Previous release notes

Sept 20, 1999

• This version is again JDK 1.1 compatible.
• build\bootstrap1.bash for building in JDK 1.1.
• Rewrite of class build.CompilingClassLoader.
• Get src/scheme/schemegui.html working again.

Sept 15, 1999

• You can now provide input and output streams to be used by silk.Scheme.
• SILK now under CVS and builds itself using build.CompilingClassLoader.
• New classes:
  • build.CompilingClassLoader - Compile as you run your application.
  • silk.EmbeddedScheme - Convenient for hiding Scheme inside your application.
  • silk.Coerce - conversion methods between primitive types.
  • silk.SchemeClassLoader
  • silk.ExitException - thrown by (exit).
• New Scheme files:
  • classgen/compile.scm - extensive compiling support.
  • build/update.scm - used to build silk.
  • generic/trace.scm - very simple trace facility.

June 15, 1999

• Draft Reflection '99 slides and demo applet.
• elf/GCMonitor.scm and efl/jdbc.scm examples

May 21, 1999

• Less verbose (describe) of a class.
• (get-field) (set-field) (get-static) and (set-static) field accessors now work with private fields when JDK 1.2 is used.
• Loading src/classgen/compile.scm provides:
  • (compile-file file) - compiles a Java file.
  • (recompile directory) - recompiles Java files in a directory. This assumes the class file is also in the directory. Only Java files that need compiliation are compiled.

May 3, 1999

• (describe) generic function that accesses private fields in JDK 1.2. See src/generic/describe.scm.
• Fixed array bound bug in SchemeUtil.chr().

April 28, 1999

• Final draft of reflection99 paper.
• (define-method) for defining methods in scheme.
• (vector-set!) works with any class of vector.
• src/elf directory has GCMonitor example.

March 28, 1999

• Performance of (import) improved by about 20%.
• Preliminary version of macroexpand-all provided in src/generic/macroexpand.scm.
• The standard SLIB library is provided in src/slib. To use it, edit the src/slib/silk.init file appropriately. I've tested (require 'pretty-print). Other files may work but may need to be checked for case sensitivity.