Currently on wait until a pending Jenkins change takes place.
In the meantime I have locally created all the branches and will commit them
once P.O. gives a thumb up.
Here the content of the CHANGES file for 5.1.0:
Fixes and Changes in Open Object Rexx 5.1.0
The following is a list of fixes, enhancements, and other relevant changes
to ooRexx since the 5.0.0 release. The numbers for each item can be used to
look up the item in the appropriate tracker in the ooRexx project on
SourceForge, i.e. the Bugs tracker, the Feature Requests tracker, etc.
Overview / Major Changes
------------------------
Keyword instructions
none
Built-in functions
none
Added notation
none
Directives
none
Changes to classes and methods
New TraceObject class (cf. 5.4.25. in rexxref.pdf)
Environment variables
none
Bugs
----
1: # 2005 SysFileTree Segmentation Fault on OpenBSD
(entered by Erich on 2025-04-02 -> 2025-04-02 )
2: # 1999 Problem installing oorexx-5.1.0-12940
(entered by Larry_S on 2025-03-16 -> 2025-03-21
)
3: # 1998 Recursive CALL slow
(entered by Erich on 2025-03-15 -> 2025-03-15 )
4: # 1997 ooDialog - Windows taskbar icons not being properly set on
dialogs
(entered by Dom Wise on 2025-03-12 -> 2025-03-18
)
5: # 1994 Duplicate trace line if using "forward" without "continue"
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2025-01-22 ->
2025-03-15 )
6: # 1989 SysTextScreenRead fails when reading non-ANSI characters
(entered by Erich on 2024-11-19 -> 2024-11-20 )
7: # 1984 SysTo/FromUnicode issues
(entered by Erich on 2024-09-19 -> 2024-11-21 )
8: # 1975 Uninitialized substitution list variables in DROP and EXPOSE
should raise NOVALUE
(entered by Erich on 2024-09-07 -> 2024-09-07 )
9: # 1973 GUARD ON exposed variables wrongly determined when USE LOCAL
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-29 ->
2024-08-31 )
10: # 1970 Allow DO WITH be parsed as repetitive DO
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-24 ->
2024-08-24 )
11: # 1965 Text of syntax error 19.922 wrong
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-20 ->
2024-08-24 )
12: # 1963 Extraneous data wrongly accepted after FOREVER keyword
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-19 ->
2024-08-23 )
13: # 1961 Syntax error 21.903 is wrong
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-17 ->
2024-08-17 )
14: # 1958 Text of syntax error 19.925 is wrong
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-07-30 ->
2024-08-24 )
15: # 1955 testsuite error for ooRrexx at rev 12852, testsuite at rev
12853
(entered by Enrico Sorichetti on 2024-07-16 ->
2024-07-16 )
16: # 1953 Tracing in 5.1 can hang or crash method callbacks in
BSF400Rexx850
(entered by Dom Wise on 2024-07-13 -> 2025-03-26
)
17: # 1951 Error message insert masking issues
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-06-16 ->
2024-08-25 )
18: # 1947 FORMAT issues
(entered by Erich on 2024-04-20 -> 2024-04-20 )
19: # 1945 No labels should be allowed within DO/LOOP, IF, SELECT
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-04-05 ->
2024-09-21 )
20: # 1942 QUEUE "[]=" not the same as PUT
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-03-24 ->
2024-09-04 )
21: # 1933 annoying warnings on Apple Sonoma
(entered by Enrico Sorichetti on 2024-01-23 ->
2024-09-08 )
22: # 1931 r12778 and r12779 are not really needed
(entered by Enrico Sorichetti on 2024-01-17 ->
2024-01-29 )
23: # 1929 RexxVariablePool issues
(entered by Erich on 2024-01-09 -> 2025-04-04 )
24: # 1928 Android porting issues
(entered by Erich on 2023-12-02 -> 2024-01-13 )
25: # 1927 Problem with SysCls on Windows
(entered by Gil Barmwater on 2023-11-29 -> 6 days
ago )
26: # 1925 building Portable installer failing on Solaris
(entered by Per Olov Jonsson on 2023-11-13 ->
2025-03-10 )
27: # 1924 Building fails on Solaris 11
(entered by Per Olov Jonsson on 2023-11-11 ->
2024-01-13 )
28: # 1923 "Insufficient control stack space; cannot continue execution."
building rexx.img
on AIX 7.2
(entered by Jeffrey H. Johnson on 2023-10-29 ->
2024-01-13 ) ***TODO:
[tests]
29: # 1922 ooDialog Edit Control addExtendedStyle not case insensitive
(entered by Jon Wolfers on 2023-10-25 ->
2023-10-27 )
30: # 1919 Error message 25.12 is incomplete (i.e., wrong)
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-09-02 ->
2024-01-13 )
31: # 1917 LINEIN fails after SEEK CHAR, LINEIN, SEEK LINE
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-08-11 ->
2023-08-16 )
32: # 1916 SYSCARGS wrong in REXXHIDE
(entered by Gil Barmwater on 2023-07-21 ->
2023-07-21 )
33: # 1914 Stack unwind issue on Windows
(entered by Erich on 2023-07-15 -> 2023-10-26 )
34: # 1912 Parameters missing if the first one is the empty string
(entered by Gil Barmwater on 2023-07-12 ->
2023-07-21 )
35: # 1911 The interpreter is using too small of a stacksize.
(entered by Rick McGuire on 2023-06-27 ->
2023-07-15 )
36: # 1910 oorexx source package has incorrect directory structure
(entered by Mark Hessling on 2023-06-17 ->
2023-07-23 )
37: # 1909 Error building oorexx 5.1.0 build 12694 from source
(entered by Mark Hessling on 2023-06-17 ->
2023-07-23 )
38: # 1908 Rexxtry Call Show error for source variable
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-06-17 ->
2023-08-16 )
39: # 1907 Bad Precision of rxCalsArcsin: incorrectly diagnosed
(entered by Walter on 2023-06-14 -> 2023-06-16 )
40: # 1906 Handling of hex/binary string format errors incoherent, and
line reported is wrong
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-06-04 ->
2023-08-17 )
41: # 1905 Interpreter incorrectly reports line number as 0 and says "no
source available"
in some cases when syntax error 6.1
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-06-04 ->
2023-06-04 )
42: # 1904 Problem with Do ... Over
(entered by Gil Barmwater on 2023-06-03 ->
2023-06-06 ) ***TODO:
[tests]
43: # 1902 Failure to Create Named Queue
(entered by Jim Hannigan on 2023-05-31 ->
2023-10-26 )
44: # 1898 rpm reports wrong version of package
(entered by Per Olov Jonsson on 2023-05-15 ->
2023-05-15 )
45: # 1897 Entry missing in Windows installer
(entered by Per Olov Jonsson on 2023-05-07 ->
2023-05-10 )
46: # 1894 sources aligned to the binaries
(entered by on 2023-04-20 -> 2023-07-23 )
47: # 1893 portable file names are clobbered
(entered by on 2023-04-18 -> 2023-05-13 )
48: # 1887 Ticker fails when cancelled twice
(entered by Erich on 2023-04-07 -> 2023-10-26 )
49: # 1884 Error message for error 25.905 is incorrect
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-04-05 ->
2023-04-06 )
50: # 1881 A number of Testcases failures/errors after recent commit
(entered by Per Olov Jonsson on 2023-04-04 ->
2023-05-13 )
51: # 1880 Stem objects not properly converting into a string value
(entered by Rick McGuire on 2023-04-02 ->
2023-04-02 ) ***TODO: [tests]
52: # 1879 DO LABEL X fails
(entered by m-stgt on 2023-04-01 -> 2023-10-27 )
53: # 1878 SEEK does not affect WRITE position
(entered by AvdP on 2023-03-15 -> 2023-08-11 )
***TODO: [tests]
54: # 1877 SYNTAX error raised on next clause only
(entered by Rupert Reynolds on 2023-03-10 ->
2023-10-27 )
55: # 1876 pthread_t issues
(entered by Erich on 2023-03-09 -> 2023-10-27 )
56: # 1870 Typo in Windows version of SysFileSystem::hasExtension
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-02-19 ->
2023-05-13 )
57: # 1869 json.cls does not properly support JSON boolean values
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-02-07 ->
2023-02-07 )
58: # 1868 ooDialog openFIleDialog has inactive HELP button
(entered by Jon Wolfers on 2023-01-26 ->
2023-10-28 )
59: # 1867 confusing revision reported
(entered by on 2023-01-24 -> 2023-05-13 )
60: # 1854 ooRexx 5.0.0 distribution files
(entered by on 2022-12-24 -> 2023-07-23 )
61: # 1850 TRACE issues
(entered by Erich on 2022-11-21 -> 2023-08-17 )
***TODO:
[code+doc+test]
62: # 1842 linein performance issue
(entered by Erich on 2022-09-11 -> 2023-10-28 )
***TODO: [code]
63: # 1841 charin and record I/O linein/arrayin performance
(entered by Erich on 2022-09-11 -> 2023-10-28 )
64: # 1840 lineout for very long lines is broken
(entered by Erich on 2022-09-07 -> 2023-10-28 )
65: # 1837 circular requires: some public classes are not visible
(entered by jfaucher on 2022-08-09 -> 2022-12-20
) ***TODO: [doc+test]
66: # 1825 CALL with literal name should bypass internal labels
(entered by Matthé van der Lee on 2021-10-02 ->
2023-10-28 )
67: # 1786 RexxPullFromQueue() returning invalid data for a null queue
entry
(entered by Daniel Erdos on 2021-11-05 ->
2021-11-27 ) ***TODO: [tests]
68: # 1774 Building and Testing on Windows 8
(entered by Per Olov Jonsson on 2021-07-13 ->
2023-10-28 )
69: # 1773 Android build issues
(entered by Erich on 2021-07-07 -> 2023-10-28 )
70: # 1763 StreamSocket issues
(entered by Ruurd Idenburg on 2021-05-11 ->
2022-06-27 ) ***TODO:
[code+doc+test]
71: # 1762 pushing very large data hangs RexxQueue
(entered by Erich on 2021-05-04 -> 2021-07-07 )
***TODO: [code+test]
72: # 1742 Stream RECLENGTH 1 issues
(entered by Erich on 2021-02-05 -> 2021-02-05 )
***TODO: [tests]
Requests For Enhancement
------------------------
1: # 851 Update rexxcps sample
(entered by Rick McGuire on 2025-03-17 ->
2025-03-19 )
2: # 849 Add context entry to stackframes (cf also RFE #847)
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2025-02-20 ->
2025-03-12 )
3: # 847 Add invocation ID to stackframe and allow .context to serve
the current instance
ID, thread ID and invocation ID
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2025-02-17 ->
2025-02-17 )
4: # 844 Allow reserved keywords in DO/LOOP expression message terms
(entered by Erich on 2024-09-04 -> 2024-09-04 )
5: # 843 .File method extension issue with files starting with dot
(entered by Till Winkler on 2024-05-19 ->
2024-09-02 )
6: # 842 Supply a caller stackframe for the spawners of an activity for
TraceObject
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-08-18 ->
2024-08-28 )
7: # 841 Add entries to TraceObject, store stackframe values in
StringTable
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-07-17 ->
2024-07-18 )
8: # 840 Refactor Activity.cpp and RexxActivation.cpp such, that
TraceObject logic goes to
RexxActivation
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-07-12 ->
2024-07-12 )
9: # 839 Add information about object and variables to TraceObject
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-06-25 ->
2024-06-25 )
10: # 838 Enhance the portable "setupoorexx.rex"
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-06-01 ->
2024-06-09 )
11: # 837 When creating a portable version, only create a full version
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-06-01 ->
2024-06-09 )
12: # 835 Trace entry in routine/method when trace is the first
instruction
(entered by jfaucher on 2024-05-23 -> 2024-06-01
)
13: # 833 Add a new trace invocation exit traceline to TRACE
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-04-11 ->
2024-04-22 )
14: # 832 Windows: Create a bitness-independent
"samples\ole\apps\MSAccessDemo.rex"
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-01-03 ->
2024-01-03 )
15: # 831 Windows: Rename samples\ole\apps\MSAccessDemo.rex to
MSAccessDemo_32bit_only.rex
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-01-03 ->
2024-01-04 )
16: # 830 Add oleinfo scripts from sandbox/rony/oleinfo
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-12-08 ->
2023-12-14 )
17: # 825 Improve trace output for Rexx programs running on multiple
threads
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-03-11 ->
2024-03-27 )
18: # 824 CSVStream class should cope with BOM
(entered by Jon Wolfers on 2023-02-08 ->
2023-02-08 )
19: # 823 json.cls: if an unhandled object use its string value instead
of null
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-02-07 ->
2023-02-07 )
20: # 822 json.cls: allow using the JSON methods via the class object to
ease coding
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-02-07 ->
2023-02-07 )
21: # 821 json.cls: add support for makejson and makestring methods
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-02-07 ->
2023-02-07 )
22: # 820 json.cls: add convenience methods fromJSONFile and toJSONFile
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-02-07 ->
2023-02-07 )
23: # 819 json.cls: sort by names/keys
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-02-07 ->
2023-02-07 )
24: # 818 json.cls: allow processing any MapCollection and
OrderedCollection
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-02-07 ->
2023-02-07 )
25: # 817 json.cls: allow to identify JSON booleans after fromJSON
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-02-07 ->
2023-02-07 )
26: # 814 Add sample for "address...with" to download the ooRexx
documentation from
SourceForge with curl
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2023-01-04 ->
2023-01-04 )
27: # 812 Please recompile ooSQLite for the Linuxes
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-01-02 ->
2024-01-13 )
28: # 803 extensions to complex.cls
(entered by Walter on 2022-06-02 -> 2022-06-03
) ***TODO: [tests]
29: # 581 Add item data capability to combo box
(entered by Mark Miesfeld on 2014-01-30 ->
2014-01-30 ) ***TODO:
[doc+test]
30: # 578 Accept string keywords instead of requiring numeric value in
image related methods
(entered by Mark Miesfeld on 2013-12-28 ->
2013-12-28 ) ***TODO: [doc]
31: # 576 Add support for the 'split button'
(entered by Mark Miesfeld on 2013-12-25 ->
2013-12-25 ) ***TODO:
[code+doc+test]
32: # 569 Allow direct creation of dialog control windows.
(entered by Mark Miesfeld on 2013-12-21 ->
2013-12-21 ) ***TODO:
[code+doc+test]
33: # 552 Add the ToolBar control to ooDialog
(entered by Mark Miesfeld on 2013-09-12 ->
2013-09-21 ) ***TODO:
[code+doc+test]
34: # 550 Add the ReBar dialog control to ooDialog
(entered by Mark Miesfeld on 2013-08-30 ->
2013-09-21 ) ***TODO:
[doc+test]
35: # 544 Allow the registration of user defined SQL functions and
aggregates
(entered by Mark Miesfeld on 2013-05-08 ->
2013-05-19 ) ***TODO: [doc]
36: # 353 Embedded Database
(entered by Anonymous on 2009-05-01 -> 2012-12-21
) ***TODO: [doc]
Documentation Bugs
------------------
1: # 340 1.13.6. Environment Symbols - Missing method and typo
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2025-03-30 ->
2025-04-04 )
2: # 338 Wrong Remark About MessageDialog
(entered by m-stgt on 2025-02-18 -> 2025-02-19 )
3: # 334 rexxref 2.4 DO note 9 inexact
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-09-05 ->
2024-09-05 )
4: # 333 clarify DO/LOOP reserved keywords in expressions
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-09-02 ->
2024-09-04 )
5: # 332 rexxref CALL description incomplete
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-28 ->
2024-09-05 )
6: # 330 Rexxref 2.9. GUARD incomplete
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-27 ->
2024-08-31 )
7: # 329 rexxref c.1.8 description of error 10.2 inaccurate
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-22 ->
2024-08-23 )
8: # 328 rexxref 2.4 DO note 9 wrong
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-19 ->
2024-08-23 )
9: # 324 rexxref 2.30.2 USE LOCAL and compound variables
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-16 ->
2024-08-16 )
10: # 323 Typo in rexxref 2.30.1 "USE ARG, USE STRICT ARG"
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-16 ->
2024-08-16 )
11: # 322 PARSE pattern expression
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-08-15 ->
2024-09-07 )
12: # 321 3.5. ::METHOD incomplete
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-07-31 ->
2024-08-16 )
13: # 320 lastItem in OrderedCollection wrongly states it returns the
*first* item
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-07-03 ->
2024-07-03 )
14: # 319 "rexxref 1.13.6. Environment Symbols" and "rexxpg 5.4.4"
contain contradictory
information
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-04-03 ->
2024-08-22 )
15: # 318 Chapter 16: Reserved Keywords incoherent
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-04-02 ->
2024-08-17 )
16: # 317 RexxRef "1.11.4. Message Terms" is wrong
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-03-30 ->
2024-08-18 )
17: # 316 5.1.4.12. instanceMethods outdated
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-03-27 ->
2024-08-16 )
18: # 315 15.3. RXTRACE Variable inaccurate
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-03-21 ->
2024-03-21 )
19: # 314 1.10.5. Implied Semicolons, note inaccurate
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2024-03-20 ->
2024-03-21 )
20: # 313 rexxref's "5.1.3.19. setUnguarded" contains error, methods are
guarded by default
(not unguarded)
(entered by Rony G. Flatscher on 2024-01-19 ->
2024-01-19 )
21: # 312 ooRexx Reference incorrectly references rexxutil.dll
(entered by Mark Gaubatz on 2022-12-27 ->
2023-10-27 )
22: # 311 ressref should refer to Unix in a consistent way
(entered by Mark Gaubatz on 2022-12-27 ->
2023-10-28 )
23: # 309 RxMessageBox described wrong in several aspects
(entered by m-stgt on 2023-09-14 -> 2023-09-23 )
24: # 308 Rexxref 2.18: Description of PARSE VALUE inaccurate
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-08-31 ->
2024-08-18 )
25: # 306 rexxref 2.10, "IF", note 2 inaccurate
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-08-23 ->
2023-08-26 )
26: # 305 Missing comma in RexxRef 1.31.3 "Extended Assignments"
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-08-20 ->
2023-08-20 )
27: # 304 RexxRef 7.4.40 Description of LINEOUT BIF ambiguous
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-08-10 ->
2023-08-26 )
28: # 303 Rexxref 1.13.2. "Constant Symbols": Incorrect description of
environment symbols
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-06-15 ->
2023-08-26 )
29: # 302 Rexxref 7.4.71.2. "Global environment variables" example
inaccurate
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-06-13 ->
2023-08-26 )
30: # 301 Rexxref "1.10.4.6. Operator Characters" should mention that
adjacent comments are
allowed and ignored, like whitespace
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-05-27 ->
2023-08-26 )
31: # 300 In rexxref, "8.2. List of Rexx Utility Functions",
SysSetPriority is not marked as
(Windows only)
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-04-14 ->
2023-08-26 )
32: # 299 Description of PARSE SOURCE is inaccurate
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-04-13 ->
2023-08-26 )
33: # 297 Section "13.1. Calls to the Security Manager" of rexxref gives
wrong return values
(entered by Josep Maria Blasco on 2023-04-05 ->
2023-04-06 )
34: # 296 ooDialog reference 4.2.4 ComboBox class missing set/get/remove
itemdata methods
(entered by Jon Wolfers on 2023-02-05 ->
2023-08-26 )
35: # 290 RexxRef Set class 5.3.15.19 removeItem
(entered by Jon Wolfers on 2022-05-05 ->
2024-08-18 )
Patches
-------
1: # 221 Windows Clipboard Unicode contents
(entered by jfaucher on 2023-07-30 -> 2023-08-15
)
It shows that quite a lot of work and improvements have been carried out since
5.0.0 went GA!
---rony
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