Updated: 18th November 2024
- full CMake support for optional dependencies (b64 and shwild; ACE not yet done);
- Visual C++/CMake static library (MT) support;
- full CMake headers installation;
- full CMake dependencies for all targets;
- application of
noexceptin various components' methods; - wholesale file structure canonicalisation;
- wholesale example/test file content simplification;
- now required STLSoft 1.11.1-alpha25 (or later);
- Major CMake configuration enhancements;
- Now optionally dependent on b64 library (for `pantheios::b64' inserter class);
- Removed large number of warning suppressions;
- MinGW compatibility;
- VC++17 compatibility;
- Defect fixes;
- C++14, C++17
- CMake compatibility (Linux, macOS, Windows)
- New widestring bail-out API functions
- Full widestring compatibility on Windows
- Forwards/backwards compatibility with STLSoft (1.9, ..., 1.11)
- GCC compatibility
- Visual C++17 compatibility
- added ::pantheios_char_t with all appropriate changes in library
- added support for PANTHEIOS_NO_B64 preprocessor symbol, which causes build and use of application layer inserters to be done without the b64 library (and the pantheios::b64 inserter)
- added support (including implicit-linking support) for Visual C++ 15.x and 16.x
- forward-compatibility support for STLSoft 1.10 and 1.11
- substantial reworking and fixes to makefiles
- added project files (auto-generated) for Visual C++ 10
- added bec.stock (and bec.stock.WithCallback) archive(s) and implicit-link file(s)
- bec.fprintf now always outputs to stderr by default; + can specify stream in initialiser
- numerous minor mods and fixes to bec.file
- added example.cpp.linking.N_with_stock
- added test.unit.inserter.stream_character
- added test.unit.util.snprintf
- added test.component.bec.fprintf
- added in test of stlsoft::fast_strftime in test.performance.util.date_elements_to_string
- added pantheios::windows::hive inserter and component test
- added date elements -> string conversion functions
- added pantheios::windows::hive inserter
- added pantheios_be_N_tokenFromId()
- added pantheios_getStockSeverityStringSlice()
- added test.component.inserters.windows.hive
- added test.performance.util.date_elements_to_string
- added test.unit.inserters.windows.sc
- added test.unit.util.date_elements_to_string
- added callback functionality for be.WindowsEventLog
- added PANTHEIOS_BE_INIT_F_NUMERIC_SEVERITY flag, which specifies that the severity will always be presented in numeric form in stock back-ends
- added PANTHEIOS_BE_WINDOWSCONSOLE_F_CLEAR_AFTER_EACH_STATEMENT
- added PANTHEIOS_BE_WINDOWSCONSOLE_F_RECOGNISE_16_SEVERITIES
- stock back-ends now use the severity number for severity levels in the range [8, 16)
- tightening up initialisation logic, in case where process identity cannot be provided by the front-end (which should not strictly happen, but we want to be as tight as possible)
- separated out the default initialiser Schwarz counter instance from the counter header (so that it can be used separately)
- extracted out pantheios_slice_t and various integer types, and simplified a number of API functions (incl. back-ends)
- compatibility with STLSoft 1.9 and STLSoft 1.10.1 beta 2+
- added CC_CUSTOM_DEFS_DEBUG, CC_CUSTOM_DEFS_RELEASE, CPPC_CUSTOM_DEFS_DEBUG, CPPC_CUSTOM_DEFS_RELEASE
- moved pantheios_exitProcess (src/core/api.exitprocess.cpp) from Core to Util library
- added clean.libs.util target
- added compile.test.all target
- changed compile.test target to be dependent only on compile.test.unit and compile.test.component targets
- improved use of make preprocessor
- shortening some target/intermediate names
- added severityFloor to be.N
- test.unit.be.N.filtering
- pantheios::pointer : + added protected method get_value(), to be used by deriving types such as forthcoming pantheios::windows::hive inserter
- PANTHEIOS_ASSERT() and PANTHEIOS_MESSAGE_ASSERT() underlying assertions may now be overriden (via preprocessor)
- changed names and locations of generated files
- changed no-throw declaration from stlsoft_throw_0() to STLSOFT_NOEXCEPT
- refactoring of pantheios_util_strnlen()
- added GCC 4.8 support
- added GCC 4.9 support
- fixed defect introduced in 1.0.1 beta 215
- added interval inserter
- added stream_character inserter
- Clang-compatibility
- VC++ 11-compatibility
- VC++ 12-compatibility
- VC++ 14-compatibility
- showPlus format flag support in pantheios::integer (pan::i)
- makefiles customisable to specify non-bundled locations of b64, shwild, xContract, xCover, and xTests libraries (useful to getting head from GitHub)
- added variant_bool inserter, for COM Automation type VARIANT_BOOL
- added new core API function pantheios_getProcessIdentity(), which reflects new dynamic process identity semantics for front-ends, and new C++ alias pantheios::getProcessIdentity()
- added PANTHEIOS_CARG_STR()/PANTHEIOS_CARG_STR_LEN() macros
- added makefile for Intel C/C++ 12
- pantheios::character inserter now compatible with wide characters, and allow conversion construction from char when widestring mode (i.e. expecting wchar_t)
- adjusted core initialisation to support new dynamic process identity semantics for front-ends
- preparations for division of core (and later implementation in C)
- refactoring of memory-pool
- changed way in which core discriminates atomic integer operation support when in multithreaded mode
- pantheios::inserter adaptor is now wide-string compatible
- added test.component.core.getProcessIdentity project
- added test.component.inserters.variant_bool
- added test.scratch.be.WindowsSyslog project
- added test.scratch.be.WindowsSyslog.WithCallback project
- bec.WindowsConsole now implemented in terms of pantheios_util_snprintf(), and made fully compatible with 64-bit
- fixed bec.WindowsSyslog defect in arguments parsing (whereby supplied address would be ignored)
- removed use of deprecated format flag 'zeroPadded', replaced with 'zeroPad'
- wholesale tidying of definition of PANTHEIOS_FE_PROCESS_IDENTITY (in terms of PANTHEIOS_EXTERN_C and PANTHEIOS_LITERAL_STRING())
- wholesale changes for compatibility with STLSoft 1.9.115+'s integer_to_string
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.115
- added GCC 4.6 makefiles
- enhanced GCC compatibility in util component(s)
- declared pantheios_exitProcess() (and pantheios::exitProcess()) to be noreturn (effective in GCC and VC++)
- pantheios/util/com/exception_helpers.hpp is now deprecated. Users should instead obtain the Pantheios::Extras::xHelpers project, and include pantheios/extras/com/exception_helpers.hpp
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.111
- fixes to various minor defects and documentation
- added GCC format(printf) attribute to pantheios_util_snprintf_a()
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.109
- fixed erroneous implementation of pantheios_be_file_flush() in be.file
- changes in be.file to adapt to STLSoft 1.9.107/8
- changes to be.file to hide false positives given by MSVCRT memory leak reporting
- fixed widestring trailing nul character (via STLSoft 1.9.107 char conversions) in bec.WindowsSyslog
- exposed pantheios::init() and pantheios::uninit() in documentation
- non-functional improvements to implementation of pantheios_getPad(), including ability to adjust buffer size at compile time.
- slightly enhanced status message for PANTHEIOS_INIT_RC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
- various other trivial changes to a number of source/project files
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.108
- added compile-time validation to prevent fundamental types being passed to log statements
- added GCC 4.5 support
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.106
- Now returns the string "unrecognised status code" if the status code is, er, unrecognised
- wide-string compatibility fix for example.cpp.util.strdup
- skips manipulation of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE when don't have change access: allows program to succeed when tests run by user with limited premissions
- added test.unit.util.getcurrenttime.vcproj
- removing unnecessary C++ flags from C compiler settings in VC++ makefiles
- be.file added pantheios_be_file_flush(), and corrected omission to add 1900 to year and 1 to month in be.file's interpretation of date/time format specifiers in its file path
- renamed status codes PANTHEIOS_INIT_RC_UNKNOWN_ERROR, PANTHEIOS_INIT_RC_UNSPECIFIED_ERROR to PANTHEIOS_INIT_RC_UNKNOWN_FAILURE, PANTHEIOS_INIT_RC_UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE
- removed magic-numbers for return values and replacing with PANTHEIOS_INIT_RC_UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE in core and some stock back-ends
- be.N minor performance/consistency improvement, and groundwork for coming feature enhancements
- added FAQ#19, which explains how to use get Pantheios to compile the libraries when using Microsoft's -Zc:wchar_t- flag
- all VC8+ makefiles no longer specify -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
- added example.cpp.util.strdup
- removed all extras files; these will be distributed in separate packages henceforth
- added FAQ-18, which discusses use of custom front-end with multiplexing back-end(s)
- added known implicit integral conversion vulnerability to KNOWN_ISSUES (affects Windows wide-string builds only)
- changed initialisation failure/warning bailout messages of fe.WindowsRegistry, for ease of use
- improved bailout warning messages passed to Windows Event Log (affects Windows-only)
- added PANTHEIOS_FE_INIT_RC_INIT_CONFIG_REQUIRED initialisation code
- added test.scratch.be.N.with.custom.fe for illustrating use of be.N back-end with a custom front-end
- moved back-end sole/local/remote library forwarding symbols implementation files into subdirectories of src/backends/
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.105
- Windows users are advised to install the latest Pantheios.COM
- include/pantheios/inserters.hpp updated to include all new individual inserter headers
- added test.unit.inserter.integer
- added test.unit.inserter.m2w
- added test.unit.inserter.w2m
- workaround for Digital Mars symbol ambiguity defect in examples/cpp/misc/example.cpp.misc.custom_type_1/example.cpp.misc.custom_type_1.cpp
- corrected/removed misleading statements in INSTALL.txt
- include/pantheios/implicit_link/appl.h no longer includes include/pantheios/implicit_link/util.h
- added new example example.cpp.inserter.w2m
- added new implicit link header include/pantheios/implicit_link/appl.h
- added example.cpp.inserter.m2w to makefile(s)
- various improvements to examples and documentation
- wholesale changes to directory structure of C++ examples
- added VC++ 6-9 project files for C++ examples
- updating makefiles with all examples, including new and forgotten ones
- added pantheios::ch inserter typedef (for pantheios::character) for inserting characters in a succinct manner
- added experimental support for use of 64-bit UNIX file-handling APIs in 32-bit builds, using -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 in build/gcc44.unix.file64bits directory
- added appl library build targets, to facilitate use of Pantheios across shared libraries with a common code
- added HOW_YOU_CAN_HELP.txt to distribution
- enhanced the documentation
- added pantheios::m2w inserter class
- added unit test, component test, and performance test for pantheios::m2w
- added single-threaded widestring targets to makefiles for VC++ 5-7.1
- improved compatibility with Visual C++'s so-called "safe string" library
- updated util and core project files for Visual C++ 6, 8, and 9
- tidied up makefiles
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.104
- added callback frontend functionality, to allow dynamic specification/creation of process identity at runtime, to stock front-ends
- added implicit link headers, scratch test programs, and new make targets for callback frontends
- pantheios_util_snprintf() now uses attribute((format(printf())) (in GCC compilation)
- various changes to improve makefiles, correct minor defects: shorted scratch test target names; simplified target labels
- be.syslog scratch test program now uses simpler, dedicated program
- added test.scratch.be.syslog.WithCallback
- added PANTHEIOS_BE_FILE_F_DELETE_IF_EMPTY to be.file
- added pantheios::b shorthand inserter typedef (for pantheios::boolean)
- added implicit link headers for be.syslog.WithCallback
- added missing be.speech project files
- added pantheios::xp inserter
- added example.cpp.inserter.p example program
- added example.cpp.inserter.xp example program
- added test.scratch.be.syslog scratch test for Syslog
- added test.scratch.be.syslog.WithCallback scratch test for Syslog, which illustrates how to change facility and/or suppress writing to stderr
- added pantheios::i shorthand inserter typedef (for pantheios::integer)
- added pantheios::xi shorthand inserter class (for pantheios::integer)
- fixed defect vulnerability in PANTHEIOS_ASSERT() and PANTHEIOS_MESSAGE_ASSERT()
- improves compatibility between narrow/wide Pantheios and narrow/wide ACE in be.ACE
- improved detection of ACE in makefiles
- trace API now reports file+line in bailout when assert log fails
- added example for pantheios::i inserter
- added example for pantheios::xi inserter
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.102
- pantheios::integer inserter: now respects negative widths in three-parameter overloads
- pantheios::integer inserter: 0x-prefix now counts in fixed-width formatting
- pantheios::integer inserter: now deals with differently-sized integer types separately, allowing it to represents hex-form of 8-/16-bit integers in 2 and 4 digits
- be.file now supports %T (for time) and %D (for date) format specifiers in file name
- several substantial changes to Pantheios.Extras.COM's Exception Helpers, including change from default return E_UNEXPECTED to call ExitProcess() in catch-all clauses
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.101
- full widestring compatibility
- VC++ 10 support
- minor defect fixes
- added PANTHEIOS_BE_FILE_F_WRITE_MULTIBYTE_CONTENTS and PANTHEIOS_BE_FILE_F_WRITE_WIDE_CONTENTS to be.file
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.97
- pantheios::w2m inserter class now accepts arbitrary wide string types (e.g. std::wstring, stlsoft::simple_wstring)
- enhanced component test for pantheios::w2m inserter class
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.94
- added pantheios::slice inserter, along with test programs
- wide-string compatibility at the source level (no build targets)
- ensures that PANTHEIOS_TRACE_PREFIX is convertible to pan_char_t const*
- reports failure to assign file for all back-ends
- Windows versions of GCC makefiles now generate libraries with leading lib and with the .a extension (i.e. libpantheios.1.util.gcc34.a, rather than pantheios.1.util.gcc34.lib)
- added build.common target to makefiles
- removed VC++ 8/9 "safe" makefiles
- bundles xTests 0.14.5
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.93
- added static filtering to be.N (to supplement the dynamic filtering)
- minor change to be.WindowsConsole (to avoid seeming to leak memory, when none is leaked, due to initialisation ordering issues)
- bundles xTests 0.14.1
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.86
- NOTE: These are breaking changes: any programs that use be.N must be recompiled and relinked
- fixed defect in 64-bit bec.WindowsConsole
- enhanced compiler compatibility for GCC, Intel and VC++ compilers
- reduced dependencies in inserters header files
- bundles xTests 0.13.3
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.85
- added be.console pseudo back-end (resolves to be.WindowsConsole on Windows, and be.fprintf otherwise)
- fixed multi-threading defect in be.file
- added test.component.be.file.threading component test
- bundles xTests 0.13.2
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.85
- workaround of probably Intel 11 defect
- added GCC 4.4 (UNIX) makefile
- bundles xTests 0.13.2
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.85
- added pantheios::pad inserter function, and PANTHEIOS_LPAD() and PANTHEIOS_RPAD() macros
- added example and component-test for pantheios::pad inserter
- fixed defect in test back-end be.test
- bundles xTests 0.13.2
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.85
- added example.c.extended_severity example
- added two new FAQ items
- fixed defect in stock back-ends whereby severity string would be empty if extended severity information was specified
- various documentation enhancements
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.83
- added makefile for Mac OS-X 64-bit
- added prototype makefile for Sun Pro 5.9
- all UNIX makefiles now remove Windows newline sequence in distribution sources
- bundles xTests 0.13.1
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.82
- added the Pantheios Assertion API: PANTHEIOS_ASSERT() and PANTHEIOS_MESSAGE_ASSERT()
- added example.c.assert and example.cpp.assert examplee
- includes examples involving variadic macros in Borland makefiles, from 5.82 onwards
- removed unnecessary (and unhelpful) dependencies on pantheios/pantheios.hpp for inserter classes
- changed semantics of pantheios_malloc() to guarantee zeroing of allocation memory and valid alignment for any type
- fixed incorrect definition of getInitErrorString()
- numerous changes to build foundation of future wide string support
- bundles xTests 0.13.1
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.81
- implicit link support for Intel C/C++ 10 & 11
- preparatory work for widestring support
- corrected two defects in pantheios_util_strnlen() length-limited length calculations
- added unit test for strnlen
- implicit link example now returns EXIT_SUCCESS, so 'make test.examples' can succeed
- makefile clean.* targets now clean up all artefacts
- NoX builds now correctly suppress use of exceptions and RTTI
- bundles xTests 0.11.4
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.77
- added 'version' member to all back-end initialisation structures, and verification action during back-end initialisation function
- added PANTHEIOS_BE_INIT_RC_FUTURE_VERSION_REQUESTED and PANTHEIOS_BE_INIT_RC_OLD_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED initialisation codes
- various minor documentation enhancements
- bundles xTests 0.11.3
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.77
- NOTE: These are breaking changes: any programs that use stock back-ends must be modified, recompiled and relinked
- fixed defect in pantheios_logvprintf() that resulted in complete (rather than partial) truncation of over-long statements
- workaround in pantheios::integer inserter class for VC++ 6's distinct 32-bit integer types
- workaround for Mac OS-X gethostname() defect
- added support for Intel C/C++ 10 and 11
- corrected packaging problem which led to old version of xTests being bundled in 1.0.1 beta 181
- bundles xTests 0.10.4
- forces use of STLSoft 1.9.74, to workaround Borland code generation defects
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.74
- support for Borland 5.9.x and 6.1.x
- fixed defect whereby pantheios_logvprintf() (and pantheios_logprintf()) failed to check severity before logging
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.72
- added PANTHEIOS_BE_FILE_F_SHARE_ON_WINDOWS, which causes be.file to allow write-sharing on Windows
- other minor changes
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.66
- now has full "Safe String" compatibility for VC++ 8+
- added GNU printf-format attribute to pantheios_logprintf()
- adjustment of example and test programs to use updated functions, instead of deprecated functions
- adjusting case of bail out statements
- cleaned up creation of static libraries in Borland makefiles
- bundles xTests 0.9.3
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.64
- added two new initialisation codes, for resource access denial (permissions and locking)
- enhanced the return codes from be.file for file-open failure
- enhanced COM exception helper function templates to enable working with custom severity level pseudo-constants
- added scratch test for COM exception helper function templates
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.63
- logputs() now subject to severity filtering
- refactored core => back-end dispatching
- added two more scratch test projects
- added one more component test project
- removal of previously deprecated files
- added new functionality to be.speech, in order to provide workaround for suspected SAPI defect
- enhanced pantheios::integer inserter class, adding 3-parameter ctors to remove ambiguity between width and format
- more changes forming part of the groundwork for future widestring support
- reduced dependencies of various components
- enhanced pantheios::integer inserter class, adding 3-parameter ctors to remove ambiguity between width and format
- many changes forming part of the groundwork for future widestring support
- enhanced pantheios::hex_ptr inserter class in line with the changes to pantheios::pointer in the previous release
- added example.cpp.hex_ptr
- added test.examples target, which executes all example programs
- enhanced pantheios::pointer inserter class, adding 3-parameter ctor to remove ambiguity between width and format
- added compile-time user-customisation of pantheios_log_n() internal buffer size
- added compile-time user-customisation of pantheios_logprintf() stack size
- added more overloads to pantheios::extras::com::invoke_nothrow_method()
- added two new FAQ items
- removed previously deprecated files
- added implementations of functions deprecated (and renamed) in 1.0.1 beta 167
- fixed defective using declaration in pantheios/util/com/exception_helpers.hpp
- final changes to ensure no-namespace compatibility
- renaming/deprecation of badly-named API functions
- Final pre-release refactoring of all util|helper|extra header files
- Substantial reworking of contract API, reflected throughout the headers, implementation, example and test files
- several changes to ensure that the suppression of stock severity levels is complete, and that the definition of custom severity levels is clean and may use the pantheios::levels constant generator class template
- the pantheios::util::backends::Context base class is altered in two ways to facilitate a wider range of severity levels than is provided by the stock front-/back-ends
- the deprecated file include/pantheios/error_codes.h now issues a #error if included, in preparation for final removal
- NOTE: These are breaking changes: any programs that define custom back-ends based on pantheios::util::backends::Context must be modified, recompiled and relinked
- removal of deprecated file(s)
- more compatibility with namespace-suppression
- compatibility with MFC when pantheios/pantheios.hpp is the first #include
- compatibility with namespace-suppression
- sharpened up error messages when attempting to use previously removed features of fe.simple
- changed requirements of application-defined components in be.WindowsEventLog to a single new function
- NOTE: These are breaking changes: any programs that use be.WindowsEventLog must be modified, recompiled and relinked
- include/pantheios/inserters.hpp now includes include/pantheios/inserters/hostid.hpp
- modification to ensure cross-link-unit compatibility when Pantheios libraries are exported from a dynamic library
- added missing project map (HTML) files within project structure
- added two back-end targeting/multiplexing examples
- added PANTHEIOS_MAKE_EXTENDED_SEVERITY() macro, for targeting statements to back-ends when using the C API
- added project map (HTML) files within project structure
- deprecated file pantheios/util/threading/threadid.h now #error on use
- include/pantheios/error_codes.h => include/pantheios/init_codes.h
- include/src/util/init_error_strings.c => include/src/util/init_code_strings.c
- added new error code (PANTHEIOS_BE_INIT_RC_INIT_CONFIG_REQUIRED)
- improved error reporting in fe.WindowsRegistry
- refactoring of build directories
- non-functional textual changes
- NOTE: These are breaking changes: some target compiler/operating-system/architecture have been renamed
- fixed defect in component test for pantheios::w2m inserter class
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.52
- added pantheios::w2m (widestring to multibyte) inserter, for use until widestring version of library available
- added component test for pantheios::w2m inserter class
- added performance test for pantheios::w2m inserter class
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.49
- fixed defect in pantheios/util/time/currenttime.h
- added example.c.getcurrenttime (for pantheios_getCurrentTime())
- added source-only distribution, to reduce the download size for users that use the online documentation
- added pantheios_getVersion() function, to allow client code to do runtime tests on the version of Pantheios to which they're linking
- added unit-test for pantheios_getVersion()
- added missing implicit link headers for fe.fail and fe.null
- modified fe.fail to reduce unnecessary link dependencies
- tidied up a large number of out-of-date markup elements in docs
- optimised the implementation of fe.N
- added example for pantheios_getHostName()
- finalised the structure of the project/solution files for Visual Studio (other IDEs will be done in later release)
- bundles b64 1.3.4
- fixed defect in fe.N, whereby a negative catch-all severity ceiling would not be respected
- other minor adjustments/improvements to fe.N
- added unit-test for fe.N
- bundles xTests 0.8.5
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.48
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any code using the extant fe.N front-end library will need to be edited and re-compiled
- added unit-test for fe.WindowsRegistry
- adjustments to contract enforcement conditions to be compatible with ultra-pedantic GCC 4.3 warnings
- minor adjustments to CodeWarrior and Digital Mars makefiles
- a large number of small changes to the names and/or namespaces of utility functions and classes that do not form part of the set commonly used by authors of client code, in order to simplify the apparent APIs of the Core and Application Layer
- bundles xTests 0.8.4
- enhanced pantheios::boolean inserter class to be I18N/L10N-friendly
- added unit test for pantheios::boolean inserter class
- adjustments to contract enforcement conditions to be compatible with ultra-pedantic GCC 4.3 warnings
- added pantheios::boolean inserter class
- added unit test for be.fprintf
- fixed bug in be.fprintf introduced in 1.0.1 beta 144
- cleanup in the comment headers for a large number of source files, in preparation for final non-beta release
- added thread Id as a default detail in the statement prefix of all Pantheios stock back-end(s) (except be.speech)
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any programs using the Pantheios stock back-ends that do not want to see thread Id will now need to use the callback forms of the back-end(s) and set the PANTHEIOS_BE_INIT_F_NO_THREAD_ID flag in the callback function!
- added support for GCC 4.3
- refactoring of process Id and thread Id functions
- added support for GCC 4.3
- minor adjustments of Application Layer
- enhanced functionality of pantheios::args inserter class
- deprecation of pantheios_exit_process(), and replacement with pantheios_exitProcess()
- reduction in source code size of Application Layer generated function templates
- fix to date-dependent bug in unit-test for pantheios_getCurrentTime()
- correction of bug in pantheios.h introduced in beta 139
- deprecation of pantheios_puts() and pantheios::put(), in favour of pantheios_logputs() and pantheios::logputs()
- minor makefile fixes and modifications
- bundles xTests 0.8.3
- enhancements to customisation of Application Layer
- implicit linking for fe.WindowsRegistry
- added project files for Visual C++ v7.1 for Core, Util, backends, and frontends
- added project files for Visual C++ v8 for Core, Util, backends, and frontends
- bundles xTests 0.8.2
- distribution cleanup release - no new functionality
- minor fix to implicit linking for VC++ 8 & 9
- fixed a bug in the contract enforcements of fe.N
- fixed a bug in the unit-test for pantheios_getCurrentTime()
- bundles xTests 0.7.3
- fully separated the Pantheios Util and Pantheios Core libraries, including source, makefiles and targets, and project files
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.42
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any code using the extant Pantheios Core library will need to be relinked (to also include the Util library)
- fixed bug in test.unit.util.getcurrenttime
- bundles shwild 0.9.16
- added unit-tests for fe.all, fe.fail, fe.null and fe.simple
- minor modifications to contract enforcement macros
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.41
- wholesale refactoring of front-end and back-end directory names
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.40
- enhanced the behaviour of the pantheios::args inserter
- enhanced testability of bailout functionality
- removal of obsolete implementation files
- bundles xTests 0.7.2
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.39
- Win64 compatibility
- bundles shwild 0.9.15
- bundles xTests 0.7.1
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.38
- fix for minor errors in distribution
- removal of incorrect auto-initialisation suppression in MFC client programs
- bundles shwild 0.9.14
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.37
- now compatible with FreeBSD
- minor bug fix in bail-out functionality on UNIX
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.36
- modification of measures to reduce compilation times on Windows
- enhancement of bail-out functionality for UNIX
- addition of unit test for bail-out
- bundles xTests 0.6.5
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.34
- introduction of measures to reduce compilation times on Windows
- various trivial warning suppressions
- addition of UNIX emulation makefiles for VC++ 7.1, 8 and 9
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.32
- fixes for UNIX/GCC compilation errors and warnings introduced in beta 124
- refactoring of Util library header/implementation names
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any code using the extant Pantheios current time API will need to be edited and rebuilt!
- added full-fledged contract enforcement constructs
- updates to test code in respect of enhancements of xTests 0.6.1
- bundles xTests 0.6.1
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any code using the extant Pantheios assert macros will need to be edited and rebuilt!
- fix for VC++ 6 / Borland / DMC++ compilation problems with hostId
- fix for ACE builds with VC++
- refactoring of test directories/names
- large-scale refactoring of Core and Util library header and implementation file and API member names
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any code using the Pantheios C API will need to be edited and rebuilt!
- addition of missing back-end implicit link header files
- new example for hostId inserter
- bundles xTests 0.5.1
- workaround for VC++ 8/9 linker error
- addition of pantheios::hostId inserter class, and supporting utility functions
- various minor back-end fixes and refactorings
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.31
- addition of missing back-end implicit link header files
- renamed supporting libraries to UNIX-conventional prefix/suffix
- addition of missing back-end implicit link header files
- minor contract enforcement enhancements in some front-/back-ends
- bundles shwild 0.9.13
- fix for threadId component test on Mac OS-X (G4)
- fix for b64 component test for big-endian architectures
- Visual C++ 8/9 compatiblity fixes
- Solaris compatibility fixes
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.30
- Syslog compatibility fixes
- Solaris compatibility fixes
- renamed libraries to UNIX-conventional prefix/suffix
- added compatibility with VC++ 9
- added compatibility with GCC 4.2
- bundles shwild 0.9.11
- fix for string conversion pedantic warning with GCC 4.2
- fix for weird namespace bug in pantheios::threadId inserter with GCC
- fix for bug in b64 inserter header (introduced in 1.0.1 beta 107)
- fix for GCC 4.0 error in pantheios::integer inserter
- fix for token-pasting error in tracing example
- fix for test.component.inserters.threadid on OS-X
- bundles xTests 0.3.2
- now depends on STLSoft 1.9.27
- added new be.WindowsMessageBox back-end
- bundles b64 1.3.1
- bundles shwild 0.9.11
- bundles xTests 0.3.1
- now requires STLSoft 1.9.26
- various adjustments to ensure correct functioning when compiling C++ client code, but suppressing pantheios namespace
- added example for namespace-suppressed use of library
- added example for tracing
- updated FAQ item
- new FAQ item
- updated to include xTests 0.3
- complete back-end and front-end project files for Visual Studio '98
- upgraded to use xTests 0.2.2
- bug fix to pantheios_onBailOut3()
- new front-end: fe.fail
- use of forward include guards throughout include files to improve compilation times
- fix for bug introducted in 1.0.1 beta 104
- documentation improvements
- new front-end: fe.null
- documentation improvements
- enhanced bail out features, to include a message qualifier
- minor compiler warning modifications
- upgraded to use xTests 0.1.15, to fix compilation bug when exception-handling support is switched off
- makefile for GCC 4.1
- upgraded to use xTests 0.1.14
- upgraded to use STLSoft 1.9.23
- minor implementation adjustments
- documentation improvements
- added back-end structure initialisation
- makefile improvements
- upgraded to use xTests v0.1.11
- reduced compilation load for inserter classes
- added new test case
- refactored back-end implementation files
- bug fix to src/util/time.cpp
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.22
- bundles b64 1.2.5
- bundles shwild 0.9.9
- bundles xTests 0.1.8
- partial compatiblity with safe string library (VC8+)
- fixed subtle makefile bug (pertaining to be.test)
- workaround for odd (and breaking) #include behaviour of GCC on UNIX
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.21
- added unit test for be.N
- fixed wrong test values in test.component.inserters.threadId
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.20
- makefiles updated for separate single- and multi-threaded targets on UNIX
- updated string API, and concomitant refactoring of inserter classes
- removal of multi-threading constructs from core and back-end implementations in single-threading compilation contexts
- updated to version 0.1.8 of xTests library
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.19
- increased severity levels ranges for be.fprintf and be.speech
- added more unit-tests
- refactored back-end stock implementation class
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any custom back-ends defined using pantheios::internal::Context will have to be edited and recompiled
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.18
- refactoring of inserter classes
- bug fix to makefile for GCC compilation
- almost complete elimination of use of sprintf() / snprintf() except where necessary to support variadic API functions
- refactored example directories and file-names
- enhanced makefiles to incorporate all examples
- fixes for various minor bugs introduced in beta 87
- refactor threadId and pointer inserter classes
- simplified Tracing API implementation
- refactored 4 back-ends (be.file, be.speech, be.WindowsConsole, be.WindowsDebugger)
- enhanced unit testing of be.COMErrorObject
- added unit testing of be.file
- added component testing of Tracing API
- enhanced be.test, so it can be used in conjunction with other back-ends
- minor changes/enhancements to memory handling
- added more example projects
- Bug file in be.file
- Updated error strings
- Minor enhancements to Application Layer
- Refactoring of stock back-end common library, to enhance efficiency
- Additional component tests
- Minor enhancements to Application Layer
- Additional component tests
- Changed befe.test to be.test, for increased flexibility in testing
- Bug fix for 64-bit Linux
- changed be.file API: BREAKING CHANGE!
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any code using any be.file stock back-ends will need to be edited!
- further refactoring of src directories
- fixed broken UNIX makefiles introduced with beta 78
- incorporates shwild 0.9.9
- added new front-end: fe.all
- compatibility release, to require v1.9.17 of STLSoft, which fixes a compilation issue with GCC on Leopard
- major code refactoring: moving all unnecessary code from Core into Util to facilitate future reductions in coupling between modules
- minor addition to Util API
- workaround for VC++ 8 linker issue
- minor bug fix in component test program
- minor change in Core API to reduce coupling
- minor compatibility changes with Win64
- Included unit/component-testing framework into public distribution
- Now bundles shwild library for use in unit-test pattern matching
- Now bundles xTests library for use in unit-test pattern matching
- Updated the error code strings in the Core to reflect recent additions
- Enhanced pantheios::pointer inserter (Application Layer)
- Fixed benign (but annoying) bug in time routines (Util)
- Enhanced functionality of be.COMErrorObject (Back-end)
- Adjusted all makefiles to build and execute new Unit and Component tests
- Fixed compilation error in example 10 (Examples)
- Added/adjusted 4 Unit tests (Test)
- Added/adjusted 8 Component tests (Test)
- compatibility release, to require v1.9.16 of STLSoft, which fixes two bugs: -ve short/int formatting on 64-bit Linux; 12hr/24hr time representation on Windows
- fixed compilation error introduced in 1.0.1 beta 72
- Change of back-end initialisation flags and parsing: BREAKING CHANGE!
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. Any code using any stock back-ends may need to be edited!
- NOTE: ALL code using Pantheios must be recompiled, or runtime errors may occur!
- Additional minor adjustments in application layer
- Additional initialisation error codes defined
- Cleanup release, preparing for introduction of unit/component-testing to the distribution
- Shift of back-end initialisation flags: BREAKING CHANGE!
- Further documentation enhancements
- Small refactoring of #include directories, and test programs
- Further documentation enhancements
- Corrected spelling errors (panthieos, not pantheios)
- Substantial rework/enhancement to the documentation
- New hex_ptr inserter class
- Moved all remaining test files to new naming/directory scheme
- Fixed weird behaviour in test programs with DMC++
- Further refactoring of test directories
- fixed compiler warnings with VC++ 8
- enhancement of fe.WindowsRegistry
- reduction of source code size in generated headers
- ability to reduce compilation load of Application Layer by control of PANTHEIOS_APPL_PARAMS_LIMIT pre-processor symbol
- new FAQ item
- minor inconsistency fix in shim suppression symbols
- minor changes in documentation
- Refactoring of test directories
- Tidying of examples
- Added hexptr inserter example
- Refactoring of front-end include files and API symbols
- Various necessary changes and enhancements to back-end argument parsing and documentation
- bug fix in pantheios::threadId inserter (when used on UNIX)
- significant refactoring of back-end argument parsing API and include file directory structure
- Renamed be.Win32Console backend to be.WindowsConsole
- Renamed be.Win32Debugger backend to be.WindowsDebugger
- Renamed be.Win32syslog backed to be.WindowsSyslog
- NOTE: These are breaking changes. All code using any stock back-ends will need to be edited and recompiled!
- NOTE: ALL code using Pantheios must be recompiled, or linker errors may occur
- Standardisation of front-end process identity symbols. NOTE: This is a breaking change. All code using any stock front-ends will need to be edited and recompiled!
- NOTE: ALL code using Pantheios must be recompiled, or linker errors may occur
- NOTE: Now requires STLSoft 1.9.7
- Facilities for accelerating compilation times by restricting function template parameter range
- Various code cleanup in backend utility functions
- Refactoring of include files
- Removal of implementation functions from pantheios namespace, and documentation
- Removed Windows-dependency that broke the build in beta 51
- VC++ 2005 / 64-bit compilation fixes
- re-issue due to distribution error with 1.0.1 beta 49
- bug fix for VC++ 2005
- refactoring of severity translations from ACE, syslog, log4???
- high and low resolution timing options in backend statement formatting
- example programs for high and low resolution timing
- adjustments to makefiles
- moved Pantheios Trace API into separate include file
- minor adjustment to GCC makefiles
- minor bug fix to address compiler warning on UNIX
- considerable refactoring of date/time handling in back-end statement
- minor fix to makefiles on Mac OS-X
- code cleanup and refactoring, ready for several functional enhancements in next several releases
- reduced size of N-ary Generated Function Templates in Application Layer
- removal of obsolete KiwiSyslog KLOG back-end
- more code tidying / refactoring
- code tidying / refactoring
- bug fix to fe.WindowsRegistry
- added fe.WindowsRegistry
- minor bug fix in be.file back-end
- minor code cleanup
- added new be.speech back-end, which provides spoken output of log statements.
- further enhancements be.N to facilitate backup back-end to be initialised only if all prior back-end initialisations failed
- further enhancements be.N to facilitate backup back-end to be initialised only if all prior back-end initialisations failed
- further enhancements be.N to facilitate targeting messages to specific back-ends
- enhanced be.N to facilitate back-end-specific message targeting
- standardised Initialisation Error Codes
- large number of makefile changes, to simplify & clean
- callback functionality to be.COMErrorObject
- minor bug-fix in be.Win32syslog
Various fixes for 64-bit UNIX compilation
Added back-end generation macros, to ease compile-time selection/definition fixed (benign) bug for Borland build
message-first statement composition
compatible with STLSoft 1.9.4 added the Pantheios Tracing API fixes for some back-end project files
compatible with STLSoft 1.9.3 bug fix for be.file
compatible with STLSoft 1.9.1 (version with Extended STL, vol 1) bug fix for be.file
reimplemented core initialisation on UNIX bug fix for be.file on UNIX added missing project files
fix to be.file, to allow reading of log file fix to core project file minor adjustments to syntax to prepare for next beta changes
refactoring of core source files; DMC++ compiler improvement-related enhancements to fe.N and fe.simple; distribution now rooted at pantheios-1.0.1-beta23/; 64-bit fixes
fixed a problem with compiling under 64-bit Linux; this requires the latest STLSoft distro: 1.9.1 beta 42, or later
added fault-tolerance to be.N, so one or more (but not all) back-ends can fail and the application can proceed; added be.fail back-end that always fails (for testing be.N fault tolerance)
Adding missing implicit link file; time formatting bug fix
Enhancements to fe.N front-end; minor bug fix
Bug fix; refactoring of back-ends; more implicit linking facilities
Refactoring, and implementation of be.fprintf
Minor fix for dynamic library builds
Fix to C++/COM util header
Minor fix for dynamic library builds
Added fe.N front-end and be.N back-end, to allow splitting to multiple (2+) transports
Fixes to VC++ 8 build/linking
Minor fix to be.COMErrorObject
Fixes to C compilation
Fixes to be.file
New example (for be.file)
Minor fixes to be.file
Added new backend - be.file
Compiler compatibility issues
Minor efficiency increases
Added three new inserter classes (args, pointerId, threadId)
Fixed bugs introduced in beta 4
Fixes to UNIX/GCC compilation, and some minor additions
A few minor changes and some fixes to the makefiles
This is the first released version.
All history before this day is moot!
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