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author | Mike Pall <mike> | 2015-08-25 00:17:37 +0200 |
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committer | Mike Pall <mike> | 2015-08-25 00:17:37 +0200 |
commit | ba617df6f8ce4a9ab50974f993bcfe38bb4a28b4 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/changes.html b/doc/changes.html index 65e1bb07..64dc4c2a 100644 --- a/doc/changes.html +++ b/doc/changes.html @@ -74,6 +74,59 @@ to see whether newer versions are available. </p> <div class="major" style="background: #d0d0ff;"> +<h2 id="LuaJIT-2.1.0-beta1">LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta1 — 2015-08-25</h2> +<p> +This is a brief summary of the major changes in LuaJIT 2.1 compared to 2.0. +Please take a look at the commit history for more details. +</p> +<ul> +<li>Changes to the VM core: +<ul> +<li>Add low-overhead profiler (<tt>-jp</tt>).</li> +<li>Add <tt>LJ_GC64</tt> mode: 64 bit GC object references (really: 47 bit). Interpreter-only for now.</li> +<li>Add <tt>LJ_FR2</tt> mode: Two-slot frame info. Required by <tt>LJ_GC64</tt> mode.</li> +<li>Add <tt>table.new()</tt> and <tt>table.clear()</tt>.</li> +<li>Parse binary number literals (<tt>0bxxx</tt>).</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Improvements to the JIT compiler: +<ul> +<li>Add trace stitching (disabled for now).</li> +<li>Compile various builtins: <tt>string.char()</tt>, <tt>string.reverse()</tt>, <tt>string.lower()</tt>, <tt>string.upper()</tt>, <tt>string.rep()</tt>, <tt>string.format()</tt>, <tt>table.concat()</tt>, <tt>bit.tohex()</tt>, <tt>getfenv(0)</tt>, <tt>debug.getmetatable()</tt>.</li> +<li>Compile <tt>string.find()</tt> for fixed string searches (no patterns).</li> +<li>Compile <tt>BC_TSETM</tt>, e.g. <tt>{1,2,3,f()}</tt>.</li> +<li>Compile string concatenations (<tt>BC_CAT</tt>).</li> +<li>Compile <tt>__concat</tt> metamethod.</li> +<li>Various minor optimizations.</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Internal Changes: +<ul> +<li>Add support for embedding LuaJIT bytecode for builtins.</li> +<li>Replace various builtins with embedded bytecode.</li> +<li>Refactor string buffers and string formatting.</li> +<li>Remove obsolete non-truncating number to integer conversions.</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Ports: +<ul> +<li>Add Xbox One port (<tt>LJ_GC64</tt> mode).</li> +<li>ARM64: Add port of the interpreter (<tt>LJ_GC64</tt> mode).</li> +<li>x64: Add separate port of the interpreter to <tt>LJ_GC64</tt> mode.</li> +<li>x86/x64: Drop internal x87 math functions. Use libm functions.</li> +<li>x86: Remove x87 support from interpreter. SSE2 is mandatory now.</li> +<li>PPC/e500: Drop support for this architecture.</li> +</ul></li> +<li>FFI library: +<ul> +<li>FFI: Add 64 bit bitwise operations.</li> +<li>FFI: Compile VLA/VLS and large cdata allocations with default initialization.</li> +<li>FFI: Compile conversions from functions to function pointers.</li> +<li>FFI: Compile lightuserdata to <tt>void *</tt> conversion.</li> +<li>FFI: Compile <tt>ffi.gc(cdata, nil)</tt>, too.</li> +<li>FFI: Add <tt>ffi.typeinfo()</tt>.</li> +</ul></li> +</ul> +</div> + +<div class="major" style="background: #ffffd0;"> <h2 id="LuaJIT-2.0.4">LuaJIT 2.0.4 — 2015-05-14</h2> <ul> <li>Fix stack check in narrowing optimization.</li> |