1.0.0-alpha.5

Release 1.0.0-alpha.5

This alpha release includes significant improvements to I/O handling, platform compatibility, and internal architecture.

🚀 New Features

• Command Turn System (#230, #229): Implemented command processing turn mechanism for better game loop control
• 64-bit Integer Support (#227): Platform-agnostic 64-bit integer support for LPC runtime
• IO Reactor (#214, #209, #205): Complete IO reactor abstraction with poll() implementation for non-blocking I/O
  • Phase 2 implementation (#209)
  • Phase 3 implementation (#214)
  • Design documentation (#204)
• Console Mode (#221, #213): Added CONSOLE_USER connection type that bypasses telnet protocol
  • Windows console support (#213)
• Timer Port Integration (#225): Integrated timer_port API for improved event handling
• Testing Enhancements (#215): Extended load_object() to accept pre-text parameter for easier unit testing

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Windows Platform (#228, #216, #212, #206): Multiple Windows compatibility fixes
  • localtime() implementation (#228)
  • restore_object() on Windows (#216)
  • IO reactor for listen sockets (#212)
  • IO reactor build fixes (#206)
• IO Reactor (#220, #219): Console I/O handling and io_reactor_wait() fixes
• Timer (#226): Fixed timer_port for heart_beat mechanism
• Compiler (#223): Fixed program_t pointer alignment issues
• LPC Runtime (#218, #211, #210): Multiple runtime fixes
  • Crasher in check_valid_path() (#218)
  • Reverted find_function semantics (#211)
  • find_function now returns runtime index (#210)
• Unit Tests (#217, #202): Fixed save_object unit tests and cleaned up test environment
• Socket Communication (#207): Fixed socket_comm issues
• MSVC Build (#208): Fixed various warnings on MSVC build

🧹 Code Quality & Documentation

• LPC Types (#224, #222): Clarified LPC type system and improved program structure documentation
• Documentation (#203, #201): Updated admin guide and formatting improvements
• AI Assistance (#200, #198): Added GitHub Copilot instructions for development
• Graceful Cleanup (#197): Added --pedantic flag to enable graceful cleanup on shutdown

📊 Statistics

• 33 commits since 1.0.0-alpha.4
• Major improvements in cross-platform compatibility
• Enhanced testing infrastructure
• Comprehensive I/O subsystem refactoring

⚠️ Breaking Changes

• find_function() now returns runtime function index instead of function number (reverted behavior from #210)

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Full Changelog: 1.0.0-alpha.4...1.0.0-alpha.5

1.0.0-alpha.4

What's Changed

• doc: added new changelog by @taedlar in #143
• test: add backend unit-tests by @taedlar in #144
• test: add unit-tests for stack machine by @taedlar in #145
• clean: moved regexp to lib/efuns by @taedlar in #146
• doc: update coding style by @taedlar in #147
• test: add unit-tests for lpc interpreter by @taedlar in #148
• doc: update architecture illustration by @taedlar in #149
• clean: make local func static by @taedlar in #150
• clean: rename action handler to process_command by @taedlar in #151
• fix: look_for_objects_to_swap() gets wrong time_of_ref by @taedlar in #152
• clean: protect current_error_context as static variable by @taedlar in #153
• clean: make LPC program counter a const char pointer by @taedlar in #154
• clean: move catch_value to error_context package by @taedlar in #155
• clean: separate apply code from interpret.c by @taedlar in #156
• clean: lpc interpreter code by @taedlar in #157
• test: add testing opcode name by @taedlar in #158
• test: add unit-test for set_heart_beat by @taedlar in #159
• test: add unit-tests for preprocessor by @taedlar in #160
• feat: supports adding pre_text in compile_file() for unit-tests by @taedlar in #161
• doc: lpc library by @taedlar in #162
• test: add unit-test for eval cost limitation by @taedlar in #163
• feat: made float using double by default by @taedlar in #164
• test: allow call_function() to pass arguments by @taedlar in #165
• test: add unit-tests for object hash table by @taedlar in #166
• clean: rename internal find_object() to avoid confusion by @taedlar in #167
• clean: separate identifier routines from lexer by @taedlar in #168
• clean: separate functional impl from interpret.c by @taedlar in #169
• clean: functional defs by @taedlar in #170
• clean: removed old debug() macro by @taedlar in #171
• feat: add --console-mode for driver by @taedlar in #172
• feat: support password and get_char in console mode by @taedlar in #173
• feat: console reconnect clears pending input by @taedlar in #174
• Add MCP (Model Context Protocol) configuration by @taedlar in #175
• feat: clean socket headers by @taedlar in #176
• port: compile with msvc by @taedlar in #177
• port: build unit-tests in msvc by @taedlar in #178
• fix: crasher in get_simul_efuns() by @taedlar in #179
• fix: misc errors in unit-tests by @taedlar in #180
• clean: error handling in unit-tests by @taedlar in #181
• fix: add /utf-8 to msvc compiler by @taedlar in #182
• fix: unit-test platform dependent utf8 locale setting by @taedlar in #183
• fix: extend gtest discovery timeout by @taedlar in #184
• fix: warnings in msvc build by @taedlar in #185
• fix: unit-test for double precison by @taedlar in #186
• fix: various int size warnings in msvc build by @taedlar in #187
• fix: refill_buffer() to expect portable read() behavior by @taedlar in #188
• fix: read_file() behavior in windows text mode by @taedlar in #189
• fix: fatal error handling by @taedlar in #190
• feat: integrate winsock2 by @taedlar in #191
• fix: console mode limitation on winsock select() by @taedlar in #192
• fix: winsock efuns by @taedlar in #193
• fix: use read() for console connection by @taedlar in #194
• doc: updates for winsock in console-mode by @taedlar in #195
• feat: use poll() for socket I/O when available by @taedlar in #196

Full Changelog: 1.0.0-alpha.3...1.0.0-alpha.4

1.0.0-alpha.3

What's Changed

• feat: add simul_efun tear down by @taedlar in #101
• test: unit test for compile_file() by @taedlar in #102
• clean: lpc compiler interface by @taedlar in #103
• feat: add init_simulate() by @taedlar in #104
• feat: add tear_down_simulate() by @taedlar in #105
• fix: free apply_ret_value in reset_machine by @taedlar in #106
• fix: call init_object for vital objects by @taedlar in #107
• clean: add const qualifiers by @taedlar in #108
• port: detects posix stpcpy and sptncpy by @taedlar in #109
• fix: various warnings by @taedlar in #110
• fix: lpc parser warnings by @taedlar in #111
• clean: simul_efun internals by @taedlar in #112
• test: add test_simul_efun by @taedlar in #113
• clean: remove use of global variable to count svalue string length by @taedlar in #114
• fix: add required pop_context() to prevent dangling pointers by @taedlar in #115
• fix: protect simul_efun from destruct if master object exists by @taedlar in #116
• fix: save_binary signature to use simil_efun as config id by @taedlar in #117
• test: unit-test calling simul_efun by @taedlar in #118
• test: add LPC lexer unit-tests by @taedlar in #119
• chore: rename SERVER_OPTION to MAIN_OPTION by @taedlar in #120
• fix: lexer unit-test clean up by @taedlar in #121
• test: add lexer unit-test with string by @taedlar in #122
• test: add various lexer unit tests by @taedlar in #123
• feat: add double keyword and upgrade float by @taedlar in #124
• doc: float points by @taedlar in #125
• feat: add support for wide character literals by @taedlar in #126
• test: add unit-test for efuns by @taedlar in #127
• fix: efun explode() for utf-8 string by @taedlar in #128
• clean: remove gettext l10n macro by @taedlar in #129
• fix: detection of librt by @taedlar in #130
• clean: unsorted efuns by @taedlar in #131
• clean: sscanf efun by @taedlar in #132
• test: add sscanf unit-test by @taedlar in #133
• clean: unsorted efuns by @taedlar in #134
• clean: variables efun and doc by @taedlar in #135
• test: add unit-test for strsrch() by @taedlar in #136
• test: add unit-test for replace_string() by @taedlar in #137
• clean: removed efun break_string, process_string, process_value by @taedlar in #138
• clean: efun and docs by @taedlar in #139
• fix: rename variables conflict with cxx keyword by @taedlar in #140
• doc: add architecture illustration by @taedlar in #141
• chore: adjust illustration color by @taedlar in #142

Full Changelog: 1.0.0-alpha.2...1.0.0-alpha.3

v1.0.0-alpha.2

What's Changed

• feat: add unit-tests integration using googletest by @taedlar in #73
• ci: enable codeql scan by @taedlar in #74
• fix: check HAVE_LIBRT in cmake by @taedlar in #75
• fix: trace flags for backend tier by @taedlar in #76
• clean: reference simulate.h from stem header by @taedlar in #77
• clean: reorganize lpc related headers by @taedlar in #78
• clean: reorganize lpc code generation by @taedlar in #79
• clean: reorganize lpc compiler code by @taedlar in #80
• fix: telnet related warnings by @taedlar in #81
• fix: various compile warnings by @taedlar in #82
• fix: scanf return value check by @taedlar in #83
• fix: potential crasher in subtract_array by @taedlar in #84
• clean: separate runtime config as static lib by @taedlar in #85
• fix: warnings by @taedlar in #86
• doc: add doc for driver main program by @taedlar in #87
• test: add stem object library for unit-testing by @taedlar in #88
• clean: rearrange stem variables for unit-testing by @taedlar in #89
• test: add unit-testing to load master object by @taedlar in #90
• testL add LPC compiler tear down by @taedlar in #91
• test: update logger unit-tests by @taedlar in #92
• test: add unit-tests for stralloc by @taedlar in #93
• doc: unit-testing by @taedlar in #94
• test: add deinit for otable, livings and strings by @taedlar in #95
• feat: allow trully destruct master_ob by @taedlar in #96
• doc: update running ctest in debugger by @taedlar in #97
• feat: add deinit_config and updated unit-tests by @taedlar in #98
• test: add unit test for load_obejct() by @taedlar in #99
• clean: main function and add comments by @taedlar in #100

Full Changelog: 1.0.0-alpha.1...1.0.0-alpha.2

v1.0.0-alpha.1

• initial base release with cmake build process.
• tested OK with latest ES2 mudlib