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ANNOUNCE
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1 Announcement
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**************
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The GNUstep Base Library, version 1.30.0, is now available.
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The GNUstep Base Library, version 1.31.0, is now available.
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1.1 What is the GNUstep Base Library?
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=====================================
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@ -16,80 +16,22 @@ remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops.
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portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library).
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There is more information available at the GNUstep homepage at
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'http://www.gnustep.org'.
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‘http://www.gnustep.org’.
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1.2 Noteworthy changes in version '1.30.0'
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1.2 Noteworthy changes in version ‘1.30.0’
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==========================================
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* Library version changed from 1.29 to 1.30
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* autogsdoc (and many source/header files) updated for ObjC-2 support
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* gdnc gspath spelling error fixes
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* GSFileHandle remove handle from run loop when -dealloc is called
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* GSHTTPURLHandle close socket if we end loading with I/O in
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progress.
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* GSMimeDocimnet optimisations
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* GSPrivateSymbolPath() portability improvements
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* GSVersionMacros add GS_UNIMPLEMENTED to mark unimplemented methods
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* HTMLLinker man page groff warning fixed
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* Make GSTcpTune options available to streams as well as file handles
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and improve debug logging for stream operations.
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* NSBundle improvements in librarym bundle lookup
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* NSCache thread safety fix
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* NSData caching data of file URLs and OSX consistency tweak to
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permissions when writing file atomically
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* NSDate implements +now constructor.
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* NSDecimalNumber fix possible coimparison bug for zero values
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* NSError -description and -localizedDescription formats match OSX
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* NSException portability improvments
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* NSFileManager makeed safety fix and make enumerating a file URL
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return URLs rather than paths.
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* NSIndexSet implements enumerateRangesInRange convenience methods.
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* NSISO8601DateFormatter.m: bugfix for date/time string generation
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* NSJSONSerialization fix memory leak, fix issue with unicode
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surrogate pairs.
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* NSKeyValueObserving Add methods to remove observers
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* NSLocale Fix -countryCode incorrectly returning language code, fix
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for hyphen and underscore in locale identifier
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* NSMessagePort remove restriction on Distributed Objects message
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length
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* NSNotificationCenter fix for memory leak, minor bugfixes (use
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before initialise)
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* NSNull fix for -valueForUndefinedKey: to return singleton
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* NSNumberFormatter make minimum/maximum properties NSNumbers
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* NSObject optimise allocation with new runtime library
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* NSOperation fix occasional scheduling bug
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* NSOrderedSet Fix keyed encoding to match Apple platforms.
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* NSPathUtilities fix intialisation order deadlock.
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* NSPredicate fix for array access keywords
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* NSProcessInfo android support
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* NSString correct class used when loading empty string from
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file/URL, implements regular expression search methods.
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* NSTask return an error if the path to launch in is bad, use _exit
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to terminate forked process if needed, use closefrom() to close
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descriptors in child process if possible
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* NSTimer wrap call to block in exception handler (bug #289)
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* NSTimeZone improvements
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* NSURL Fix NSURL path on Windows for UNC paths.
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* NSURLRequest: Support deleting using setValue:forHTTPHeaderField:
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with nil value.
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* NSURLSession many bugfixes and improvements
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* NSUserDefaults fix potential deadlock
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* NSXMLElement bugfix to remove previous attributes when setting
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attributes.
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* NSXMLNode returns NSError on failure to evaluate xpath expression.
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1.3 Where can you get it? How can you compile it?
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=================================================
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The gnustep-base-1.30.0.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at
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The gnustep-base-1.31.0.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at
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<ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core>.
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It is accompanied by gnustep-base-1.30.0.tar.gz.sig, a PGP signature
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It is accompanied by gnustep-base-1.31.0.tar.gz.sig, a PGP signature
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which you can validate by putting both files in the same directory and
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using:
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gpg --verify gnustep-base-1.30.0.tar.gz.sig
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gpg --verify gnustep-base-1.31.0.tar.gz.sig
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Signature has been created using the key with the following
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fingerprint:
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2025-01-10 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
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* ChangeLog: Update for new release
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* ANNOUNCE:
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* NEWS:
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* Documentation/ReleaseNotes.gsdoc:
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* Documentation/news.texi:
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Update release notes for 1.31.0 release.
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2025-01-04 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
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* Headers/Foundation/NSRegularExpression.h:
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@ -27,6 +27,69 @@ notice and this notice are preserved.
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migrate to using a newer version of the library.
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</p>
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<section>
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<heading>Version 1.30.0</heading>
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<p>
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</p>
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<p>Implementation of weak references for the GNU runtime, so that
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weak references are now supported/available in portable code, and
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in conjunction with NSPointerFunction fixes we now support weak
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references in NSMapTable, NSHashTable, and NSPointerArray as well
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as supporting automatic deregestration of deallocated observers
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in NSNotificationCenter.
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</p>
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<p>Autogsdoc updated to support modern CSS based HTML and provide
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simple diagrams of inheritence in the reference documentation.
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</p>
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<p>New experimental implementation of NSURLSession ... we still
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need work to replace non-portable (blocks dependent) code before
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it can be a supported class.
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</p>
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<p>New KeyValueObserving code for Clang and GNUstep runtime.
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</p>
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<p>Other new methods/features<br />
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BSByteOrder fixes for NSSwappedFloat and NSSwappedDouble<br />
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[NSDate] small object optimisation when using Clang<br />
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-[NSFileManager URLsForDirectory:inDomains:]<br />
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NSGeometry missing functions implemented<br />
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[NSInvocation] missing typedefs implemented<br />
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[NSOperation] threads are now named for easy identification<br />
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[NSPredicate] BETWEEN operator for more types<br />
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-[NSString enumerateLinesUsingBlock:]<br />
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[NSThread] priority support now working on Android<br />
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[NSString] NSRegularExpressionSearch option<br />
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[NSString] ICU collator cached for improved performance<br />
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-[NSURLRequest assumesHTTP3Capable]<br />
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-[NSURLRequest setAssumesHTTP3Capable:]<br />
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[NSUserDefaults] use bundle identifier rather than program name<br />
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[NSValue] edge insets added<br />
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-[NSZombie logZombie:]<br />
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</p>
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<p>Support for being built with the '-asan yes' command line option
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or the GNUSTEP_WITH_ASAN=1 environment variable setting. The library
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is also aware when it was not built with that option but is linked to
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an executable which was (and a few features which confuse the leak
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checker are turned off). In addition NSObject+GNUstepBase.h declares
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new methods for tracking the ownership of objects of a particular
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class (or individual instances) to help in identifying the cause of
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any leak found by the leak sanitizer.
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</p>
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<p>Many minor bugfixes and very, very many minor memory leaks fixed
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in both the library and the automated testcases.
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</p>
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<p>Removed deprecated locking code and changed many classes to use
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lightweight and more fine-grained locking for simple cases protecting
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short regions. We retain a global lock for more complex situations
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where there is a significant chance of deadlock.
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</p>
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<p>Several symbols (variables and functions) which were accidentally
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public have been made static or internal to the library.
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</p>
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<p>Updated to work with recent versions of autoconf.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section>
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<heading>Version 1.30.0</heading>
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<p>
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See the @url{ReleaseNotes.html} document for more information.
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@end ifclear
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@section Noteworthy changes in version @samp{1.30.0}
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@section Noteworthy changes in version @samp{1.31.0}
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@itemize @bullet
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@item Library version changed from 1.30 to 1.31
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@item Implementation of weak references for the GNU runtime, so that
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weak references are now supported/available in portable code, and
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in conjunction with NSPointerFunction fixes we now support weak
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references in NSMapTable, NSHashTable, and NSPointerArray as well
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as supporting automatic deregestration of deallocated observers
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in NSNotificationCenter.
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@item Autogsdoc updated to support modern CSS based HTML and provide
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simple diagrams of inheritence in the reference documentation.
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@item New experimental implementation of NSURLSession ... we still
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need work to replace non-portable (blocks dependent) code before
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it can be a supported class.
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@item New KeyValueObserving code for Clang and GNUstep runtime.
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@item Other new methods/features
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@itemize @minus{}
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@item BSByteOrder fixes for NSSwappedFloat and NSSwappedDouble
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@item [NSDate] small object optimisation when using Clang
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@item -[NSFileManager URLsForDirectory:inDomains:]
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@item NSGeometry missing functions implemented
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@item [NSInvocation] missing typedefs implemented
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@item [NSOperation] threads are now named for easy identification
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@item [NSPredicate] BETWEEN operator for more types
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@item -[NSString enumerateLinesUsingBlock:]
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@item [NSThread] priority support now working on Android
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@item [NSString] NSRegularExpressionSearch option
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@item [NSString] ICU collator cached for improved performance
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@item -[NSURLRequest assumesHTTP3Capable]
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@item -[NSURLRequest setAssumesHTTP3Capable:]
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@item [NSUserDefaults] use bundle identifier rather than program name
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@item [NSValue] edge insets added
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@item -[NSZombie logZombie:]
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@end itemize
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@item Support for being built with the '-asan yes' command line option
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or the GNUSTEP_WITH_ASAN=1 environment variable setting. The library
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is also aware when it was not built with that option but is linked to
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an executable which was (and a few features which confuse the leak
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checker are turned off). In addition NSObject+GNUstepBase.h declares
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new methods for tracking the ownership of objects of a particular
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class (or individual instances) to help in identifying the cause of
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any leak found by the leak sanitizer.
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@item Many minor bugfixes and very, very many minor memory leaks fixed
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in both the library and the automated testcases.
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@item Removed deprecated locking code and changed many classes to use
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lightweight and more fine-grained locking for simple cases protecting
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short regions. We retain a global lock for more complex situations
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where there is a significant chance of deadlock.
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@item Several symbols (variables and functions) which were accidentally
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public have been made static or internal to the library.
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@item Updated to work with recent versions of autoconf.
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@end itemize
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