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Release notes for MacPython 1.5a2, 28-May-97
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Here are the mac-specific changes since MacPython 1.4, with end-user-visible
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changes near the top and API changes and other things that are developer-only
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more to the bottom:
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- Module to interface to Internet Config added
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- Module calldll added that allows calling of arbitrary C routines
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from MacOS toolboxes
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- gdbm module added
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- ctb error handling fixed, and some memory leaks plugged
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- Various of the documentation files in Mac:Demo have been updated
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- MacOS.string_id_to_buffer is a new hack: the number you have to
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add to the id() of a string object to get the (data) memory address
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- MacOS.splash() double-free fixed
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- macfs.FSSpec.as_pathname() was incorrect for disk toplevel folders
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- QT.NewMovieFromFile has an extra parameter and an extra return value
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- EasyDialogs.ProgressBar has changed both in layout and interface
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- FrameWork.Application has a new cleanup() method which asks all windows
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to close themselves.
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- Loading of PYC resources from the application greatly speeded up,
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especially for CDROM based applications
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- interrupt check/eventloop only entered 10 times per second, giving
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big speedup
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- Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet
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- Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed
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- sys.path preference can now be longer than 255 chars
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- cfmfile module allows parsing and merging of CFRG resources
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- PythonFAT and PythonApplet are now fat (PPC/CFM68K) applications, so
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applets can be moved between architectures.
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- Twit resource number conflict with debuggee fixed
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- mkapplet now uses a progress bar in stead of print statements
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- unshar made a bit more mac-friendly (input output dialogs)
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- img: added png, xbm, bmp support
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- img: jpeg now uses IJG v6 library
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- img: import of imagefile support modules delayed until needed
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- img: better error handling for truncated images and such
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- img: imgop.unpack() can unpack formats with multiple pixels per byte
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- All files updated to new Py_ naming convention
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- Toolbox modules regenerated from new Universal Headers
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- nfullpath() merged into PyMac_GetFullPath()
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- Added support for Metrowerks profiler
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- Standard MW/MSL runtime libraries used in stead of homegrown version
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- Allow any object (file, folder, disk) to be dropped on an applet
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- Malloc now returns cache-line-aligned memory on PPC, which speeds
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things up, especially on a 604. Dictionaries put this to good use.
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- statically linked pythons won't inadvertantly load .slb modules
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- Removed dependencies on PLStringFuncs and/or StdCLib
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- Project "segment" structure changed to more-or-less follow folder
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structure
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- fullbuild redesigned
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- Added PyMac_Initialize() call, for use by embedding programs.
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