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authorKristian Monsen <kristianm@google.com>2010-09-30 15:31:59 +0100
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update V8 to r5532 as required by WebKit r68651
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+2010-09-27: Version 2.4.6
+ Fixed assertion failure related to copy-on-write arrays (issue 876).
+
+ Fixed build failure of 64-bit V8 on Windows.
+
+ Fixed a bug in RegExp (issue http://crbug.com/52801).
+
+ Improved the profiler's coverage to cover more functions (issue 858).
+
+ Fixed error in shift operators on 64-bit V8
+ (issue http://crbug.com/54521).
+
+
+2010-09-22: Version 2.4.5
+ Changed the RegExp benchmark to exercise the regexp engine on different
+ inputs by scrambling the input strings.
+
+ Fixed a bug in keyed loads on strings.
+
+ Fixed a bug with loading global function prototypes.
+
+ Fixed a bug with profiling RegExp calls (issue http://crbug.com/55999).
+
+ Performance improvements on all platforms.
+
+
+2010-09-15: Version 2.4.4
+
+ Fixed bug with hangs on very large sparse arrays.
+
+ Now tries harder to free up memory when running out of space.
+
+ Added heap snapshots to JSON format to API.
+
+ Recalibrated benchmarks.
+
+
2010-09-13: Version 2.4.3
Made Date.parse properly handle TZ offsets (issue 857).
@@ -31,33 +68,33 @@
2010-09-01: Version 2.4.0
- Fix bug in Object.freeze and Object.seal when Array.prototype or
- Object.prototype is changed (issue 842).
+ Fixed bug in Object.freeze and Object.seal when Array.prototype or
+ Object.prototype are changed (issue 842).
- Update Array.splice to follow Safari and Firefox when called
+ Updated Array.splice to follow Safari and Firefox when called
with zero arguments.
- Fix a missing live register when breaking at keyed loads on ARM.
+ Fixed a missing live register when breaking at keyed loads on ARM.
Performance improvements on all platforms.
2010-08-25: Version 2.3.11
- Fix bug in RegExp related to copy-on-write arrays.
+ Fixed bug in RegExp related to copy-on-write arrays.
- Refactoring of tools/test.py script, including the introduction of
+ Refactored tools/test.py script, including the introduction of
VARIANT_FLAGS that allows specification of sets of flags with which
all tests should be run.
- Fix a bug in the handling of debug breaks in CallIC.
+ Fixed a bug in the handling of debug breaks in CallIC.
Performance improvements on all platforms.
2010-08-23: Version 2.3.10
- Fix bug in bitops on ARM.
+ Fixed bug in bitops on ARM.
Build fixes for unusual compilers.
@@ -68,7 +105,7 @@
2010-08-18: Version 2.3.9
- Fix compilation for ARMv4 on OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
+ Fixed compilation for ARMv4 on OpenBSD/FreeBSD.
Removed specialized handling of GCC 4.4 (issue 830).
@@ -109,7 +146,7 @@
Fixed handling of JSObject::elements in CalculateNetworkSize
(issue 822).
- Allow compiling with strict aliasing enabled on GCC 4.4 (issue 463).
+ Allowed compiling with strict aliasing enabled on GCC 4.4 (issue 463).
2010-08-09: Version 2.3.6
@@ -119,7 +156,7 @@
Object.seal and Object.freeze return the modified object (issue 809).
- Fix building using GCC 4.4.4.
+ Fixed building using GCC 4.4.4.
2010-08-04: Version 2.3.5
@@ -128,7 +165,7 @@
dot-notation property access now allows keywords. Also allowed
non-identifiers after "get" or "set" in an object initialiser.
- Randomize the addresses of allocated executable memory on Windows.
+ Randomized the addresses of allocated executable memory on Windows.
2010-08-02: Version 2.3.4
@@ -240,15 +277,15 @@
2010-06-30: Version 2.2.21
- Fix bug in externalizing some ASCII strings (Chromium issue 47824).
+ Fixed bug in externalizing some ASCII strings (Chromium issue 47824).
- Update JSON.stringify to floor the space parameter (issue 753).
+ Updated JSON.stringify to floor the space parameter (issue 753).
- Update the Mozilla test expectations to the newest version.
+ Updated the Mozilla test expectations to the newest version.
- Update the ES5 Conformance Test expectations to the latest version.
+ Updated the ES5 Conformance Test expectations to the latest version.
- Update the V8 benchmark suite.
+ Updated the V8 benchmark suite.
Provide actual breakpoints locations in response to setBreakpoint
and listBreakpoints requests.
@@ -256,13 +293,13 @@
2010-06-28: Version 2.2.20
- Fix bug with for-in on x64 platform (issue 748).
+ Fixed bug with for-in on x64 platform (issue 748).
- Fix crash bug on x64 platform (issue 756).
+ Fixed crash bug on x64 platform (issue 756).
- Fix bug in Object.getOwnPropertyNames. (chromium issue 41243).
+ Fixed bug in Object.getOwnPropertyNames. (chromium issue 41243).
- Fix a bug on ARM that caused the result of 1 << x to be
+ Fixed a bug on ARM that caused the result of 1 << x to be
miscalculated for some inputs.
Performance improvements on all platforms.
@@ -270,7 +307,7 @@
2010-06-23: Version 2.2.19
- Fix bug that causes the build to break when profillingsupport=off
+ Fixed bug that causes the build to break when profillingsupport=off
(issue 738).
Added expose-externalize-string flag for testing extensions.
@@ -278,7 +315,7 @@
Resolve linker issues with using V8 as a DLL causing a number of
problems with unresolved symbols.
- Fix build failure for cctests when ENABLE_DEBUGGER_SUPPORT is not
+ Fixed build failure for cctests when ENABLE_DEBUGGER_SUPPORT is not
defined.
Performance improvements on all platforms.
@@ -289,11 +326,11 @@
Added API functions to retrieve information on indexed properties
managed by the embedding layer. Fixes bug 737.
- Make ES5 Object.defineProperty support array elements. Fixes bug 619.
+ Made ES5 Object.defineProperty support array elements. Fixes bug 619.
- Add heap profiling to the API.
+ Added heap profiling to the API.
- Remove old named property query from the API.
+ Removed old named property query from the API.
Incremental performance improvements.
@@ -319,12 +356,12 @@
2010-06-07: Version 2.2.15
- Add an API to control the disposal of external string resources.
+ Added an API to control the disposal of external string resources.
- Add missing initialization of a couple of variables which makes
+ Added missing initialization of a couple of variables which makes
some compilers complaint when compiling with -Werror.
- Improve performance on all platforms.
+ Improved performance on all platforms.
2010-06-02: Version 2.2.14
@@ -338,12 +375,12 @@
2010-05-31: Version 2.2.13
- Implement Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor for element indices and
+ Implemented Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor for element indices and
strings (issue 599).
- Fix bug for windows 64 bit C calls from generated code.
+ Fixed bug for windows 64 bit C calls from generated code.
- Add new scons flag unalignedaccesses for arm builds.
+ Added new scons flag unalignedaccesses for arm builds.
Performance improvements on all platforms.
@@ -358,7 +395,7 @@
2010-05-21: Version 2.2.11
- Fix crash bug in liveedit on 64 bit.
+ Fixed crash bug in liveedit on 64 bit.
Use 'full compiler' when debugging is active. This should increase
the density of possible break points, making single step more fine
@@ -368,11 +405,11 @@
Misc. fixes to the Solaris build.
- Add new flags --print-cumulative-gc-stat and --trace-gc-nvp.
+ Added new flags --print-cumulative-gc-stat and --trace-gc-nvp.
- Add filtering of CPU profiles by security context.
+ Added filtering of CPU profiles by security context.
- Fix crash bug on ARM when running without VFP2 or VFP3.
+ Fixed crash bug on ARM when running without VFP2 or VFP3.
Incremental performance improvements in all backends.
@@ -384,12 +421,12 @@
2010-05-10: Version 2.2.9
- Allow Object.create to be called with a function (issue 697).
+ Allowed Object.create to be called with a function (issue 697).
Fixed bug with Date.parse returning a non-NaN value when called on a
non date string (issue 696).
- Allow unaligned memory accesses on ARM targets that support it (by
+ Allowed unaligned memory accesses on ARM targets that support it (by
Subrato K De of CodeAurora <subratokde@codeaurora.org>).
C++ API for retrieving JavaScript stack trace information.
@@ -543,9 +580,9 @@
2010-02-23: Version 2.1.2
- Fix a crash bug caused by wrong assert.
+ Fixed a crash bug caused by wrong assert.
- Fix a bug with register names on 64-bit V8 (issue 615).
+ Fixed a bug with register names on 64-bit V8 (issue 615).
Performance improvements on all platforms.
@@ -581,13 +618,13 @@
Solaris support by Erich Ocean <erich.ocean@me.com> and Ryan Dahl
<ry@tinyclouds.org>.
- Fix a bug that Math.round() returns incorrect results for huge
+ Fixed a bug that Math.round() returns incorrect results for huge
integers.
- Fix enumeration order for objects created from some constructor
+ Fixed enumeration order for objects created from some constructor
functions (isue http://crbug.com/3867).
- Fix arithmetic on some integer constants (issue 580).
+ Fixed arithmetic on some integer constants (issue 580).
Numerous performance improvements including porting of previous IA-32
optimizations to x64 and ARM architectures.
@@ -726,11 +763,11 @@
X64: Convert smis to holding 32 bits of payload.
- Introduce v8::Integer::NewFromUnsigned method.
+ Introduced v8::Integer::NewFromUnsigned method.
- Add missing null check in Context::GetCurrent.
+ Added missing null check in Context::GetCurrent.
- Add trim, trimLeft and trimRight methods to String
+ Added trim, trimLeft and trimRight methods to String
Patch by Jan de Mooij <jandemooij@gmail.com>
Implement ES5 Array.isArray
@@ -738,14 +775,15 @@
Skip access checks for hidden properties.
- Add String::Concat(Handle<String> left, Handle<String> right) to the V8 API.
+ Added String::Concat(Handle<String> left, Handle<String> right) to the
+ V8 API.
- Fix GYP-based builds of V8.
+ Fixed GYP-based builds of V8.
2009-10-07: Version 1.3.15
- Expand the maximum size of the code space to 512MB for 64-bit mode.
+ Expanded the maximum size of the code space to 512MB for 64-bit mode.
Fixed a crash bug happening when starting profiling (issue
http://crbug.com/23768).
@@ -757,10 +795,10 @@
located on the object or in the prototype chain skipping any
interceptors.
- Fix the stack limits setting API to work correctly with threads. The
+ Fixed the stack limits setting API to work correctly with threads. The
stack limit now needs to be set to each thread thich is used with V8.
- Remove the high-priority flag from IdleNotification()
+ Removed the high-priority flag from IdleNotification()
Ensure V8 is initialized before locking and unlocking threads.
@@ -828,7 +866,7 @@
Implemented missing pieces of debugger infrastructure on ARM. The
debugger is now fully functional on ARM.
- Make 'hidden' the default visibility for gcc.
+ Made 'hidden' the default visibility for gcc.
2009-09-09: Version 1.3.10
@@ -883,9 +921,9 @@
2009-08-21: Version 1.3.6
- Add support for forceful termination of JavaScript execution.
+ Added support for forceful termination of JavaScript execution.
- Add low memory notification to the API. The embedding host can signal
+ Added low memory notification to the API. The embedding host can signal
a low memory situation to V8.
Changed the handling of global handles (persistent handles in the API
@@ -899,9 +937,9 @@
2009-08-19: Version 1.3.5
- Optimize initialization of some arrays in the builtins.
+ Optimized initialization of some arrays in the builtins.
- Fix mac-nm script to support filenames with spaces.
+ Fixed mac-nm script to support filenames with spaces.
Support for using the V8 profiler when V8 is embedded in a Windows DLL.
@@ -914,7 +952,7 @@
Added API for getting object mirrors.
- Make sure that SSE3 instructions are used whenever possible even when
+ Made sure that SSE3 instructions are used whenever possible even when
running off a snapshot generated without using SSE3 instructions.
Tweaked the handling of the initial size and growth policy of the heap.
@@ -936,20 +974,20 @@
2009-08-12: Version 1.3.3
- Fix issue 417: incorrect %t placeholder expansion.
+ Fixed issue 417: incorrect %t placeholder expansion.
- Add .gitignore file similar to Chromium's one.
+ Added .gitignore file similar to Chromium's one.
- Fix SConstruct file to build with new logging code for Android.
+ Fixed SConstruct file to build with new logging code for Android.
API: added function to find instance of template in prototype
chain. Inlined Object::IsInstanceOf.
Land change to notify valgrind when we modify code on x86.
- Add api call to determine whether a string can be externalized.
+ Added api call to determine whether a string can be externalized.
- Add a write() command to d8.
+ Added a write() command to d8.
2009-08-05: Version 1.3.2
@@ -1232,7 +1270,7 @@
Added EcmaScript 5 JSON object.
- Fix bug in preemption support on ARM.
+ Fixed bug in preemption support on ARM.
2009-04-23: Version 1.2.0