
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002004 Added api call to determine whether a string can be externalized.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002005
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002006 Added a write() command to d8.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002007
2008
sgjesse@chromium.orgb9d7da12009-08-05 08:38:10 +000020092009-08-05: Version 1.3.2
2010
2011 Started new compiler infrastructure for two-pass compilation using a
2012 control flow graph constructed from the AST.
2013
2014 Profiler stack sampling for X64.
2015
2016 Safe handling of NaN to Posix platform-dependent time functions.
2017
2018 Added a new profiler control API to unify controlling various aspects
2019 of profiling.
2020
2021 Fixed issue 392.
2022
2023
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +000020242009-07-30: Version 1.3.1
2025
2026 Speed improvements to accessors and interceptors.
2027
2028 Added support for capturing stack information on custom errors.
2029
2030 Added support for morphing an object into a pixel array where its
2031 indexed properties are stored in an external byte array. Values written
2032 are always clamped to the 0..255 interval.
2033
2034 Profiler on x64 now handles C/C++ functions from shared libraries.
2035
2036 Changed the debugger to avoid stepping into function.call/apply if the
2037 function is a built-in.
2038
2039 Initial implementation of constructor heap profile for JS objects.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002040
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +00002041 More fine grained control of profiling aspects through the API.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002042
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +00002043 Optimized the called as constructor check for API calls.
2044
2045
kasperl@chromium.orge959c182009-07-27 08:59:04 +000020462009-07-27: Version 1.3.0
2047
2048 Allowed RegExp objects to be called as functions (issue 132).
2049
2050 Fixed issue where global property cells would escape after
2051 detaching the global object; see http://crbug.com/16276.
2052
2053 Added support for stepping into setters and getters in the
2054 debugger.
2055
2056 Changed the debugger to avoid stopping in its own JavaScript code
2057 and in the code of built-in functions.
2058
2059 Fixed issue 345 by avoiding duplicate escaping labels.
2060
2061 Fixed ARM code generator crash in short-circuited boolean
2062 expressions and added regression tests.
2063
2064 Added an external allocation limit to avoid issues where small V8
2065 objects would hold on to large amounts of external memory without
2066 causing garbage collections.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002067
2068 Finished more of the inline caching stubs for x64 targets.
kasperl@chromium.orge959c182009-07-27 08:59:04 +00002069
2070
kasperl@chromium.orgdefbd102009-07-13 14:04:26 +000020712009-07-13: Version 1.2.14
2072
2073 Added separate paged heap space for global property cells and
2074 avoid updating the write barrier when storing into them.
2075
2076 Improved peep-hole optimization on ARM platforms by not emitting
2077 unnecessary debug information.
2078
2079 Re-enabled ICs for loads and calls that skip a global object
2080 during lookup through the prototype chain.
2081
2082 Allowed access through global proxies to use ICs.
2083
2084 Fixed issue 401.
2085
2086
kasperl@chromium.org68ac0092009-07-09 06:00:35 +000020872009-07-09: Version 1.2.13
2088
2089 Fixed issue 397, issue 398, and issue 399.
2090
2091 Added support for breakpoint groups.
2092
2093 Fixed bugs introduced with the new global object representation.
2094
2095 Fixed a few bugs in the ARM code generator.
2096
2097
kasperl@chromium.org86f77b72009-07-06 08:21:57 +000020982009-07-06: Version 1.2.12
2099
2100 Added stack traces collection to Error objects accessible through
2101 the e.stack property.
2102
2103 Changed RegExp parser to use a recursive data structure instead of
2104 stack-based recursion.
2105
2106 Optimized Date object construction and string concatenation.
2107
2108 Improved performance of div, mod, and mul on ARM platforms.
2109
2110
kasperl@chromium.org2abc4502009-07-02 07:00:29 +000021112009-07-02: Version 1.2.11
2112
2113 Improved performance on IA-32 and ARM.
2114
2115 Fixed profiler sampler implementation on Mac OS X.
2116
2117 Changed the representation of global objects to improve
2118 performance of adding a lot of new properties.
2119
2120
ager@chromium.org3e875802009-06-29 08:26:34 +000021212009-06-29: Version 1.2.10
2122
2123 Improved debugger support.
2124
2125 Fixed bug in exception message reporting (issue 390).
2126
2127 Improved overall performance.
2128
2129
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +000021302009-06-23: Version 1.2.9
2131
2132 Improved math performance on ARM.
2133
2134 Fixed profiler name-inference bug.
2135
2136 Fixed handling of shared libraries in the profiler tick processor
2137 scripts.
2138
2139 Fixed handling of tests that time out in the test scripts.
2140
2141 Fixed compilation on MacOS X version 10.4.
2142
2143 Fixed two bugs in the regular expression engine.
2144
2145 Fixed a bug in the string type inference.
2146
2147 Fixed a bug in the handling of 'constant function' properties.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002148
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +00002149 Improved overall performance.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002150
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +00002151
ager@chromium.orgeadaf222009-06-16 09:43:10 +000021522009-06-16: Version 1.2.8
2153
2154 Optimized math on ARM platforms.
2155
2156 Fixed two crash bugs in the handling of getters and setters.
2157
2158 Improved the debugger support by adding scope chain information.
2159
2160 Improved the profiler support by compressing log data transmitted
2161 to clients.
2162
2163 Improved overall performance.
2164
2165
ager@chromium.orge2902be2009-06-08 12:21:35 +000021662009-06-08: Version 1.2.7
2167
2168 Improved debugger and profiler support.
2169
2170 Reduced compilation time by improving the handling of deferred
2171 code.
2172
2173 Optimized interceptor accesses where the property is on the object
2174 on which the interceptors is attached.
2175
2176 Fixed compilation problem on GCC 4.4 by changing the stack
2177 alignment to 16 bytes.
2178
2179 Fixed handle creation to follow stric aliasing rules.
2180
2181 Fixed compilation on FreeBSD.
2182
2183 Introduced API for forcing the deletion of a property ignoring
2184 interceptors and attributes.
2185
2186
sgjesse@chromium.org755c5b12009-05-29 11:04:38 +000021872009-05-29: Version 1.2.6
2188
2189 Added a histogram recording hit rates at different levels of the
2190 compilation cache.
2191
2192 Added stack overflow check for the RegExp analysis phase. Previously a
2193 very long regexp graph could overflow the stack with recursive calls.
2194
2195 Use a dynamic buffer when collecting log events in memory.
2196
2197 Added start/stop events to the profiler log.
2198
2199 Fixed infinite loop which could happen when setting a debug break while
2200 executing a RegExp compiled to native code.
2201
2202 Fixed handling of lastIndexOf called with negative index (issue 351).
2203
2204 Fixed irregular crash in profiler test (issue 358).
2205
2206 Fixed compilation issues with some versions of gcc.
2207
2208
kasperl@chromium.org71affb52009-05-26 05:44:31 +000022092009-05-26: Version 1.2.5
2210
2211 Fixed bug in initial boundary check for Boyer-Moore text
2212 search (issue 349).
2213
2214 Fixed compilation issues with MinGW and gcc 4.3+ and added support
2215 for armv7 and cortex-a8 architectures. Patches by Lei Zhang and
2216 Craig Schlenter.
2217
2218 Added a script cache to the debugger.
2219
2220 Optimized compilation performance by improving internal data
2221 structures and avoiding expensive property load optimizations for
2222 code that's infrequently executed.
2223
2224 Exposed the calling JavaScript context through the static API
2225 function Context::GetCalling().
2226
2227
kasperl@chromium.orgb3284ad2009-05-18 06:12:45 +000022282009-05-18: Version 1.2.4
2229
2230 Improved performance of floating point number allocation for ARM
2231 platforms.
2232
2233 Fixed crash when using the instanceof operator on functions with
2234 number values in their prototype chain (issue 341).
2235
2236 Optimized virtual frame operations in the code generator to speed
2237 up compilation time and allocated the frames in the zone.
2238
2239 Made the representation of virtual frames and jump targets in the
2240 code generator much more compact.
2241
2242 Avoided linear search for non-locals in scope code when resolving
2243 variables inside with and eval scopes.
2244
2245 Optimized lexical scanner by dealing with whitespace as part of
2246 the token scanning instead of as a separate step before it.
2247
2248 Changed the scavenging collector so that promoted objects do not
2249 reside in the old generation while their remembered set is being
2250 swept for pointers into the young generation.
2251
2252 Fixed numeric overflow handling when compiling count operations.
2253
2254
ager@chromium.org9085a012009-05-11 19:22:57 +000022552009-05-11: Version 1.2.3
2256
2257 Fixed bug in reporting of out-of-memory situations.
2258
2259 Introduced hidden prototypes on certain builtin prototype objects
2260 such as String.prototype to emulate JSC's behavior of restoring
2261 the original function when deleting functions from those prototype
2262 objects.
2263
2264 Fixed crash bug in the register allocator.
2265
2266
ager@chromium.org5ec48922009-05-05 07:25:34 +000022672009-05-04: Version 1.2.2
2268
2269 Fixed bug in array sorting for sparse arrays (issue 326).
2270
2271 Added support for adding a soname when building a shared library
2272 on Linux (issue 151).
2273
2274 Fixed bug caused by morphing internal ASCII strings to external
2275 two-byte strings. Slices over ASCII strings have to forward ASCII
2276 checks to the underlying buffer string.
2277
2278 Allowed API call-as-function handlers to be called as
2279 constructors.
2280
2281 Fixed a crash bug where an external string was disposed but a
2282 slice of the external string survived as a symbol.
2283
2284
ager@chromium.org3a37e9b2009-04-27 09:26:21 +000022852009-04-27: Version 1.2.1
2286
2287 Added EcmaScript 5 JSON object.
2288
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002289 Fixed bug in preemption support on ARM.
ager@chromium.org3a37e9b2009-04-27 09:26:21 +00002290
2291
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +000022922009-04-23: Version 1.2.0
2293
2294 Optimized floating-point operations on ARM.
2295
2296 Added a number of extensions to the debugger API.
2297
2298 Changed the enumeration order for unsigned integer keys to always
2299 be numerical order.
2300
2301 Added a "read" extension to the shell sample.
2302
2303 Added support for Array.prototype.reduce and
2304 Array.prototype.reduceRight.
2305
2306 Added an option to the SCons build to control Microsoft Visual C++
2307 link-time code generation.
2308
2309 Fixed a number of bugs (in particular issue 315, issue 316,
2310 issue 317 and issue 318).
2311
2312
kasperl@chromium.org2d18d102009-04-15 13:27:32 +000023132009-04-15: Version 1.1.10
2314
2315 Fixed crash bug that occurred when loading a const variable in the
2316 presence of eval.
2317
2318 Allowed using with and eval in registered extensions in debug mode
2319 by fixing bogus assert.
2320
2321 Fixed the source position for function returns to enable the
2322 debugger to break there.
2323
2324
kasperl@chromium.orgd1e3e722009-04-14 13:38:25 +000023252009-04-14: Version 1.1.9
2326
2327 Made the stack traversal code in the profiler robust by avoiding
2328 to look into the heap.
2329
2330 Added name inferencing for anonymous functions to facilitate
2331 debugging and profiling.
2332
2333 Re-enabled stats timers in the developer shell (d8).
2334
2335 Fixed issue 303 by avoiding to shortcut cons-symbols.
2336
2337
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +000023382009-04-11: Version 1.1.8
2339
2340 Changed test-debug/ThreadedDebugging to be non-flaky (issue 96).
2341
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +00002342 Fixed step-in handling for Function.prototype.apply and call in
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +00002343 the debugger (issue 269).
2344
2345 Fixed v8::Object::DeleteHiddenValue to not bail out when there
2346 are no hidden properties.
2347
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +00002348 Added workaround for crash bug, where external symbol table
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +00002349 entries with deleted resources would lead to NPEs when looking
2350 up in the symbol table.
2351
2352
kasperl@chromium.org8ccb0be2009-04-07 07:21:39 +000023532009-04-07: Version 1.1.7
2354
2355 Added support for easily importing additional environment
2356 variables into the SCons build.
2357
2358 Optimized strict equality checks.
2359
2360 Fixed crash in indexed setters on objects without a corresponding
2361 getter (issue 298).
2362
2363 Re-enabled script compilation cache.
2364
2365
ager@chromium.org8682a592009-04-01 10:47:14 +000023662009-04-01: Version 1.1.6
2367
2368 Reverted an unsafe code generator change.
2369
2370
ager@chromium.org71daaf62009-04-01 07:22:49 +000023712009-04-01: Version 1.1.5
2372
2373 Fixed bug that caused function literals to not be optimized as
2374 much as other functions.
2375
2376 Improved profiler support.
2377
2378 Fixed a crash bug in connection with debugger unloading.
2379
2380 Fixed a crash bug in the code generator caused by losing the
2381 information that a frame element was copied.
2382
2383 Fixed an exception propagation bug that could cause non-null
2384 return values when exceptions were thrown.
2385
2386
ager@chromium.org41826e72009-03-30 13:30:57 +000023872009-03-30: Version 1.1.4
2388
2389 Optimized String.prototype.match.
2390
2391 Improved the stack information in profiles.
2392
2393 Fixed bug in ARM port making it possible to compile the runtime
2394 system for thumb mode again.
2395
2396 Implemented a number of optimizations in the code generator.
2397
2398 Fixed a number of memory leaks in tests.
2399
2400 Fixed crash bug in connection with script source code and external
kasperl@chromium.org8ccb0be2009-04-07 07:21:39 +00002401 strings.
ager@chromium.org41826e72009-03-30 13:30:57 +00002402
2403
kasperl@chromium.orgf5aa8372009-03-24 14:47:14 +000024042009-03-24: Version 1.1.3
2405
2406 Fixed assertion failures in compilation of loop conditions.
2407
2408 Removed STL dependency from developer shell (d8).
2409
2410 Added infrastructure for protecting the V8 heap from corruption
2411 caused by memory modifications from the outside.
2412
2413
ager@chromium.orgbb29dc92009-03-24 13:25:23 +000024142009-03-24: Version 1.1.2
2415
2416 Improved frame merge code generated by the code generator.
2417
2418 Optimized String.prototype.replace.
2419
2420 Implemented __defineGetter__ and __defineSetter__ for properties
2421 with integer keys on non-array objects.
2422
2423 Improved debugger and profiler support.
2424
2425 Fixed a number of portability issues to allow compilation for
2426 smaller ARM devices.
2427
2428 Exposed object cloning through the API.
2429
2430 Implemented hidden properties. This is used to expose an identity
2431 hash for objects through the API.
2432
2433 Implemented restarting of regular expressions if their input
2434 string changes representation during preemption.
2435
2436 Fixed a code generator bug that could cause assignments in loops
2437 to be ignored if using continue to break out of the loop (issue
2438 284).
2439
2440
ager@chromium.org3a6061e2009-03-12 14:24:36 +000024412009-03-12: Version 1.1.1
2442
2443 Fixed an assertion in the new compiler to take stack overflow
2444 exceptions into account.
2445
2446 Removed exception propagation code that could cause crashes.
2447
2448 Fixed minor bug in debugger line number computations.
2449
2450 8-byte align the C stack on Linux and Windows to speed up floating
2451 point computations.
2452
2453
kasperl@chromium.org7be3c992009-03-12 07:19:55 +000024542009-03-12: Version 1.1.0
2455
2456 Improved code generation infrastructure by doing simple register
2457 allocation and constant folding and propagation.
2458
2459 Optimized regular expression matching by avoiding to create
2460 intermediate string arrays and by flattening nested array
2461 representations of RegExp data.
2462
2463 Traverse a few stack frames when recording profiler samples to
2464 include partial call graphs in the profiling output.
2465
2466 Added support for using OProfile to profile generated code.
2467
2468 Added remote debugging support to the D8 developer shell.
2469
2470 Optimized creation of nested literals like JSON objects.
2471
2472 Fixed a bug in garbage collecting unused maps and turned it on by
2473 default (--collect-maps).
2474
2475 Added support for running tests under Valgrind.
2476
2477
kasperl@chromium.org061ef742009-02-27 12:16:20 +000024782009-02-27: Version 1.0.3
2479
2480 Optimized double-to-integer conversions in bit operations by using
2481 SSE3 instructions if available.
2482
2483 Optimized initialization sequences that store to multiple
2484 properties of the same object.
2485
2486 Changed the D8 debugger frontend to use JSON messages.
2487
2488 Force garbage collections when disposing contexts.
2489
2490 Align code objects at 32-byte boundaries.
2491
2492
ager@chromium.org381abbb2009-02-25 13:23:22 +000024932009-02-25: Version 1.0.2
2494
2495 Improved profiling support by performing simple call stack
2496 sampling for ticks and by fixing a bug in the logging of code
2497 addresses.
2498
2499 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
2500
2501 Optimized code that uses eval.
2502
2503 Fixed a couple of bugs in the regular expression engine.
2504
2505 Reduced the size of generated code for certain regular expressions.
2506
2507 Removed JSCRE completely.
2508
2509 Fixed issue where test could not be run if there was a dot in the
2510 checkout path.
2511
2512
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +000025132009-02-13: Version 1.0.1
2514
2515 Fixed two crash-bugs in irregexp (issue 231 and 233).
2516
2517 Fixed a number of minor bugs (issue 87, 227 and 228).
2518
2519 Added support for morphing strings to external strings on demand
2520 to avoid having to create copies in the embedding code.
2521
2522 Removed experimental support for external symbol callbacks.
2523
2524
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +000025252009-02-09: Version 1.0.0
2526
2527 Fixed crash-bug in the code generation for case independent 16 bit
2528 backreferences.
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00002529
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00002530 Made shells more robust in the presence of string conversion
2531 failures (issue 224).
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00002532
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00002533 Fixed a potential infinite loop when attempting to resolve
2534 eval (issue 221).
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00002535
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00002536 Miscellaneous fixes to the new regular expression engine.
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00002537
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00002538 Reduced binary by stripping unneeded text from JavaScript library and
2539 minifying some JavaScript files.
2540
2541
ager@chromium.orgddb913d2009-01-27 10:01:48 +000025422009-01-27: Version 0.4.9
2543
2544 Enabled new regular expression engine.
2545
2546 Made a number of changes to the debugger protocol.
2547
2548 Fixed a number of bugs in the preemption support.
2549
2550 Added -p option to the developer shell to run files in parallel
2551 using preemption.
2552
2553 Fixed a number of minor bugs (including issues 176, 187, 189, 192,
2554 193, 198 and 201).
2555
2556 Fixed a number of bugs in the serialization/deserialization
2557 support for the ARM platform.
2558
2559
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +000025602009-01-19: Version 0.4.8.1
2561
2562 Minor patch to debugger support.
2563
2564
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +000025652009-01-16: Version 0.4.8
2566
2567 Fixed string length bug on ARM (issue 171).
2568
2569 Made most methods in the API const.
2570
2571 Optimized object literals by improving data locality.
2572
2573 Fixed bug that caused incomplete functions to be cached in case of
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +00002574 stack overflow exceptions.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002575
2576 Fixed bugs that caused catch variables and variables introduced by
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +00002577 eval to behave incorrectly when using accessors (issues 186, 190
2578 and 191).
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002579
2580
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +000025812009-01-06: Version 0.4.7
2582
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002583 Minor bugfixes and optimizations.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00002584
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002585 Added command line debugger to D8 shell.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00002586
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002587 Fixed subtle bug that caused the wrong 'this' to be used when
2588 calling a caught function in a catch clause.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00002589
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002590 Inline array loads within loops directly in the code instead of
2591 always calling a stub.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00002592
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002593
ager@chromium.org8bb60582008-12-11 12:02:20 +000025942008-12-11: Version 0.4.6
2595
2596 Fixed exception reporting bug where certain exceptions were
2597 incorrectly reported as uncaught.
2598
2599 Improved the memory allocation strategy used during compilation to
2600 make running out of memory when compiling huge scripts less
2601 likely.
2602
2603 Optimized String.replace by avoiding the construction of certain
2604 sub strings.
2605
2606 Fixed bug in code generation for large switch statements on ARM.
2607
2608 Fixed bug that caused V8 to change the global object template
2609 passed in by the user.
2610
2611 Changed the API for creating object groups used during garbage
2612 collection. Entire object groups are now passed to V8 instead of
2613 individual members of the groups.
2614
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002615
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +000026162008-12-03: Version 0.4.5
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00002617
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +00002618 Added experimental API support for allocating V8 symbols as
2619 external strings.
2620
2621 Fixed bugs in debugging support on ARM.
2622
2623 Changed eval implementation to correctly detect whether or not a
2624 call to eval is aliased.
2625
2626 Fixed bug caused by a combination of the compilation cache and
2627 dictionary probing in native code. The bug caused us to sometimes
2628 call functions that had not yet been compiled.
2629
2630 Added platform support for FreeBSD.
2631
2632 Added support for building V8 on Windows with either the shared or
2633 static version of MSVCRT
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002634
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00002635 Added the v8::jscre namespace around the jscre functions to avoid
2636 link errors (duplicate symbols) when building Google Chrome.
2637
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +00002638 Added support for calling a JavaScript function with the current
2639 debugger execution context as its argument to the debugger
2640 interface.
2641
2642 Changed the type of names of counters from wchar_t to char.
2643
2644 Changed the Windows system call used to compute daylight savings
2645 time. The system call that we used to use became four times
2646 slower on WinXP SP3.
2647
2648 Added support in the d8 developer shell for memory-mapped counters
2649 and added a stats-viewer tool.
2650
2651 Fixed bug in upper/lower case mappings (issue 149).
2652
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00002653
ager@chromium.org3bf7b912008-11-17 09:09:45 +000026542008-11-17: Version 0.4.4
2655
2656 Reduced code size by using shorter instruction encoding when
2657 possible.
2658
2659 Added a --help option to the shell sample and to the d8 shell.
2660
2661 Added visual studio project files for building the ARM simulator.
2662
2663 Fixed a number of ARM simulator issues.
2664
2665 Fixed bug in out-of-memory handling on ARM.
2666
2667 Implemented shell support for passing arguments to a script from
2668 the command line.
2669
2670 Fixed bug in date code that made certain date functions return -0
2671 instead of 0 for dates before the epoch.
2672
2673 Restricted applications of eval so it can only be used in the
2674 context of the associated global object.
2675
2676 Treat byte-order marks as whitespace characters.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002677
2678
ager@chromium.org870a0b62008-11-04 11:43:05 +000026792008-11-04: Version 0.4.3
2680
2681 Added support for API accessors that prohibit overwriting by
2682 accessors defined in JavaScript code by using __defineGetter__ and
2683 __defineSetter__.
2684
2685 Improved handling of conditionals in test status files.
2686
2687 Introduced access control in propertyIsEnumerable.
2688
2689 Improved performance of some string operations by caching
2690 information about the type of the string between operations.
2691
2692 Fixed bug in fast-case code for switch statements that only have
2693 integer labels.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002694
ager@chromium.org870a0b62008-11-04 11:43:05 +00002695
kasperl@chromium.org9bbf9682008-10-30 11:53:07 +000026962008-10-30: Version 0.4.2
2697
2698 Improved performance of Array.prototype.concat by moving the
2699 implementation to C++ (issue 123).
2700
2701 Fixed heap growth policy to avoid growing old space to its maximum
2702 capacity before doing a garbage collection and fixed issue that
2703 would lead to artificial out of memory situations (issue 129).
2704
2705 Fixed Date.prototype.toLocaleDateString to return the date in the
2706 same format as WebKit.
2707
2708 Added missing initialization checks to debugger API.
2709
2710 Added removing of unused maps during GC.
2711
2712
kasperl@chromium.org9fe21c62008-10-28 08:53:51 +000027132008-10-28: Version 0.4.1
2714
2715 Added caching of RegExp data in compilation cache.
2716
2717 Added Visual Studio project file for d8 shell.
2718
2719 Fixed function call performance regression introduced in version
2720 0.4.0 when splitting the global object in two parts (issue 120).
2721
2722 Fixed issue 131 by checking for empty handles before throwing and
2723 reporting exceptions.
2724
2725
kasperl@chromium.org5a8ca6c2008-10-23 13:57:19 +000027262008-10-23: Version 0.4.0
2727
2728 Split the global object into two parts: The state holding global
2729 object and the global object proxy.
2730
2731 Fixed bug that affected the value of an assignment to an element
2732 in certain cases (issue 116).
2733
2734 Added GetPropertyNames functionality (issue 33) and extra Date
2735 functions (issue 77) to the API.
2736
2737 Changed WeakReferenceCallback to take a Persistent<Value> instead
2738 of a Persistent<Object> (issue 101).
2739
2740 Fixed issues with message reporting for exceptions in try-finally
2741 blocks (issues 73 and 75).
2742
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002743 Optimized flattening of strings and string equality checking.
kasperl@chromium.org5a8ca6c2008-10-23 13:57:19 +00002744
2745 Improved Boyer-Moore implementation for faster indexOf operations.
2746
2747 Added development shell (d8) which includes counters and
2748 completion support.
2749
2750 Fixed problem with the receiver passed to functions called from
2751 eval (issue 124).
2752
2753
ager@chromium.org7c537e22008-10-16 08:43:32 +000027542008-10-16: Version 0.3.5
2755
2756 Improved string hash-code distribution by excluding bit-field bits
2757 from the hash-code.
2758
2759 Changed string search algorithm used in indexOf from KMP to
2760 Boyer-Moore.
2761
2762 Improved the generated code for the instanceof operator.
2763
2764 Improved performance of slow-case string equality checks by
2765 specializing the code based on the string representation.
2766
2767 Improve the handling of out-of-memory situations (issue 70).
2768
2769 Improved performance of strict equality checks.
2770
2771 Improved profiler output to make it easier to see anonymous
2772 functions.
2773
2774 Improved performance of slow-case keyed loads.
2775
2776 Improved property access performance by allocating a number of
2777 properties in the front object.
2778
2779 Changed the toString behavior on the built-in object constructors
2780 to print [native code] instead of the actual source. Some web
2781 applications do not like constructors with complex toString
2782 results.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002783
ager@chromium.org7c537e22008-10-16 08:43:32 +00002784
kasperl@chromium.org41044eb2008-10-06 08:24:46 +000027852008-10-06: Version 0.3.4
2786
2787 Changed Array.prototype.sort to use quick sort.
2788
2789 Fixed code generation issue where leaving a finally block with
2790 break or continue would accumulate elements on the expression
2791 stack (issue 86).
2792
2793 Made sure that the name accessor on functions returns the expected
2794 names for builtin JavaScript functions and C++ callback functions.
2795
2796 Added fast case code for extending the property storage array of
2797 JavaScript objects.
2798
2799 Ported switch statement optimizations introduced in version 0.3.3
2800 to the ARM code generator.
2801
2802 Allowed GCC to use strict-aliasing rules when compiling.
2803
2804 Improved performance of arguments object allocation by taking care
2805 of arguments adaptor frames in the generated code.
2806
2807 Updated the V8 benchmark suite to version 2.
2808
2809
ager@chromium.org236ad962008-09-25 09:45:57 +000028102008-09-25: Version 0.3.3
2811
2812 Improved handling of relocation information to enable more
2813 peep-hole optimizations.
2814
2815 Optimized switch statements where all labels are constant small
2816 integers.
2817
2818 Optimized String.prototype.indexOf for common cases.
2819
2820 Fixed more build issues (issue 80).
2821
2822 Fixed a couple of profiler issues.
2823
2824 Fixed bug where the body of a function created using the Function
2825 constructor was not allowed to end with a single-line comment
2826 (issue 85).
2827
2828 Improved handling of object literals by canonicalizing object
2829 literal maps. This will allow JSON objects with the same set of
2830 properties to share the same map making inline caching work better
2831 for JSON objects.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002832
ager@chromium.org236ad962008-09-25 09:45:57 +00002833
kasperl@chromium.orgb9123622008-09-17 14:05:56 +000028342008-09-17: Version 0.3.2
2835
2836 Generalized the EvalCache into a CompilationCache and enabled it
2837 for scripts too. The current strategy is to retire all entries
2838 whenever a mark-sweep collection is started.
2839
2840 Fixed bug where switch statements containing only a default case
2841 would lead to an unbalanced stack (issue 69).
2842
2843 Fixed bug that made access to the function in a named function
2844 expression impossible in certain situations (issue 24).
2845
2846 Fixed even more build issues.
2847
2848 Optimized calling conventions on ARM. The conventions on ARM and
2849 IA-32 now match.
2850
2851 Removed static initializers for flags and counters.
2852
2853 Improved inline caching behavior for uncommon cases where lazily
2854 loading Date and RegExp code could force certain code paths go
2855 megamorphic.
2856
2857 Removed arguments adaption for builtins written in C++. This
2858 makes Array.prototype.push and Array.prototype.pop slightly
2859 faster.
2860
2861
ager@chromium.org9258b6b2008-09-11 09:11:10 +000028622008-09-11: Version 0.3.1
2863
2864 Fixed a number of build issues.
2865
2866 Fixed problem with missing I-cache flusing on ARM.
2867
2868 Changed space layout in memory management by splitting up
2869 code space into old data space and code space.
2870
2871 Added utf-8 conversion support to the API (issue 57).
2872
2873 Optimized repeated calls to eval with the same strings. These
2874 repeated calls are common in web applications.
2875
2876 Added Xcode project file.
2877
2878 Optimized a couple of Array operation.
2879
2880 Fixed parser bug by checking for end-of-string when parsing break
2881 and continue (issue 35).
2882
2883 Fixed problem where asian characters were not categorized as
2884 letters.
2885
2886 Fixed bug that disallowed calling functions fetched from an array
2887 using a string as an array index (issue 32).
2888
2889 Fixed bug where the internal field count on object templates were
2890 sometimes ignored (issue 54).
2891
2892 Added -f option to the shell sample for compatibility with other
2893 engines (issue 18).
2894
2895 Added source info to TryCatches in the API.
2896
2897 Fixed problem where the seed for the random number generator was
2898 clipped in a double to unsigned int conversion.
2899
2900 Fixed bug where cons string symbols were sometimes converted to
2901 non-symbol flat strings during GC.
2902
2903 Fixed bug in error reporting when attempting to convert null to an
2904 object.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002905
2906
ager@chromium.orgc27e4e72008-09-04 13:52:27 +000029072008-09-04: Version 0.3.0
2908
2909 Added support for running tests on the ARM simulator.
2910
2911 Fixed bug in the 'in' operator where negative indices were not
2912 treated correctly.
2913
2914 Fixed build issues on gcc-4.3.1.
2915
2916 Changed Date.prototype.toLocaleTimeString to not print the
2917 timezone part of the time.
2918
2919 Renamed debug.h to v8-debug.h to reduce the risk of name conflicts
2920 with user code.
2921
2922
v8.team.kasperl727e9952008-09-02 14:56:44 +000029232008-09-02: Version 0.2.5
2924
2925 Renamed the top level directory 'public' to 'include'.
2926
2927 Added 'env' option to the SCons build scripts to support
2928 overriding the ENV part of the build environment. This is mostly
2929 to support Windows builds in cases where SCons cannot find the
2930 correct paths to the Windows SDK, as these paths cannot be passed
2931 through shell environment variables.
2932
2933 Enabled "Buffer Security Check" on for the Windows SCons build and
2934 added the linker option /OPT:ICF as an optimization.
2935
2936 Added the V8 benchmark suite to the repository.
2937
2938
mads.s.ager@gmail.com9a4089a2008-09-01 08:55:01 +000029392008-09-01: Version 0.2.4
2940
2941 Included mjsunit JavaScript test suite and C++ unit tests.
2942
2943 Changed the shell sample to not print the result of executing a
2944 script provided on the command line.
2945
2946 Fixed issue when building samples on Windows using a shared V8
2947 library. Added visibility option on Linux build which makes the
2948 generated library 18% smaller.
2949
2950 Changed build system to accept multiple build modes in one build
2951 and generate separate objects, libraries and executables for each
2952 mode.
2953
2954 Removed deferred negation optimization (a * -b => -(a * b)) since
2955 this visibly changes operand conversion order.
2956
2957 Improved parsing performance by introducing stack guard in
2958 preparsing. Without a stack guard preparsing always bails out
2959 with stack overflow.
2960
2961 Changed shell sample to take flags directly from the command-line.
2962 Added API call that implements this.
2963
2964 Added load, quit and version functions to the shell sample so it's
2965 easier to run benchmarks and tests.
2966
2967 Fixed issue with building samples and cctests on 64-bit machines.
2968
2969 Fixed bug in the runtime system where the prototype chain was not
2970 always searched for a setter when setting a property that does not
2971 exist locally.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002972
mads.s.ager@gmail.com9a4089a2008-09-01 08:55:01 +00002973
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000029742008-08-14: Version 0.2.3
2975
2976 Improved performance of garbage collection by moving the
2977 function that updates pointers during compacting collection
2978 into the updating visitor. This gives the compiler a better
2979 chance to inline and avoid a function call per (potential)
2980 pointer.
2981
2982 Extended the shell sample with a --runtime-flags option.
2983
2984 Added Visual Studio project files for the shell.cc and
2985 process.cc samples.
2986
2987
29882008-08-13: Version 0.2.2
mads.s.ager31e71382008-08-13 09:32:07 +00002989
2990 Improved performance of garbage collection by changing the way
2991 we use the marking stack in the event of stack overflow during
2992 full garbage collection and by changing the way we mark roots.
2993
2994 Cleaned up ARM version by removing top of stack caching and by
2995 introducing push/pop elimination.
2996
2997 Cleaned up the way runtime functions are called to allow
2998 runtime calls with no arguments.
2999
3000 Changed Windows build options to make sure that exceptions are
3001 disabled and that optimization flags are enabled.
3002
3003 Added first version of Visual Studio project files.
3004
3005
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030062008-08-06: Version 0.2.1
mads.s.ager@gmail.com769cc962008-08-06 10:02:49 +00003007
3008 Improved performance of unary addition by avoiding runtime calls.
3009
3010 Fixed the handling of '>' and '<=' to use right-to-left conversion
3011 and left-to-right evaluation as specified by ECMA-262.
3012
3013 Fixed a branch elimination bug on the ARM platform where incorrect
3014 code was generated because of overly aggressive branch
3015 elimination.
3016
3017 Improved performance of code that repeatedly assigns the same
3018 function to the same property of different objects with the same
3019 map.
3020
3021 Untangled DEBUG and ENABLE_DISASSEMBLER defines. The disassembler
3022 no longer expects DEBUG to be defined.
3023
3024 Added platform-nullos.cc to serve as the basis for new platform
3025 implementations.
3026
mads.s.ager31e71382008-08-13 09:32:07 +00003027
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030282008-07-30: Version 0.2.0
kasper.lund7276f142008-07-30 08:49:36 +00003029
3030 Changed all text files to have native svn:eol-style.
3031
3032 Added a few samples and support for building them. The samples
3033 include a simple shell that can be used to benchmark and test V8.
3034
3035 Changed V8::GetVersion to return the version as a string.
3036
3037 Added source for lazily loaded scripts to snapshots and made
3038 serialization non-destructive.
3039
3040 Improved ARM support by fixing the write barrier code to use
3041 aligned loads and stores and by removing premature locals
3042 optimization that relied on broken support for callee-saved
3043 registers (removed).
3044
3045 Refactored the code for marking live objects during garbage
3046 collection and the code for allocating objects in paged
3047 spaces. Introduced an abstraction for the map word of a heap-
3048 allocated object and changed the memory allocator to allocate
3049 executable memory only for spaces that may contain code objects.
3050
3051 Moved StringBuilder to utils.h and ScopedLock to platform.h, where
3052 they can be used by debugging and logging modules. Added
3053 thread-safe message queues for dealing with debugger events.
3054
3055 Fixed the source code reported by toString for certain builtin
3056 empty functions and made sure that the prototype property of a
3057 function is enumerable.
3058
3059 Improved performance of converting values to condition flags in
3060 generated code.
3061
3062 Merged disassembler-{arch} files.
3063
3064
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030652008-07-28: Version 0.1.4
kasper.lundaf4734f2008-07-28 12:50:18 +00003066
3067 Added support for storing JavaScript stack traces in a stack
3068 allocated buffer to make it visible in shallow core dumps.
3069 Controlled by the --preallocate-message-memory flag which is
3070 disabled by default.
3071
3072
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030732008-07-25: Version 0.1.3
kasper.lund44510672008-07-25 07:37:58 +00003074
3075 Fixed bug in JSObject::GetPropertyAttributePostInterceptor where
3076 map transitions would count as properties.
3077
3078 Allowed aliased eval invocations by treating them as evals in the
3079 global context. This may change in the future.
3080
3081 Added support for accessing the last entered context through the
3082 API and renamed Context::Current to Context::GetCurrent and
3083 Context::GetSecurityContext to Context::GetCurrentSecurityContext.
3084
3085 Fixed bug in the debugger that would cause the debugger scripts to
3086 be recursively loaded and changed all disabling of interrupts to
3087 be block-structured.
3088
3089 Made snapshot data read-only to allow it to be more easily shared
3090 across multiple users of V8 when linked as a shared library.
3091
3092
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030932008-07-16: Version 0.1.2
kasper.lund212ac232008-07-16 07:07:30 +00003094
3095 Fixed building on Mac OS X by recognizing i386 and friends as
3096 IA-32 platforms.
3097
3098 Added propagation of stack overflow exceptions that occur while
3099 compiling nested functions.
3100
3101 Improved debugger with support for recursive break points and
3102 handling of exceptions that occur in the debugger JavaScript code.
3103
3104 Renamed GetInternal to GetInternalField and SetInternal to
3105 SetInternalField in the API and moved InternalFieldCount and
3106 SetInternalFieldCount from FunctionTemplate to ObjectTemplate.
3107
3108
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000031092008-07-09: Version 0.1.1
kasper.lundbd3ec4e2008-07-09 11:06:54 +00003110
3111 Fixed bug in stack overflow check code for IA-32 targets where a
3112 non-tagged value in register eax was pushed to the stack.
3113
3114 Fixed potential quadratic behavior when converting strings to
3115 numbers.
3116
3117 Fixed bug where the return value from Object::SetProperty could
3118 end up being the property holder instead of the written value.
3119
3120 Improved debugger support by allowing nested break points and by
3121 dealing with stack-overflows when compiling functions before
3122 setting break points in them.
3123
3124
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000031252008-07-03: Version 0.1.0
christian.plesner.hansen43d26ec2008-07-03 15:10:15 +00003126
kasper.lundbd3ec4e2008-07-09 11:06:54 +00003127 Initial export.
christian.plesner.hansen43d26ec2008-07-03 15:10:15 +00003128
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