Announcing libstdc++-v3.0.97

[Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz at redhat dot com>]

2002-03-05

Release Notes   
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The Standard C++ Library, or libstdc++-v3, is an ongoing project
to fully implement the ISO 14882 Standard C++ library as described in
chapters 17 through 27 and annex D.

This is the fourteenth snapshot of the libstdc++ rewrite.  It still
has some incomplet and incorrekt parts, but it's a lot less incomplete
and incorrect than some of the earlier snapshots, and quite usable.

The Standard C++ Library, follows an open development model,
attempting to be fully buzzword, bazaar, and GNU compliant. Full
details on participating, including contributor guidelines, mailing
list subscription, mailing list archives, up-to-date documentation,
and various and sundry other details can be found at the following
URL:

  http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/

New in 3.0.97: 
--- 
- more doxygen documentation.
- more named locale bug fixes
- support for symbol versioning when using GNU ld >= 2.12
- wide-io
- tuning for executable size

New in 3.0.96: 
--- 
- more doxygen documentation.
- extensions moved out of namespace std
- HPUX long long support
- more string optimizations
- support for NetBSD cross compiles
- concept_check merge from boost
- header simplification
- named locale bug shakeout
- thread testsuite

New in 3.0.95: 
--- 
- add S390, m68k, x86-64 support.
- doxygen documentation has been extended, including man pages.
- verbose terminate handling has been added.
- some libsupc++ tweaks
- warnings for deprecated headers now active.
- dejagnu testsuite preliminary documentation.
- dejagnu testsuite default.
- dejagnu testsuite cross compiler, multilib safe.
- long long iostreams on by default, rework of ISO C99 support.
- iterator re-write and testsuites.
- container testsuites.
- allocator revamp and testsuites.
- more concept-checking work.
- basic_string optimization and MT fixes.
- new limits implementation.
- update -fno-exceptions code, verify it works.
- full named locale support fpr all facets, choice of gnu,
  ieee_1003.1-200x (POSIX 2), or generic models. Full support depends
  on target OS and underlying "C" library support.

Bugs fixed in 3.0.97:
-----------
5816, 3955, 3983, 5708, 5697, 5286, 3860, 5579
AIX linkage and threading fixes.
+ others.

Bugs fixed in 3.0.96:
-----------
5148, 3829, 2054, 5174, 2913, 4879, 3150, 5331, 5280, 5198, 5432
- fix Darwin build issue with '~' in prefix
+ others.

Bugs fixed in 3.0.95:
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2964, 2627, 2523, 2832, 2830, 2931, 2985, 2970, 2997, 2976, 3016,
3018, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3017, 3045, 3082, 2767, 2989, 2992, 3113,
3114, 2346, 3126, 3139, 3140, 3141, 3142, 2071, 3377, 3272, 2211,
3284, 3599, 3988, 3349, 3740, 4143, 4536, 4545, 4542, 4503, 3647,
4354, 4622, 4749, 3666, 4219, 4548, 3655, 3150, 4402, 282, 3720,
5037, 5054, 3679, 5136, others.

More info, including updated status information, is available on the
project website, URL as above.

The tag for this release is 'libstdc++_3_0_97'

Sources are available for both CVS gcc (gcc-3.1.x) and gcc-3.0.x.

for gcc 3.0.x
ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/libstdc++/libstdc++-v3.0.97-gcc-3.0.4.tar.gz

for gcc 3.1.x and gcc 3.2.x
ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/libstdc++/libstdc++-v3.0.97-gcc-3.1.x.tar.gz

-benjamin