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@@ -1,3 +1,73 @@ +New in 3.0.3: + +* The generated C code is compatible with gcc-4.3.x in c99 or gnu99 mode. + +New in 3.0.2: + +* Compiles with g++-4.0.x. +* Added option --length-table-name. +* Added declaration %define length-table-name. +* Fixed #line directives for filenames containing backslashes. + +New in 3.0.1: + +* Bug fix. + +New in 3.0: + +* Added option --output that allows to specify the output file name. +* Some options have been renamed: + --hash-fn-name=NAME --> --hash-function-name=NAME + --lookup-fn-name=NAME --> --lookup-function-name=NAME + --compare-strlen --> --compare-lengths + --global --> --global-table + The older variants are still supported for backward compatibility. +* The following options can now be specified inside the input file: + %delimiters=DELIMITER-LIST + %struct-type + %ignore-case + %language=LANGUAGE-NAME + %define slot-name NAME + %define initializer-suffix INITIALIZERS + %define hash-function-name NAME + %define lookup-function-name NAME + %define class-name NAME + %7bit + %compare-lengths + %compare-strncmp + %readonly-tables + %enum + %includes + %global-table + %pic + %define string-pool-name NAME + %null-strings + %define word-array-name NAME + %switch=COUNT + %omit-struct-type +* When the option -k is not given, the default key positions are now + computed depending on the set of keywords. +* If the input file is given by name, the output file will now contain + #line directives referring to the input file. +* Some keyword sets containing permutations, like { "xy", "yx", "xz", "zx" } + or { "abc", "acb", "bca", "cab" }, are now handled by gperf without + requiring the option -D. +* The generated table is usually much smaller than it was with earlier + versions of gperf. +* Added option -m/--multiple-iterations that allows to further reduce the + size of the generated table. +* When the search for a good hash function is not immediately successful, + the table's size will grow as needed. Earlier versions of gperf bailed + out with an "Internal error, duplicate hash code value". +* The options -f/--fast and -o/--occurrence-sort have no effect any more. +* Added options -P/--pic and --null-strings that optimize the generated code + for use in shared libraries. -P/--pic does a perfect optimization but may + require some small code changes (see the documentation for details), whereas + --null-strings does only a half-hearted optimization but works without + needing any change to surrounding code. +* Added option --ignore-case that produces a case independent lookup function. +* Bug fixes. + New in 2.7.2: * Keywords may now be enclosed in double quotes; this permits the use of |