Erl_interface Release Notes

Erl_interface 3.1.1

Improvements and new features

• #ifdef __cplusplus extern C { is added to all the erl*.h and ei*.h files in order to support use from C++.
  On Unix the object files are now produced with the -fPIC option to make it possible to include them in a shared library.
  Own Id: OTP-3138
  Aux Id: Seq 1722

Erl_interface 3.1

Fixed errors and malfunctions

• A buffer overflow in erl_connect() was causing C-node crashes on Linux.
  Own Id: OTP-2743
• When decoding very long strings (more than 65535 characters) the terminating 0 was left out.
  Own Id: OTP-2744
• erl_accept() was not handshaking properly with Erlang, causing incoming connection attempts to fail.
  Own Id: OTP-2862
• Very large negative numbers are no longer encoded incorrectly.
  Own Id: OTP-2897
• Atoms could sometimes contain an unterminated string. This is fixed.
  Own Id: OTP-2956
• Erl_interface now uses the SENS resolver functions if they are available at runtime. This primarily concerns use on the VxWorks platform.
  Own Id: OTP-3034
  Aux Id: Seq 1559
• The documentation for erl_connect_init() no longer makes erroneous reference to the remote node.
  Own Id: OTP-3102
  Aux Id: Seq 1671

Improvements and new features

• Erl_interface has been moved out of the Erlang runtime system (Erts) and is now a separate application. This has implications for all users of Erl_interface, who will need to make changes to the Makefiles used to build applications based on Erl_interface. In particular, header and library files are no longer in $(OTPROOT)/usr/. The include and lib directories are now located in the directory $(OTPROOT)/lib/erl_interface-3.1 (i.e. the directory name is now version specific).
  Own Id: OTP-3082