Erl_interface Release Notes

Erl_interface 3.2.9

Fixed errors and malfunctions

• Changed back the return values from erl_send() and erl_reg_send() to 1 (as they used to be). Incompatible with plain R7, compatible with previous versions.
  (*** INCOMPATIBILITY with R7B ***)
  Own Id: OTP-3772
• A race-condition bug in the term allocation routines was corrected.
  Own Id: OTP-3809
• erl_interface could not be linked with pthreads.
  Own Id: OTP-3810
  Aux Id: Seq 5032
• The TCB of VxWorks processes no longer grows when erl_errno is accessed. On Pthreads plattforms the use of erl_errno no longer crashes programs using multithreading.
  Own Id: OTP-3820
• Name clashes between Erlang emulator and erl_interface on VxWorks removed.
  Own Id: OTP-3824

Erl_Interface 3.2.3

Fixed errors

• Memory lossage affecting Pids, Ports and Refs fixed.

Erl_Interface 3.2.2

Improvements and New Features

• An error reporting facility erl_errno has been introduced.
  Own Id: OTP-3641
• ETERMs are now shrunk to a more reasonable size.
  Own Id: OTP-3648

Erl_Interface 3.2.1

Fixed Errors and Malfunctions

• Lists containing negative numbers were incorrectly encoded by erl_encode(). This has been corrected.
  Own Id: OTP-3535

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