libs-base/ChangeLog

1999-03-09  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Source/include/NSObjCRuntime.h: Define some OpenStep cpp vars.
	* Source/include/NSException.h (NS_VALUERETURN): Fix.

Tue Mar  9  5:16:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* configure.in: Added tests for syslog
	* Source/include/config.h.in: Added definitions for syslog
	* Source/NSLog.m: Added locking for multi-thread serialisation and
	added syslog support when write to stderr fails.

1999-03-08  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Merged dawn branch to main.

Wed Mar  3  5:32:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSUser.m: Fixed a typo reported by twhite@rogers.wave.ca
	* Source/TcpPort.m: Fixed typos.

Tue Mar  2 15:07:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/TcpPort.m: If the host has no IP address, try finding the
	address of 'localhost' and, if that fails, use 127.0.0.1

Tue Mar  2 11:25:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* NSTimeZones/Makefile.postamble: Updated to preserve old localtime
	* NSTimeZones.tar: Updated to use the latest available zone info.

Tue Mar  2 08:04:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Merge in 'dawn' CVS branch.

Tue Feb 23  12:03:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/include/NSObject.h: Fixed bugin in ASSIGNCOPY() macro and added
	CREATE_AUTORELEASE_POOL() macro for libFoundation compatibility.
	* Source/include/NSRunLoop.h: Added GCFinalization protocol.
	* Source/NSRunLoop.m: Tidied a little, added GC macro use, fixed minor
	bug, and added slight performance improvement.

Mon Feb 22   5:40:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Merged in alterations from main cvs branch made to wrong place 'cos
	dawn branch was already created :-(
	* Source/NSData.m: preserve file attributes when writing atomically
	* Source/NSUser.m: Bugfixes for consistent naming of current user.
	* Source/NSUserDefaults.m: Bugfixes so that running apps as root
	doesn't mess up defaults database.
	* Source/NSFileManager.m: Create files with correct ownership when
	process is setuid to root - and provide facility for NSData to do same.
	* Source/NSArray.m: Merged enumerator bugfix - missing @end

Sun Feb 21  19:30:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSFileManager.m: Attempt to fix problems with directory
	enumeration.

Sat Feb 20  20:30:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSUser.m: Added GSSetUserName() and rewrote NSUserName() to
	work consistently - use the LOGNAME environment variable as first
	choice of username.
	* Source/include/NSPathUtilities.h: Added GSSetUserName()
	* Source/NSUserDefaults.m: Added GNUstep specific method -
	([+resetUserDefaults]) to reset the standard defaults in the event of
	a change os username.  Also changed to create defaults withe correct
	ownership, and to create a defaults file containing a valid (empty)
	dictionary.
	* Source/include/NSUserDefaults.h: Added ([+resetUserDefaults])
	* Source/NSData.m: Try to preserve file ownership etc with
	([-writeToFile:atomically:])
	* Source/NSFileManager.m: ([-changeFileAttributes:atPath:]) added
	code to handle owner and group names if owner and group IDs are not
	supplied.  Also added code to ensure that programs running setuid to
	root create new files and directories with the ownership of their
	actual login user by default.

1999-02-19  Michael Hanni <mhanni@sprintmail.com

	* Source/NSArray.m: Added @end for NSArrayEnumeratorReverse.

1999-03-08  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Version 0.5.5 Released.

Tue Mar  2 17:04:51 1999  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* Source/TcpPort.m ([GSTcpPort
	+portWithNumber:onHost:beforeDate:]): Fix typo in variable.
	Change include <sys/errno> to <errno> (Needed on solaris).

1999-03-01  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Update documentation.

1999-02-28  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Source/Makefile.postamble: Don't install services if not
	root. (patches submitted by Christopher Seawood
	<cls@seawood.org>). 

Tue Feb 23  12:03:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/include/NSObject.h: Fixed bugin in ASSIGNCOPY() macro and added
	CREATE_AUTORELEASE_POOL() macro for libFoundation compatibility.
	* Source/include/NSRunLoop.h: Added GCFinalization protocol.
	* Source/NSRunLoop.m: Tidied a little, added GC macro use, fixed minor
	bug, and added slight performance improvement.

1999-02-22  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Version: update version.
	* Source/NSProcessInfo.m: Change missing main message.

Mon Feb 22   5:40:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Merged in alterations from main cvs branch made to wrong place 'cos
	dawn branch was already created :-(
	* Source/NSData.m: preserve file attributes when writing atomically
	* Source/NSUser.m: Bugfixes for consistent naming of current user.
	* Source/NSUserDefaults.m: Bugfixes so that running apps as root
	doesn't mess up defaults database.
	* Source/NSFileManager.m: Create files with correct ownership when
	process is setuid to root - and provide facility for NSData to do same.
	* Source/NSArray.m: Merged enumerator bugfix - missing @end

1999-02-19  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Source/NSHost.m ([NSHost +currentHost]): Check for host not found.
	([NSHost +hostWithName:]): Check for nil arg.
	([NSHost +hostWithAddress:]): Likewise.

	* Testing/release.m: Make array mutable.
	* Testing/fref.m: Switch to NSArchiver/NSUnarchiver

Wed Feb 17   8:52:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSProcessInfo.m: Include process name in arguments list as
	in the OPENSTEP implementation - suggested by dirk@object-factory.com
	* Source/NSUserDefaults.m: Adjust for change to NSProcessInfo
	* Source/Tools/defaults.m: ditto
	* Source/Tools/dread.m: ditto.
	* Source/Tools/dwrite.m: ditto.
	* Source/Tools/dremove.m: ditto.
	* Source/Tools/plparse.m: ditto.
	* Source/Tools/sfparse.m: ditto.

Tue Feb 16  15:35:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSArray.m: ([-removeObjectsFromIndices:]) rewrite to
	work according to spec.
	* Testing/nsarray.m: Fixed check on joining strings.

Mon Feb 15  06:14:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/include/NSDebug.h: Declare strerror() if not known to system
	* Source/NSTask.m: Include NSDebug.h and don't declare errno.

Thu Feb 12  00:57:00 1999  Manuel Guesdon <mguesdon@sbuilders.com>

	* Source/include/NSString.h: declaration of categories:
		NSString (GSString)
		NSString(GSTrimming)
		NSMutableString (GSString)
		NSMutableString (GSTrimming)
	* Source/NSString.m: implementation of these categories
	* Source/include/NSObject.h: added ASSIGNCOPY
	Same as ASSIGN but copy the value
	* Source/include/NSURL.h: New class
	* Source/include/NSURLHandle.h: New class
	* Source/NSURL.m: New class [see the note in the file]
	* Source/NSURLHandle.m: New class [see the note in the file]
	* GNUMakefile: added NSURL.m and NSURLHandle.m

Fri Feb 12  16:20:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSGeometry.m: Removed most functions - into header
	* Source/include/NSGeometry.h: Made most functions inline for speed.
	* Makefile.postamble: NSGeometry.o depends on NSGeometry.h

Thu Feb 11  19:25:00 1999  Manuel Guesdon <mguesdon@sbuilders.com>

	* Source/NSObjCRuntime.m: Fixed error in GSGetInstanceVariable name:
	GSGetIinstanceVariable transformed to GSGetInstanceVariable

Thu Feb 11  9:51:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSString.m: Fixed error in property-list parsing - was not
	taking into account octal and hexadecimal escape sequences.

Thu Feb 11  9:51:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSUserDefaults.m: ([-dealloc]) invalidate timer so we can't
	get sent a timeout message after d4eallocation - fixes occasional
	crashes when the defaults database has been unreadable.

Thu Feb 11  7:27:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSConnection.m: Tidy up with bugfixes and better distributed
	retain/release for triangle connections.
	* Source/NSDistantObject.m: ditto
	* Source/TcpPort.m: ditto
	* Source/include/DistributedObjects.h: ditto
	* Source/include/NSConnection.h: ditto
	* Source/include/NSDistantObject.h: ditto

1999-02-09  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Source/HashTable.m: Moved to extensions.
	* Source/List.m, Source/NXStringTable*, Source/Storage.m,
	Source/objc/HashTable.h, Source/objc/List.h,
	Source/objc/NXStringTable.h, Source/objc/Storage.h:
	Likewise.

Tue Feb  9 14:08:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSProcessInfo.m: Fixed login in #if construct so things
	will link again.

1999-02-08  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Source/include/fake-main.h: Leave off __ELF__, only use
	autoload of init method if SYS_AUTOLOAD.
	* Source/NSProcessInfo.m: Likewise.

Mon Feb  8 10:05:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/include/NSByteOrder.h: Implemented a full set of byte-swapping
	inline functions for integers with known sizes.
	* Source/NSData.m: Corrected serialization/deserialization routines to
	do byte-swapping using new functions.
	* Source/UnixFileHandle.m: Use new byte-swapping functions rather than
	htonl(), htons(), ntohl(), ntohs().
	* Source/NSUnarchiver.m: Use new byte-swapping functions.

1999-02-04 Adam Fedor <fedor@gnu.org>

	* config/config.printf.c: New file.
	* configure.in: Test for broken register_printf function.

	* Source/NSLog.m (_NSLog_standard_printf_handler): Use fputs to
	avoid possible double expansion of format chars.

1999-02-04  Matthias Klose  <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>

	* Source/include/NSObject.h: eval value in ASSIGN macro only once.

Thu Feb  4 13:10:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSString.m: ([-dataUsingEncoding:allowLossyConversion:])
	Removed spurious trailing nul and other spurious code having no
	effect - formatted to be readable.

Thu Feb  4 13:10:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Deleted all the old property-list and strings-file parsing stuff.
	* Source/NSBitmapCharSet.m: ([-formUnionWithCharacterSet]) corrected
	to use bitwise or rather than logical or.
	([-formIntersectionWithCharacterSet:]) corrected to use bitwise and
	rather than logical and.
	* Source/NSString.m: Implemented handwritten parser code for
	([-propertyList]) and ([-propertyListFromStringsFileFormat]) which
	supports unicode strings, is 64-bit clean, and raises exceptions
	as it should when given a badly formatted string to parse.
	This replaces the old lex/bison code (which did none of these things)
	and runs just as fast!  Just hope that if there are any bugs they
	show up in time to fix for the 0.6 release.
	* Tools/GNUmakefile: Added plparse and sfparse.
	* Tools/plparse.m: New tool to parse a property-list and report errors.
	* Tools/sfparse.m: New tool to parse a strings-file and report errors.
	
Wed Feb  3 12:45:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/FastArray.x: Don't use value returned by RETAIN macro.
	* Source/FastMap.x: Don't use value returned by RETAIN macros.
	* Source/NSGDictionary.m: Fix to assign values in RETAIN macros
	as suggested by mguesdon@sbuilders.com

Tue Feb  2 15:35:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/NSZone.m: nrecycle() bugfix - was persisting after memory
	had actually been returned to system malloc.

Tue Feb  2 11:20:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Source/mframe/alpha/linux-gnu: First 'real' port to alpha.
	* Source/mframe/alpha/generic: ditto

1999-02-01  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* Source/UnixFileHandle.m: Switch include of netinet/in.h.
	* Source/NSObject.m: Undef ALIGN before define'ing.
	* Source/NSZone.m: Likewise.
	* Source/mframe/configure.in: Recognize any version of freebsd or
	openbsd. 
	* Source/mframe/i386/freebsd: New file, copy of generic.
	* Source/mframe/i386/openbsd: Likewise. (Bug
	reports from Michael Hanni <mhanni@sprintmail.com>).

Mon Feb  1 11:25:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
	Patch supplied by eric@skatter.usask.ca
	* Testing/nsscanner.m: Explicitly include NSString.h.
	Cleaned up autorelease pool handling.
	Fixed some printf arguments that didn't match their formats.
	Added tests for scanHexInt:.
	* Source/include/NSScanner.h:
	Add declarations for scanInt: and scanHexInt: methods.
	* Source/NSScanner.m Added scanHexInt: method.
	Cleaned up some comments.
	Added conditional compile to let scanDouble: accept numbers
	like 1.234eFoo (as 1.234).  For now, numbers like this are rejected.

Mon Feb  1 11:25:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSArray.m: ([-initWithContentsOfFile:]) Fixed memory leak.
	* src/NSDictionary.m: ([-initWithContentsOfFile:]) Fixed memory leak.
	* src/NSData.m: Tidied indentation and 64-bit clean serialization of
	strings, classes, and selectors.

Sat Jan 30  5:55:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Tidying up brain-damaged changes I made while ill.
	* src/NSConnection.m: Tidied proxy handling a bit
	* src/NSDistantObject.m: Tidied  - made closer to OpenStep spec.

Fri Jan 29 11:00:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSArchiver.m: Implemented ([-encodeDataObject:])
	* src/NSUnarchiver.m: Implemented ([-decodeDataObject])

1999-01-28  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>

	* GNUmakefile (SUBPROJECTS): Change directory names
	* configure.in: Update for new directories.

Thu Jan 28 16:45:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/NSObject.h: Preliminaries for addition of GC
	* src/include/NSZone.h: ditto
	* src/NSObject.m: ditto
	* src/NSZone.m: ditto

Thu Jan 28 11:40:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/GSConfig.h.in: Added gsaddr type - integer with same
	size as a pointer.
	* configure.in: Added gsaddr type and fixed a coiuple of typos.
	* src/NSUnarchiver.m: include NSByteOrder.h

Thu Jan 28  9:20:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/Makefile.postamble: Tidied distclean stuff - suggested by
	jagapen@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu

Wed Jan 27 12:00:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* configure.n: More type-size stuff
	* src/include/GSConfig.h.in: More type-size stuff
	* src/include/NSData.h: Changed GNUstep extensions and added constants
	for coder support.
	* src/include/NSArchiver.h: Changes for handling systems with differing
	type sizes.
	* src/include/NSByteOrder.h: Changes and additions for handling systems
	with differing type sizes.
	* src/NSData.m: Changed GNUstep extensions for coder support in order
	to make handling of type-size information easier.
	* src/NSArchiver.m: Encode type-size info and write more efficiently.
	* src/NSUnarchiver.m: Decode type-size info.
	* src/UnixFileHanlde.m: Use localhost if given no host for connect.

Tue Jan 26 15:45:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* configure.in: More stuff for type-size info
	* src/include/GSConfig.h.in: More stuff for type-size info.
	* src/FastArray.x: Allow types with fixed sizes in array.
	* src/FastMap.x: Allow types with fixed sizes in map.

Tue Jan 26  8:15:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSThread.m: ([-sleepUntilDate:]) cast argument of usleep() to
	be integer rather than float - suggested by stark@easynet.fr

Sun Jan 24  8:50:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSConnection.m: Preliminary work for handling DO between
	machines wiuth different pointer sizes.
	* src/NSDistantObject.m: ditto
	* src/include/NSConnection.h: ditto
	* src/include/NSDistantObject.h: ditto
	* src/include/DistributedObjects.h: ditto

Tue Jan 19 12:20:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSUserDefaults.m: Fixed to update periodically from disk and
	to post notifications if the on-disk copy has changed.
	* src/include/NSUserDefaults.m: Changed vtimer info for update.

Fri Jan 15 10:45:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSObjCRuntime.m: Added GSGetInstanceVariable() and
	GSSetInstanceVariable() methods - extensions to gnustep.
	* src/NSObjCRuntime.h: ditto

Tue Jan 12  4:10:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSProcessInfo.m: Fix for GNU/Linux-powerpc (__PPC__) to get
	class initialised with argument info.
	* src/include/fake-main.h: ditto

Mon Jan 11 16:45:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        Fixes for bugs reported by Benhur-de-Oliveira.Stein@imag.fr
        * src/NSDictionary.m: ([-initWithObjectsAndKeys:]) fixed test for nil.
        * src/NSSet.m: Added makeObjectsPerformSelector methods.
        * src/NSString.m: ([-rangeOfComposedCharacterSequenceAtIndex:]) find
        range from before the index if necessary.
        * Tidied allocation methods in NSArray.m NSDictionary.m

Sat Jan  8  6:00:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * src/NSPortNameServer.m: Raise exception on failure to register name.

Fri Jan  8  9:20:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * src/NSObject.m: Cache a few more classes.
        * src/include/fast.x: Add a few more classes to cache.
        * checks/benchmark.m: Benchmark classname lookup overhead.
        * src/Makefile.postamble: Improve dependencies.

Wed Jan  6 22:05:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * src/UnixFileHandle.m: Fixed error in last change to ([-closeFile])
        which could fail to remove descriptors from runloop properly.

Wed Jan  6 10:30:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * mframe/alpha/linux-gnu: First rough attempt at making a config
        file for the DEC alpha.
        * mframe/alpha/gneric: ditto.

Tue Jan  5 20:30:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * configure.in: New stuff for making byte-order and type-size
        information available in GSConfig.h
        * src/NSTask.m: Set process group for child process and preliminary
        code for keeping track of active child tasks and handlign sigchld.
        * src/UnixFileHandle.m: Modified ([-closeFile]) to send notifications
        if there are any asynchronous operations in progress.
        * src/include/Foundation.h: include GSConfig.h
        * src/include/NSObject.h: include GSConfig.h
        * src/include/NSByteOrder.h: Use GS_WORDS_BIGENDIAN from GSConfig.h
        * src/include/GSConfig.h.in: Add typedefs for types with known size.
        * src/include/config.h.in: Added HAVE_SETPGID and HAVE_SETPGRP

Tue Jan  5  9:45:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * src/NSTask.m: Workaround for bug in linux waitpid(), general
        tidying, clean up descriptors in child process.
        * src/NSString.m: ([-dataUsingEncoding:]) fixed memory leak.

Mon Jan  4 15:35:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * src/NSInvocation.m: Fix for machines that pass structures by ref.
        * mframe/powerpc/linux-gnu: Machine definition added for powerpc.

Mon Jan  4  9:05:00 1999  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * src/o_vscanf.c: Don't make local copy of va_list parameter by
        assignment - doesn't work on machines where a va_list is an array.

Sat Jan  2 12:48:51 1999  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* configure.in: Configure subdir src/mframe properly using
 	AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS

Sat Dec 26  8:20:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        * src/NSString.m: Make compare with range of length zero always return
        NSOrderedSame

Sat Dec 19 01:26:06 1998  Matthias Klose  <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>

        * NSCharacterSets/Makefile.postamble: Use macro MKDIRS.
        * NSTimeZones/Makefile.postamble: likewise
        * src/Makefile.postamble: likewise

Sat Dec 19 10:45:58 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/mframe/configure.in: Test for empty subdir (patch from
 	Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>).

Fri Dec 18 14:39:46 1998  Matthias Klose  <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de> 
 
        * */*: include <base/*.h> instead of <gnustep/base/*.h>. 
        * src/Makefile.postamble: reflect this change in srcdir-include. 

Fri Dec 18 18:15:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

        Foundation.h: Added NSPathUtilities.h
        NSObject.h: Added GNUstep specific methods for describing a
        property-list to a stream.
        NSDate.h: Moved natural language methods to right place.
	NSObject.m: Added GNUstep specific extensions for describing a
        property-list to a stream, updated -description to spec.
	NSProxy.m: Tidied format and description method.
	NSArray.m: Added GNUstep specific extensions for describing a
        property-list to a stream.
	NSDictionary.m: ditto
	NSAttributedString.m: Tidied ([-replacementObjectForPortCoder:])
	NSGAttributedString.m: ditto
	NSGCString.m: ditto
	NSGString.m: ditto
	NSString.m: ditto
        NSConcreteNumber.m: Added ([-replacementObjectForPortCoder:])
        NSCoder.m: Cope nicely with encode/decode of nil property-list.

Thu Dec 17 16:12:18 1998  Matthias Klose  <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>

        * {,*}/GNUmakefile: Include Version and GNUmakefile.local where
 	missing.
	* configure: Add links to GNUmakefile.local

Thu Dec 17 14:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	NSCoder.m: ([-decodePropertyList:]) bugfix - use NSDeserializer

Thu Dec 17  9:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	NSCalendarDate.m: Try to cope gracefully when locale info is not
	available and we want to display a date.  Use numeric month and
	week designations and hard-code am/pm
	NSUser.m: include NSProcessInfo.h

Wed Dec 16 20:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Various modifications suggested by <mguesdon@sbuilders.com> and
	<jagapen@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu>.  All untested.
	src/include/Port.h: ([+newForReceivingFromRegisteredName:fromPort:])
	Additional method for DO through firewalls.
	src/include/NSConnection.h: Addittional method for DO through firewall
	([+newRegisteringAtName:atPort:withRootObject:])
	Additional method for DO through firewalls.
	src/NSTask.h: Updated to MacOS-X spec - accepts NSPipes.
	src/TcpPort.m: ([+newForReceivingFromRegisteredName:fromPort:])
	Additional method for DO through firewalls. Removed obsolete name
	server code.
	src/NSConnection.m: Addittional method for DO through firewall
	([+newRegisteringAtName:atPort:withRootObject:])
	src/NSTask.m: Updated to MacOS-X spec - accepts NSPipes.

Tue Dec 15 13:25:10 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* src/NSUser.m (NSFullUserName): New function (not implemented).
	(NSStandardApplicationPaths): Likewise.
	(NSStandardLibraryPaths): Likewise.
	(NSTemporaryDirectory): New function (implemented).
	(NSOpenStepRootDirectory): Likewise.
	* src/include/NSPathUtilities.h: Defined new functions.
	* src/include/NSUserDefaults.h: Removed duplicate definitions.

Mon Dec 14  6:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/GNUmakefile: Put mframe.h in a machine/os specific directory.
	* src/Makefile.postamble: Install mframe.h in machine/os specific dir
	* src/NSConnection.m: include mframe.h form new location.
	* src/NSInvocation.m: ditto
	* src/NSMethodSignature.m: ditto
	* src/NSObjCRuntime.m: ditto
	* src/NSSerializer.m: ditto
	* src/mframe.m: ditto

Sat Dec 12 21:10:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	src/NSUserDefaults.m: ([+standardUserDefaults]) set flag to avoid
	infinite recursion on initialisation. Error reported by
	Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>

Sat Dec 12 17:40:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/GSConfig.h.in: Added new file for machine/os specific
	info that is relevent to things outside the base library.
	* configure.in: Build GSConfig.h
	* configure: Build GSConfig.h
	* src/GNUmakefile: Move GSConfig.h into place
	* src/Makefile.postamble: Install GSConfig.h
	* src/include/NSByteOrder.h: include GSConfig.h

Sat Dec 12 15:40:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Tools/Makefile.postamble: Added check that you are installing gdomap
	as root and output warnign if not.

Mon Dec  7 10:00:34 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/NSConcreteNumber.m ([NumberTemplate
	-descriptionWithLocale:]): Print BOOL value as a special case.

	* src/NSProcessInfo.m: Use fake-main if FreeBSD.
	* src/include/fake-main.h: Likewise.

Sun Dec  6 20:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSDate.m: removed +initialize - moved default locale info to
	NSUserDefaults.
	* src/NSUserDefaults.m: Added code to set up default locale info.

Thu Dec  3 16:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSDictionary.m: Removed filesystem methods - conflict with
	versions in NSFileManger.
	* src/include/NSDictionary.h: Ditto
	* src/NSFileManager.m: Updated dictionary access methods to MacOS spec
	* src/include/NSFileManager.h: Ditto.
	* src/include/NSUserDefaults.h: Made constant strings 'const'.
	* src/include/externs.m: Made constant strings 'const'.

Thu Dec  3 11:00:46 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* aclocal.m4: Add OBJC_CON_AUTOLOAD and OBJC_SYS_AUTOLOAD
 	requirements to OBJC_SYS_DYNAMIC_LINKER test.

Wed Dec  2 16:11:05 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/NSDictionary.m (-fileGroupOwnerAccountName): New method.
	(-fileModificationDate): Likewise.
	(fileOwnerAccountName): Likewise.
	(filePosixPermissions): Likewise.
	(fileSize): Likewise.
	(fileSystemFileNumber): Likewise.
	(fileSystemNumber): Likewise.
	(fileType): Likewise. 
	* src/include/NSDictionary.h: New methods. Contributed by Camile
	TROILLARD <tuscland@wanadoo.fr>. 
	
Wed Dec  2 20:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/GNUmakefile: Added NSDateFormatter
	* src/Makefile.postamle: Bugfix in installation - was adding service
	entries when not needed.
	* src/NSDate.m: Added natural language support.
	* src/NSDateFormatter.m: Implemented this class.
	* src/externs.m: Added natural language support.
	* src/include/Foundation.h: Added missing headers.
	* src/include/NSDate.h: Added natural language stuff.
	* src/include/NSDateFormatter.h: Contributed by Camile TROILLARD
	<tuscland@wanadoo.fr> and updated to match implementation.
	* src/include/NSDecimalNumber.h: Added header (contributed by Camile) -
	no implementation yet.
	* src/include/NSDecimal.h: Added header - no implementation yet.
	* src/include/NSUserDefaults.h: Added natural language stuff.

Tue Dec  1 09:31:59 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/Makefile.postamble: new variable INSTALL_ROOT_DIR, such that
 	/etc/services can be installed somewhere (need this for building
 	Debian binary packages). Patch from Matthias Klose
	<doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>.

Mon Nov 30 10:20:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSTask: Minor bugfix -ignore SIGCHLD
	* src/NSUserDefaults: bugfix in registerDefaults: was replacing rather
	than addning defaults. Also changed to cache dictionaryRepresaentation.
	* src/include/NSUserDefaults.h: Added ivar to cache dictionary
	representation.
	* src/include/NSDate.h: Updated header for a couple of fixes.
	* src/NSDate.m: Initialise locale stuff.
	* src/NSCalendarDate.m: Use locale stuff.

Fri Nov 27 21:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSPortNameServer.m: ([_open]) changed to stop attempts to restart
	the name server when a connect to ANOTHER host fails.  Also improved
	log messages to identify the host we failed to connect to.  Also
	added support for overriding the default port fo the name server.
	* Tools/gdomap.h: updated comments to talk about NSPortNameServer.m

Fri Nov 27 13:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSObjCRuntime.m: minor performance improvment.
	* src/NSUnarchiver.m: more performance improvements.
	* src/NSObject.m: Fix error introduced in last mod.

Thu Nov 26 13:35:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSObject.m: ([+instanceRespondToSelector:]) and
	([-respondsToSelector:]) changed to use __objc_responds_to() for an
	order of magnitude performance boost.

Thu Nov 26 11:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSRunLoop.m: Bugfix in ([-addEvent:type:watcher:forMode:]) to get
	the count of numbers of time a watcher has added a descriptor correct.

Wed Nov 25 16:27:52 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/include/fast.x: Add #ifndef/#define around file.

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

	* src/NSPortNameServer.m: Made more tolerant of badly set up systems.
	* src/Makefile.postamble: Modified to make rule for placing gdomap in
	/etc/services more portable.

Tue Nov 24  4:10:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/Tools/GNUmakefile: removed make_services
	* src/Tools/make_services.m: Removed - moved to gui library.
	* src/NSBundle.m: Changed Info.plist to Info-gnustep.plist since
	that's what GNUstep uses instead.

Fri Nov 20 20:10:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/Makefile.postamble: Added dependencies for FastArray.x and added
	simple stuff to append gdomap port entries to /etc/services after
	install (if not already present).

Fri Nov 20 14:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSSerializer.m: Added GNUstep specific methods for controlling
	format to optimise serialisation for property lists containing
	repeated strings.
	* src/include/NSSerializer.h: ditto
	* src/FastArray.x: inline implementation of fast array code for stuff
	that doesn't need to be retained etc. Minimal functionality so far.
	* src/Fastmap.x: Tidied indentation etc.
	* src/include/NSArchiver.h: Use FastArray
	* src/NSUnarchiver.m: Use FastArray
	* src/NSAutorleasePool.m: Optimize implementation of +new
	* src/NSArray.m: Use ([NSAutoreleasePool +new])
	* src/NSDictionary.m: Use ([NSAutoreleasePool +new])
	* src/NSFileManager.m: Use ([NSAutoreleasePool +new])
	* src/NSPort.m: Use ([NSAutoreleasePool +new])

Thu Nov 19 21:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>
	* src/Archiver.m: Got rid of 'assert' - replace with 'NSAssert' etc.
	* src/BinaryTree.m: ditto
	* src/Coder.m: ditto
	* src/Collection.m: ditto
	* src/ConnectedCoder.m: ditto
	* src/Invocation.m: ditto
	* src/LinkedList.m: ditto
	* src/MachPort.m: ditto
	* src/NSAutoreleasePool.m: ditto
	* src/NSBundle.m: ditto
	* src/NSConnection.m: ditto
	* src/NSCountedSet.m: ditto
	* src/NSDate.m: ditto
	* src/NSDistantObject.m: ditto
	* src/NSGArchiver.m: ditto
	* src/NSGSequence.m: ditto
	* src/NSObject.m: ditto
	* src/NSPortCoder.m: ditto
	* src/NSRunLoop.m: ditto
	* src/NSSet.m: ditto
	* src/NSTimer.m: ditto
	* src/NSZone.m: ditto
	* src/NotificationDispatcher.m: ditto
	* src/OrderedCollection.m: ditto
	* src/Port.m: ditto
	* src/Random.m: ditto
	* src/Storage.m: ditto
	* src/TcpPort.m: ditto
	* src/UdpPort.m: ditto
	* src/behavior.m: ditto
	* src/mframe.m: ditto

Thu Nov 19 16:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/NSSerializer.h: Removed erroneous protocol conformance
	for NSSerializer and NSDeserializer.
	* src/NSSerializer.m: Complete rewrite - full OpenStep compatibility
	and huge speed increase.
	* doc/todo.tmpl.texi: Update todo list.
	* checks/benchmark.m: Added benchmarks for serializing/deserializing
	property lists and archiving/unarchiving them.
	* src/NSString.m: Fix bug returning arrya in completePathIntoString

Thu Nov 19 12:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSData.m: ([-encodeWithCoder:]) bugfix for case where data object
	is of length zero.

Wed Nov 18  9:20:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Tools/make_services.m: New tool
	* Tools/GNUmakefile: Added make_services
	* Tools/Makefile.postamble: Tidied installation for gdnc
	* src/NSDistributedNotificationCenter.m: Start server with full path.

Mon Nov 16 14:29:35 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/NSBundle.m [+allBundles]: New method (unimplemented).
	[+allFrameworks]: Likewise.
	* src/NSCharacterSet.m [+punctuationCharacterSet]: Likewise.
	* src/NSLock.m [-lockBeforeDate:]: Likewise.
	[-lockWhenCondition:beforeDate:]: Likewise.
	* src/NSConnection.m: Likewise.
	* src/include/NSBundle.h: New methods;
	* src/include/NSCharacterSet.h: Likewise.
	* src/include/NSLock.h: Likewise.
	* src/include/NSConnection.h: Likewise (fixes from TROILLARD
	Camille <tuscland@wanadoo.fr>).

	* src/include/fast.x: Fix /* in comment.
	
Thu Nov 12 17:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	src/NSFormatter.m: New class
	src/include/NSFormatter.h: New class
	src/NSRunLoop.m: Misc optimisations
	src/NSGString.m: slight ([-cString]) optimisation.
	src/NSGCString.m: slight ([-cString]) optimisation.
	src/NSObject.m: fast allocation of temporary memory.
	src/include/fast.x: fast allocation of temporary memory.

Tue Nov 10 11:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSScanner.m: ([-scanString:intoString:]) bugfix to check length
	of the string we are looking for and simply return NO if it is longer
	than the data remaining in the string being scanned.  Previously it
	would have raised an exception - which it shouldn't.

Mon Nov  9 20:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/externs.m: corrected notification name for user defaults.
	* src/NSUserDefaults.m: corrected notification name.
	* src/include/NSUserDefaults.h: corrected notification name.

Mon Nov  9 11:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/externs.m: fixed error in hashtable constants.
	* src/NSDistributedNotificationCenter.m: pugfix in check for
	posting of notification.  Changed to pass selectors as strings.
	* Tools/gdnc.h: Pass selectors as strings. make posting oneway
	* Tools/gdnc.m: Pass selectors as strings, plus many bugfixes.

Mon Nov  2 17:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Tidied header files for NO_GNUSTEP/STRICT_OPENSTEP stuff.
	* src/NSDistributedNotificationCenter.m: New class (untested)
	* src/include/NSDistributedNotificationCenter.m: New class
	* src/GNUmakefile: Added NSDistributedNotificationCenter
	* src/Tools/gdnc.m: Server for distributed notifications (untested)
	* src/Tools/gdnc.h: Include for distributed notifications
	* src/Tools/GNUmakefile: Added gdnc

Fri Oct 30 09:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/NSPortNameServer.h: Added ([-removePort:]) method in a
	GNUstep catagory so that ports can unregister all their names at one
	go. Added maps of names and ports to keep track.
	* src/include/Port.h: removed [-invalidate] - inherit from NSPort
	* src/Port.m: removed [-invalidate] - inherit from NSPort
	* src/NSPort.m: made [-invalidate] method remove all the ports names
	from the name server and send the invalidation notification.
	* src/NSPortNameServer.m: Keep track of name/port mappings and, the
	first time a name is registered for a port, tell gdomap to remove
	any pre-existing names for that port (left around from a crashed
	server perhaps).

Thu Oct 29 13:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/UnixFileHandle.m: Improved handling of error conditions on
	background connection operations.  Disable SIGPIPE to avoid abort
	when we attempt to write to a socket that's closed by the other end.
	* src/TCPPort.m: Modified to use NSPortNameServer, also changed to
	disable SIGPIPE on initialisation only, not on every write.
	* src/include/NSPortNameServer.h: new class.
	* src/NSPortNameServer.m: new class.
	* src/GNUmakefile: Added NSPortNameServer.

Wed Oct 28 14:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Tools/gdomap.c: Added command-line options to lookup, register, and
	unregister a name for a port - basically for debugging purposes.
	* src/TcpPort.m: Modified port registration code to cope with the
	case where a server dies and is restarted, and tries to use the
	same ip port number it has before it died.
	* checks/nsinvocation.m: Added archiving checks.
	* src/NSInvocation.m: Archiver bugfixes
	* src/include/NSInvocation.h: Archiver bugfixes
	* src/NSData.m: Serialisation bugfixes
	* src/NSArchiver.m: Archiver bugfixes
	* src/NSUnarchiver.m: Archiver bugfixes

Tue Oct 27 08:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Corrected all the collection classes to return the count of objects
	in the collection as the ([-hash]) in conformance with the latest
	documentation.

Mon Oct 26 10:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSGCString.m: Implemented ([-copy]) and ([-copyWithZone:]) to
	work without invoking any methods uing the runtime - much faster.
	* src/NSObject.m: Bugfix and performance improvement to the -perform...
	methods.  They previously threw an exception if the method referred
	to by the selector was not implemented (when they should have tried
	forwarding instead) rather than when passed a nul selector.

Sun Oct 25 08:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSObject.m: Cache implementation for adding object to autorelease
	pool to avoid objc runtime messaging overhead.
	* src/NSAutoreleasePool.m: Cache implementation for adding object to
	* src/NSAutoreleasePool.m: Cache implementation for adding object to
	autorelease pool to avoid objc runtime messaging overhead.
	* src/NSGCString.m: Implemented ([+allocWithZone:])
	* src/NSGString.m: Implemented ([+allocWithZone:])

Sat Oct 24 11:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSArchiver.m: New implementation
	* src/NSArchiver.m: New file
	* src/GNUmakefile: Added NSUnarchiver.m
	* src/include/NSArchiver.h: New version
	New Archiver/unarchiver - OPENSTEP complient (I think).
	Basic functionality tested fairly thoroughly, some of the more
	unusual bits untested so far. Mechanisms for adding other backends
	in place, but untested. Performance may be around four times that
	of the old version though there is still a little (very little)
	room for improvement.

Thu Oct 22 21:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSData.m: Added support for serialisation of Class and SEL types
	and made a more efficient version of the main deserialisation code
	in the NSDataStatic class.

Wed Oct 21 13:30:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSData.m: Reorganized and optimised.
	* src/NSGArray.m: optimised coding/decoding
	* src/NSGCountedSet.m: optimised coding/decoding
	* src/NSGDictionary.m: optimised coding/decoding
	* src/NSGSet.m: optimised coding/decoding
	* src/NSObject.m: cache data classes
	* src/NSString.m: Added (nonstandard) ([-boolValue]) method
	* src/include/NSData.h: Added ([-relinquishAllocatedBytesFromZone:])
	* src/include/NSString.h: Added (nonstandard) ([-boolValue]) method
	* src/include/NSPortMessage.h: Added (as yet unused) class.
	* src/NSPortMessage.m: Added (as yet unused) skeleton implementation.

Thu Oct 17 08:15:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSGDictionary.m: Added checks for invalid parameters.
	* src/NSGSet.m: Added checks for invalid parameters.
	* src/NSGCountedSet.m: Added checks for invalid parameters.

Thu Oct 15 08:13:12 1998  Masatake Yamato  <masata-y@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>

	* src/NSString.m ([NSString
 	-completePathIntoString:caseSensitive:matchesIntoArray:filterTypes:]):
 	Implement.

Thu Oct 15 06:15:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/BinaryCStream.m: Update system version number
	* src/NSCalendarDate.m: Implemented ([-copyWithZone:])
	* src/NSCountedSet.m: Rewrite ([-copyWithZone:])
	* src/include/NSData.h: Added GNUstep specific method for more
	efficient zone use.
	* src/NSData.m: Modified throughout to use NSZone functions for
	managing content memory.
	* src/NSGArray.m: Modified to use NSZone functions for managing
	content memory.  Also tidied coding methods.
	* src/include/NSGCString.h: Modified to use NSZone for contents.
	* src/NSGCString.m: Modified to use NSZone for contents and fixed
	bug in coding (couldn't cope with embedded nuls in string).
	* src/NSGDictionary.m: Modified to use NSZone for contents.
	* src/include/NSGString.h: Modified to use NSZone for contents.
	* src/NSGString.m: Modified to use NSZone for contents.
	* src/NSObject.m: Added fastZone() function.
	* src/PortCoder.m: Updated system version number
	* src/include/NSSet.h: Added ([+setWithSet:])
	* src/NSSet.m: Added ([+setWithSet:]) and fixed ([-copyWithZone:])
	* src/include/NSString.h: Added GNUstep specific methods for faster
	use of zones.
	* src/NSString.m: Modified to use NSZone functions for contents.
	* src/include/NSZone.h: Removed non-existent methods and changed
	structure layout to support NSZoneFromPointer()
	* src/NSZone.m: Rewrite to support NSZoneFromPointer(),
	NSRecycleZone() and fix a couple of bugs.  Needs more work to
	make simpler and more efficient.
	* src/include/fast.x: Added fastZone()

Wed Oct 14 11:29:11 1998  Masatake Yamato  <masata-y@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>

        * src/NSString.m ([NSString -stringByResolvingSymlinksInPath]): 
        Implement.

Wed Oct 14 10:27:47 1998  Masatake Yamato  <masata-y@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>

        * src/NSString.m ([NSString +pathWithComponents:]): 
        Use the first object of components as the base path string
        instead of null string([NSString string]).

Tue Oct 13 09:24:17 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* src/include/NSNotification.h: Addd placeholder in
	NSNotificationCenter for size of NotificationDispatcher.

The Oct  8 15:15:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/FastMap.x: Minor bugfixes and updates.
	* src/NSArray.m: Optimisation - don't use malloc unless really needed.
	* src/NSCountedSet.m: Tidied
	* src/NSSet.m: Tidied - core/non-core separation made.
	* src/NSGArray.m: Rewrite - simpler and faster.
	* src/NSGCountedSet.m: Rewrite to use FastMap (and work).
	* src/NSGDictionary.m: Tidied initialisation.
	* src/NSGSet.m: Rewrite to use FastMap - much faster.
	* src/include/NSSet.h: tidied - core/non-core stuff.

Tue Oct  6 16:35:48 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* aclocal.m4: Add win32 test
	* configure.in: Use DYNAMIC_LINKER test.
	* src/GNUmakefile: Add win32-load.h
	* src/win32-load.h: New file.

Tue Oct  6 16:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/FastMap.x: New map table for dictionaries.
	* src/include/fast.x: New stuff for avoiding objc message overheads.
	* src/NSGCString.m: Hashing and comparison performance improvments
	* src NSGDictionary.m: Optimisation
	* src NSGString.m: Optimisation
	* src/NSObject.m: Optimisation
	* src/NSString.m: Optimisation

Sat Oct  3 23:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSString.m: Moved NXConstantString stuff out to NSGCString.m
	* src/NSGCString.m: Added NXConstantString (inherits from NSGCString)
	and modified for efficient ([-isEqual:]) and ([-isEqualToString:])
	methods.

Thu Sep 30 17:45:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	More performance work - huge improvement in dictionary lookup and
	perhaps 15 percent improvement elsewhere.
	* src/NSString.m: ([-hash]) changed hash generation to produce a
	more evenly distributed value so that dictionary lookup works
	better for large dictionaries full of similar keys.
	* src/NSDictionary.m: ([+dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:,...]) fixed
	memory leak.
	* src/include/NSGDictionary.h: Removed - not needed.
	* src/NSGDictionary.m.old: Backup added.
	* src/NSGDictionary.m: Complete rewrite.
	* src/FastMap.x: New map table stuff for NSGDictionary.

Thu Sep 30  7:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Changes to slightly more than double the speed of dictionary
	lookups for string keys.
	* src/NSGString: Added efficient -isEqual and -isEqualToString
	* src/NSGCString: Speeded up -isEqual and -isEqualToString

Thu Sep 30  4:40:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSAutoreleasePool: Added NSLog to ([+addObject:]) to warn when
	an object is autoreleased without a pool being present.
	This should avoid many mistakes by newbies who don't understand
	the retain/release/autorelease mechanism (perhaps it'll encourage
	them to read up about it).  It also serves as a useful reminder
	when you DO know what you are doing.

Wed Sep 30 14:35:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* Removed MallocAddress class -
	    use ([NSData +dataWithBytesNoCopy:length:]) instead.
	* src/NSConnection.m: ([-forwardForProxy:selector:argFrame:])
	    modifield to cope better when passed a selector without types.
	* src/Encoder.m: Modified to encode selector without type if needed.
	* Tools/dwrite.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/BinaryTree.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/Collection.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/Encoder.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/KeyedCollection.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/MemoryStream.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSCalendarDate.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSData.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSGCString.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSGString.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSHashTable.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSLog.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSMapTable.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSPortCoder.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSString.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSTimeZone.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSUser.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/NSZone.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/StdioStream.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/Stream.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/TextCStream.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/UdpPort.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/UnixFileHandle.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/lex.pl.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/lex.sf.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/mframe.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/o_hash.m: Removed references to cStringNoCopy
	* src/o_x_base.m.in: Removed references to cStringNoCopy

Tue Sep 29 13:05:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/Foundation.h: Added some missing files.
	* src/NSDistantObject.m: Fixed ([-methodSignatureForSelector:)]

Mon Sep 28 17:02:33 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/include/NSObject.h (-perform:, -perform:withObject:,
	-perform:withObject:withObject:): Remove definitions (use
	performSelector:... instead.
	(+class, +superclass, +setVersion:, +version): Add.
	Rearrange some other method definitions.
	* src/include/NSProxy.h: Likewise.

	* src/NSObject.m (+class): Add.
	(-perform:, -perform:withObject:,
	-perform:withObject:withObject:): Depreciate these methods.
	* src/Proxy.m: Likewise.

	* src/Collection.m: Use performSelector instead of perform.
	* src/IndexedCollection.m: Likewise.
	* src/NSArray.m: Likewise.
	* src/NSRunLoop.m: Likewise.
	* src/NSSet.m: Likewise.
	* src/NSTimer.m: Likewise.
	* src/NotificationDispatcher.m: Likewise.

	* src/NSException (-initWithCoder:): Fix object decoding.
	
Fri Sep 18 10:20:55 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/include/preface.h.in (MIN, MAX): Rewrite macros (suggestion
	from Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl>.

Thu Sep 10 06:05:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSFileHandle.m: Implemented [(-waitForDataInBackground])
	* src/UnixFileHandle.m: Implemented [(-waitForDataInBackground])
	* src/include/NSFileHandle.h: Added [(-waitForDataInBackground])
	* src/externs.m: Fixed error in hash callbacks name.
	* src/Set.m: Fixed error in hash callbacks name.
	* src/include/NSHashTable.h: Fixed error in hash callbacks name.
	* src/NSRunLoop.m: minor efficiency hack - don't use autoreleasing
	arrray construction methods when we are going to retain immediately.

Fri Sep 04 08:05:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSUserDefaults.m: ([-setObjectsforKey:], [-removeObjectForKey:])
	fixed to make domain dictionarys mutable if required.
	* src/externs.m: Updated notification name for defaults.
	* src/include/NSUserDefaults.h: Updated notification name.
	
Mon Aug 31 16:28:58 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/NSBundle.m (+mainBundle:): Remove *_obj directory to
	find main bundle path.

Wed Sep 02 14:15:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/Coder.m: ([-decodeObject:]) fixed to autorelease as it should.
	* src/NSCalendarDate.m, src/NSException.m, src/NSGAttributedString.m,
	src/NSHost.m, src/NSLog.m, src/NSProcessInfo.m, src/NSTimeZone.m:
	tidied coding/decoding and logging.
	* src/NSString.m: Added implementation of [-zone] for constnat strings.

Wed Sep 02 13:15:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSRunLoop.m: ([-cancelPerformSelector:target:argument:]) bugfix
	supplied by masata-y@is.aist-nara.ac.jp - was incrementing loop index
	when should have been decrementing.

Mon Aug 24 09:22:17 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* doc/gnustep-base.tmpl.texi: Fix up doc problems.
	* doc/todo.tmpl.texi: Likewise.

Thu Aug 20 11:50:23 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* src/mframe.m (mframe_next_arg): Fixes from Richard
	Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>. 

Tud Aug 13 21:15:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	Rewrite of maframe stuff and associated things to get DO and
	NSInvocations working for ALL data types.  Configuration files for
	GNU/Linux on a PC and sunos4.1.3 on sparc provided (and tested).

	* src/NSObject: Fixed code to local reference counts to get object
	alignment right on machines that have strict restrictions on the
	alignment of doubles (eg sparc).
	Also updated forwarding of invocations to work with new code.
	* src/NSInvocation.m: Rewrite from scratch to use new mframe code.
	* src/NSMethodSignature.m: Rewrite from scratch to use new mframe code.
	* src/mframe.m: Modified to use new information set up by config
	* configure.in: Run configure in src/mframe
	* src/mframe: New configuration directory for mframe stuff.
	* src/include/mframe.h: Deleted - now generated by config process.

Wed Aug 12 14:55:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/NSBundle: ([+initialize]) modified to take account of the
	environment variables GNUSTEP_TARGET_DIR, GNUSTEP_TARGET_CPU,
	GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS, and LIBRARY_COMBO to override the defaults.

Fri Aug  4 10:55:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/GNUmakefile: Removed NSAllocateObject.m and
	NSDeallocateObject.m (contents merged into NSObject.m).
	* src/NSObject.m: Modified to perform storage of retain counts local
	to the objects concerned in order to speed up performance - also
	modified to cache an objects zone with it - in order to maintain
	(or better) current performance when we get the NSZone code fixed
	to work with malloced memory.
	* src/include/NSObjCRuntime.h: Removed NSDebugLog()
	* src/include/NSDebug.h: Added new version of NSDebugLog()
	* src/include/NSProcessInfo.h: Added [-debugArray] method.
	* src/NSProcessInfo.m: Added [-debugArray] method and modified to
	parse arguments list and remove debug options, putting them in a
	mutable array (returned by [-debugArray]).
	* src/externs.m: Removed NSDebugLogging.
	* src/NSBundle.m: Modified to use new version of NSDebugLog().

Thu Aug  3 15:35:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/NSGCString.h: Added _hash instance variable.
	* src/include/NSGString.h: Added _hash instance variable.
	* src/NSGCString.m: Added implementation of [-hash] to handle caching
	of strings hash value, also added implementation of a few other
	methods for the sake of performance.  Modified NSGMutableCString
	methods to reset hash cache when string is modified.
	* src/NSGString.m: Added implementation of [-hash] to handle caching
	of strings hash value.  Modified NSGMutableString methods to reset
	hash cache when string is modified.
	* src/NSString.m: Misc performance hacks - use alloca() rather than
	malloc/free where possible etc.
	YMMV, but the above changes got me a 20% performance improvement in
	the app I was working with.
	* src/o_map.m:  Don't use o_map_key_callbacks() - access the field
	in the structure directly to avoid the function-call overhead as this
	function was being called LOTS of times.  Only a tiny performance
	improvement - but every little helps.

Thu Jul 30 16:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/include/NSSet.h: Corrected protocol conformance
        * src/NSSet.m: Added ([-encodeWithCoder:]), ([-initWithCoder:]).
	Fixed ([-copyWithZone:]) to remove memory and to simply retain where
	possible.
	Implemented ([-description]) and ([-descriptionWithLocale:]).
	* src/NSGCountedSet.m: Removed ([-initWithCapacity:]) and fixed
	enumerator.
	* src/include/NSDictionary.h: Added ([+dictionaryWithObject:forKey:])
	and corrected protocol conformance.
	* src/NSDictionary.m: Added ([+dictionaryWithObject:forKey:])

Wed Jul 29 15:00:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/Collection.m: Removed [-copy]
	* src/include/Collecting.h: likewise
	* src/NSAttributedString.m: fixed ([-copy]) and ([-isEqual:])
	* src/NSCharacterSet.m: implemented (inefficiently) ([-isEqual:])

Wed Jul 29  9:10:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/TcpPort.m: typecast to get rid of warning
	* src/NSCharacterSet.m: Added NSCoding methods.
	* src/NSBitmapCharSet.m: Added NSCoding methods.
	* src/NSHost.m: typecast to get rid of warning.
	* src/NSData.m: ([-copy]) removed.
	* src/NSDictionary.m: ([-copy]) removed.
	* src/NSGSequence.m: ([-copy]) removed.
	* src/NSScanner.m: ([-copy]) removed.
	* src/NSArray.m: ([-copy]) removed.
	* src/NSAttributedString.m: ([-copy]) removed.
	* src/NSString.m: ([-copy]) removed.
	* src/NSObject.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) modified to conform strictly
	to Rhapsody docs.  Added ([+instanceMethodSignatureForSelector:]).
	* src/include/IndexedCollectionPrivate.h: fixed include for NSString.h
	* src/Makefile.postamble: modified rule for building srcdir-include
	stuff so that it works for me.
	* src/NSException.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) typecast to get rid of warning.
	* src/NSValue.m: ([-copyWithZone:]) typecast to get rid of warning.
	* src/NSDistantObject.m: fixed ([-classForPortCoder]) for Protocol.

Tue Jul 28 12:57:54 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/GNUmakefile: Remove NEXTSTEP classes.

	* src/NSConcreteNumber [-copy]: Removed. 
	[-copyWithZone:]: Likewise.
	* src/NSNumber: [-copy]: Implement
	[-copyWithZone:]: Likewise.
	* src/NSDate.m [-copyWithZone:]: Correct implementation.
	* src/NSException.m [-copyWithZone:]: Likewise.
	* src/NSPort.m: [-copyWithZone:]: Likewise.
	* src/NSValue.m: [-copyWithZone:]: Likewise.

Tue Jul 21 09:15:32 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@ultra.doc.com>

	* src/GNUmakefile: Removed redundant classes.
	* src/Connection: Removed.
	* src/Lock: Likewise.
	* src/Notification: Likewise.
	* src/Proxy: Likewise.
	* src/include/Connection.h, src/include/Lock.h, 
	src/include/Notification.h, src/include/Proxy.h: Likewise.
	* src/include/RetainingNotifier.h: Removed.
	* src/libgnustep-base.def: Removed reference to redundant classes.
	* src/include/ConnectedCoder.h: Likewise
	* src/include/NSConnection.h: Likewise
	* src/include/NSNotification.h: Likewise
	* src/include/NSPort.h: Likewise
	* src/include/all.h: Likewise
	* src/ConnectedCoder.m: Likewise
	* src/Makefile.postamble: Likewise
	* src/MachPort.m: Likewise
	* src/NSConnection.m: Likewise
	* src/NotificationDispatcher.m: Likewise
	* src/NSNotification.m: Likewise
	* src/Port.m: Likewise
	* src/TcpPort.m: Likewise
	* src/behavior.m: Likewise
	* src/NSThread.m: Likewise
	* src/UdpPort.m: Likewise
	* examples/first-client.m, examples/first-server.h,
	examples/first-server.m, examples/second-client.h,
	examples/second-client.m, examples/second-server.h,
	examples/second-server.m: Removed.

	* src/NSRunLoop.m: Add time.h (For GNU/Linux-2.0)
	* src/TcpPort.m: Likewise.
	* src/UdpPort.m: Likewise.
	* sec/UnixFileHandle.m: Likewise.

Wed Jul 20 21:25:00 1998  Richard Frith-Macdonald  <richard@brainstorm.co.uk>

	* src/Decoder.m: ([-decodeClass]) modified to ensure correct decoding
	instances of classes relying on multiple inheritance.

Tue Jul 14 16:26:36 1998  Adam Fedor  <fedor@doc.com>

	* src/Makefile.postamble (gnustep/base): Fixup dir creation.
	(Foundation): Likewise.

	* src/externs.m: New NSDebugLogging variable.
	* src/include/NSObjCRuntime: Change NSDebugLog so it works when
	DEBUG is defined and NSDebugLogging is set.
	* src/NSBundle.m: Use it.

	* src/include/Foundation.h: Include NSTimer.h
	* src/include/NSObject.h: Define +instanceMethodSignatureForSelector:

Tue Jul 14 10:06:31 1998  Masatake Yamato  <masata-y@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>

        * checks/nsset.m : Added new testing functions.
        (intersects_set_test): Likewise.
        (is_subset_of_set_test): Likewise.

        * src/include/NSSet.h ([NSSet -setWithObjects:]): Remove the type
 	declaration of arguments, "NSArray *".  The arguments should be
 	declared as id.

        * src/NSSet.m ([NSSet -isSubsetOfSet:otherSet]): Implement.
        ([NSSet -intersectsSet:otherSet]): Likewise.

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:])