libs-base/ChangeLog

Wed Jul 15 12:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/Invocation.m: Rewrote ([-invoke]) to retrieve return values
	correctly by using mframe_decode_return()

	* src/NSCharacterSet.m: Fixed ([-copyWithZone:]) to avoid using the
	(non-existant) NSObject method.

	* src/NSFileHandle.m: Modified method for making socket connections
	and added a synchronous version.

	* src/NSObjCRuntime.m: Tidied and added NSGetSizeAndAlignment().

	* src/NSObject.m: Removed ([-copyWithZone:]) and
	([-mutableCopyWithZone:]) (which shiould not exist in NSObject).

	* src/NSString.m: Fixed implementation of the
	([-rangeOfCharacterFromSet:options:range:]) method.

	* src/UnixFileHandle.m: Various bug fixes for synchronous operations.

	* src/mframe.m: Added mframe_decode_return() function to get the
	return value out of a retframe.

	* src/include/NSCharacterSet.h: Modified to say we conform to the
	NSCoding protocol (whith the spec says we should).

	* src/include/NSFileHandle.h: Altered methods for making a network call.

	* src/include/NSObjCRuntime.h: Added NSGetSizeAndAlignment().

	* src/include/NSObject.h: Removed stuff saying we conform to the
	NSCoding and NSCopying protocols (we shouldn't) and removed the
	([-copyWithZone:]) and ([-mutableCopyWithZone:]) methods - which
	shouldn't be there.

        * src/include/UnixFileHandle.h: Altered methods for making a network
	connection.

	* src/include/mframe.h: Added mframe_decode_return() function.


Tue Jul 14 16:06:16 1998  Masatake Yamato  <masata-y@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>

        * checks/invocation_*.m : New test files.

        * checks/invocation2.m: Removed the file.

        * src/include/NSInvocation.h (NS_INVOCATION, NS_MESSAGE):
        Added new arguments to the macros. These macros don't require
        SEL type argument to specify the method to invoke now.

	* checks; Added invocation_char.m, invocation_short.m, invocation_int.m
	and invocation_long.m

Fri Jul 10 21:43:30 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/include/GapArrayPrivate.h (gapMoveGaptTo): Change - to +.
	* docs/todo.tmpl.texi: Updates

Fri Jun 25 20:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/TcpPort.m: Improved debug code and added method to turn it on -
	([+setDebug:])
	* src/NSConnection.m: Changed code so that if a process sends us a
	'release' for an object local to us, which it vended to a third
	party, we retain the object for 30 seconds before releasing it in
	order to give the third party time to connect to us and retain it.
	Improved debug code and added method to turn it on - ([+setDebug:])
	* src/NSDistributedObject.m: Added flag to say whether an object has
	been vended to a third party.
	Improved debug code and added method to turn it on - ([+setDebug:])
	* src/include/NSDistantObject.h: Added flag.

Thu Jun 24 22:05:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/proplist.y: Make parser more tolerant - permit a comma after
	the final element in an array.
	* src/NSData.m: Added ([NSMutableData +data])
	* src/Unicode.m: Efficiency hack for conversion to/from unicode
	* src/include/NSArray.h:  Added ([-writeToFile:Atomically:])
	* src/include/NSString.h:  Added GSUndefinedEncoding and comment to
	make sure nobody deletes it - needed for efficiency hack in Unicode.m

Fri Jun 19 13:37:37 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* NSObject (+isKindOfClass:): New method (patch from Bruce Ide
	<greyfox@greyfox.org>). 
	(+isMemberOfClass): Likewise.

Tue Jun 16 09:48:18 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* src/NSProtocolChecker.m, src/include/NSProtocolChecker.h: New files.
	(from Mike Kienenberger <mkienenb@arsc.edu>)

Fri May 29 10:16:09 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* doc/news.tmpl.texi: Fixed typo.  
	* doc/readme.tmpl.texi: Likewise. (patch from doko@cs.tu-berlin.de
 	(Matthias Klose)).
	* src/ostream.m (ostream_save_buffer): Retain stream.
	* src/include/MemoryStream.h: Remove outdated methods.
	* src/include/NSException.h (NS_VALUERETURN): New macro.

Thu May 28 10:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Tools/gdomap.c: Added code to cope with systems where we can't
	determine what network interfaces are active.

	* checks/heap.m: Portability fix for svr4 systems.

	* configure.in: Improved portability to svr4 systems.

	* src/NSMethodSignature.m: Changed order of includes to fix
 	compilation on svr4 systems.

	* src/NSPage.m: Altered to use 'sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)' to get page
 	size on svr4 systems.

	* src/NSTask.m: Altered to use 'kill()' rather than 'killpg()' on
 	svr4

	* src/NSThread.m: Altered to use 'sleep()' rather than 'usleep()'
 	on svr4

	* src/include/config.h.in: Added a couple of configuration
 	constants for portability - HAVE_KILLPG and HAVE_USLEEP

Thu May 21 09:38:14 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* src/NSUser.m (NSUserName): Use getpwuid for BSD machines (patch
	provided by Stefanos Kiakas <stefanos@ringworld.uniscape.com>).

	* src/GetDefEncoding.c (GetDefEncoding): Change binary AND to 
	logical AND. (GetEncoding): Likewise (patch provided by 
	David Fritzsche <david@dementia.wupper.de>).

Wed May 20 15:26:50 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/GNUmakefile: Added NSUndoManager.[hm]

        * src/Invocation.m: ([-_initArgframeFrom:withType:retainArgs:]) fixed
	memory leak due to failing to set 'args_retained' flag.

	* src/NSObject.m: ([-forward::]) modified to call (forwardInvocation:)
	method so we can conform to OpenStep spec.

	* src/NSUndoManager.m: Implementation of new class.

	* src/include/NSUndoManager.h: Interface for new class.

Wed May 13 13:18:35 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* src/NSArray.m ([NSArray -initWithContentsOfFile:]): Move
	definition from NSMutableArray.
	* NSBundle.m (+initialize): New method.
	(+mainBundle): Use recursive lock.
	(-initWithPath:) Likewise.
	* Unicode.m (encode_chartouni): Cast char to unsigned before to
	unichar (patch provided by David Fritzsche <david@dementia.wupper.de>).

Fri May  1 14:26:50 1998  Masatake Yamato  <masata-y@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>

        * src/mframe.m(mframe_do_call): before allocating a storage for
        returned structure, check stack_argsize.

Mon Apr 27 15:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/mframe.h: Added three new functions to enable passing
	of pointers using the mframe routines.

	* src/mframe.m: Added mframe_dissect_call_opts(),
 	mframe_do_call_opts(), and mframe_build_return_opts() so that we
 	may pass pointers to and from functions in other languages rather
 	than using the DO behaviour which is to copy a single object when
 	given a pointer.

Tue Apr 21 15:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSMethodSignature.m: ([+signatureWithObjCTypes:]) rewritten
	to use some macros from libFoundation (adapted from gcc) to handle
	creation of NSMethodSignature objects where the types string passed
	in does not contain the position information of the arguments.

Thu Apr 16 13:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* checks/client.m: enable testing of DO strucuture return.

	* checks/server.m: fix typo in keyword

	* src/KeyedCollection.m: ([-decodeContentsWithCoder:]) fixed a
	memory leak.

	* src/mframe.m: Fixed a few bugs in returning structures - now works
	properly on GNU/Linux intel.  Can anyone figure out how to handle
	all this stuff using autoconf?

Mon Apr 20 09:23:58 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/NSLock.m: Eliminate busy waiting from NSConditionLock
	* src/NSLock.h: add instance variable and rename "value" to
	support changes to NSConditionLock
	* src/NSLock.m: Raise appropriate exceptions
	* src/NSLock.m: Prevent NSLock and NSConditionLock from being
	locked recursively
	* src/NSThread.m: -sleepUntilDate: implemented
	* src/NSThread.m: remove calls to objc_get_thread_data except
	in currentThread message
	* src/BinaryCStream.m: Replace assert's with NS*Assert
	* src/CStream.m.orig: Likewise
	* src/Decoder.m: Likewise
	* src/Encoder.m: Likewise
	* src/MemoryStream.m: Likewise
	* src/RawCStream.m: Likewise
	* src/TextCStream.m: Likewise
	* src/ostream.m.orig: Likewise
	(patches from Quetzalcoatl Bradley <qbradley@csc.uvic.ca>).

	* src/NSFileManager.h: Include pwd.h if we have it
	* configure.in: Check for pwd.h
	* configure: regenerate.
	* src/include/config.h.in: Likewise.

Wed Apr 15 09:54:25 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* src/NSFileManager.m ([NSFileManager
	-fileAttributesAtPath:traverseLink:]): Add NSFileOwnerAccountName.
	* src/externs.m: Add NSFileOwnerAccountName definition.
	(patch provided by Marcus Mueller <znek@object-factory.com>)

	* src/NSThread.m (-sleepUntilDate:): Implemented (from
	Quetzalcoatl Bradley <qbradley@csc.uvic.ca>).

Sun Apr  5 20:07:28 1998  Scott Christley  <scottc@net-community.com>

	* Utilize documentation rules in Makefile Package.
	* doc/GNUmakefile: Rewrite to use Makefile Package.
	* doc/Makefile.postamble: Remove old obsolete rules.

	* Documentation which covers GNUstep as a whole versus just
	gstep-base has been moved to the top level Documentation dir.
	* GNUstep-HOWTO: Delete.
	* doc/gnustep-base.tmpl.texi: GNUstep-HOWTO and FAQ removed.
	Add variable so that included files know they are within the
	main document.
	* doc/gnustep-howto.tmpl.texi: Delete.
	* doc/faq.tmpl.texi: Delete.
	* doc/announce.tmpl.texi: Don't include version.texi needlessly.
	* doc/news.tmpl.texi: Don't include version.texi needlessly.
	* doc/todo.tmpl.texi: Don't include version.texi needlessly.

	* src/GNUmakefile: Don't compile Random class as the name too
	often conflicts with user apps.

	* src/GetDefEncoding.m: Reformat.

	* src/NSArray.m (-replaceObjectsInRange:withObjectsFromArray:):
 	Fix range check.  Use enumerator instead of count.
	
Wed Apr  1 18:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Tools/gdomap.m: Modified code so that we make sure we have at least
	one valid route to any gdomap process which has probed us.  This is
	to cope with machines which send out info about all their interfaces
	when one or more of the interfaces is not working.

	* src/checks/nstask.m: added test for environment setting.

	* src/NSCalendarDate.m: Fixed bug in initialisation where daylight
	savings time is in operation - was adjusting in wrong direction.

	* src/NSRunLoop.m: Added NSObject catagory for the methods -
	([NSObject +cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget:selector:object:]),
	([NSObject -performSelector:withObject:afterDelay:]), and
	([NSObject -performSelector:withObject:afterDelay:inModes:])

	* src/NSTask.m: Various bug fixes as a result of running the test
 	suite.  All seems to work ok now.

	* src/NSDate.h: Changed order of declaractions so this can be included
	within NSObject.h

	* src/NSObject.h: Added run-loop integration methods -
	([NSObject +cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget:selector:object:]),
	([NSObject -performSelector:withObject:afterDelay:]), and
	([NSObject -performSelector:withObject:afterDelay:inModes:])
	
	* src/NSRunLoop.h: Added an instance variable to keep track of
	queued delayed actions to be performed on objects.

Tue Mar 31 11:32:03 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* aclocal.m4 (OBJC_CON_AUTOLOAD): Improved test. Check nm output
	for indicator functions.
	* configure: Regenerate.

	* checks/GNUmakefile (LoadMe_RESOURCE_FILES): Changed name.

	* doc/gnustep-howto.tmpl.texi: Update.
	* doc/status.tmpl.texi: Likewise.

Fri Mar 20 11:15:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* checks/client.m: Added some tests for passing objects byref

	* checks/server.h: Added ([-sendByref:]) to protocol.

	* checks/server.m: Added ([-sendByref:]) for testing 'byref'.

	* src/Coder.m: Added ([-encodeByrefObject:])

	* src/Encoder.m: Added ([-_doEncodeByrefObject:]) and changed the
	designated encoding method throughout from
	([-_encodeObject:withName:isBycopy:isForwardReference:]) to
	([-_encodeObject:withName:isBycopy:isByref:isForwardReference:])

	* src/NSCoder.m: Added ([-encodeBytes:length:]),
	([-encodeByrefObject:]) and ([-decodeBytesWithReturnedLength:])

	* src/NSConnection.m:  Modified ([-forwardForProxy:selector:argFrame:])
	and ([-_service_forwardForProxy:]) methods to handle byref flag.

	* src/NSDictionary.m: Added ([+dictionaryWithDictionary:])

	* src/NSPortCoder.m:  Added ([-isByref]) and ([-_doEncodeByrefObject:])
	methods and modified ([-_doEncodeBycopyObject:]) to handle byref flag.

	* src/include/Coding.h:  Added ([-encodeByrefObject:])

	* src/include/NSCoder.h:  Added ([-encodeBytes:length:]),
	([-encodeByrefObject:]) and ([-decodeBytesWithReturnedLength:])

	* src/include/NSDictionary.h:  Fixed prototype for the
	([+dictionaryWithDictionary:]) method.

	* src/include/NSPortCoder.h:  Added ([-isByref])

	* src/objc-gnu2next.m: Added _F_BYREF flag code

Fri Mar 13 15:05:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * src/NSCalendarDate.m: ([-descriptionWithCalendarFormat:locale:])
        Fixed bug in displaying time-zone - was displaying minutes and
        seconds when should have been showing hours and minutes.

Wed Mar 11 11:56:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSArray.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) changed to use the
	NSShouldRetainWithZone() function.

	* src/NSCalendarDate.m: ([-dealloc]) don't release the timezone -
	we never retain it anyway (should we?)
	([-setCalendarFormat:]) make a copy of the string we are given in
	case it gets changed or deleted.

	* src/NSConcreteNumber.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) fixed to use the
	NSShouldRetainWithZone() function.

	* src/NSData.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) fixed to use the
	NSShouldRetainWithZone() function.

	* src/NSDictionary.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) fixed to use the
	NSShouldRetainWithZone() function.

	* src/NSHost.m: Added ([-awakeAfterUsingCoder:])

	* src/NSNumber.m: Added ([-copy]) and ([-copyWithZone:])

	* src/NSString.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) fixed to use the
	NSShouldRetainWithZone() function.

	* src/TcpPort.m: Commented out unnecessary warning message.

	* src/NSTimeZone.m: Modified ([-encodeWithCoder:]) and
	([-awakeAfterUsingCoder:]) so that the local timezone is encoded
	specially and is restored as whatever the local timezone of the
	restoring application is.

	* src/NSValue.m: Added ([-copy]) and ([-isEqualToValue:])

Tue Mar 10 17:05:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSArray.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) rewritten to avoid doing
	unnecessary copy of non-mutable objects and to fix memory leak.

	* src/NSCTemplateValue.m: ([-isEqaul:]) and ([-isEqualToValue:])
	implemented.

	* src/NSCalendarDate.m: ([-initWithCoder:]) and ([-encodeWithCoder:])
	implemented.

	* src/NSConcreteNumber.m: ([-copy]) and ([-copyWithZone:])
	implemented to do simple retains.

	* src/NSDictionary.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) rewritten to avoid doing
	unnecessary copy of non-mutable objects and to fix memory leak.

	* src/NSGString.m: ([-cString]) fixed crash when called on empty
	string.

	* src/NSTimeZone.m: ([-awakeAfterUsingCoder:]) implemented to handle
	decopding of archived objects correctly.

	* src/include/NSValue.h: Added ([-isEqualToValue:])