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lrn@chromium.orgd4e9e222011-08-03 12:01:58 +000012011-08-03: Version 3.5.3
2
3 MIPS: Port of fix to ClassOf check from ARM.
4 Patch from Paul Lind <plind44@gmail.com>.
5
6 Stopped using mprotect on Cygwin.
7 Avoided uninitialized member warning on gcc 4.3.4
8 Both patches by Bert Belder.
9
10 Bug fixes and performance improvements on all platforms.
11
12
vegorov@chromium.org7943d462011-08-01 11:41:52 +0000132011-08-01: Version 3.5.2
14
15 Performance improvements on all platforms.
16
17
ricow@chromium.org2c99e282011-07-28 09:15:17 +0000182011-07-28: Version 3.5.1
19
20 Fixed setting the readonly flag on the prototype property using the
21 API call FunctionTemplate::SetPrototypeAttributes (issue 1539).
22
23 Changed the tools/test.py script to use d8 instead of shell for
24 testing.
25
26 Fixed crash in ToBooleanStub when GC happens during invocation.
27
28 Enabled automatic unboxing of double arrays.
29
30 Performance improvements on all platforms.
31
32
ricow@chromium.org9fa09672011-07-25 11:05:35 +0000332011-07-25: Version 3.5.0
34
35 Implemented Object.prototype.{hasOwnProperty, propertyIsEnumerable} for
36 proxies.
37
38 Removed logging to memory support.
39
40 Bugfixes and performance work.
41
42
rossberg@chromium.org717967f2011-07-20 13:44:42 +0000432011-07-20: Version 3.4.14
44
45 Fix the debugger for strict-mode functions. (Chromium issue 89236)
46
ricow@chromium.org9fa09672011-07-25 11:05:35 +000047 Add GetPropertyAttribute method for Object in the API. (Patch by
48 Peter Varga)
rossberg@chromium.org717967f2011-07-20 13:44:42 +000049
50 Fix -Wunused-but-set-variable for gcc-4.6 on x64. (Issue 1291)
51
52
svenpanne@chromium.org84bcc552011-07-18 09:50:57 +0000532011-07-18: Version 3.4.13
54
55 Improved debugger support to allow inspection of optimized frames (issue
56 1140).
57
58 Fixed a bug in prototype transitions cache clearing introduced by r8165.
59
60 Fixed shortcutting bug in HInferRepresentation. Patch by Andy Wingo.
61
62 Fixed a memory leak in sample/shell.cc (dispose semaphores).
63
64 Simplified HClampToUint8. Patch by Andy Wingo.
65
66 Exposed APIs for detecting boxed primitives, native errors. Patch by
67 Luke Zarko.
68
69 Added map check for COW elements to crankshaft array handling code
70 (issue 1560).
71
72 Sample shell and (a light version of) D8 links against a shared library
73 now.
74
75 Fixed bug in array filter and reduce functions (issue 1559).
76
77 Avoid TLS load in AstNode constructor.
78
79 Introduced a random entropy source which can optionally be provided at
80 initialization. (Chromium issue 89462).
81
82
whesse@chromium.org030d38e2011-07-13 13:23:34 +0000832011-07-13: Version 3.4.12
84
85 Added --prof profiling option to d8 shell.
86
87 Fixed a bug where reading a directory in d8 shell hangs (issue 1533).
88
89 Fixed a potential assertion failure in const declarations.
90
91 Fixed an assertion failure in descriptor arrays (issue 1526).
92
93 Enabled fast thread-local storage by default on supported platforms.
94
95 Improved reporting of source position for global variable loads
96 (issue 1527).
97
98
sgjesse@chromium.org6db88712011-07-11 11:41:22 +0000992011-07-11: Version 3.4.11
100
101 Fixed MinGW32 build.
102
103 Fixed a GC bug with RegExp code flushing.
104
105 Implemented Object.defineProperty for proxies.
106
107 Fixed a bug in for/in iteration of arguments objects (issue 1531).
108
109 Added debugger support for inspecting optimized frames (issue 1140).
110
111 Allowed JSObject::PreventExtensions to work for arguments objects.
112
113 Bugfixes and performance work.
114
115
jkummerow@chromium.orgddda9e82011-07-06 11:27:02 +00001162011-07-06: Version 3.4.10
117
118 Fixed debugger not breaking on certain "if" statements (issue 1523).
119
120 Fixed assertion failure in runtime profiler when running on IA32
121 without snapshot (issue 1522).
122
123 Fixed ABI for API calls on IA32 (for clang compatibility).
124
125 Introduced code flushing of RegExp code to free memory used by
126 RegExps sooner.
127
128 Fixed linux-tick-processor built wrong version of v8 (issue 1532).
129
130 Fixed assertion failure in v8::TryCache::StackTrace (issue 1529).
131
132 Performance improvements on all platforms.
133
134
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +00001352011-07-04: Version 3.4.9
136
137 Added support for debugger inspection of locals in optimized frames
138 (issue 1140).
139
140 Fixed SConstruct to pass correct defines to samples/preparser when
141 building with library=shared.
142
143 Made date parser handle ES5 Date Time Strings correctly (issue 1498).
144
145 Fixed a bug in Object.defineProperty on the arguments object.
146
147 Performance improvements on all platforms.
148
149
vegorov@chromium.org3cf47312011-06-29 13:20:01 +00001502011-06-29: Version 3.4.8
151
152 Ensure 16-byte stack alignment on Solaris (issue 1505).
153
sgjesse@chromium.org6db88712011-07-11 11:41:22 +0000154 Fix "illegal access" when calling parseInt with a radix
vegorov@chromium.org3cf47312011-06-29 13:20:01 +0000155 that is not a smi. (issue 1246).
156
157
ager@chromium.org04921a82011-06-27 13:21:41 +00001582011-06-27: Version 3.4.7
159
160 Fixed 64-bit build on FreeBSD.
161
162 Added API to set the property attributes for the prototype
163 property on functions created from FunctionTemplates.
164
165 Bugfixes and performance work.
166
167
lrn@chromium.orgac2828d2011-06-23 06:29:21 +00001682011-06-22: Version 3.4.6
169
170 Lowered limit on code space for systems with low memory supply.
171
172 Allowed compiling v8_shell with the 'host' toolset (issue 82437).
173
174 Extended setBreakpoint API to accept partial script name (issue 1418).
175
176 Made multi-line comments not count when deciding whether the '-->'
177 comment starter is first on a line. This matches Safari.
178
179 Made handling of non-array recievers in Array length setter correct
180 (issue 1491).
181
182 Added ability to heap profiler to iterate over snapshot's node
183 (issue 1481).
184
185
whesse@chromium.org7b260152011-06-20 15:33:18 +00001862011-06-20: Version 3.4.5
187
188 Fixed issues 794, 1097, 1215(partial), 1417, 1435, 1472, 1473,
189 1476, and 1477.
190
191 Improved code generation for !0 and !1.
192
193 Reduced memory usage for regular expressions with nested qualifiers.
194 (issue 1472)
195
196 Fixed V8 to count line terminators in multi-line comments.
197 (Chromium issue 86431)
198
199 Fixed disassembler=on option for release-mode builds. (issue 1473)
200
201 Performance improvements on all platforms.
202
203
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +00002042011-06-15: Version 3.4.4
205
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000206 Added snapshot compression support and --stress-opt flag to d8.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000207
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000208 Improved performance of try/catch.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000209
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000210 Several GYP-related changes: Added support for building Xcode project
211 files. Make the ARM simulator build with GYP again. Generate Makefiles
212 for all architectures on Linux.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000213
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000214 Fixed Array.prototype.{reduce,reduceRight} to pass undefined as the
215 receiver for strict mode callbacks. (issue 1436)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000216
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000217 Fixed a bug where an array load was incorrectly hoisted by GVN.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000218
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000219 Handle 'undefined' correctly when === has been specialized for doubles.
220 (issue 1434)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000221
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000222 Corrected the limit of local variables in an optimized function from 64
223 to 63.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000224
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000225 Correctly set ReadOnly flag on indexed properties when using the API Set
226 method. (issue 1470)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000227
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000228 Give the correct error message when Object.isExtensible is called on a
229 non-object. (issue 1452)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000230
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000231 Added GetOwnPropertyNames method for Object in the API. Patch by Peter
232 Varga.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000233
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000234 Do not redefine properties unneccesarily in seal and freeze. (issue
235 1447)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000236
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000237 IsExecutionTerminating has an Isolate parameter now.
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000238
ricow@chromium.org4f693d62011-07-04 14:01:31 +0000239 Distinguish keyed loads with a symbol key from fast elements loads,
240 avoiding some useless deoptimizations. (issue 1471)
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000241
242
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +00002432011-06-08: Version 3.4.3
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +0000244
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +0000245 Clear the global thread table when an isolate is disposed
246 (issue 1433).
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +0000247
jkummerow@chromium.orge297f592011-06-08 10:05:15 +0000248 Converted time zone name to UTF8 on Windows (issue 1290).
249
250 Limited the number of arguments in a function call to 32766
251 (issue 1413).
252
253 Compress sources of JS libraries in addition to the snapshot.
254
255 Fixed a bug in Lithium environment iteration.
256
257 Performance improvements on all platforms.
erik.corry@gmail.com8a177112011-06-08 07:23:54 +0000258
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000259
erik.corry@gmail.comd6076d92011-06-06 09:39:18 +00002602011-06-06: Version 3.4.2
261
262 More work on ES-Harmony proxies. Still hidden behind a flag.
263
264 Fixed some crash bugs and improved performance.
265
266 Fixed building with gdb debugging support.
267
268 Do not install SIGPROF handler until it is needed.
269
270 Added DateTimeFormat to i18n API.
271
272 Fixed compilation on OpenBSD.
273
274 Take the ulimit into account when sizing the heap. OpenBSD users
275 may still have to increase the default ulimit to run heavy pages in
276 the browser.
277
svenpanne@chromium.org6d786c92011-06-15 10:58:27 +0000278
ricow@chromium.orgd2be9012011-06-01 06:00:58 +00002792011-06-01: Version 3.4.1
280
281 Fixed JSON stringify issue with arrays.
282
283 Changed calls to JS builtins to be passed undefined when called with
284 implicit receiver.
285
286 Implemented the set trap for Harmony proxies. Proxies still need to
287 be enabled with the --harmony-proxies flag.
288
289
ricow@chromium.orgc54d3652011-05-30 09:20:16 +00002902011-05-30: Version 3.4.0
291
292 Changed calls to undefined property setters to not throw (issue 1355).
293
294 Made RegExp objects not callable.
295
296 Fixed issues on special case large JSON strings in new json parser
297 (issues http://crbug.com/83877 and http://crbug.com/84186).
298
299 Performance improvements on all platforms.
300
301
danno@chromium.org40cb8782011-05-25 07:58:50 +00003022011-05-25: Version 3.3.10
303
304 Fixed calls of strict mode function with an implicit receiver.
305
306 Fixed fast handling of arrays to properly deal with changes to the
307 Object prototype (issue 1403).
308
309 Changed strict mode poison pill to be the same type error function
310 (issue 1387).
311
312 Fixed a debug crash in arguments object handling (issue 1227).
313
314 Fixed a bug in deoptimization on x64 (issue 1404).
315
316 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
317
318
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +00003192011-05-23: Version 3.3.9
320
321 Added DateTimeFormat class to experimental i18n API.
322
323 Extended preparser to give early errors for some strict mode
324 restrictions.
325
326 Removed legacy execScript function from V8.
327
328 Extended isolate API with the ability to add embedder-specific
329 data to an isolate.
330
331 Added basic support for polymorphic loads from JS and external
332 arrays.
333
334 Fixed bug in handling of switch statements in the optimizing
335 compiler.
336
337
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +00003382011-05-18: Version 3.3.8
339
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +0000340 Added MarkIndependent to the persistent handle API. Independent
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +0000341 handles are independent of all other persistent handles and can be
342 garbage collected more frequently.
343
ager@chromium.orgea91cc52011-05-23 06:06:11 +0000344 Implemented the get trap for Harmony proxies. Proxies are enabled
kmillikin@chromium.orgc53e10d2011-05-18 09:12:58 +0000345 with the --harmony-proxies flag.
346
347 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
348
349
vegorov@chromium.org7304bca2011-05-16 12:14:13 +00003502011-05-16: Version 3.3.7
351
352 Updated MIPS infrastructure files.
353
354 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
355
356
karlklose@chromium.org83a47282011-05-11 11:54:09 +00003572011-05-11: Version 3.3.6
358
359 Updated MIPS infrastructure files.
360
361 Added method IsCallable for Object to the API.
362 Patch by Peter Varga.
363
364
lrn@chromium.org1c092762011-05-09 09:42:16 +00003652011-05-09: Version 3.3.5
366
367 Fixed build on FreeBSD. Patch by Akinori MUSHA.
368
369 Added check that receiver is JSObject on API calls.
370
371 Implemented CallAsConstructor method for Object in the API (Issue 1348).
372 Patch by Peter Varga.
373
374 Added CallAsFunction method to the Object class in the API (Issue 1336).
375 Patch by Peter Varga.
376
377 Added per-isolate locking and unlocking.
378
379 Fixed bug in x64 >>> operator (Issue 1359).
380
381
fschneider@chromium.orgfb144a02011-05-04 12:43:48 +00003822011-05-04: Version 3.3.4
383
384 Implemented API to disallow code generation from strings for a context
385 (issue 1258).
386
387 Fixed bug with whitespaces in parseInt (issue 955).
388
389 Fixed bug with == comparison of Date objects (issue 1356).
390
391 Added GYP variables for ARM code generation:
392 v8_can_use_vfp_instructions, v8_can_use_unaligned_accesses
393 and v8_use_arm_eabi_hardfloat.
394
395
sgjesse@chromium.org8e8294a2011-05-02 14:30:53 +00003962011-05-02: Version 3.3.3
397
398 Added support for generating Visual Studio solution and project files
399 using GYP.
400
401 Implemented support for ARM EABI calling convention variation where
402 floating-point arguments are passed in registers (hardfloat).
403
404 Added Object::HasOwnProperty() to the API.
405
406 Added support for compressing startup data to reduce binary size. This
407 includes build time support and an API for the embedder to decompress
408 the startup data before initializing V8.
409
410 Reduced the profiling hooks overhead from >400% to 25% when using
411 ll_prof.
412
413 Performance improvements and bug fixes on all platforms.
414
415
erik.corry@gmail.com3847bd52011-04-27 10:38:56 +00004162011-04-27: Version 3.3.2
417
418 Fixed crash bug on ARM with no VFP3 hardware.
419
420 Fixed compilation of V8 without debugger support.
421
422 Improved performance on JSLint.
423
424 Added support Float64 WebGL arrays.
425
426 Fixed crash bug in regexp replace.
427
sgjesse@chromium.org8e8294a2011-05-02 14:30:53 +0000428
ricow@chromium.orgdcebac02011-04-20 09:44:50 +00004292011-04-20: Version 3.3.1
430
431 Reduced V8 binary size by removing virtual functions from hydrogen.
432
433 Fixed crash bug on x64.
434
435 Performance improvements on ARM and IA32.
436
437
danno@chromium.org160a7b02011-04-18 15:51:38 +00004382011-04-18: Version 3.3.0
439
440 Fixed bug in floating point rounding in Crankshaft on ARM
441 (issue 958)
442
443 Fixed a number of issues with running without VFPv3 support on ARM
444 (issue 1315)
445
446 Introduced v8Locale.Collator, a partial implementation of Collator
447 per last ECMAScript meeting + mailing list.
448
449 Minor performance improvements and bug fixes.
450
451
ager@chromium.orga9aa5fa2011-04-13 08:46:07 +00004522011-04-13: Version 3.2.10
453
454 Fixed bug in external float arrays on ARM (issue 1323).
455
456 Minor performance improvements and bug fixes.
457
458
karlklose@chromium.org44bc7082011-04-11 12:33:05 +00004592011-04-11: Version 3.2.9
460
461 Removed support for ABI prior to EABI on ARM.
462
463 Fixed multiple crash bugs.
464
465 Added GCMole to the repository, a simple static analysis tool that
466 searches for GC-unsafe evaluation order dependent callsites.
467
468 Made preparser API be exported in shared libraries.
469
470 Fixed multiple issues in EcmaScript 5 strict mode implementation.
471
472 Fixed mutable __proto__ property if object is not extensible
473 (Issue 1309).
474
475 Fixed auto suspension of the sampler thread.
476
477
vegorov@chromium.org74f333b2011-04-06 11:17:46 +00004782011-04-06: Version 3.2.8
479
480 Exposed WebGL typed array constructors in the shell sample.
481
482 Performance improvements on all platforms.
483
484
kmillikin@chromium.orgc36ce6e2011-04-04 08:25:31 +00004852011-04-04: Version 3.2.7
486
487 Disabled the original 'classic' V8 code generator. Crankshaft is
488 now the default on all platforms.
489
490 Changed the heap profiler to use more descriptive names.
491
492 Performance and stability improvements to isolates on all platforms.
493
494
lrn@chromium.org7516f052011-03-30 08:52:27 +00004952011-03-30: Version 3.2.6
496
497 Fixed xcode build warning in shell.cc (out of order initialization).
498
499 Fixed null-pointer dereference in the compiler when running without
500 SSE3 support (Chromium issue 77654).
501
502 Fixed x64 compilation error due to some dead code. (Issue 1286)
503
504 Introduced scons target to build the preparser stand-alone example.
505
506 Made FreeBSD build and pass all tests.
507
508
fschneider@chromium.org7979bbb2011-03-28 10:47:03 +00005092011-03-28: Version 3.2.5
510
lrn@chromium.org7516f052011-03-30 08:52:27 +0000511 Fixed build with Irregexp interpreter (issue 1266).
fschneider@chromium.org7979bbb2011-03-28 10:47:03 +0000512
513 Added Crankshaft support for external arrays.
514
515 Fixed two potential crash bugs.
516
517
sgjesse@chromium.orgea88ce92011-03-23 11:19:56 +00005182011-03-23: Version 3.2.4
519
520 Added isolates which allows several V8 instances in the same process.
521 This is controlled through the new Isolate class in the API.
522
523 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
524
525 Reduced the time it takes to make detailed heap snapshot.
526
527 Added a number of commands to the ARM simulator and enhanced the ARM
528 disassembler.
529
530
ricow@chromium.orgbadaffc2011-03-17 12:15:27 +00005312011-03-17: Version 3.2.3
532
533 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
534
535 Fixed Array::New(length) to return an array with a length (issue 1256).
536
537 Fixed FreeBSD build.
538
539 Changed __defineGetter__ to not throw (matching the behavior of Safari).
540
541 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
542
543 Improved Crankshaft performance on all platforms.
544
545
whesse@chromium.orgb08986c2011-03-14 16:13:42 +00005462011-03-14: Version 3.2.2
547
548 Fixed a number of crash and correctness bugs.
549
550 Improved Crankshaft performance on all platforms.
551
552 Fixed Crankshaft on Solaris/Illumos.
553
554
danno@chromium.org4d3fe4e2011-03-10 10:14:28 +00005552011-03-10: Version 3.2.1
556
557 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
558
559 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
560
561 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
562
563
karlklose@chromium.org8f806e82011-03-07 14:06:08 +00005642011-03-07: Version 3.2.0
565
566 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
567
568 Turned on Crankshaft by default on x64 and ARM.
569
570 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
571
572 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
573
574
ager@chromium.org9ee27ae2011-03-02 13:43:26 +00005752011-03-02: Version 3.1.8
576
577 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
578
579 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
580
581 Implemented more of EcmaScript 5 strict mode.
582
583 Fixed issue with unaligned reads and writes on ARM.
584
585 Improved heap profiler support.
586
587
vegorov@chromium.org5d6c1f52011-02-28 13:13:38 +00005882011-02-28: Version 3.1.7
589
590 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
591
592 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
593
ager@chromium.org9ee27ae2011-03-02 13:43:26 +0000594 Fixed implementation of indexOf/lastIndexOf for sparse
vegorov@chromium.org5d6c1f52011-02-28 13:13:38 +0000595 arrays (http://crbug.com/73940).
596
597 Fixed bug in map space compaction (http://crbug.com/59688).
598
599 Added support for direct getter accessors calls on ARM.
600
601
fschneider@chromium.org3a5fd782011-02-24 10:10:44 +00006022011-02-24: Version 3.1.6
603
604 Fixed a number of crash bugs.
605
606 Added support for Cygwin (issue 64).
607
608 Improved Crankshaft for x64 and ARM.
609
610 Added Crankshaft support for stores to pixel arrays.
611
612 Fixed issue in CPU profiler with Crankshaft.
613
614
kmillikin@chromium.org49edbdf2011-02-16 12:32:18 +00006152011-02-16: Version 3.1.5
616
617 Change RegExp parsing to disallow /(*)/.
618
619 Added GDB JIT support for ARM.
620
621 Fixed several crash bugs.
622
623 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
624
625
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +00006262011-02-14: Version 3.1.4
627
628 Fixed incorrect compare of prototypes of the global object (issue
629 1082).
630
631 Fixed a bug in optimizing calls to global functions (issue 1106).
632
633 Made optimized Function.prototype.apply safe for non-JSObject first
634 arguments (issue 1128).
635
636 Fixed an error related to element accessors on Object.prototype and
637 parser errors (issue 1130).
638
639 Fixed a bug in sorting an array with large array indices (issue 1131).
640
641 Properly treat exceptions thrown while compiling (issue 1132).
642
643 Fixed bug in register requirements for function.apply (issue 1133).
644
645 Fixed a representation change bug in the Hydrogen graph construction
646 (issue 1134).
647
648 Fixed the semantics of delete on parameters (issue 1136).
649
650 Fixed a optimizer bug related to moving instructions with side effects
651 (issue 1138).
652
653 Added support for the global object in Object.keys (issue 1150).
654
655 Fixed incorrect value for Math.LOG10E
656 (issue http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=72555)
657
658 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
659
660 Implement assignment to undefined reference in ES5 Strict Mode.
661
662
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +00006632011-02-09: Version 3.1.3
664
665 Fixed a bug triggered by functions with huge numbers of declared
666 arguments.
667
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +0000668 Fixed zap value aliasing a real object - debug mode only (issue 866).
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +0000669
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +0000670 Fixed issue where Array.prototype.__proto__ had been set to null
671 (issue 1121).
erik.corry@gmail.comd91075f2011-02-10 07:45:38 +0000672
673 Fixed stability bugs in Crankshaft for x86.
674
675
ricow@chromium.org83aa5492011-02-07 12:42:56 +00006762011-02-07: Version 3.1.2
677
678 Added better security checks when accessing properties via
679 Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor.
680
681 Fixed bug in Object.defineProperty and related access bugs (issues
682 992, 1083 and 1092).
683
684 Added LICENSE.v8, LICENSE.strongtalk and LICENSE.valgrind to ease
685 copyright notice generation for embedders.
686
687
kmillikin@chromium.org31b12772011-02-02 16:08:26 +00006882011-02-02: Version 3.1.1
689
690 Perform security checks before fetching the value in
691 Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor.
692
693 Fixed a bug in Array.prototype.splice triggered by passing no
694 arguments.
695
696 Fixed bugs in -0 in arithmetic and in Math.pow.
697
698 Fixed bugs in the register allocator and in switching from optimized
699 to unoptimized code.
700
701
7022011-01-31: Version 3.1.0
703
whesse@chromium.org7a392b32011-01-31 11:30:36 +0000704 Performance improvements on all platforms.
705
706
ager@chromium.org378b34e2011-01-28 08:04:38 +00007072011-01-28: Version 3.0.12
708
709 Added support for strict mode parameter and object property
710 validation.
711
712 Fixed a couple of crash bugs.
713
714
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +00007152011-01-25: Version 3.0.11
716
717 Fixed a bug in deletion of lookup slots that could cause global
718 variables to be accidentally deleted (http://crbug.com/70066).
719
720 Added support for strict mode octal literal verification.
721
722 Fixed a couple of crash bugs (issues 1070 and 1071).
723
724
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +00007252011-01-24: Version 3.0.10
726
727 Fixed External::Wrap for 64-bit addresses (issue 1037).
728
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +0000729 Fixed incorrect .arguments variable proxy handling in the full
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +0000730 code generator (issue 1060).
731
732 Introduced partial strict mode support.
733
sgjesse@chromium.org496c03a2011-02-14 12:05:43 +0000734 Changed formatting of recursive error messages to match Firefox and
735 Safari (issue http://crbug.com/70334).
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +0000736
737 Fixed incorrect rounding for float-to-integer conversions for external
ager@chromium.org0ee099b2011-01-25 14:06:47 +0000738 array types, which implement the Typed Array spec
vegorov@chromium.org0a4e9012011-01-24 12:33:13 +0000739 (issue http://crbug.com/50972).
740
741 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
742
743
erik.corry@gmail.com0511e242011-01-19 11:11:08 +00007442011-01-19: Version 3.0.9
745
746 Added basic GDB JIT Interface integration.
747
748 Make invalid break/continue statements a syntax error instead of a
749 runtime error.
750
751
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +00007522011-01-17: Version 3.0.8
753
754 Exposed heap size limit to the heap statistics gathered by
erik.corry@gmail.com0511e242011-01-19 11:11:08 +0000755 the GetHeapStatistics API.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +0000756
757 Wrapped external pointers more carefully (issue 1037).
758
759 Hardened the implementation of error objects to avoid setters
760 intercepting the properties set then throwing an error.
761
762 Avoided trashing the FPSCR when calculating Math.floor on ARM.
763
764 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
765
766
7672011-01-10: Version 3.0.7
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000768
769 Stopped calling inherited setters when creating object literals
770 (issue 1015).
771
772 Changed interpretation of malformed \c? escapes in RegExp to match
773 JSC.
774
775 Enhanced the command-line debugger interface and fixed some minor
776 bugs in the debugger.
777
778 Performance improvements on the IA32 platform.
779
780
sgjesse@chromium.orgc6c57182011-01-17 12:24:25 +00007812011-01-05: Version 3.0.6
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000782
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000783 Allowed getters and setters on JSArray elements (issue 900).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000784
785 Stopped JSON objects from hitting inherited setters (part of
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000786 issue 1015).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000787
788 Allowed numbers and strings as names of getters/setters in object
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000789 initializer (issue 820).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000790
791 Added use_system_v8 option to gyp (off by default), to make it easier
792 for Linux distributions to ship with system-provided V8 library.
793
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000794 Exported external array data accessors (issue 1016).
lrn@chromium.org5d00b602011-01-05 09:51:43 +0000795
796 Added labelled thread names to help with debugging (on Linux).
797
798
fschneider@chromium.org9e3e0b62011-01-03 10:16:46 +00007992011-01-03: Version 3.0.5
800
801 Fixed a couple of cast errors for gcc-3.4.3.
802
803 Performance improvements in GC and IA32 code generator.
804
805
whesse@chromium.org023421e2010-12-21 12:19:12 +00008062010-12-21: Version 3.0.4
807
808 Added Date::ResetCache() to the API so that the cached values in the
809 Date object can be reset to allow live DST / timezone changes.
810
811 Extended existing support for printing (while debugging) the contents
812 of objects. Added support for printing objects from release builds.
813
814 Fixed V8 issues 989, 1006, and 1007.
815
816
ager@chromium.org5f0c45f2010-12-17 08:51:21 +00008172010-12-17: Version 3.0.3
818
819 Reapplied all changes for version 3.0.1.
820
821 Improved debugger protocol for remote debugging.
822
823 Added experimental support for using gyp to generate build files
824 for V8.
825
826 Fixed implementation of String::Write in the API (issue 975).
827
828
lrn@chromium.org8541d772010-12-15 12:05:09 +00008292010-12-15: Version 3.0.2
830
831 Revert version 3.0.1 and patch 3.0.1.1.
832
833
kmillikin@chromium.orgfacd82d2010-12-13 18:00:51 +00008342010-12-13: Version 3.0.1
835
836 Added support for an experimental internationalization API as an
837 extension. This extension is disabled by default but can be enabled
838 when building V8. The ECMAScript internationalization strawman is
839 at http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:i18n_api.
840
841 Made RegExp character class parsing stricter. This mirrors a change
842 to RegExp parsing in WebKit.
843
844 Fixed a bug in Object.defineProperty when used to change attributes
845 of an existing property. It incorrectly set the property value to
846 undefined (issue 965).
847
848 Fixed several different compilation failures on various platforms
849 caused by the 3.0.0 release.
850
851 Optimized Math.pow so it can work on unboxed doubles.
852
853 Sped up quoting of JSON strings by removing one traversal of the
854 string.
855
856
kasperl@chromium.orga5551262010-12-07 12:49:48 +00008572010-12-07: Version 3.0.0
858
859 Improved performance by (partially) addressing issue 957 on
860 IA-32. Still needs more work for the other architectures.
861
862
ager@chromium.orgbeb25712010-11-29 08:02:25 +00008632010-11-29: Version 2.5.9
864
865 Fixed crashes during GC caused by partially initialize heap
866 objects.
867
868 Fixed bug in process sample that caused memory leaks.
869
870 Improved performance on ARM by implementing missing stubs and
871 inlining.
872
873 Improved heap profiler support.
874
875 Added separate seeding on Windows of the random number generator
876 used internally by the compiler (issue 936).
877
878 Exposed API for getting the name of the function used to construct
879 an object.
880
881 Fixed date parser to handle one and two digit millisecond
882 values (issue 944).
883
884 Fixed number parsing to disallow space between sign and
885 digits (issue 946).
886
887
vegorov@chromium.org21b5e952010-11-23 10:24:40 +00008882010-11-23: Version 2.5.8
889
890 Removed dependency on Gay's dtoa.
891
892 Improved heap profiler precision and speed.
893
894 Reduced overhead of callback invocations on ARM.
895
896
erik.corry@gmail.com4a6c3272010-11-18 12:04:40 +00008972010-11-18: Version 2.5.7
898
899 Fixed obscure evaluation order bug (issue 931).
900
901 Split the random number state between JavaScript and the private API.
902
903 Fixed performance bug causing GCs when generating stack traces on
904 code from very large scripts.
905
906 Fixed bug in parser that allowed (foo):42 as a labelled statement
907 (issue 918).
908
909 Provide more accurate results about used heap size via
910 GetHeapStatistics.
911
912 Allow build-time customization of the max semispace size.
913
914 Made String.prototype.split honor limit when separator is empty
915 (issue 929).
916
917 Added missing failure check after expecting an identifier in
918 preparser (Chromium issue 62639).
919
920
ager@chromium.org01fe7df2010-11-10 11:59:11 +00009212010-11-10: Version 2.5.6
922
923 Added support for VFP rounding modes to the ARM simulator.
924
925 Fixed multiplication overflow bug (issue 927).
926
927 Added a limit for the amount of executable memory (issue 925).
928
929
whesse@chromium.orgf0ac72d2010-11-08 12:47:26 +00009302010-11-08: Version 2.5.5
931
932 Added more aggressive GC of external objects in near out-of-memory
933 situations.
934
935 Fixed a bug that gave the incorrect result for String.split called
936 on the empty string (issue 924).
937
938
lrn@chromium.orgfa943b72010-11-03 08:14:36 +00009392010-11-03: Version 2.5.4
940
whesse@chromium.orgf0ac72d2010-11-08 12:47:26 +0000941 Improved V8 VFPv3 runtime detection to address issue 914.
lrn@chromium.orgfa943b72010-11-03 08:14:36 +0000942
943
fschneider@chromium.orge03fb642010-11-01 12:34:09 +00009442010-11-01: Version 2.5.3
945
946 Fixed a bug that prevents constants from overwriting function values
947 in object literals (issue 907).
948
949 Fixed a bug with reporting of impossible nested calls of DOM functions
950 (issue http://crbug.com/60753).
951
952
lrn@chromium.org303ada72010-10-27 09:33:13 +00009532010-10-27: Version 2.5.2
954
955 Improved sampler resolution on Linux.
956
957 Allowed forcing the use of a simulator from the build script
958 independently of the host architecture.
959
kmillikin@chromium.orgd2c22f02011-01-10 08:15:37 +0000960 Fixed FreeBSD port (issue 912).
lrn@chromium.org303ada72010-10-27 09:33:13 +0000961
962 Made windows-tick-processor respect D8_PATH.
963
964 Implemented --noinline-new flag fully on IA32, X64 and ARM platforms.
965
966
whesse@chromium.org4a5224e2010-10-20 12:37:07 +00009672010-10-20: Version 2.5.1
968
969 Fixed bug causing spurious out of memory exceptions
970 (issue http://crbug.com/54580).
971
972 Fixed compilation error on Solaris platform (issue 901).
973
974 Fixed error in strtod (string to floating point number conversion)
975 due to glibc's use of 80-bit floats in the FPU on 32-bit linux.
976
977 Adjusted randomized allocations of executable memory to have 64k
978 granularity (issue http://crbug.com/56036).
979
980 Supported profiling using kernel perf_events on linux. Added ll_prof
981 script to tools and --ll-prof flag to V8.
982
983
vegorov@chromium.org42841962010-10-18 11:18:59 +00009842010-10-18: Version 2.5.0
985
986 Fixed bug in cache handling of lastIndex on global regexps
987 (issue http://crbug.com/58740).
988
989 Added USE_SIMULATOR macro that explicitly indicates that we wish to use
990 the simulator as the execution engine (by Mark Lam <mark.lam@palm.com>
kmillikin@chromium.orgfacd82d2010-12-13 18:00:51 +0000991 from Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP).
vegorov@chromium.org42841962010-10-18 11:18:59 +0000992
993 Fixed compilation error on ARM with gcc 4.4 (issue 894).
994
995
9962010-10-13: Version 2.4.9
ager@chromium.orgb61a0d12010-10-13 08:35:23 +0000997
998 Fixed a bug in the handling of conditional expressions in test
999 contexts in compiler for top-level code.
1000
1001 Added "//@ sourceURL" information to the StackTrace API.
1002
1003 Exposed RegExp construction through the API.
1004
1005
ricow@chromium.orgeb7c1442010-10-04 08:54:21 +000010062010-10-04: Version 2.4.8
1007
1008 Fixed a bug in ResumeProfilerEx causing it to not always write out the
1009 whole snapshot (issue 868).
1010
1011 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1012
1013
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +000010142010-09-30: Version 2.4.7
1015
1016 Changed the command-line flag --max-new-space-size to be in kB and the
1017 flag --max-old-space-size to be in MB (previously they were in bytes).
1018
1019 Added Debug::CancelDebugBreak to the debugger API.
1020
1021 Fixed a bug in getters for negative numeric property names
1022 (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46689).
1023
1024 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1025
1026
whesse@chromium.org4a1fe7d2010-09-27 12:32:04 +000010272010-09-27: Version 2.4.6
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +00001028
whesse@chromium.org4a1fe7d2010-09-27 12:32:04 +00001029 Fixed assertion failure related to copy-on-write arrays (issue 876).
1030
1031 Fixed build failure of 64-bit V8 on Windows.
1032
1033 Fixed a bug in RegExp (issue http://crbug.com/52801).
1034
1035 Improved the profiler's coverage to cover more functions (issue 858).
1036
1037 Fixed error in shift operators on 64-bit V8
1038 (issue http://crbug.com/54521).
1039
1040
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +000010412010-09-22: Version 2.4.5
kmillikin@chromium.orgf05f2912010-09-30 10:07:24 +00001042
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001043 Changed the RegExp benchmark to exercise the regexp engine on different
1044 inputs by scrambling the input strings.
1045
1046 Fixed a bug in keyed loads on strings.
1047
1048 Fixed a bug with loading global function prototypes.
1049
1050 Fixed a bug with profiling RegExp calls (issue http://crbug.com/55999).
1051
1052 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1053
1054
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +000010552010-09-15: Version 2.4.4
1056
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001057 Fixed bug with hangs on very large sparse arrays.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00001058
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001059 Now tries harder to free up memory when running out of space.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00001060
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001061 Added heap snapshots to JSON format to API.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00001062
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001063 Recalibrated benchmarks.
erik.corry@gmail.comd88afa22010-09-15 12:33:05 +00001064
1065
sgjesse@chromium.org2ec107f2010-09-13 09:19:46 +000010662010-09-13: Version 2.4.3
1067
1068 Made Date.parse properly handle TZ offsets (issue 857).
1069
1070 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1071
1072
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +000010732010-09-08: Version 2.4.2
1074
1075 Fixed GC crash bug.
1076
1077 Fixed stack corruption bug.
1078
1079 Fixed compilation for newer C++ compilers that found Operand(0)
1080 ambiguous.
1081
1082
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +000010832010-09-06: Version 2.4.1
1084
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001085 Added the ability for an embedding application to receive a callback
1086 when V8 allocates (V8::AddMemoryAllocationCallback) or deallocates
1087 (V8::RemoveMemoryAllocationCallback) from the OS.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001088
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001089 Fixed several JSON bugs (including issue 855).
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001090
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001091 Fixed memory overrun crash bug triggered during V8's tick-based
1092 profiling.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001093
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001094 Performance improvements on all platforms.
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001095
1096
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +000010972010-09-01: Version 2.4.0
1098
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001099 Fixed bug in Object.freeze and Object.seal when Array.prototype or
1100 Object.prototype are changed (issue 842).
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00001101
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001102 Updated Array.splice to follow Safari and Firefox when called
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001103 with zero arguments.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00001104
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001105 Fixed a missing live register when breaking at keyed loads on ARM.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00001106
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001107 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.orgd236f4d2010-09-01 06:52:08 +00001108
1109
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +000011102010-08-25: Version 2.3.11
1111
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001112 Fixed bug in RegExp related to copy-on-write arrays.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001113
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001114 Refactored tools/test.py script, including the introduction of
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001115 VARIANT_FLAGS that allows specification of sets of flags with which
1116 all tests should be run.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001117
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001118 Fixed a bug in the handling of debug breaks in CallIC.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001119
ager@chromium.org5b2fbee2010-09-08 06:38:15 +00001120 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001121
1122
erik.corry@gmail.com145eff52010-08-23 11:36:18 +000011232010-08-23: Version 2.3.10
1124
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001125 Fixed bug in bitops on ARM.
erik.corry@gmail.com145eff52010-08-23 11:36:18 +00001126
1127 Build fixes for unusual compilers.
1128
1129 Track high water mark for RWX memory.
1130
1131 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1132
1133
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +000011342010-08-18: Version 2.3.9
1135
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001136 Fixed compilation for ARMv4 on OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00001137
1138 Removed specialized handling of GCC 4.4 (issue 830).
1139
kmillikin@chromium.org3cdd9e12010-09-06 11:39:48 +00001140 Fixed DST cache to take into account the suspension of DST in
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00001141 Egypt during the 2010 Ramadan (issue http://crbug.com/51855).
1142
ricow@chromium.org65fae842010-08-25 15:26:24 +00001143 Performance improvements on all platforms.
ricow@chromium.org0b9f8502010-08-18 07:45:01 +00001144
1145
ager@chromium.orgea4f62e2010-08-16 16:28:43 +000011462010-08-16: Version 2.3.8
1147
1148 Fixed build with strict aliasing on GCC 4.4 (issue 463).
1149
1150 Fixed issue with incorrect handling of custom valueOf methods on
1151 string wrappers (issue 760).
1152
1153 Fixed compilation for ARMv4 (issue 590).
1154
1155 Improved performance.
1156
1157
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +000011582010-08-11: Version 2.3.7
1159
1160 Reduced size of heap snapshots produced by heap profiler (issue 783).
1161
1162 Introduced v8::Value::IsRegExp method.
1163
1164 Fixed CPU profiler crash in start / stop sequence when non-existent
1165 name is passed (issue http://crbug.com/51594).
1166
1167 Introduced new indexed property query callbacks API (issue 816). This
1168 API is guarded by USE_NEW_QUERY_CALLBACK define and is disabled
1169 by default.
1170
1171 Removed support for object literal get/set with number/string
1172 property name.
1173
1174 Fixed handling of JSObject::elements in CalculateNetworkSize
1175 (issue 822).
1176
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001177 Allowed compiling with strict aliasing enabled on GCC 4.4 (issue 463).
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00001178
1179
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +000011802010-08-09: Version 2.3.6
1181
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00001182 RegExp literals create a new object every time they are evaluated
1183 (issue 704).
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00001184
vegorov@chromium.org26c16f82010-08-11 13:41:03 +00001185 Object.seal and Object.freeze return the modified object (issue 809).
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00001186
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001187 Fixed building using GCC 4.4.4.
lrn@chromium.orgc4e51ac2010-08-09 09:47:21 +00001188
1189
sgjesse@chromium.orgc3a01972010-08-04 09:46:24 +000011902010-08-04: Version 2.3.5
1191
1192 Added support for ES5 property names. Object initialisers and
1193 dot-notation property access now allows keywords. Also allowed
1194 non-identifiers after "get" or "set" in an object initialiser.
1195
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001196 Randomized the addresses of allocated executable memory on Windows.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc3a01972010-08-04 09:46:24 +00001197
1198
whesse@chromium.orge90029b2010-08-02 11:52:17 +000011992010-08-02: Version 2.3.4
1200
1201 Fixed problems in implementation of ES5 function.prototype.bind.
1202
1203 Fixed error when using apply with arguments object on ARM (issue 784).
1204
1205 Added setting of global flags to debugger protocol.
1206
1207 Fixed an error affecting cached results of sin and cos (issue 792).
1208
1209 Removed memory leak from a boundary case where V8 is not initialized.
1210
1211 Fixed issue where debugger could set breakpoints outside the body
1212 of a function.
1213
1214 Fixed issue in debugger when using both live edit and step in features.
1215
1216 Added Number-letter (Nl) category to Unicode tables. These characters
1217 can now be used in identifiers.
1218
1219 Fixed an assert failure on X64 (issue 806).
1220
1221 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1222
1223
whesse@chromium.orgba5a61b2010-07-26 11:44:40 +000012242010-07-26: Version 2.3.3
1225
1226 Fixed error when building the d8 shell in a fresh checkout.
1227
1228 Implemented Function.prototype.bind (ES5 15.3.4.5).
1229
1230 Fixed an error in inlined stores on ia32.
1231
1232 Fixed an error when setting a breakpoint at the end of a function
1233 that does not end with a newline character.
1234
1235 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1236
1237
fschneider@chromium.orged78ffd2010-07-21 11:05:19 +000012382010-07-21: Version 2.3.2
1239
1240 Fixed compiler warnings when building with LLVM.
1241
1242 Fixed a bug with for-in applied to strings (issue 785).
1243
1244 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1245
whesse@chromium.orgba5a61b2010-07-26 11:44:40 +00001246
ricow@chromium.org4980dff2010-07-19 08:33:45 +000012472010-07-19: Version 2.3.1
1248
1249 Fixed compilation and linking with V8_INTERPRETED_REGEXP flag.
1250
1251 Fixed bug related to code flushing while compiling a lazy
1252 compilable function (issue http://crbug.com/49099).
1253
1254 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1255
1256
ager@chromium.orgb5737492010-07-15 09:29:43 +000012572010-07-15: Version 2.3.0
1258
1259 Added ES5 Object.seal and Object.isSealed.
1260
1261 Added debugger API for scheduling debugger commands from a
1262 separate thread.
1263
1264
ager@chromium.org6a2b0aa2010-07-13 20:58:03 +000012652010-07-14: Version 2.2.24
1266
1267 Added API for capturing stack traces for uncaught exceptions.
1268
1269 Fixed crash bug when preparsing from a non-external V8 string
1270 (issue 775).
1271
1272 Fixed JSON.parse bug causing input not to be converted to string
1273 (issue 764).
1274
1275 Added ES5 Object.freeze and Object.isFrozen.
1276
1277 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1278
1279
erik.corry@gmail.com4a2e25e2010-07-07 12:22:46 +000012802010-07-07: Version 2.2.23
1281
1282 API change: Convert Unicode code points outside the basic multilingual
1283 plane to the replacement character. Previous behavior was to silently
1284 truncate the value to 16 bits.
1285
1286 Fixed crash: handle all flat string types in regexp replace.
1287
1288 Prevent invalid pre-parsing data passed in through the API from
1289 crashing V8.
1290
1291 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1292
ager@chromium.org6a2b0aa2010-07-13 20:58:03 +00001293
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +000012942010-07-05: Version 2.2.22
1295
1296 Added ES5 Object.isExtensible and Object.preventExtensions.
1297
1298 Enabled building V8 as a DLL.
1299
1300 Fixed a bug in date code where -0 was not interpreted as 0
1301 (issue 736).
1302
1303 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1304
1305
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +000013062010-06-30: Version 2.2.21
1307
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001308 Fixed bug in externalizing some ASCII strings (Chromium issue 47824).
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001309
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001310 Updated JSON.stringify to floor the space parameter (issue 753).
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001311
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001312 Updated the Mozilla test expectations to the newest version.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001313
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001314 Updated the ES5 Conformance Test expectations to the latest version.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001315
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001316 Updated the V8 benchmark suite.
lrn@chromium.org32d961d2010-06-30 09:09:34 +00001317
1318 Provide actual breakpoints locations in response to setBreakpoint
1319 and listBreakpoints requests.
1320
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001321
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +000013222010-06-28: Version 2.2.20
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001323
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001324 Fixed bug with for-in on x64 platform (issue 748).
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00001325
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001326 Fixed crash bug on x64 platform (issue 756).
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001327
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001328 Fixed bug in Object.getOwnPropertyNames. (chromium issue 41243).
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00001329
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001330 Fixed a bug on ARM that caused the result of 1 << x to be
fschneider@chromium.org40b9da32010-06-28 11:29:21 +00001331 miscalculated for some inputs.
1332
1333 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1334
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001335
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +000013362010-06-23: Version 2.2.19
1337
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001338 Fixed bug that causes the build to break when profillingsupport=off
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +00001339 (issue 738).
1340
1341 Added expose-externalize-string flag for testing extensions.
1342
1343 Resolve linker issues with using V8 as a DLL causing a number of
1344 problems with unresolved symbols.
1345
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001346 Fixed build failure for cctests when ENABLE_DEBUGGER_SUPPORT is not
ricow@chromium.org5ad5ace2010-06-23 09:06:43 +00001347 defined.
1348
1349 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1350
1351
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +000013522010-06-16: Version 2.2.18
1353
1354 Added API functions to retrieve information on indexed properties
1355 managed by the embedding layer. Fixes bug 737.
1356
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001357 Made ES5 Object.defineProperty support array elements. Fixes bug 619.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00001358
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001359 Added heap profiling to the API.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00001360
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001361 Removed old named property query from the API.
whesse@chromium.org2c186ca2010-06-16 11:32:39 +00001362
1363 Incremental performance improvements.
1364
1365
ager@chromium.org2cc82ae2010-06-14 07:35:38 +000013662010-06-14: Version 2.2.17
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00001367
ager@chromium.org2cc82ae2010-06-14 07:35:38 +00001368 Improved debugger support for stepping out of functions.
1369
1370 Incremental performance improvements.
1371
1372
13732010-06-09: Version 2.2.16
1374
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001375 Removed the SetExternalStringDiposeCallback API. Changed the
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00001376 disposal of external string resources to call a virtual Dispose
1377 method on the resource.
1378
kmillikin@chromium.org69ea3962010-07-05 11:01:40 +00001379 Added support for more precise break points when debugging and
vegorov@chromium.org2356e6f2010-06-09 09:38:56 +00001380 stepping.
1381
1382 Memory usage improvements on all platforms.
1383
1384
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +000013852010-06-07: Version 2.2.15
1386
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001387 Added an API to control the disposal of external string resources.
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00001388
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001389 Added missing initialization of a couple of variables which makes
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00001390 some compilers complaint when compiling with -Werror.
1391
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001392 Improved performance on all platforms.
lrn@chromium.org1af7e1b2010-06-07 11:12:01 +00001393
1394
sgjesse@chromium.org82dbbab2010-06-02 08:57:44 +000013952010-06-02: Version 2.2.14
1396
1397 Fixed a crash in code generated for String.charCodeAt.
1398
1399 Fixed a compilation issue with some GCC versions (issue 727).
1400
1401 Performance optimizations on x64 and ARM platforms.
1402
1403
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +000014042010-05-31: Version 2.2.13
1405
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001406 Implemented Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor for element indices and
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00001407 strings (issue 599).
1408
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001409 Fixed bug for windows 64 bit C calls from generated code.
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00001410
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001411 Added new scons flag unalignedaccesses for arm builds.
ricow@chromium.org30ce4112010-05-31 10:38:25 +00001412
1413 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1414
1415
kmillikin@chromium.org9155e252010-05-26 13:27:57 +000014162010-05-26: Version 2.2.12
1417
1418 Allowed accessors to be defined on objects rather than just object
1419 templates.
1420
1421 Changed the ScriptData API.
1422
1423
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +000014242010-05-21: Version 2.2.11
1425
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001426 Fixed crash bug in liveedit on 64 bit.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001427
1428 Use 'full compiler' when debugging is active. This should increase
1429 the density of possible break points, making single step more fine
1430 grained. This will only take effect for functions compiled after
1431 debugging has been started, so recompilation of all functions is
1432 required to get the full effect. IA32 and x64 only for now.
1433
1434 Misc. fixes to the Solaris build.
1435
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001436 Added new flags --print-cumulative-gc-stat and --trace-gc-nvp.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001437
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001438 Added filtering of CPU profiles by security context.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001439
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001440 Fixed crash bug on ARM when running without VFP2 or VFP3.
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001441
1442 Incremental performance improvements in all backends.
1443
1444
vegorov@chromium.orgdff694e2010-05-17 09:10:26 +000014452010-05-17: Version 2.2.10
1446
1447 Performance improvements in the x64 and ARM backends.
1448
1449
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +000014502010-05-10: Version 2.2.9
1451
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001452 Allowed Object.create to be called with a function (issue 697).
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +00001453
1454 Fixed bug with Date.parse returning a non-NaN value when called on a
1455 non date string (issue 696).
1456
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001457 Allowed unaligned memory accesses on ARM targets that support it (by
erik.corry@gmail.com9dfbea42010-05-21 12:58:28 +00001458 Subrato K De of CodeAurora <subratokde@codeaurora.org>).
sgjesse@chromium.org720dc0b2010-05-10 09:25:39 +00001459
1460 C++ API for retrieving JavaScript stack trace information.
1461
1462
ager@chromium.orgac091b72010-05-05 07:34:42 +000014632010-05-05: Version 2.2.8
1464
1465 Performance improvements in the x64 and ARM backends.
1466
1467
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +000014682010-05-03: Version 2.2.7
1469
1470 Added support for ES5 date time string format to Date.parse.
1471
1472 Performance improvements in the x64 backend.
1473
1474
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +000014752010-04-28: Version 2.2.6
1476
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00001477 Added "amd64" as recognized architecture in scons build script
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00001478 (by Ryan Dahl <coldredlemur@gmail.com>).
1479
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00001480 Fixed bug in String search and replace with very simple RegExps.
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00001481
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00001482 Fixed bug in RegExp containing "\b^".
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00001483
1484 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1485
kmillikin@chromium.org4111b802010-05-03 10:34:42 +00001486
fschneider@chromium.org013f3e12010-04-26 13:27:52 +000014872010-04-26: Version 2.2.5
1488
1489 Various performance improvements (especially for ARM and x64)
1490
1491 Fixed bug in CPU profiling (http://crbug.com/42137)
1492
1493 Fixed a bug with the natives cache.
lrn@chromium.orgc34f5802010-04-28 12:53:43 +00001494
1495 Fixed two bugs in the ARM code generator that can cause
fschneider@chromium.org013f3e12010-04-26 13:27:52 +00001496 wrong calculations.
1497
1498 Fixed a bug that may cause a wrong result for shift operations.
1499
1500
15012010-04-21: Version 2.2.4
ricow@chromium.orgc9c80822010-04-21 08:22:37 +00001502
1503 Fixed warnings on arm on newer GCC versions.
1504
1505 Fixed a number of minor bugs.
1506
1507 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1508
1509
whesse@chromium.orgb6e43bb2010-04-14 09:36:28 +000015102010-04-14: Version 2.2.3
1511
1512 Added stack command and mem command to ARM simulator debugger.
1513
1514 Fixed scons snapshot and ARM build, and Windows X64 build issues.
1515
1516 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1517
1518
ager@chromium.org357bf652010-04-12 11:30:10 +000015192010-04-12: Version 2.2.2
1520
1521 Introduced new profiler API.
1522
1523 Fixed random number generator to produce full 32 random bits.
1524
1525
lrn@chromium.org25156de2010-04-06 13:10:27 +000015262010-04-06: Version 2.2.1
1527
1528 Debugger improvements.
1529
1530 Fixed minor bugs.
1531
1532
ricow@chromium.orgaa1b6162010-03-29 07:44:58 +000015332010-03-29: Version 2.2.0
1534
1535 Fixed a few minor bugs.
1536
1537 Performance improvements for string operations.
1538
1539
ager@chromium.orgb26c50a2010-03-26 09:27:16 +000015402010-03-26: Version 2.1.10
1541
1542 Fixed scons build issues.
1543
1544 Fixed a couple of minor bugs.
1545
1546
sgjesse@chromium.orgdf7a2842010-03-25 14:34:15 +000015472010-03-25: Version 2.1.9
1548
1549 Added API support for reattaching a global object to a context.
1550
1551 Extended debugger API with access to the internal debugger context.
1552
1553 Fixed Chromium crashes (issues http://crbug.com/39128 and
1554 http://crbug.com/39160)
1555
1556
kmillikin@chromium.org5d8f0e62010-03-24 08:21:20 +000015572010-03-24: Version 2.1.8
1558
1559 Added fine-grained garbage collection callbacks to the API.
1560
1561 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1562
1563
whesse@chromium.orgcec079d2010-03-22 14:44:04 +000015642010-03-22: Version 2.1.7
1565
1566 Fixed issue 650.
1567
1568 Fixed a bug where __proto__ was sometimes enumerated (issue 646).
fschneider@chromium.org086aac62010-03-17 13:18:24 +00001569
1570 Performance improvements for arithmetic operations.
1571
1572 Performance improvements for string operations.
1573
whesse@chromium.orgcec079d2010-03-22 14:44:04 +00001574 Print script name and line number information in stack trace.
1575
1576
15772010-03-17: Version 2.1.6
1578
1579 Performance improvements for arithmetic operations.
1580
1581 Performance improvements for string operations.
1582
1583
vegorov@chromium.orgf8372902010-03-15 10:26:20 +000015842010-03-10: Version 2.1.4
1585
1586 Fixed code cache lookup for keyed IC's (issue http://crbug.com/37853).
1587
1588 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1589
1590
ager@chromium.orgce5e87b2010-03-10 10:24:18 +000015912010-03-10: Version 2.1.3
1592
1593 Added API method for context-disposal notifications.
1594
1595 Added API method for accessing elements by integer index.
1596
1597 Added missing implementation of Uint32::Value and Value::IsUint32
1598 API methods.
1599
1600 Added IsExecutionTerminating API method.
1601
1602 Disabled strict aliasing for GCC 4.4.
1603
1604 Fixed string-concatenation bug (issue 636).
1605
1606 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1607
1608
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +000016092010-02-23: Version 2.1.2
1610
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001611 Fixed a crash bug caused by wrong assert.
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +00001612
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001613 Fixed a bug with register names on 64-bit V8 (issue 615).
fschneider@chromium.orgb95b98b2010-02-23 10:34:29 +00001614
1615 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1616
ager@chromium.orgce5e87b2010-03-10 10:24:18 +00001617
ager@chromium.org5c838252010-02-19 08:53:10 +000016182010-02-19: Version 2.1.1
1619
1620 [ES5] Implemented Object.defineProperty.
1621
1622 Improved profiler support.
1623
1624 Added SetPrototype method in the public V8 API.
1625
1626 Added GetScriptOrigin and GetScriptLineNumber methods to Function
1627 objects in the API.
1628
1629 Performance improvements on all platforms.
1630
1631
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +000016322010-02-03: Version 2.1.0
1633
1634 Values are now always wrapped in objects when used as a receiver.
1635 (issue 223).
1636
1637 [ES5] Implemented Object.getOwnPropertyNames.
1638
1639 [ES5] Restrict JSON.parse to only accept strings that conforms to the
1640 JSON grammar.
1641
1642 Improvement of debugger agent (issue 549 and 554).
1643
1644 Fixed problem with skipped stack frame in profiles (issue 553).
1645
1646 Solaris support by Erich Ocean <erich.ocean@me.com> and Ryan Dahl
1647 <ry@tinyclouds.org>.
1648
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001649 Fixed a bug that Math.round() returns incorrect results for huge
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00001650 integers.
1651
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001652 Fixed enumeration order for objects created from some constructor
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00001653 functions (isue http://crbug.com/3867).
1654
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001655 Fixed arithmetic on some integer constants (issue 580).
sgjesse@chromium.orgb302e562010-02-03 11:26:59 +00001656
1657 Numerous performance improvements including porting of previous IA-32
1658 optimizations to x64 and ARM architectures.
1659
1660
fschneider@chromium.org0c20e672010-01-14 15:28:53 +000016612010-01-14: Version 2.0.6
1662
1663 Added ES5 Object.getPrototypeOf, GetOwnPropertyDescriptor,
1664 GetOwnProperty, FromPropertyDescriptor.
1665
1666 Fixed Mac x64 build errors.
1667
1668 Improved performance of some math and string operations.
1669
1670 Improved performance of some regexp operations.
1671
1672 Improved performance of context creation.
1673
1674 Improved performance of hash tables.
1675
1676
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +000016772009-12-18: Version 2.0.5
1678
1679 Extended to upper limit of map space to allow for 7 times as many map
1680 to be allocated (issue 524).
1681
1682 Improved performance of code using closures.
1683
1684 Improved performance of some binary operations involving doubles.
1685
1686
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +000016872009-12-16: Version 2.0.4
1688
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001689 Added ECMAScript 5 Object.create.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001690
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001691 Improved performance of Math.max and Math.min.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001692
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001693 Optimized adding of strings on 64-bit platforms.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001694
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001695 Improved handling of external strings by using a separate table
1696 instead of weak handles. This improves garbage collection
1697 performance and uses less memory.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001698
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001699 Changed code generation for object and array literals in toplevel
1700 code to be more compact by doing more work in the runtime.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001701
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001702 Fixed a crash bug triggered when garbage collection happened during
1703 generation of a callback load inline cache stub.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001704
sgjesse@chromium.org846fb742009-12-18 08:56:33 +00001705 Fixed crash bug sometimes triggered when local variables shadowed
1706 parameters in functions that used the arguments object.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001707
1708
sgjesse@chromium.orgac6aa172009-12-04 12:29:05 +000017092009-12-03: Version 2.0.3
1710
1711 Optimized handling and adding of strings, for-in and Array.join.
1712
1713 Heap serialization is now non-destructive.
1714
1715 Improved profiler support with information on time spend in C++
1716 callbacks registered through the API.
1717
1718 Added commands to the debugger protocol for starting/stopping
1719 profiling.
1720
1721 Enabled the non-optimizing compiler for top-level code.
1722
1723 Changed the API to only allow strings to be set as data objects on
1724 Contexts and scripts to avoid potentially keeping global objects
1725 around for too long (issue 528).
1726
1727 OpenBSD support patch by Peter Valchev <pvalchev@gmail.com>.
1728
1729 Fixed bugs.
1730
1731
ager@chromium.org01beca72009-11-24 14:29:16 +000017322009-11-24: Version 2.0.2
1733
1734 Improved profiler support.
1735
1736 Fixed bug that broke compilation of d8 with readline support.
1737
1738
ager@chromium.org6141cbe2009-11-20 12:14:52 +000017392009-11-20: Version 2.0.1
1740
1741 Fixed crash bug in String.prototype.replace.
1742
1743 Reverted a change which caused Chromium interactive ui test
1744 failures.
1745
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001746
ager@chromium.orgc4c92722009-11-18 14:12:51 +000017472009-11-18: Version 2.0.0
1748
1749 Added support for VFP on ARM.
1750
1751 Added TryCatch::ReThrow method to the API.
1752
1753 Reduced the size of snapshots and improved the snapshot load time.
1754
1755 Improved heap profiler support.
1756
1757 64-bit version now supported on Windows.
1758
1759 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
1760
1761 Fixed bugs.
1762
1763
sgjesse@chromium.orgf1e73132009-10-29 14:46:49 +000017642009-10-29: Version 1.3.18
1765
1766 Reverted a change which caused crashes in RegExp replace.
1767
sgjesse@chromium.orgac6aa172009-12-04 12:29:05 +00001768 Reverted a change which caused Chromium ui_tests failure.
sgjesse@chromium.orgf1e73132009-10-29 14:46:49 +00001769
1770
ager@chromium.org3811b432009-10-28 14:53:37 +000017712009-10-28: Version 1.3.17
1772
1773 Added API method to get simple heap statistics.
1774
1775 Improved heap profiler support.
1776
1777 Fixed the implementation of the resource constraint API so it
1778 works when using snapshots.
1779
1780 Fixed a number of issues in the Windows 64-bit version.
1781
1782 Optimized calls to API getters.
1783
1784 Added valgrind notification on code modification to the 64-bit version.
1785
1786 Fixed issue where we logged shared library addresses on Windows at
1787 startup and never used them.
1788
1789
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +000017902009-10-16: Version 1.3.16
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001791
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001792 X64: Convert smis to holding 32 bits of payload.
1793
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001794 Introduced v8::Integer::NewFromUnsigned method.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001795
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001796 Added missing null check in Context::GetCurrent.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001797
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001798 Added trim, trimLeft and trimRight methods to String
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001799 Patch by Jan de Mooij <jandemooij@gmail.com>
1800
1801 Implement ES5 Array.isArray
1802 Patch by Jan de Mooij <jandemooij@gmail.com>
1803
1804 Skip access checks for hidden properties.
1805
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001806 Added String::Concat(Handle<String> left, Handle<String> right) to the
1807 V8 API.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001808
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001809 Fixed GYP-based builds of V8.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com9d58c2b2009-10-16 11:48:38 +00001810
1811
sgjesse@chromium.org152a0b02009-10-07 13:50:16 +000018122009-10-07: Version 1.3.15
1813
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001814 Expanded the maximum size of the code space to 512MB for 64-bit mode.
sgjesse@chromium.org152a0b02009-10-07 13:50:16 +00001815
1816 Fixed a crash bug happening when starting profiling (issue
1817 http://crbug.com/23768).
1818
1819
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +000018202009-10-07: Version 1.3.14
1821
1822 Added GetRealNamedProperty to the API to lookup real properties
1823 located on the object or in the prototype chain skipping any
1824 interceptors.
1825
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001826 Fixed the stack limits setting API to work correctly with threads. The
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00001827 stack limit now needs to be set to each thread thich is used with V8.
1828
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001829 Removed the high-priority flag from IdleNotification()
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00001830
1831 Ensure V8 is initialized before locking and unlocking threads.
1832
1833 Implemented a new JavaScript minifier for compressing the source of
ager@chromium.org3811b432009-10-28 14:53:37 +00001834 the built-in JavaScript. This removes non-Open Source code from Douglas
sgjesse@chromium.orgc5145742009-10-07 09:00:33 +00001835 Crockford from the project.
1836
1837 Added a missing optimization in StringCharAt.
1838
1839 Fixed some flaky socket tests.
1840
1841 Change by Alexander Botero-Lowry to fix profiler sampling on FreeBSD
1842 in 64-bit mode.
1843
1844 Fixed memory leaks in the thread management code.
1845
1846 Fixed the result of assignment to a pixel array. The assigned value
1847 is now the result.
1848
1849 Error reporting for invalid left-hand sides in for-in statements, pre-
1850 and postfix count expressions, and assignments now matches the JSC
1851 behavior in Safari 4.
1852
1853 Follow the spec in disallowing function declarations without a name.
1854
1855 Always allocate code objects within a 2 GB range. On x64 architecture
1856 this is used to use near calls (32-bit displacement) in Code objects.
1857
1858 Optimized array construction ported to x64 and ARM architectures.
1859
1860 [ES5] Changed Object.keys to return strings for element indices.
1861
1862
ager@chromium.org68e7ab72009-09-23 09:40:39 +000018632009-09-23: Version 1.3.13
1864
1865 Fixed uninitialized memory problem.
1866
1867 Improved heap profiler support.
1868
1869
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com2bc58ef2009-09-22 10:00:30 +000018702009-09-22: Version 1.3.12
1871
1872 Changed behavior of |function|.toString() on built-in functions to
1873 be compatible with other implementations. Patch by Jan de Mooij.
1874
1875 Added Object::IsDirty in the API.
1876
1877 Optimized array construction; it is now handled purely in native
1878 code.
1879
1880 [ES5] Made properties of the arguments array enumerable.
1881
1882 [ES5] Added test suite adapter for the es5conform test suite.
1883
1884 [ES5] Added Object.keys function.
1885
ager@chromium.org68e7ab72009-09-23 09:40:39 +00001886
ager@chromium.org4af710e2009-09-15 12:20:11 +000018872009-09-15: Version 1.3.11
1888
1889 Fixed crash in error reporting during bootstrapping.
1890
1891 Optimized generated IA32 math code by using SSE2 instructions when
1892 available.
1893
1894 Implemented missing pieces of debugger infrastructure on ARM. The
1895 debugger is now fully functional on ARM.
1896
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001897 Made 'hidden' the default visibility for gcc.
ager@chromium.org4af710e2009-09-15 12:20:11 +00001898
1899
ager@chromium.orga1645e22009-09-09 19:27:10 +000019002009-09-09: Version 1.3.10
1901
1902 Fixed profiler on Mac in 64-bit mode.
1903
1904 Optimized creation of objects from simple constructor functions on
1905 ARM.
1906
1907 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
1908
1909 Reduced the amount of memory consumed by V8.
1910
1911
ager@chromium.org18ad94b2009-09-02 08:22:29 +000019122009-09-02: Version 1.3.9
1913
1914 Optimized stack guard checks on ARM.
1915
1916 Optimized API operations by inlining more in the API.
1917
1918 Optimized creation of objects from simple constructor functions.
1919
1920 Enabled a number of missing optimizations in the 64-bit port.
1921
1922 Implemented native-code support for regular expressions on ARM.
1923
1924 Stopped using the 'sahf' instruction on 64-bit machines that do
1925 not support it.
1926
1927 Fixed a bug in the support for forceful termination of JavaScript
1928 execution.
1929
1930
ager@chromium.org96c75b52009-08-26 09:13:16 +000019312009-08-26: Version 1.3.8
1932
1933 Changed the handling of idle notifications to allow idle
1934 notifications when V8 has not yet been initialized.
1935
1936 Fixed ARM simulator compilation problem on Windows.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00001937
ager@chromium.org96c75b52009-08-26 09:13:16 +00001938
ager@chromium.orgab99eea2009-08-25 07:05:41 +000019392009-08-25: Version 1.3.7
1940
1941 Reduced the size of generated code on ARM platforms by reducing
1942 the size of constant pools.
1943
1944 Changed build files to not include the 'ENV' user environment
1945 variable in the build environment.
1946
1947 Changed the handling of idle notifications.
1948
1949
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +000019502009-08-21: Version 1.3.6
1951
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001952 Added support for forceful termination of JavaScript execution.
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +00001953
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001954 Added low memory notification to the API. The embedding host can signal
sgjesse@chromium.orgc81c8942009-08-21 10:54:26 +00001955 a low memory situation to V8.
1956
1957 Changed the handling of global handles (persistent handles in the API
1958 sense) to avoid issues regarding allocation of new global handles
1959 during weak handle callbacks.
1960
1961 Changed the growth policy of the young space.
1962
1963 Fixed a GC issue introduced in version 1.3.5.
1964
1965
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +000019662009-08-19: Version 1.3.5
1967
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001968 Optimized initialization of some arrays in the builtins.
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00001969
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001970 Fixed mac-nm script to support filenames with spaces.
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00001971
1972 Support for using the V8 profiler when V8 is embedded in a Windows DLL.
1973
1974 Changed typeof RegExp from 'object' to 'function' for compatibility.
1975 Fixed bug where regexps were not callable across contexts.
1976
1977 Added context independent script compilation to the API.
1978
1979 Added API call to get the stack trace for an exception.
1980
1981 Added API for getting object mirrors.
1982
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00001983 Made sure that SSE3 instructions are used whenever possible even when
sgjesse@chromium.org911335c2009-08-19 12:59:44 +00001984 running off a snapshot generated without using SSE3 instructions.
1985
1986 Tweaked the handling of the initial size and growth policy of the heap.
1987
1988 Added native code generation for RegExp to 64-bit version.
1989
1990 Added JavaScript debugger support to 64-bit version.
1991
1992
ager@chromium.orgadd848f2009-08-13 12:44:13 +000019932009-08-13: Version 1.3.4
1994
1995 Added a readline() command to the d8 shell.
1996
1997 Fixed bug in json parsing.
1998
1999 Added idle notification to the API and reduced memory on idle
2000 notifications.
2001
2002
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +000020032009-08-12: Version 1.3.3
2004
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002005 Fixed issue 417: incorrect %t placeholder expansion.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002006
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002007 Added .gitignore file similar to Chromium's one.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002008
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002009 Fixed SConstruct file to build with new logging code for Android.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002010
2011 API: added function to find instance of template in prototype
2012 chain. Inlined Object::IsInstanceOf.
2013
2014 Land change to notify valgrind when we modify code on x86.
2015
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002016 Added api call to determine whether a string can be externalized.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002017
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002018 Added a write() command to d8.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com5a6af922009-08-12 14:20:51 +00002019
2020
sgjesse@chromium.orgb9d7da12009-08-05 08:38:10 +000020212009-08-05: Version 1.3.2
2022
2023 Started new compiler infrastructure for two-pass compilation using a
2024 control flow graph constructed from the AST.
2025
2026 Profiler stack sampling for X64.
2027
2028 Safe handling of NaN to Posix platform-dependent time functions.
2029
2030 Added a new profiler control API to unify controlling various aspects
2031 of profiling.
2032
2033 Fixed issue 392.
2034
2035
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +000020362009-07-30: Version 1.3.1
2037
2038 Speed improvements to accessors and interceptors.
2039
2040 Added support for capturing stack information on custom errors.
2041
2042 Added support for morphing an object into a pixel array where its
2043 indexed properties are stored in an external byte array. Values written
2044 are always clamped to the 0..255 interval.
2045
2046 Profiler on x64 now handles C/C++ functions from shared libraries.
2047
2048 Changed the debugger to avoid stepping into function.call/apply if the
2049 function is a built-in.
2050
2051 Initial implementation of constructor heap profile for JS objects.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002052
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +00002053 More fine grained control of profiling aspects through the API.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002054
sgjesse@chromium.org0b6db592009-07-30 14:48:31 +00002055 Optimized the called as constructor check for API calls.
2056
2057
kasperl@chromium.orge959c182009-07-27 08:59:04 +000020582009-07-27: Version 1.3.0
2059
2060 Allowed RegExp objects to be called as functions (issue 132).
2061
2062 Fixed issue where global property cells would escape after
2063 detaching the global object; see http://crbug.com/16276.
2064
2065 Added support for stepping into setters and getters in the
2066 debugger.
2067
2068 Changed the debugger to avoid stopping in its own JavaScript code
2069 and in the code of built-in functions.
2070
2071 Fixed issue 345 by avoiding duplicate escaping labels.
2072
2073 Fixed ARM code generator crash in short-circuited boolean
2074 expressions and added regression tests.
2075
2076 Added an external allocation limit to avoid issues where small V8
2077 objects would hold on to large amounts of external memory without
2078 causing garbage collections.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002079
2080 Finished more of the inline caching stubs for x64 targets.
kasperl@chromium.orge959c182009-07-27 08:59:04 +00002081
2082
kasperl@chromium.orgdefbd102009-07-13 14:04:26 +000020832009-07-13: Version 1.2.14
2084
2085 Added separate paged heap space for global property cells and
2086 avoid updating the write barrier when storing into them.
2087
2088 Improved peep-hole optimization on ARM platforms by not emitting
2089 unnecessary debug information.
2090
2091 Re-enabled ICs for loads and calls that skip a global object
2092 during lookup through the prototype chain.
2093
2094 Allowed access through global proxies to use ICs.
2095
2096 Fixed issue 401.
2097
2098
kasperl@chromium.org68ac0092009-07-09 06:00:35 +000020992009-07-09: Version 1.2.13
2100
2101 Fixed issue 397, issue 398, and issue 399.
2102
2103 Added support for breakpoint groups.
2104
2105 Fixed bugs introduced with the new global object representation.
2106
2107 Fixed a few bugs in the ARM code generator.
2108
2109
kasperl@chromium.org86f77b72009-07-06 08:21:57 +000021102009-07-06: Version 1.2.12
2111
2112 Added stack traces collection to Error objects accessible through
2113 the e.stack property.
2114
2115 Changed RegExp parser to use a recursive data structure instead of
2116 stack-based recursion.
2117
2118 Optimized Date object construction and string concatenation.
2119
2120 Improved performance of div, mod, and mul on ARM platforms.
2121
2122
kasperl@chromium.org2abc4502009-07-02 07:00:29 +000021232009-07-02: Version 1.2.11
2124
2125 Improved performance on IA-32 and ARM.
2126
2127 Fixed profiler sampler implementation on Mac OS X.
2128
2129 Changed the representation of global objects to improve
2130 performance of adding a lot of new properties.
2131
2132
ager@chromium.org3e875802009-06-29 08:26:34 +000021332009-06-29: Version 1.2.10
2134
2135 Improved debugger support.
2136
2137 Fixed bug in exception message reporting (issue 390).
2138
2139 Improved overall performance.
2140
2141
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +000021422009-06-23: Version 1.2.9
2143
2144 Improved math performance on ARM.
2145
2146 Fixed profiler name-inference bug.
2147
2148 Fixed handling of shared libraries in the profiler tick processor
2149 scripts.
2150
2151 Fixed handling of tests that time out in the test scripts.
2152
2153 Fixed compilation on MacOS X version 10.4.
2154
2155 Fixed two bugs in the regular expression engine.
2156
2157 Fixed a bug in the string type inference.
2158
2159 Fixed a bug in the handling of 'constant function' properties.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002160
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +00002161 Improved overall performance.
kmillikin@chromium.org13bd2942009-12-16 15:36:05 +00002162
ager@chromium.org5aa501c2009-06-23 07:57:28 +00002163
ager@chromium.orgeadaf222009-06-16 09:43:10 +000021642009-06-16: Version 1.2.8
2165
2166 Optimized math on ARM platforms.
2167
2168 Fixed two crash bugs in the handling of getters and setters.
2169
2170 Improved the debugger support by adding scope chain information.
2171
2172 Improved the profiler support by compressing log data transmitted
2173 to clients.
2174
2175 Improved overall performance.
2176
2177
ager@chromium.orge2902be2009-06-08 12:21:35 +000021782009-06-08: Version 1.2.7
2179
2180 Improved debugger and profiler support.
2181
2182 Reduced compilation time by improving the handling of deferred
2183 code.
2184
2185 Optimized interceptor accesses where the property is on the object
2186 on which the interceptors is attached.
2187
2188 Fixed compilation problem on GCC 4.4 by changing the stack
2189 alignment to 16 bytes.
2190
2191 Fixed handle creation to follow stric aliasing rules.
2192
2193 Fixed compilation on FreeBSD.
2194
2195 Introduced API for forcing the deletion of a property ignoring
2196 interceptors and attributes.
2197
2198
sgjesse@chromium.org755c5b12009-05-29 11:04:38 +000021992009-05-29: Version 1.2.6
2200
2201 Added a histogram recording hit rates at different levels of the
2202 compilation cache.
2203
2204 Added stack overflow check for the RegExp analysis phase. Previously a
2205 very long regexp graph could overflow the stack with recursive calls.
2206
2207 Use a dynamic buffer when collecting log events in memory.
2208
2209 Added start/stop events to the profiler log.
2210
2211 Fixed infinite loop which could happen when setting a debug break while
2212 executing a RegExp compiled to native code.
2213
2214 Fixed handling of lastIndexOf called with negative index (issue 351).
2215
2216 Fixed irregular crash in profiler test (issue 358).
2217
2218 Fixed compilation issues with some versions of gcc.
2219
2220
kasperl@chromium.org71affb52009-05-26 05:44:31 +000022212009-05-26: Version 1.2.5
2222
2223 Fixed bug in initial boundary check for Boyer-Moore text
2224 search (issue 349).
2225
2226 Fixed compilation issues with MinGW and gcc 4.3+ and added support
2227 for armv7 and cortex-a8 architectures. Patches by Lei Zhang and
2228 Craig Schlenter.
2229
2230 Added a script cache to the debugger.
2231
2232 Optimized compilation performance by improving internal data
2233 structures and avoiding expensive property load optimizations for
2234 code that's infrequently executed.
2235
2236 Exposed the calling JavaScript context through the static API
2237 function Context::GetCalling().
2238
2239
kasperl@chromium.orgb3284ad2009-05-18 06:12:45 +000022402009-05-18: Version 1.2.4
2241
2242 Improved performance of floating point number allocation for ARM
2243 platforms.
2244
2245 Fixed crash when using the instanceof operator on functions with
2246 number values in their prototype chain (issue 341).
2247
2248 Optimized virtual frame operations in the code generator to speed
2249 up compilation time and allocated the frames in the zone.
2250
2251 Made the representation of virtual frames and jump targets in the
2252 code generator much more compact.
2253
2254 Avoided linear search for non-locals in scope code when resolving
2255 variables inside with and eval scopes.
2256
2257 Optimized lexical scanner by dealing with whitespace as part of
2258 the token scanning instead of as a separate step before it.
2259
2260 Changed the scavenging collector so that promoted objects do not
2261 reside in the old generation while their remembered set is being
2262 swept for pointers into the young generation.
2263
2264 Fixed numeric overflow handling when compiling count operations.
2265
2266
ager@chromium.org9085a012009-05-11 19:22:57 +000022672009-05-11: Version 1.2.3
2268
2269 Fixed bug in reporting of out-of-memory situations.
2270
2271 Introduced hidden prototypes on certain builtin prototype objects
2272 such as String.prototype to emulate JSC's behavior of restoring
2273 the original function when deleting functions from those prototype
2274 objects.
2275
2276 Fixed crash bug in the register allocator.
2277
2278
ager@chromium.org5ec48922009-05-05 07:25:34 +000022792009-05-04: Version 1.2.2
2280
2281 Fixed bug in array sorting for sparse arrays (issue 326).
2282
2283 Added support for adding a soname when building a shared library
2284 on Linux (issue 151).
2285
2286 Fixed bug caused by morphing internal ASCII strings to external
2287 two-byte strings. Slices over ASCII strings have to forward ASCII
2288 checks to the underlying buffer string.
2289
2290 Allowed API call-as-function handlers to be called as
2291 constructors.
2292
2293 Fixed a crash bug where an external string was disposed but a
2294 slice of the external string survived as a symbol.
2295
2296
ager@chromium.org3a37e9b2009-04-27 09:26:21 +000022972009-04-27: Version 1.2.1
2298
2299 Added EcmaScript 5 JSON object.
2300
fschneider@chromium.orgc20610a2010-09-22 09:44:58 +00002301 Fixed bug in preemption support on ARM.
ager@chromium.org3a37e9b2009-04-27 09:26:21 +00002302
2303
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +000023042009-04-23: Version 1.2.0
2305
2306 Optimized floating-point operations on ARM.
2307
2308 Added a number of extensions to the debugger API.
2309
2310 Changed the enumeration order for unsigned integer keys to always
2311 be numerical order.
2312
2313 Added a "read" extension to the shell sample.
2314
2315 Added support for Array.prototype.reduce and
2316 Array.prototype.reduceRight.
2317
2318 Added an option to the SCons build to control Microsoft Visual C++
2319 link-time code generation.
2320
2321 Fixed a number of bugs (in particular issue 315, issue 316,
2322 issue 317 and issue 318).
2323
2324
kasperl@chromium.org2d18d102009-04-15 13:27:32 +000023252009-04-15: Version 1.1.10
2326
2327 Fixed crash bug that occurred when loading a const variable in the
2328 presence of eval.
2329
2330 Allowed using with and eval in registered extensions in debug mode
2331 by fixing bogus assert.
2332
2333 Fixed the source position for function returns to enable the
2334 debugger to break there.
2335
2336
kasperl@chromium.orgd1e3e722009-04-14 13:38:25 +000023372009-04-14: Version 1.1.9
2338
2339 Made the stack traversal code in the profiler robust by avoiding
2340 to look into the heap.
2341
2342 Added name inferencing for anonymous functions to facilitate
2343 debugging and profiling.
2344
2345 Re-enabled stats timers in the developer shell (d8).
2346
2347 Fixed issue 303 by avoiding to shortcut cons-symbols.
2348
2349
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +000023502009-04-11: Version 1.1.8
2351
2352 Changed test-debug/ThreadedDebugging to be non-flaky (issue 96).
2353
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +00002354 Fixed step-in handling for Function.prototype.apply and call in
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +00002355 the debugger (issue 269).
2356
2357 Fixed v8::Object::DeleteHiddenValue to not bail out when there
2358 are no hidden properties.
2359
ager@chromium.org65dad4b2009-04-23 08:48:43 +00002360 Added workaround for crash bug, where external symbol table
kasperl@chromium.orgacae3782009-04-11 09:17:08 +00002361 entries with deleted resources would lead to NPEs when looking
2362 up in the symbol table.
2363
2364
kasperl@chromium.org8ccb0be2009-04-07 07:21:39 +000023652009-04-07: Version 1.1.7
2366
2367 Added support for easily importing additional environment
2368 variables into the SCons build.
2369
2370 Optimized strict equality checks.
2371
2372 Fixed crash in indexed setters on objects without a corresponding
2373 getter (issue 298).
2374
2375 Re-enabled script compilation cache.
2376
2377
ager@chromium.org8682a592009-04-01 10:47:14 +000023782009-04-01: Version 1.1.6
2379
2380 Reverted an unsafe code generator change.
2381
2382
ager@chromium.org71daaf62009-04-01 07:22:49 +000023832009-04-01: Version 1.1.5
2384
2385 Fixed bug that caused function literals to not be optimized as
2386 much as other functions.
2387
2388 Improved profiler support.
2389
2390 Fixed a crash bug in connection with debugger unloading.
2391
2392 Fixed a crash bug in the code generator caused by losing the
2393 information that a frame element was copied.
2394
2395 Fixed an exception propagation bug that could cause non-null
2396 return values when exceptions were thrown.
2397
2398
ager@chromium.org41826e72009-03-30 13:30:57 +000023992009-03-30: Version 1.1.4
2400
2401 Optimized String.prototype.match.
2402
2403 Improved the stack information in profiles.
2404
2405 Fixed bug in ARM port making it possible to compile the runtime
2406 system for thumb mode again.
2407
2408 Implemented a number of optimizations in the code generator.
2409
2410 Fixed a number of memory leaks in tests.
2411
2412 Fixed crash bug in connection with script source code and external
kasperl@chromium.org8ccb0be2009-04-07 07:21:39 +00002413 strings.
ager@chromium.org41826e72009-03-30 13:30:57 +00002414
2415
kasperl@chromium.orgf5aa8372009-03-24 14:47:14 +000024162009-03-24: Version 1.1.3
2417
2418 Fixed assertion failures in compilation of loop conditions.
2419
2420 Removed STL dependency from developer shell (d8).
2421
2422 Added infrastructure for protecting the V8 heap from corruption
2423 caused by memory modifications from the outside.
2424
2425
ager@chromium.orgbb29dc92009-03-24 13:25:23 +000024262009-03-24: Version 1.1.2
2427
2428 Improved frame merge code generated by the code generator.
2429
2430 Optimized String.prototype.replace.
2431
2432 Implemented __defineGetter__ and __defineSetter__ for properties
2433 with integer keys on non-array objects.
2434
2435 Improved debugger and profiler support.
2436
2437 Fixed a number of portability issues to allow compilation for
2438 smaller ARM devices.
2439
2440 Exposed object cloning through the API.
2441
2442 Implemented hidden properties. This is used to expose an identity
2443 hash for objects through the API.
2444
2445 Implemented restarting of regular expressions if their input
2446 string changes representation during preemption.
2447
2448 Fixed a code generator bug that could cause assignments in loops
2449 to be ignored if using continue to break out of the loop (issue
2450 284).
2451
2452
ager@chromium.org3a6061e2009-03-12 14:24:36 +000024532009-03-12: Version 1.1.1
2454
2455 Fixed an assertion in the new compiler to take stack overflow
2456 exceptions into account.
2457
2458 Removed exception propagation code that could cause crashes.
2459
2460 Fixed minor bug in debugger line number computations.
2461
2462 8-byte align the C stack on Linux and Windows to speed up floating
2463 point computations.
2464
2465
kasperl@chromium.org7be3c992009-03-12 07:19:55 +000024662009-03-12: Version 1.1.0
2467
2468 Improved code generation infrastructure by doing simple register
2469 allocation and constant folding and propagation.
2470
2471 Optimized regular expression matching by avoiding to create
2472 intermediate string arrays and by flattening nested array
2473 representations of RegExp data.
2474
2475 Traverse a few stack frames when recording profiler samples to
2476 include partial call graphs in the profiling output.
2477
2478 Added support for using OProfile to profile generated code.
2479
2480 Added remote debugging support to the D8 developer shell.
2481
2482 Optimized creation of nested literals like JSON objects.
2483
2484 Fixed a bug in garbage collecting unused maps and turned it on by
2485 default (--collect-maps).
2486
2487 Added support for running tests under Valgrind.
2488
2489
kasperl@chromium.org061ef742009-02-27 12:16:20 +000024902009-02-27: Version 1.0.3
2491
2492 Optimized double-to-integer conversions in bit operations by using
2493 SSE3 instructions if available.
2494
2495 Optimized initialization sequences that store to multiple
2496 properties of the same object.
2497
2498 Changed the D8 debugger frontend to use JSON messages.
2499
2500 Force garbage collections when disposing contexts.
2501
2502 Align code objects at 32-byte boundaries.
2503
2504
ager@chromium.org381abbb2009-02-25 13:23:22 +000025052009-02-25: Version 1.0.2
2506
2507 Improved profiling support by performing simple call stack
2508 sampling for ticks and by fixing a bug in the logging of code
2509 addresses.
2510
2511 Fixed a number of debugger issues.
2512
2513 Optimized code that uses eval.
2514
2515 Fixed a couple of bugs in the regular expression engine.
2516
2517 Reduced the size of generated code for certain regular expressions.
2518
2519 Removed JSCRE completely.
2520
2521 Fixed issue where test could not be run if there was a dot in the
2522 checkout path.
2523
2524
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +000025252009-02-13: Version 1.0.1
2526
2527 Fixed two crash-bugs in irregexp (issue 231 and 233).
2528
2529 Fixed a number of minor bugs (issue 87, 227 and 228).
2530
2531 Added support for morphing strings to external strings on demand
2532 to avoid having to create copies in the embedding code.
2533
2534 Removed experimental support for external symbol callbacks.
2535
2536
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +000025372009-02-09: Version 1.0.0
2538
2539 Fixed crash-bug in the code generation for case independent 16 bit
2540 backreferences.
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00002541
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00002542 Made shells more robust in the presence of string conversion
2543 failures (issue 224).
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00002544
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00002545 Fixed a potential infinite loop when attempting to resolve
2546 eval (issue 221).
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00002547
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00002548 Miscellaneous fixes to the new regular expression engine.
ager@chromium.org6f10e412009-02-13 10:11:16 +00002549
iposva@chromium.org245aa852009-02-10 00:49:54 +00002550 Reduced binary by stripping unneeded text from JavaScript library and
2551 minifying some JavaScript files.
2552
2553
ager@chromium.orgddb913d2009-01-27 10:01:48 +000025542009-01-27: Version 0.4.9
2555
2556 Enabled new regular expression engine.
2557
2558 Made a number of changes to the debugger protocol.
2559
2560 Fixed a number of bugs in the preemption support.
2561
2562 Added -p option to the developer shell to run files in parallel
2563 using preemption.
2564
2565 Fixed a number of minor bugs (including issues 176, 187, 189, 192,
2566 193, 198 and 201).
2567
2568 Fixed a number of bugs in the serialization/deserialization
2569 support for the ARM platform.
2570
2571
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +000025722009-01-19: Version 0.4.8.1
2573
2574 Minor patch to debugger support.
2575
2576
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +000025772009-01-16: Version 0.4.8
2578
2579 Fixed string length bug on ARM (issue 171).
2580
2581 Made most methods in the API const.
2582
2583 Optimized object literals by improving data locality.
2584
2585 Fixed bug that caused incomplete functions to be cached in case of
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +00002586 stack overflow exceptions.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002587
2588 Fixed bugs that caused catch variables and variables introduced by
sgjesse@chromium.org715915b2009-01-19 16:08:47 +00002589 eval to behave incorrectly when using accessors (issues 186, 190
2590 and 191).
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002591
2592
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +000025932009-01-06: Version 0.4.7
2594
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002595 Minor bugfixes and optimizations.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00002596
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002597 Added command line debugger to D8 shell.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00002598
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002599 Fixed subtle bug that caused the wrong 'this' to be used when
2600 calling a caught function in a catch clause.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00002601
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002602 Inline array loads within loops directly in the code instead of
2603 always calling a stub.
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com37abdec2009-01-06 14:43:28 +00002604
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002605
ager@chromium.org8bb60582008-12-11 12:02:20 +000026062008-12-11: Version 0.4.6
2607
2608 Fixed exception reporting bug where certain exceptions were
2609 incorrectly reported as uncaught.
2610
2611 Improved the memory allocation strategy used during compilation to
2612 make running out of memory when compiling huge scripts less
2613 likely.
2614
2615 Optimized String.replace by avoiding the construction of certain
2616 sub strings.
2617
2618 Fixed bug in code generation for large switch statements on ARM.
2619
2620 Fixed bug that caused V8 to change the global object template
2621 passed in by the user.
2622
2623 Changed the API for creating object groups used during garbage
2624 collection. Entire object groups are now passed to V8 instead of
2625 individual members of the groups.
2626
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002627
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +000026282008-12-03: Version 0.4.5
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00002629
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +00002630 Added experimental API support for allocating V8 symbols as
2631 external strings.
2632
2633 Fixed bugs in debugging support on ARM.
2634
2635 Changed eval implementation to correctly detect whether or not a
2636 call to eval is aliased.
2637
2638 Fixed bug caused by a combination of the compilation cache and
2639 dictionary probing in native code. The bug caused us to sometimes
2640 call functions that had not yet been compiled.
2641
2642 Added platform support for FreeBSD.
2643
2644 Added support for building V8 on Windows with either the shared or
2645 static version of MSVCRT
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002646
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00002647 Added the v8::jscre namespace around the jscre functions to avoid
2648 link errors (duplicate symbols) when building Google Chrome.
2649
ager@chromium.orga74f0da2008-12-03 16:05:52 +00002650 Added support for calling a JavaScript function with the current
2651 debugger execution context as its argument to the debugger
2652 interface.
2653
2654 Changed the type of names of counters from wchar_t to char.
2655
2656 Changed the Windows system call used to compute daylight savings
2657 time. The system call that we used to use became four times
2658 slower on WinXP SP3.
2659
2660 Added support in the d8 developer shell for memory-mapped counters
2661 and added a stats-viewer tool.
2662
2663 Fixed bug in upper/lower case mappings (issue 149).
2664
iposva@chromium.org96f667e2008-11-26 23:48:02 +00002665
ager@chromium.org3bf7b912008-11-17 09:09:45 +000026662008-11-17: Version 0.4.4
2667
2668 Reduced code size by using shorter instruction encoding when
2669 possible.
2670
2671 Added a --help option to the shell sample and to the d8 shell.
2672
2673 Added visual studio project files for building the ARM simulator.
2674
2675 Fixed a number of ARM simulator issues.
2676
2677 Fixed bug in out-of-memory handling on ARM.
2678
2679 Implemented shell support for passing arguments to a script from
2680 the command line.
2681
2682 Fixed bug in date code that made certain date functions return -0
2683 instead of 0 for dates before the epoch.
2684
2685 Restricted applications of eval so it can only be used in the
2686 context of the associated global object.
2687
2688 Treat byte-order marks as whitespace characters.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002689
2690
ager@chromium.org870a0b62008-11-04 11:43:05 +000026912008-11-04: Version 0.4.3
2692
2693 Added support for API accessors that prohibit overwriting by
2694 accessors defined in JavaScript code by using __defineGetter__ and
2695 __defineSetter__.
2696
2697 Improved handling of conditionals in test status files.
2698
2699 Introduced access control in propertyIsEnumerable.
2700
2701 Improved performance of some string operations by caching
2702 information about the type of the string between operations.
2703
2704 Fixed bug in fast-case code for switch statements that only have
2705 integer labels.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002706
ager@chromium.org870a0b62008-11-04 11:43:05 +00002707
kasperl@chromium.org9bbf9682008-10-30 11:53:07 +000027082008-10-30: Version 0.4.2
2709
2710 Improved performance of Array.prototype.concat by moving the
2711 implementation to C++ (issue 123).
2712
2713 Fixed heap growth policy to avoid growing old space to its maximum
2714 capacity before doing a garbage collection and fixed issue that
2715 would lead to artificial out of memory situations (issue 129).
2716
2717 Fixed Date.prototype.toLocaleDateString to return the date in the
2718 same format as WebKit.
2719
2720 Added missing initialization checks to debugger API.
2721
2722 Added removing of unused maps during GC.
2723
2724
kasperl@chromium.org9fe21c62008-10-28 08:53:51 +000027252008-10-28: Version 0.4.1
2726
2727 Added caching of RegExp data in compilation cache.
2728
2729 Added Visual Studio project file for d8 shell.
2730
2731 Fixed function call performance regression introduced in version
2732 0.4.0 when splitting the global object in two parts (issue 120).
2733
2734 Fixed issue 131 by checking for empty handles before throwing and
2735 reporting exceptions.
2736
2737
kasperl@chromium.org5a8ca6c2008-10-23 13:57:19 +000027382008-10-23: Version 0.4.0
2739
2740 Split the global object into two parts: The state holding global
2741 object and the global object proxy.
2742
2743 Fixed bug that affected the value of an assignment to an element
2744 in certain cases (issue 116).
2745
2746 Added GetPropertyNames functionality (issue 33) and extra Date
2747 functions (issue 77) to the API.
2748
2749 Changed WeakReferenceCallback to take a Persistent<Value> instead
2750 of a Persistent<Object> (issue 101).
2751
2752 Fixed issues with message reporting for exceptions in try-finally
2753 blocks (issues 73 and 75).
2754
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002755 Optimized flattening of strings and string equality checking.
kasperl@chromium.org5a8ca6c2008-10-23 13:57:19 +00002756
2757 Improved Boyer-Moore implementation for faster indexOf operations.
2758
2759 Added development shell (d8) which includes counters and
2760 completion support.
2761
2762 Fixed problem with the receiver passed to functions called from
2763 eval (issue 124).
2764
2765
ager@chromium.org7c537e22008-10-16 08:43:32 +000027662008-10-16: Version 0.3.5
2767
2768 Improved string hash-code distribution by excluding bit-field bits
2769 from the hash-code.
2770
2771 Changed string search algorithm used in indexOf from KMP to
2772 Boyer-Moore.
2773
2774 Improved the generated code for the instanceof operator.
2775
2776 Improved performance of slow-case string equality checks by
2777 specializing the code based on the string representation.
2778
2779 Improve the handling of out-of-memory situations (issue 70).
2780
2781 Improved performance of strict equality checks.
2782
2783 Improved profiler output to make it easier to see anonymous
2784 functions.
2785
2786 Improved performance of slow-case keyed loads.
2787
2788 Improved property access performance by allocating a number of
2789 properties in the front object.
2790
2791 Changed the toString behavior on the built-in object constructors
2792 to print [native code] instead of the actual source. Some web
2793 applications do not like constructors with complex toString
2794 results.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002795
ager@chromium.org7c537e22008-10-16 08:43:32 +00002796
kasperl@chromium.org41044eb2008-10-06 08:24:46 +000027972008-10-06: Version 0.3.4
2798
2799 Changed Array.prototype.sort to use quick sort.
2800
2801 Fixed code generation issue where leaving a finally block with
2802 break or continue would accumulate elements on the expression
2803 stack (issue 86).
2804
2805 Made sure that the name accessor on functions returns the expected
2806 names for builtin JavaScript functions and C++ callback functions.
2807
2808 Added fast case code for extending the property storage array of
2809 JavaScript objects.
2810
2811 Ported switch statement optimizations introduced in version 0.3.3
2812 to the ARM code generator.
2813
2814 Allowed GCC to use strict-aliasing rules when compiling.
2815
2816 Improved performance of arguments object allocation by taking care
2817 of arguments adaptor frames in the generated code.
2818
2819 Updated the V8 benchmark suite to version 2.
2820
2821
ager@chromium.org236ad962008-09-25 09:45:57 +000028222008-09-25: Version 0.3.3
2823
2824 Improved handling of relocation information to enable more
2825 peep-hole optimizations.
2826
2827 Optimized switch statements where all labels are constant small
2828 integers.
2829
2830 Optimized String.prototype.indexOf for common cases.
2831
2832 Fixed more build issues (issue 80).
2833
2834 Fixed a couple of profiler issues.
2835
2836 Fixed bug where the body of a function created using the Function
2837 constructor was not allowed to end with a single-line comment
2838 (issue 85).
2839
2840 Improved handling of object literals by canonicalizing object
2841 literal maps. This will allow JSON objects with the same set of
2842 properties to share the same map making inline caching work better
2843 for JSON objects.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002844
ager@chromium.org236ad962008-09-25 09:45:57 +00002845
kasperl@chromium.orgb9123622008-09-17 14:05:56 +000028462008-09-17: Version 0.3.2
2847
2848 Generalized the EvalCache into a CompilationCache and enabled it
2849 for scripts too. The current strategy is to retire all entries
2850 whenever a mark-sweep collection is started.
2851
2852 Fixed bug where switch statements containing only a default case
2853 would lead to an unbalanced stack (issue 69).
2854
2855 Fixed bug that made access to the function in a named function
2856 expression impossible in certain situations (issue 24).
2857
2858 Fixed even more build issues.
2859
2860 Optimized calling conventions on ARM. The conventions on ARM and
2861 IA-32 now match.
2862
2863 Removed static initializers for flags and counters.
2864
2865 Improved inline caching behavior for uncommon cases where lazily
2866 loading Date and RegExp code could force certain code paths go
2867 megamorphic.
2868
2869 Removed arguments adaption for builtins written in C++. This
2870 makes Array.prototype.push and Array.prototype.pop slightly
2871 faster.
2872
2873
ager@chromium.org9258b6b2008-09-11 09:11:10 +000028742008-09-11: Version 0.3.1
2875
2876 Fixed a number of build issues.
2877
2878 Fixed problem with missing I-cache flusing on ARM.
2879
2880 Changed space layout in memory management by splitting up
2881 code space into old data space and code space.
2882
2883 Added utf-8 conversion support to the API (issue 57).
2884
2885 Optimized repeated calls to eval with the same strings. These
2886 repeated calls are common in web applications.
2887
2888 Added Xcode project file.
2889
2890 Optimized a couple of Array operation.
2891
2892 Fixed parser bug by checking for end-of-string when parsing break
2893 and continue (issue 35).
2894
2895 Fixed problem where asian characters were not categorized as
2896 letters.
2897
2898 Fixed bug that disallowed calling functions fetched from an array
2899 using a string as an array index (issue 32).
2900
2901 Fixed bug where the internal field count on object templates were
2902 sometimes ignored (issue 54).
2903
2904 Added -f option to the shell sample for compatibility with other
2905 engines (issue 18).
2906
2907 Added source info to TryCatches in the API.
2908
2909 Fixed problem where the seed for the random number generator was
2910 clipped in a double to unsigned int conversion.
2911
2912 Fixed bug where cons string symbols were sometimes converted to
2913 non-symbol flat strings during GC.
2914
2915 Fixed bug in error reporting when attempting to convert null to an
2916 object.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002917
2918
ager@chromium.orgc27e4e72008-09-04 13:52:27 +000029192008-09-04: Version 0.3.0
2920
2921 Added support for running tests on the ARM simulator.
2922
2923 Fixed bug in the 'in' operator where negative indices were not
2924 treated correctly.
2925
2926 Fixed build issues on gcc-4.3.1.
2927
2928 Changed Date.prototype.toLocaleTimeString to not print the
2929 timezone part of the time.
2930
2931 Renamed debug.h to v8-debug.h to reduce the risk of name conflicts
2932 with user code.
2933
2934
v8.team.kasperl727e9952008-09-02 14:56:44 +000029352008-09-02: Version 0.2.5
2936
2937 Renamed the top level directory 'public' to 'include'.
2938
2939 Added 'env' option to the SCons build scripts to support
2940 overriding the ENV part of the build environment. This is mostly
2941 to support Windows builds in cases where SCons cannot find the
2942 correct paths to the Windows SDK, as these paths cannot be passed
2943 through shell environment variables.
2944
2945 Enabled "Buffer Security Check" on for the Windows SCons build and
2946 added the linker option /OPT:ICF as an optimization.
2947
2948 Added the V8 benchmark suite to the repository.
2949
2950
mads.s.ager@gmail.com9a4089a2008-09-01 08:55:01 +000029512008-09-01: Version 0.2.4
2952
2953 Included mjsunit JavaScript test suite and C++ unit tests.
2954
2955 Changed the shell sample to not print the result of executing a
2956 script provided on the command line.
2957
2958 Fixed issue when building samples on Windows using a shared V8
2959 library. Added visibility option on Linux build which makes the
2960 generated library 18% smaller.
2961
2962 Changed build system to accept multiple build modes in one build
2963 and generate separate objects, libraries and executables for each
2964 mode.
2965
2966 Removed deferred negation optimization (a * -b => -(a * b)) since
2967 this visibly changes operand conversion order.
2968
2969 Improved parsing performance by introducing stack guard in
2970 preparsing. Without a stack guard preparsing always bails out
2971 with stack overflow.
2972
2973 Changed shell sample to take flags directly from the command-line.
2974 Added API call that implements this.
2975
2976 Added load, quit and version functions to the shell sample so it's
2977 easier to run benchmarks and tests.
2978
2979 Fixed issue with building samples and cctests on 64-bit machines.
2980
2981 Fixed bug in the runtime system where the prototype chain was not
2982 always searched for a setter when setting a property that does not
2983 exist locally.
ager@chromium.org32912102009-01-16 10:38:43 +00002984
mads.s.ager@gmail.com9a4089a2008-09-01 08:55:01 +00002985
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000029862008-08-14: Version 0.2.3
2987
2988 Improved performance of garbage collection by moving the
2989 function that updates pointers during compacting collection
2990 into the updating visitor. This gives the compiler a better
2991 chance to inline and avoid a function call per (potential)
2992 pointer.
2993
2994 Extended the shell sample with a --runtime-flags option.
2995
2996 Added Visual Studio project files for the shell.cc and
2997 process.cc samples.
2998
2999
30002008-08-13: Version 0.2.2
mads.s.ager31e71382008-08-13 09:32:07 +00003001
3002 Improved performance of garbage collection by changing the way
3003 we use the marking stack in the event of stack overflow during
3004 full garbage collection and by changing the way we mark roots.
3005
3006 Cleaned up ARM version by removing top of stack caching and by
3007 introducing push/pop elimination.
3008
3009 Cleaned up the way runtime functions are called to allow
3010 runtime calls with no arguments.
3011
3012 Changed Windows build options to make sure that exceptions are
3013 disabled and that optimization flags are enabled.
3014
3015 Added first version of Visual Studio project files.
3016
3017
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030182008-08-06: Version 0.2.1
mads.s.ager@gmail.com769cc962008-08-06 10:02:49 +00003019
3020 Improved performance of unary addition by avoiding runtime calls.
3021
3022 Fixed the handling of '>' and '<=' to use right-to-left conversion
3023 and left-to-right evaluation as specified by ECMA-262.
3024
3025 Fixed a branch elimination bug on the ARM platform where incorrect
3026 code was generated because of overly aggressive branch
3027 elimination.
3028
3029 Improved performance of code that repeatedly assigns the same
3030 function to the same property of different objects with the same
3031 map.
3032
3033 Untangled DEBUG and ENABLE_DISASSEMBLER defines. The disassembler
3034 no longer expects DEBUG to be defined.
3035
3036 Added platform-nullos.cc to serve as the basis for new platform
3037 implementations.
3038
mads.s.ager31e71382008-08-13 09:32:07 +00003039
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030402008-07-30: Version 0.2.0
kasper.lund7276f142008-07-30 08:49:36 +00003041
3042 Changed all text files to have native svn:eol-style.
3043
3044 Added a few samples and support for building them. The samples
3045 include a simple shell that can be used to benchmark and test V8.
3046
3047 Changed V8::GetVersion to return the version as a string.
3048
3049 Added source for lazily loaded scripts to snapshots and made
3050 serialization non-destructive.
3051
3052 Improved ARM support by fixing the write barrier code to use
3053 aligned loads and stores and by removing premature locals
3054 optimization that relied on broken support for callee-saved
3055 registers (removed).
3056
3057 Refactored the code for marking live objects during garbage
3058 collection and the code for allocating objects in paged
3059 spaces. Introduced an abstraction for the map word of a heap-
3060 allocated object and changed the memory allocator to allocate
3061 executable memory only for spaces that may contain code objects.
3062
3063 Moved StringBuilder to utils.h and ScopedLock to platform.h, where
3064 they can be used by debugging and logging modules. Added
3065 thread-safe message queues for dealing with debugger events.
3066
3067 Fixed the source code reported by toString for certain builtin
3068 empty functions and made sure that the prototype property of a
3069 function is enumerable.
3070
3071 Improved performance of converting values to condition flags in
3072 generated code.
3073
3074 Merged disassembler-{arch} files.
3075
3076
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030772008-07-28: Version 0.1.4
kasper.lundaf4734f2008-07-28 12:50:18 +00003078
3079 Added support for storing JavaScript stack traces in a stack
3080 allocated buffer to make it visible in shallow core dumps.
3081 Controlled by the --preallocate-message-memory flag which is
3082 disabled by default.
3083
3084
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000030852008-07-25: Version 0.1.3
kasper.lund44510672008-07-25 07:37:58 +00003086
3087 Fixed bug in JSObject::GetPropertyAttributePostInterceptor where
3088 map transitions would count as properties.
3089
3090 Allowed aliased eval invocations by treating them as evals in the
3091 global context. This may change in the future.
3092
3093 Added support for accessing the last entered context through the
3094 API and renamed Context::Current to Context::GetCurrent and
3095 Context::GetSecurityContext to Context::GetCurrentSecurityContext.
3096
3097 Fixed bug in the debugger that would cause the debugger scripts to
3098 be recursively loaded and changed all disabling of interrupts to
3099 be block-structured.
3100
3101 Made snapshot data read-only to allow it to be more easily shared
3102 across multiple users of V8 when linked as a shared library.
3103
3104
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000031052008-07-16: Version 0.1.2
kasper.lund212ac232008-07-16 07:07:30 +00003106
3107 Fixed building on Mac OS X by recognizing i386 and friends as
3108 IA-32 platforms.
3109
3110 Added propagation of stack overflow exceptions that occur while
3111 compiling nested functions.
3112
3113 Improved debugger with support for recursive break points and
3114 handling of exceptions that occur in the debugger JavaScript code.
3115
3116 Renamed GetInternal to GetInternalField and SetInternal to
3117 SetInternalField in the API and moved InternalFieldCount and
3118 SetInternalFieldCount from FunctionTemplate to ObjectTemplate.
3119
3120
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000031212008-07-09: Version 0.1.1
kasper.lundbd3ec4e2008-07-09 11:06:54 +00003122
3123 Fixed bug in stack overflow check code for IA-32 targets where a
3124 non-tagged value in register eax was pushed to the stack.
3125
3126 Fixed potential quadratic behavior when converting strings to
3127 numbers.
3128
3129 Fixed bug where the return value from Object::SetProperty could
3130 end up being the property holder instead of the written value.
3131
3132 Improved debugger support by allowing nested break points and by
3133 dealing with stack-overflows when compiling functions before
3134 setting break points in them.
3135
3136
mads.s.agercbaa0602008-08-14 13:41:48 +000031372008-07-03: Version 0.1.0
christian.plesner.hansen43d26ec2008-07-03 15:10:15 +00003138
kasper.lundbd3ec4e2008-07-09 11:06:54 +00003139 Initial export.
christian.plesner.hansen43d26ec2008-07-03 15:10:15 +00003140
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