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- The Special Support Library
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- HISTORY
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- 05/12/22 SSLib.1: Created first version
- 02/02/93 SSLib.2: Skeleton of startup and tracking made
- 16/02/93 SSLib.3: Beta=1
- 16/02/93 SSLib.4: WB argument parsing implemented
- 21/02/93 SSMac.1: printfsp renamed to printfs (was too long)
- 21/02/93 SSMac.2: TAGS replaced by XTAGS; XTAGS removed
- 21/02/93 SSMac.3: TEMPLATE repaired
- 21/02/93 SSMac.4: USRTRK implemented
- 21/02/93 SSMac.5: RPTR added
- 21/02/93 SSLib.5: Added TrackDosObject
- 21/02/93 SSLib.6: User tracker types implemented
- 21/02/93 SSMac.6: defined "go" label on start of user's code
- 21/02/93 SSMac.7: Added printfr,printfv,printfl
- 21/02/93 SSLib.7: Tracking types unified
- 21/02/93 SSLib.8: Master/Slave tracking mechanism implemented
- 21/02/93 SSLib.9: GetResList improved
- 21/02/93 SSLib.10: InitHashTree,FreeHashTree,FindHashItem,AddHashItem added
- 23/02/93 SSMac.8: Pushing of return address removed (StartupInit does it
- automatically)
- 23/02/93 SSLib.11: Tracking mechanism slightly changed (again...)
- 23/02/93 SSLib.12: StartupInit stores return address (ExitCleanup) onto stack
- 26/02/93 SSMac.9: extrahelp added
- 26/02/93 SSLib.13: Additional checking in TrackSlave
- 26/02/93 SSLib.14: Extra help string added
- 26/02/93 SSLib.15: /X-type arguments from CLI supported
- 11/03/93 SSLib.16: Hashed tree support remade
- 25/06/93 SSLib.17: Added (Get|Set|Add|Rem)Extension
- 11/07/93 SSLib.18: ParseArgs: better checking for white spaces (unquoted CTRL-L
- now works)
- 11/07/93 SSLib.19: Argument types /T and /F implemented
- 11/07/93 SSLib.20: /N arguments work properly
- 17/07/93 SSLib.21: StrToL supports "$" as prefix for hexadecimal numbers
- 17/07/93 SSLib.22: TrackDevice accepts NULL IoRequest
- 17/07/93 SSLib.23: Error table can be supplied by TrackDevice call
- 17/07/93 SSLib.24: ChkDoIO added
- 17/07/93 SSLib.25: StartupInit now accepts new StartupStruct (see ssmac.h)
- 18/07/93 SSLib.26: Added NoWbArgs and NoProgName flags & tags
- 31/07/93 SSLib.27: Program's variables are now longword-aligned
- 19/08/93 SSLib.28: svf_errorreq and tag_errorreq implemented
- 19/08/93 SSLib.29: FreeObject(0) returns without doing any action
- 19/08/93 SSLib.30: Exception caught when trying to display except requester
- causes deadend alert
- 24/08/93 SSLib.31: TrackDevice returns IORQ in A1
- 24/08/93 SSLib.32: DosError displays "Msg: error - fault" instead of "Msg:
- error: fault"
- 24/08/93 SSLib.33: DosError with empty error string repaired
- 24/08/93 SSLib.34: StrToL skips leading spaces
- 24/08/93 SSLib.35: Return codes of StrToL remade
- 24/08/93 SSLib.36: Extension support added (private)
- 25/08/93 SSLib.37: Version 2.0
- 25/08/93 SSLib.38: Beta=0
- 04/09/93 SSLib.39: TrackPool,PoolAlloc,PoolFree added
- 05/09/93 SSLib.40: Library initialization and expunge slightly optimized
- 05/09/93 SSLib.41: DosError with IoErr=0 handled correctly
- 05/09/93 SSLib.42: LoadFile automatically decrunchs powerpacked files
- 12/10/93 SSLib.43: LoadFile on interactive files causes special error
- 02/11/93 SSLib.44: LoadFile now correctly frees file handle if loading from
- powerpacked file
- 02/11/93 SSLib.45: TrackOpen supports OPEN_* modes
- 02/11/93 SSLib.46: LoadFile sped up a bit
- 02/11/93 SSLib.47: ExitCleanup destroys sv_checkbase (SSDiag detects it)
- 02/11/93 SSLib.48: ExitCrash alert is NOT a deadend one now
- 02/11/93 SSLib.49: ParseArgs: removed bug causing unwanted resetting of
- err_number bit
- 02/11/93 SSLib.50: TrackDevice - fixed problems with err_iorq when TrackIORQ
- failed
- 04/11/93 SSLib.51: Handling of TaskPrivateMemPool - two new tags added
- 05/11/93 SSLib.52: Private pool support remade
- 05/11/93 SSLib.53: Linear pooled allocation added
- 05/11/93 SSLib.54: Library init optimized a bit
- 06/11/93 SSMac.10: New startup macros - 3.0
- 06/11/93 SSLib.55: Version 3.0
- 08/11/93 SSMac.11: Start macro optimized a bit if _GlobVec set
- 14/11/93 SSLib.56: StrToL sped up a bit
- 14/11/93 SSLib.57: CallerList is protected by special semaphore
- 15/11/93 SSLib.58: LowMem routine pointer added
- 15/11/93 SSLib.59: Uses its own OpenCounter (to allow sv_lowmem mechanism)
- 15/11/93 SSLib.60: MergeResLists() implemented
- 15/11/93 SSLib.61: CallBlock() added
- 15/11/93 SSLib.62: Corrected handling of sv_errrc (previously ignored)
- 25/11/93 SSLib.63: New caller nodes added at the start of the list
- 25/11/93 SSLib.64: Exit routines: implemented additional checking of valid A5
- 25/11/93 SSLib.65: CallBlock modified
- 24/12/93 SSLib.66: QuickSort() implemented
- 26/12/93 SSLib.67: SortStrings,SortLongs,SortList,SortListName,TrackAllocPub
- added
- 27/12/93 SSMac.12: Supported text hunk separation (TExtract) - TEXTRACT and
- GATHERTX options
- 27/12/93 SSMac.13: Version 3.1
- 30/12/93 SSMac.14: alignlong macro added
- 07/01/94 SSMac.15: tpea added
- 08/01/94 SSMac.16: getad added
- 08/01/94 SSLib.68: internal code cleanup
- 15/01/94 SSLib.69: sv_stklimit and TestStack added
- 25/01/94 SSLib.70: ExitError works correctly with A1 pointing to program's stack
- 25/01/94 SSLib.71: Stack overflow error CANNOT be disabled
- 13/02/94 SSMac.17: template aligns variables before putting the offset of
- arguments
- 13/02/94 SSLib.72: LoadFile("NIL:") doesn't crash any more (bug in
- dos/ExamineFH(Open("NIL")))
- 13/02/94 SSLib.73: StartupInit opens correct StdErr stream unless sst_nostderr
- tag is set
- 13/02/94 SSLib.74: DisplayError uses stderr instead of stdout
- 13/02/94 SSLib.75: Version 4.0
- 17/02/94 SSMac.18: Startup macro doesn't trash ($10) and ($14) if run from WB in
- DEBUG mode
- 17/02/94 SSMac.19: Version 3.2
- 18/03/94 SSLib.76: Memory tracker contents documented
- 18/03/94 SSLib.77: OPEN_APPEND uses MODE_READWRITE instead of MODE_OLDFILE
- 18/03/94 SSLib.78: RelinkObject() implemented
- 10/04/94 SSMac.20: start,clistart: DEBUG set -> stderr=stdout
- 10/04/94 SSMac.21: Version 3.3
- 11/04/94 SSLib.79: Exitrout is guaranteed not to be called before StartupInit
- exits
- 16/04/94 SSLib.80: When run in KS 1.X, crashes after the "You need V37+" message
- no longer apper
- 16/04/94 SSLib.81: Many object trackers are NOT private, their contents
- explained in .doc and .i
- 21/05/94 SSLib.82: MergeResList: repaired ordering of nodes
- 24/05/94 SSMac.22: Workbench startup with DEBUG option set didn't work
- 24/05/94 SSMac.23: Version 3.4
- 24/05/94 SSLib.83: Passing of WB arguments via project icon trashed memory
- sometimes
- 24/05/94 SSLib.84: Another bug in WB arg parsing fixed
- 24/05/94 SSLib.85: sst_noiconarg tag specified
- 24/05/94 SSLib.86: Version 4.1
- 15/07/94 SSLib.87: LoadFile now supports automatic decompression of XPK'd files.
- err_unpack added.
- 15/07/94 SSLib.88: sst_nocliarg and svfb_nocliarg supported
- 25/07/94 SSLib.89: LoadFile works also with filesystems which don't support
- ExamineFH()
- 28/07/94 SSLib.90: Buffered I/O implemented (TrackOpenBuf#?,TrackBufHandle,B#?)
- 02/08/94 SSMac.24: NOSS and SYSI switches added
- 02/08/94 SSMac.25: Version 3.5
- 08/08/94 SSLib.91: IPAlloc and IPFree made
- 11/08/94 SSLib.92: sv_memattr defined and used
- 11/08/94 SSLib.93: StrToL: error conditions could cause modification of D2
- 14/08/94 SSLib.94: TrackRoutine was broken in numerous ways
- 25/08/94 SSLib.95: Doesn't reference address 0 when trying to display empty
- extrahelp string
- 25/08/94 SSLib.96: Small corrections in parsing of /A arguments done
- 18/09/94 SSLib.97: Small internal cleanup
- 07/10/94 SSLib.98: TrackOpenBuf returns err_openread/openwrite instead of
- err_read/write
- 07/10/94 SSLib.99: BPuts added an extra zero byte
- 07/10/94 SSLib.100: BSeek and BRelSeek: biob_eof flag bit reset.
- 15/10/94 SSLib.101: TrackOpenBuf failed with errors disabled -> buffer hasn't
- been freed
- 06/11/94 SSLib.102: TestBreak doesn't modify registers when disabled & break
- pressed
- 06/11/94 SSLib.103: Release 5.0
- 16/01/95 SSLib.104: QuickSort allows more than 65535 elements in the array
- 16/01/95 SSLib.105: Release 5.1
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