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Copyright (c) 1992-1995 SAS Institute, Inc, Cary, NC All Rights Reserved. This document describes bug fixes and enhancements made in the 6.55 release of the SAS/C Development System for AmigaDOS. To install the 6.55 patch, you must have version 6.50 or 6.51 of the SAS/C Development system installed. Note that not all executables and shared libraries have been modified. Those that have not been modified keep their old version number (6.50 or 6.51). This is normal. Since technical support has been terminated for the Amiga C product, the technical support avenues listed in your User's Guide are no longer valid. If you need help, post to the Internet newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.programmer. Knowledgeable SAS/C developers read that group and may be able to help you. Since the size of this archive is too big to fit on a standard floppy, a small script has been included for those who wish to copy this patch to floppies. To run this script, type: execute Create_Install_floppies ***************************** New Features ************************ New development on the SAS/C system for AmigaDOS was terminated last summer, but between the release of Version 6.50 and the termination of development we did make some improvements to the system. We have included these improvements in the 6.55 patch. 1. SE will now optionally display a C file in multiple colors for the different token types. You can select the foreground, background, and style (bold, italic, underline or normal) for each of the following nine catagories: Plain Text, C Comments, C++ Comments, Double quoted strings, Single quoted strings, Numerical constants, Keywords, Identifiers, and Preprocessor Statements. There are two new menu items to control this in the Configuration Window. Colorize C Files - when set will cause all new files opened that end in .c* or .h to be colorized. Changing this will not effect any windows currently open in SE. Colorize C Prefs - will bring up another window and allow you to change the display attributes for any of the nine catagories. There is also a new key command that will toggle the colorization status of the current window. Its abbreviation is CC. You can bind it to any key that you like (enter CTRL-M, hit the key combination, and type "CC" in the box just above the tab settings). 2. A new profiler has been added that works like the SPROF profiler, but provides a graphical user interface to the profiling process. Its name is GUIPROF; full source code and instructions are provided in the SC:EXTRAS/GUIPROF directory. The GUIPROF executable is available in the SC:C directory. 3. Example code is provided in SC:EXAMPLES/AMIPROC that forks a subprocess with its own near data section. This will allow you to share code between processes but still use external data in each subprocess. 4. Example code is provided in SC:EXAMPLES/MOUNT that mounts and dismounts a file system node on the system list WITHOUT using the AmigaDOS Mount command. This will allow you to code a file system as a regular C program, invokable from command line or workbench. Since it's a regular process, it will be able to use printf() or other library I/O and be easily debuggable with CPR in any usual fashion. 5. Three new messages have been added to the C compiler: 188, 189, and 113. 188 is produced if you attempt to define functions or data in a header file while you are building a GST. 189 is produced if the GST you are using was built with different options than the current option set. 189 is produced sometimes as a warning and sometimes as an error; it is turned OFF by default. If, for example, you use MATH=68881 and the GST was built with MATH=STANDARD, you will get no message. Enable the warning with the STRICT or WARN=189 options to get a message for this case. 113 is produced if you use the "->" or "." operators incorrectly. It is similar to message 12, "invalid structure reference", except it gives more information about the operator involved and the type you tried to use the operator with. More information on these messages is available in the file sc:help/scmsg.guide . 6. Built-in preprocessor symbols (like _SHORTINT, _UNSCHAR, etc.) were not added to the GST in previous versions. In 6.55, they are added. This is how the compiler detects option conflicts as described above. If you depend on these built-in symbols for the various MATH= options, make sure you enable warning 189 so you don't end up with multiple definitions. For example, _M68881 and _IEEE could both end up defined for your code if you created a GST with MATH=68881 and used MATH=IEEE on your command line. 6. The built-in memcpy function can copy certain structures more efficiently now since the compiler retains more information on the alignment requirements of the structures. This also benefits structure assignment and call-by-value. ***************************** IMPORTANT *************************** 0. For users who never applied the 6.51 patch: The layout of bitfields was inadvertently changed between 6.0 and 6.50, which meant that structures containing bitfields were incompatible between the two versions. Bitfields now use the 6.0 method, with the exception of bitfields of size :0. :0 bitfields exhibited a bug in 6.0-6.3 and added extra unusable bytes to the structure. 6.55 bitfields do not add these extra bytes. Note that the bitfields in 6.51 and 6.55 are identical; this change only affects users upgrading from 6.50. 1. The __stack external variable sets the minimum stack size for your program, as documented in the Library Reference Manual and elsewhere. However, if you use it, you must set __stack to an even multiple of 4 bytes or risk having your machine crash. 2. Many users have inquired about the Quick Reference Guide for 6.50. There is no new Quick Reference Guide in 6.50; the 6.0 guide is shipped to all new 6.50 customers, and customers who are upgrading should continue to use their old Quick Reference Guide. 3. Many users have asked about disk 6 in the installation process. Disk 6 is used only if you do the floppy installation; hard disk users do not need this disk. 4. The compiler now defines a preprocessor symbol __AMIGADATE__. This preprocessor symbol resolves to a datestamp string in the format required for the AmigaDOS VERSION command. The format is "(dd.mm.yy)", where dd is the day (1-31), mm is the month (1-12), and yy is the year. __AMIGADATE__ is available from both C and C++. Version 6.51 had some bugs in the __AMIGADATE__ processing which have been fixed for this patch release. 5. The macros for some functions defined in the C header files are now not defined if compiling C++. They conflicted with the names of some member items of C++ classes in <iostream.h> or <complex.h>. Problem functions are <string.h>/index(), <math.h>/min(), max(), <fcntl.h>/open(), read(), write(), close(), <stdlib.h>/abs(). Many of these have alternate names using preceding underscores that can be used instead. 6. The priority of the autoinit functions for utility.library and the various Commodore math libraries were changed from 250 to 100 in versions 6.51 and 6.55. This allows the autoinitializer for the SPROF and GUIPROF profilers to use utility.library if it is compiled with UTILLIB. 7. Several users have reported a problem using fopen() to open a "CON:" window. With the default AmigaShell, two windows will be opened. It was not possible to fix this problem in the library, because fopen() needs to do a Lock() to determine if the file exists prior to doing the Open(). However, Lock() will not be called if "r+" mode is used, and only one window will open. For example, the following will only open one window: fp = fopen("CON:", "r+"); 8. The source file _tzset.c has been added to the sc:source directory. When compiled with no #defines, it will behave like the default __tzset function in the libraries. If compiled with LESS_GETENV=1, the getenv("TZ") will only be called once. This can be beneficial for programs that call time() frequently, ie BBS programs. Be sure to compile this file with the PARM=BOTH option. 9. If you have problems running CPR from the workbench, check to see if you are using a MagicWB icon for the 'Debug' icon. If so, you need to remove the '»»»» Icon by Martin Huttenloher ««««' ToolType from the icon. Use the Workbench "Icons/Information" menu option to remove this ToolType. CPR cannot work correctly with this ToolType in the icon. 10. The C++ translator has some problems dealing with error situations that arise after parse errors. This can sometimes result in many enforcer hits. We have found and fixed many of these problems, in many cases thanks to your error reports, but some problems no doubt remain. The root cause is a fundamental difference in the way the Amiga operating system or Enforcer handles illegal memory accesses from the way the C++ translator's original target platform handles it. If you get a string of enforcer hits from C++, there will almost always be at least one error message generated. Fix the first reported error and you will likely remove the Enforcer hits. =============================== Documentation/Help File Changes =============================== The Library Reference manual states for the forkl() routine that if the std_in field of the FORKENV structure is NULL, the current stdin will be used. This has been changed for 6.55 to an Open("*",...), so that a single program can call forkl several times. C++ error 1597 was not documented. It is now documented in the file sc:help/scmsg.guide. The Library Reference manual incorrectly showed the strstream constructor as having a default value of ios::out for the third formal parameter mode. Please cross out the "= ios::out" in the strstream constructor prototype described on page 684 of the Library Reference manual. This occurs in two places on page 684, once under the Synopsis section and once under the Constructors section. This has been corrected in the online sc_lib.guide file. The Library Reference manual descriptions of mkstemp() and mktemp() need to be changed on pages 349 and 351, respectively, to reflect the changes made in the header files. In both cases, the formal parameter, template should be be changed to template_arg. This has been corrected in the online sc_lib.guide file. =============================== List of Modified Files =============================== The following files were modified during the 6.55 patch installation. These files should be version 6.55. sc/c/sc sc/c/scopts sc/c/sc5 sc/c/cpr sc/c/cprx sc/c/cprk sc/libs/sc1.library sc/libs/sc2.library sc/libs/scgo.library sc/libs/scgst.library sc/libs/scpeep.library sc/libs/schi.library sc/libs/sccxx.library sc/c/slink sc/c/asm sc/c/omd sc/c/oml sc/c/scmsg sc/c/se sc/c/smake sc/c/scsetup sc/c/splat sc/c/grep sc/c/mkmk sc/c/tb sc/c/scompact sc/libs/sekeymap.library sc/extras/mkmk/gensmake.c sc/extras/mkmk/mkmk.c sc/source/c.a sc/source/cback.a sc/source/libinit.c sc/source/ovs.a sc/source/constructor.h sc/include/stdlib.h sc/include/constructor.h sc/include/fcntl.h sc/include/mffp.h sc/include/stdio.h sc/include/dos.h sc/include/ios1.h sc/include/datatypes/datatypesclass.i sc/include/datatypes/datatypesclass.h sc/include/exec/exec_lib.i sc/include/sys/commhuge.h sc/include/sys/dir.h sc/include/workbench/workbench.i sc/include/workbench/workbench.h These files were not changed for version 6.55 but were changed in 6.51, and will have a version of 6.51. sc/c/mcc sc/c/mln sc/c/cctosc sc/c/lntoslink sc/source/_fpinit.c sc/source/_main.c sc/source/autoopenfail.c sc/source/_iob.c sc/include/assert.h sc/include/math.h sc/include/string.h sc/include/unistd.h sc/include/functions.h sc/include/cxxinclude/iostream.h sc/include/sys/commwben.h The remaining files will still have a version number of 6.50. =============================== Bug Fixes =============================== This is a partial list of bugs fixed in version 6.55. All repeatable code generation bugs, enforcer hits, and CXERRs have been fixed, with the exception of a couple in the sccxx.library that occur when it is given badly mangled input. These bug fixes are not listed individually here. Since the list of bugs is not complete, please try any cases that failed before. Your favorite bug may have been fixed anyway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, the __AMIGADATE__ macro is finally fixed. __AMIGADATE__ had two problems in 6.51 (both related to the same cause). First, the symbol had an extra '\0' at the end, so it didn't work in string concatenations; Second, the symbol trashed its own final double quote if the number for the current month was 10-12 and the day was 10-31. --- A very long-standing bug in GSTs was found and squashed. If you created a GST, then modified a header file, then deleted the .gst file from the disk but didn't flush the GST from memory, then attempted to rebuild the GST, the old GST remained in memory. No new GST was created. This has now been fixed. --- The compiler was failing to produce an error or warning if the user attempted to define __inline functions in a header file while building a GST. Error 188 was added. --- The compiler was failing to produce an error or warning if the user built a GST with one set of options, then built a C file using that GST but with a different set of options. Warning/Error 189 was added. This message reports conflicts between the MATH=, SHORTINT, and UNSCHAR options. --- The __FUNC__ built-in preprocessor symbol was being expanded to "" if PPONLY was used. It is now not expanded with PPONLY. --- The compiler did not produce warning 105, "no external symbols defined", if it encountered a prototype for an external function. It now does so. --- The compiler now suppresses warning 105 if the NOOBJNAME option is specified. This allows you to build a GST with NOOBJNAME and not get the warning. --- CPR left a lock on the current directory at exit. --- The compiler now ignores 0x0D characters at the end of a line, as long as they are not in a string constant. This allows you to port code for the IBM PC to the Amiga without stripping the CR-LF pair from the end of each line. --- SPROF hung the machine if you tried to run two programs compiled with PROFILE at the same time. --- The stat() family of functions did not do the correct time zone conversion. They now do. --- The autoinitializer for coverage analysis had the incorrect priority with earlier versions. The priority is now 210, which should allow you to cover your C++ constructurs and any C autoinitializers with default priority. --- An error message was added to detect the case of passing a pointer to a regargs function as a parameter to a function expecting a pointer to a stdargs function. --- The library function dfind() had a bug in which a dfind on the current directory would unlock CurDir(). --- The prototype for opendir() in include:sys/dir.h was missing a 'const' keyword. --- Could not set __stdiowin if compiling with MATH=8 and DATA=FAR. The linker would give "Near reference to item not in near data section" errors. --- In fcntl.h, the #defines for open, close, read, and write were surrounded with #ifndef __cplusplus statements. This prevented a clash with the C++ iostreams library, which defines member functions of the same name. If you need to use the UNIX level 1 I/O functions from C++, use the double-underscore versions (__open, __close, __read, __write). --- tmpfile() would not allow more than 99 accesses during a single program run, whether you closed any previously opened files or not. It's supposed to allow 99 open files at one time. --- The SC driver had a limit of 32 command-line options. This limit has been removed. SC now accepts any number of command-line arguments. --- CPR had a limit of 1k on the path. --- The cross-debugger sometimes crashed when using pipes. --- CPR couldn't display far globals if they were merged into the near section by the linker. This was actually a linker bug, and has been fixed. --- ASM didn't warn for the invalid statement "add.b d5,a0", but instead generated incorrect code. --- CPR sometimes skipped the first statement in main() when first coming up. This happened if the main() had no prolog, so it only occurs for simple functions compiled with NOSTACKCHECK. --- ASM only put the base name of the file into the HUNK_NAME header. This could cause confusion when SLINK tries to produce an error message, since SLINK assumes ".c" for the extension. --- stat() could leave a lock on a file if CTRL-C is hit. --- forkl() attempted to pass pr_COS to multiple CreateNewProc()s, which apparently fails even if you tell CreateNewProc() not to close them. Fixed by passing Open("*", ...) for std_in. --- %p didn't work correctly in __builtin_printf with SHORTINT. --- If a C++ file with a static class member was compiled from SE via the F4 key, and the LINK option was set, and that static member was never defined in the source, SE would not report the link error to the user. It would instead create an executable file that crashes when run. --- The compiler issued an incorrect error message for pointer addition performed on a void **. Example: void **x; x = x + 1; --- Strange character appeared in SE if you set tab expansion on, then typed { } } --- The value of HUGE_VAL was incorrect. It has been fixed. --- The %n argument to scanf didn't consider white space (tabs and spaces). --- When scopts' window was on a public screen, the amigaguide help window was opened on the WorkBench screen instead of the public screen. --- CPR didn't pass local ENV variables to the program being debugged. CPR now uses CreateNewProc() with AmigaDOS V2.0 and above. --- Warning 74, "Initializer data truncated", was produced incorrectly when the only thing truncated was the trailing null byte. --- The compiler could produce garbled error messages if a C file with invalid syntax that used a GST was compiled. --- ASM didn't accept '|' for the bitwise OR operation, as do many other assemblers. It now does. --- The compiler couldn't print the value of a "static const double" if the STRINGMERGE option was used. --- An empty macro caused ASM to give a "not enough memory" error. --- The OPTALIAS option was not working correctly. --- The "Undefined function called" requester was never produced for programs linked with SLINK in BATCH mode. The program just returned. --- The UNASSEMBLE command in CPR did not work, and did not return control to the user. --- SMFIND did not use full pathnames for files when executed from the Shell. --- When compiling with PROFILE, _PROLOG() and _EPILOG() calls were added to __interrupt functions. This is no longer done, since interrupt functions have no business calling the profiler anyway. --- strtod() failed if the first character of the string to be converted was a null byte. --- In the include file INCLUDE:mffp.h, the definition of the "ceil" macro has been changed from SPFCeil(f) to SPCeil(f). --- ALT-H to open an interlace screen in SE only opened an NTSC screen. It now opens NTSC or PAL as appropriate. --- ASM now accepts some 68040 and 68030 instructions that it previously did not accept. --- If SCOPTS failed in its first attempt to open its window, it scanned the system fonts list twice (not just once) looking for a replacement font. This was very slow on some machines. --- SCSETUP did not preserve the protection bits on files copied from SC:STARTER_PROJECT. --- The SET command in CPR was broken for floats. --- The MKMK utility crashed if run under OS 1.3 or earlier. It now issues an error message and quits. --- rawcon() now sends a message to the console task from the input file handler instead of the console task from the process structure. This allows it to work when input has been redirected to a console. --- The PRELINK option of SLINK could not be used with files containing calls to C++ constructors/destructors or C autoinit/autoterm functions. You would get multiply defined symbol errors from SLINK from ___ctors and ___dtors. --- printf() didn't handle "field.precision" properly for calls like printf("%5.d", 0); --- If ASM was invoked from SC, and CPU=68020 or CPU=68030 was specified, ASM was invoked with "-m2 -m3" instead of just one or the other. --- ASM gave a spurious warning "extraneous data on input line" if a comment followed the final END statement. --- ASM failed to add a trailing '/' to -i paths like the C compiler does. --- MKMK was putting the date and time it was compiled into the output smakefiles, rather than the date and time the smakefile was created. (Well, it worked when I tested it... right after compiling it.) --- The qsort() function could take up lots of stack in 6.51 and previous versions. The 6.55 version will always recurse on the smaller half of the list, therefore it does not take up nearly as much stack. ---