| Release notes for MacPython 1.5a2, 28-May-97 |
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| Here are the mac-specific changes since MacPython 1.4, with end-user-visible |
| changes near the top and API changes and other things that are developer-only |
| more to the bottom: |
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| - Module to interface to Internet Config added |
| - Module calldll added that allows calling of arbitrary C routines |
| from MacOS toolboxes |
| - gdbm module added |
| - ctb error handling fixed, and some memory leaks plugged |
| - Various of the documentation files in Mac:Demo have been updated |
| - MacOS.string_id_to_buffer is a new hack: the number you have to |
| add to the id() of a string object to get the (data) memory address |
| - MacOS.splash() double-free fixed |
| - macfs.FSSpec.as_pathname() was incorrect for disk toplevel folders |
| - QT.NewMovieFromFile has an extra parameter and an extra return value |
| - EasyDialogs.ProgressBar has changed both in layout and interface |
| - FrameWork.Application has a new cleanup() method which asks all windows |
| to close themselves. |
| - Loading of PYC resources from the application greatly speeded up, |
| especially for CDROM based applications |
| - interrupt check/eventloop only entered 10 times per second, giving |
| big speedup |
| - Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet |
| - Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed |
| - sys.path preference can now be longer than 255 chars |
| - cfmfile module allows parsing and merging of CFRG resources |
| - PythonFAT and PythonApplet are now fat (PPC/CFM68K) applications, so |
| applets can be moved between architectures. |
| - Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed |
| - mkapplet now uses a progress bar in stead of print statements |
| - unshar made a bit more mac-friendly (input output dialogs) |
| - img: added png, xbm, bmp support |
| - img: jpeg now uses IJG v6 library |
| - img: import of imagefile support modules delayed until needed |
| - img: better error handling for truncated images and such |
| - img: imgop.unpack() can unpack formats with multiple pixels per byte |
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| - All files updated to new Py_ naming convention |
| - Toolbox modules regenerated from new Universal Headers |
| - nfullpath() merged into PyMac_GetFullPath() |
| - Added support for Metrowerks profiler |
| - Standard MW/MSL runtime libraries used in stead of homegrown version |
| - Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet |
| - Malloc now returns cache-line-aligned memory on PPC, which speeds |
| things up, especially on a 604. Dictionaries put this to good use. |
| - statically linked pythons won't inadvertantly load .slb modules |
| - Removed dependencies on PLStringFuncs and/or StdCLib |
| - Project "segment" structure changed to more-or-less follow folder |
| structure |
| - fullbuild redesigned |
| - Added PyMac_Initialize() call, for use by embedding programs. |