Revision as of 04:00, 2 June 2020

Below are not the release notes of EiffelStudio. It is the change log of EiffelStudio intermediate releases and the most important changes are highlighted in green or in red (for breaking changes). The release notes of EiffelStudio can be found at the following URL. You can also download the latest revision here. Information about other version can be found under Category:Releases.

EiffelStudio 20.05.x Releases

Beta download: https://ftp.eiffel.com/pub/beta/

20.05._._ (../../2020, beta 20.05)

New features

• EiffelStudio: Added the new Wrap_c tool.
• EiffelStudio: Added command line option `-reset_ide_layout` to reset the IDE layout (mostly docking setting for now, usually to recover from bad crash).
• New `wrap_yaml` library is an Eiffel binding of YAML C API using WrapC tool. LibYAML is a YAML parser and emitter library. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/67922189-E85C-4375-A4C3-7779E6000739
• New `wrap_sdl` library is an Eiffel binding of SDL API using WrapC tool. Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D. It is used by video playback software, emulators, and popular games including Valve's award-winning catalog and many Humble Bundle games. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/46827915-EF60-46E2-B953-BC0FE61CB8C6
• New `wrap_libusb` library is an Eiffel binding of libusb C API using WrapC tool. libusb is a C library that provides generic access to USB devices. It is intended to be used by developers to facilitate the production of applications that communicate with USB hardware. It is portable: Using a single cross-platform API, it provides access to USB devices on Linux, macOS, Windows, etc. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/DDB3B029-7254-47BE-BBC9-78EAFC432821
• New `wrap_quirc` is an Eiffel binding of quirc C API using WrapC tool. Quirc is a C library for scanning QR codes. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/0D27165B-283D-426D-B188-66B4742561D6
• New `wrap_lz4` library is an Eiffel binding for lz4 - Extremely fast compression library. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/62E8BE93-F29C-4F84-BF28-7F66350F4368
• New `wrap_libqrencode` library is an Eiffel binding of libqrencode using WrapC tool. Libqrencode is a fast and compact library for encoding data in a QR Code, a 2D symbology that can be scanned by handy terminals such as a smartphone. The capacity of QR Code is up to 7000 digits or 4000 characters and has high robustness. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/D7DE54E6-377F-4643-BFBD-683431455385
• New `wrap_libgit2` library is an Eiffel binding of libgit2 C library using WrapC tool. libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language which supports C bindings. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/9619DCEA-F6D5-41C9-9256-B52DBC389436
• New `wrap_gsl` library is an Eiffel binding for GNU GSL C library. The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for numerical computing. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/ACF5FAB2-A405-42D0-8D46-137B3E1E901B
• New `wrap_tidy` library is an Eiffel binding for HTML tidy library. Libtidy is a C static and dynamic library that developers can integrate into their applications in order to bring all of Tidy's power to your favorite tools. libtidy is used today in desktop applications, web servers, and more. https://iron.eiffel.com/repository/20.05/package/9EBBF105-A717-4403-BFF7-BE26D28B0ADC

Improvements

• EiffelStudio: Added Unicode support in the editor search facilities.
• EiffelStudio: Improved account sign in solution.
• tools (eiffel): Improved detection of application targets.

Libraries Improvements

• library (sqlite3): Updated SQLite3 C code to version 3.31.1 - 2020-01-27.
• library (eiffelweb): Improved web form html generation, especially for select and type checkbox
• library (smarty): Added support for manifest string in condition, such as {if expression="$foo ~'bar'"} ...{/if} .
• library (cms): improved database connection, and error handling during connection.
• library (wikitext): Updated wikitext xhtml generator to follow recommendations from https://validator.w3.org/
• library (curl): Updated cURL binaries using static linking of Microsoft's C RunTime (CRT) to avoid dependency on vcruntime140.dll.
• library (base): Moved built-in routines to ISE_RUNTIME, and also from WEL_IDENTIFIED to IDENTIFIED_ROUTINES.
• library (base): Added support for simpler Unicode output in the console based on new `PLAIN_TEXT_FILE.put_string_32`.
• library(cms): Improved authentication implementation.

Bug fixes

• EiffelStudio: When forcing the reload of current editor (Ctrl-R), open a confirmation dialog if file is modified.
• EiffelStudio: Fixed display of variables and type mappings in project settings.
• EiffelStudio: Improved the code completion popup dialog (filter, Unicode, ...)
• library (feed): Improved RSS2 and ATOM implementation for validation.
• library (xml): Escape any non ASCII character.
• compiler: test#final134 — Fixed a bug that may cause memory corruption in finalized mode when a feature with an argument of a reference type has a single instruction with a single call which is instance-free and uses the argument.

Features removed

User changes

Developer changes

• library(curl): better error message.
• library(curl): added SFTP example.
• library(gobo): updated to Gobo 19.11