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Guile-GDBM 1.2.0 available
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Thien-Thi Nguyen |
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Guile-GDBM 1.2.0 available |
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 05:50:28 -0500 |
release notes:
Most changes from GDBM 1.10 to 1.19 are now included.
Explicitly not included are dump/load (export/import) procs.
There are command-line tools for that, probably.
Somewhat ironically, the new stuff has a lot to do w/
error handling, yet there are no new tests for Guile-GDBM.
That's what that big ".0" is for -- a warning to the wise!
README excerpt:
Guile-GDBM is a Guile module that provides Scheme bindings to the
GNU dbm library. It was originally written by Martin Grabmüller
and is now released under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
version 3.
NEWS for 1.2.0 (2022-02-09):
- distribution now .tar.lz
If you have GNU tar, you can use "tar xf" and it will DTRT.
If not, you can use "lzip -dc TARBALL | tar xf -" to unpack it.
- configure script takes ‘--with-gdbm=PFX’
If this option is used, the configure script expects to find
gdbm.h in PFX/include and libgdbm in PFX/lib.
- meaningful return value
These procs now return ‘#t’ on success:
gdbm-store!
gdbm-delete!
gdbm-reorganize!
gdbm-setopt!
(Their return value used to be unspecified.)
These procs likewise return ‘#t’ on success, if the GDBM version
supports it in the underlying C function:
gdbm-sync!
gdbm-close!
- new procs
- gdbm-errsym
This returns a symbol representing the underlying GDBM C value
‘gdbm_errno’.
- gdbm-strerror
This returns the string associated w/ its arg, an error symbol,
or ‘#f’ if that symbol is not recognized.
- happy-to-throw
This examines and controls the "happy to throw" bit. See manual.
- documentation improvements
- exception throwing mentioned
These procs are now documented to throw exception on error:
gdbm-open!
gdbm-setopt!
gdbm-getopt
- Guile auto-compilation suppressed
The shell var ‘GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE’ is set to "0" and exported to
the environment in both the configure script and the test runner
script. This suppresses automatic .scm -> .go compilation for
those steps. During "make" you still need to do this yourself.
- new functionality from GNU dbm 1.13 (2017-03-11)
- new ‘gdbm-getopt’ option: blocksize
This returns the block size used for transfer between memory and
the database file on disk.
- new ‘gdbm-open’ flag: bsexact
This flag causes ‘gdbm-open’ to fail if the requested block size
cannot be used without adjustment. It is not useful at present
since Guile-GDBM uses the "system block size" unconditionally
(there is no way to request a different value).
If you really do need to specify a block size, please file a bug
report and we'll work things out in a future Guile-GDBM release.
- new proc: gdbm-recover
Due to the nature of this proc's operating context, it is not
currently tested during the "make check" step. Experience
reports welcome (as are workable tips on how to test it!).
See manual.
- new proc: gdbm-last-errsym
Like ‘gdbm-errsym’, on a per-db basis.
- new proc: gdbm-last-syserr
Return the ‘errno’ (if any) associated w/ the last per-db error.
- new proc: gdbm-check-syserr
Return ‘#t’ if the system ‘errno’ should be checked to get more
info on the given error code (a symbol).
- new proc: gdbm-clear-error
Clear the per-db error state.
- new proc: gdbm-db-strerror
Like ‘gdbm-strerror’, but specific to a db. Sometimes more
informative, too.
- new proc: gdbm-needs-recovery?
Return ‘#t’ if the db is in an inconsistent state and needs to be
recovered (with ‘gdbm-recover’).
- new proc: gdbm-copy-meta
Copy file ownership and mode information from ‘src’ db handle to
‘dst’ db handle. Both must be open.
- new proc: gdbm-count
This was introduced in GNU dbm 1.11 (2013-12-25). If you're
running a version older than that, ‘gdbm-count’ returns ‘#f’.
- bootstrap/maintenance tools
upgraded:
GNU gnulib 2022-01-27 07:00:41
as before:
Guile-BAUX 20211208.0839.a5245e7
GNU Autoconf 2.71
GNU Automake 1.16.5
GNU texinfo 6.8
source code in dir:
https://www.gnuvola.org/software/guile-gdbm/
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