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| author |   Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2004-01-09 22:52:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2004-01-09 22:52:12 +0000 |
| commit | 3dc01e682cdaec99362950ce13a9796fa91d03b6 (patch) | |
| tree | 0f6092c645c1d0fe636d73d44e8391150c7108c7 /dev-lang/cm3 | |
| parent | db-4 support. tested on my two boxes, marked for each arch, works great (diff) | |
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diff --git a/dev-lang/cm3/metadata.xml b/dev-lang/cm3/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5d4bbc40ed5b --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-lang/cm3/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> +<herd>no-herd</herd> +<maintainer> + <email>vapier@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Mike Frysinger</name> +</maintainer> +<longdescription> + Critical Mass Modula-3 5.1 (CM3) is the latest release of the Modula-3 compiler +produced by Critical Mass, which contains considerable enhancements to the +compiler, run-time system, and core libraries, which have not been publicly +available so far. The changes made by Critical Mass, Inc. since their CM3 4.1 +release include: + + * Modula-3 modules loadable at runtime + * <*IMPLICIT*> exceptions (changes language semantics) + * checked runtime errors are mapped to the implicit exception RuntimeError.E + * garbage collector failures are also mapped to implicit exceptions + * COM-compatible object layout (for WIN32) + * Unicode support: WIDECHAR, Text, Text8, Text16, Unicode interfaces + * extended ASSERT pragma: + <*ASSERT condition [ ("," | WITH) msg ] *>> + * new DEBUG pragma: + <*DEBUG condition [ ("," | WITH) msg {, msg} ] *> + <*DEBUG [ msg {, msg } ] *> + * 64 bit support for 64 bit machines + +There have been many more changes, and the 4.1 release also contained lots of +improvements compared to the SRC release, for example support for DLL generation +on Win32, much easier configuration procedure, binary installation (and +installer), reorganization and speedup of the builder etc. + +For the first free release of CM3, Elego Software Solutions has added the +following changes: + + * new gcc backend based on gcc 2.95.2 + * updated/added runtime support for platforms FreeBSD2, FreeBSD3, FreeBSD4, +LINUXLIBC6, and SOLgnu + * minimal binary installation packages for Win32, Linux, FreeBSD, and SOLgnu + * scripts for m3 package handling, system booting, installation, and +distribution archive creation +</longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |