annotate ChangeLog @ 270:6e940229360b 2.6 2.6.1-fixed

Fixed segault in resolution of sizeof{}
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1 The following includes the various changes in each release of LWTOOLS.
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3 Each item is prefixed by a flag in []. The flags mean:
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5 [*] Project structure or other "meta" change
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6 [!] critical bug fix - code generation error, etc.
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7 [+] new feature
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8 [-] feature removed
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9 [b] minor bugfix
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10 [ ] general improvement
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12 Also, the software affected may follow in [].
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14 Version 2.6.1
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16 [b] Fixed segfault in sizeof{} resolution [LWASM]
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18 Version 2.6
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20 [!] Fixed symbol resolution so all externally referenced objects, including
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21 within library archives, are properly included [LWLINK]
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22 [!] Fixed bug that prevented setting non-default stack size for LWEX [LWLINK]
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23 [+] Added structure support (struct, endstruct) [LWASM]
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24 [+] Added "EXTDEP" pseudo op to force a dependency on an external symbol
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25 without an actual external reference - a zero-width external reference
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26 so to speak [LWASM,LWLINK]
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27 [+] Decode known incomplete expression flags [LWOBJDUMP]
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28 [+] Allow symbol to appear after whitespace if specified with a trailing :
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29 to improve compatibility with gcc6809 output [LWASM]
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30 [b] Treat incomplete reference flags as specified in docs [LWLINK]
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31 [ ] Changed default LWEX stack size to 1K [LWLINK]
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32 [+] Accept ".bank" pseudo op and ignore it; bank support may be provided
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33 in the future if a reasonable model for such is determined; currently
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34 this is just provided for compatibility with the gcc6809 build process
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35 [LWASM]
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36 [b] Fixed default linkscript for LWEX0 format to include the .ctors, .dtors,
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37 and related section [LWLINK]
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38 [!] Fixed problem outputting LWEX0 binaries with non-zero BSS size [LWLINK]
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39 [ ] Added rejection for comment not starting at start of line but which
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40 looks like a symbol (single word ending in :, no space after ; or *)
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42 [+] Support input files with line numbers for compatibility with EDTASM
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43 and others that use line numbers [LWASM]
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44 [+] Add support for an include path, always include from current dir
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45 unless file not found [LWASM]
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50 [b] Fixed bug with "include" directive operand parsing [LWASM]
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51 [b] Fixed additional parsing errors with pseudo ops [LWASM]
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52 [b] Fixed parsing error with various conditional nesting situations [LWASM]
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53 [+] Added includebin directive to include the literal contents of a binary
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54 file at the current assembly address. [LWASM]
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56 [+] Added COPY, COPY-, IMP, EXP, TFRP, TFRM, TFRS, TFRR as alternatives to
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57 the TFM instruction variations for compatibility with other assemblers
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59 [+] Added --6809/-9 switch to cause 6309 instructions to be rejected; also
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60 included --6309/-3 switch to force default allow of 6309 instructions
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62 [+] ALIGN now takes an optional padding value (ALIGN align,pad) to specify
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63 the byte value that will be used for padding if needed [LWASM]
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70 Version 2.4
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72 [!] Fixed off by one relocation offest for base page external references
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73 generated by lwasm [LWASM]
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107 preambles that previously occurred
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108 [ ] LWLINK now displays *all* undefined symbols and references instead of
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118 FCS, and FCN
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120 [+] sections named "bss" or ".bss" in any case are now assumed to be
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121 BSS sections. The "!bss" flag can be used to remove that assumption.
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126 [b] actually show assembly errors when no list requested
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127 [b] pragma and --pragma now actually take multiple pragmas as documented
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131 [*] merged LWLINK (1.0) and LWASM to create LWTOOLS
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134 [+] documentation
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141 [*] major rewrite of the entire assembler
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