Re: [ANN] luabind 0.9-rc1

2009/12/10 liam mail <[email protected]>

>
>
> 2009/12/10 Daniel Wallin <[email protected]>
>
> I'm happy to announce the first RC of luabind 0.9. There have been a lot
>> of improvements since 0.8.1. Among the more interesting ones are the
>> automatic handling of down casts, as well as better smart pointer
>> support, and of course the improved performance.
>>
>> Many thanks to Athena Capital Research who funded a large part of the
>> development for this release.
>>
>> Please test and report problems!
>>
>> Source packages available for download at:
>>
>>  http://sourceforge.net/projects/luabind/files/
>>
>>
>> User visible changes since 0.8.1
>> --------------------------------
>>
>>  * Major optimizations. For example, calling member functions should be
>>   close to twice as fast.
>>
>>  * Can now automatically handle conversion of any pointer like type
>>   that implements a get_pointer() overload.
>>
>>  * Now handles virtual and multiple inheritance properly.
>>
>>  * Automatically perform down-casts as well as up-casts when converting
>>   arguments from Lua to C++.
>>
>>  * When converting from C++ to Lua, polymorphic instances are
>>   automatically cast to their most derived type.
>>
>>  * Memory optimizations.
>>
>>  * Added `table<>` object wrapper. Can be used to limit a function
>>   parameter to tables.
>>
>>   Previously:
>>
>>       void f(object const& x)
>>       {
>>           // assert that x is table
>>       }
>>
>>   Now:
>>
>>       void f(table<object> const& x)
>>       {
>>       }
>>
>>  * Uses standard luaL_ref() and luaL_unref() functions. This should
>>   simplify integration with other libraries that make use of the
>>   registry.
>>
>>  * Deprecated the `raw()` converter policy. lua_State* arguments are now
>>   automatically handled by the library.
>>
>>  * Fixed common problem where objects would reference a garbage
>>   collected coroutine.
>>
>> Breaking changes
>> ----------------
>>
>>  * Dropped support for using a custom type_info.
>>
>>  * `get_const_holder()' was removed, and by extension the automatic
>>   smart_ptr<X> -> smart_ptr<X const>.
>>
>>
>> Changes since 0.8.1:
>> --------------------
>>
>> Daniel Wallin (100):
>>  Remove a lot of unused code.
>>  Remove unnecessary dependency on Boost.Python.
>>  Don't use boost::function.
>>  Remove a bunch of dead code and unnecessary includes.
>>  Use mpl::vector instead of mpl::list in class_<>.
>>  Simplify parameter deduction code in class_<> template.
>>  Use partial specialization for is_bases<>.
>>  Move "bases<>" definition to class.hpp.
>>  Add missing <stdexcept> include.
>>  Replace ref/unref with luaL_ref/luaL_unref.
>>  Use luaL_ref/luaL_unref in weak_ref.
>>  Add type_info wrapper class.
>>  Add table<> object wrapper.
>>  Fix placeholder macro for GCC4.0.
>>  Replace include with forward declaration.
>>  New instance holders. Can hold instance by any pointer type.
>>  New instance storage implementation. Cleaner and faster.
>>  Add default converter for boost::shared_ptr<>.
>>  Use luaL_ref/luaL_unref instead of old ref() mechanism.
>>  Don't try to return void* from Lua in test.
>>  Add missing LUABIND_API to luabind::open().
>>  Add test for creating instances in Lua threads.
>>  Add luabind::get_main_thread() API.
>>  Create instance table reference in the main thread.
>>  New recursive overload resolver.
>>  Compute argument indices with converters.
>>  Automatically convert lua_State* arguments.
>>  Test user defined converter that consumes 2 parameters.
>>  Inline more calls when invoking functions. Improves code on GCC.
>>  Cache conversion result from the scoring stage.
>>  Reduce the number of API calls for numeric converters.
>>  Use lua_rawgeti() instead of lua_pushnumber, lua_rawget pair.
>>  Make adopt_policy::match() stateful.
>>  Make const_pointer_converter stateful.
>>  Make shared_ptr_converter stateful.
>>  Fix builtin converter test. All converters need both conversion stages.
>>  Fix tests. Need to contain subconverters.
>>  Add missing detail/ref.hpp include.
>>  New inheritance graph code.
>>  Add make_instance() helper function.
>>  Add tests for new inheritance code.
>>  Add missing <luabind/wrapper_base.hpp> include.
>>  Use add_cast() for wrappers as well.
>>  Handle null pointer in shared_ptr_converter.
>>  Rework local_id allocation in class_id_map.
>>  Fix bug in id allocation.
>>  Make shared_ptr_converter public.
>>  Test object identity with shared_ptr_converter.
>>  Handle NULL smart pointers.
>>  Remove use of conversion_storage.
>>  Test that adopt() leaves a weak pointer in the Lua object.
>>  Hold a weak pointer in instance_holder when ownership is released.
>>  Use false : x : 0 idiom to avoid evaluating x.
>>  Suppress unused variable warning.
>>  Keep overload chain alive in function_object.
>>  Remove old unused table ref member from object_rep.
>>  Store dependency refs directly in the registry.
>>  Update version.hpp for v0.9.
>>  Silence uninitialized variable warning.
>>  Cache conversion result in value_converter.
>>  Update version for 0.9 in Jamroot.
>>  Add test for extending exported classes in Lua.
>>  Associate polymorphic wrapper back reference with the main thread.
>>  Remove some stale code.
>>  Handle returning references to smart pointers.
>>  Allocate storage for instances with object_rep::allocate().
>>  Add missing LUABIND_API to invoke_context.
>>  Use boost::scoped_ptr<> for pimpl.
>>  Add missing LUABIND_API to class_id_map.
>>  Fix bug where local class ids would become incorrect.
>>  Supress int->bool warnings on MSVC.
>>  Add missing LUABIND_BUILDING define to inheritance.cpp.
>>  Use std::size_t instead of int for dependency count.
>>  Const holder conversion isn't supported any more. Don't test it.
>>  Use lua_tointeger() instead of casting the result of lua_tonumber().
>>  Suppress a bunch of "unreferenced parameter" warnings.
>>  Suppress MSVC alignment warning (C4121).
>>  Suppress MSVC unreachable code warning.
>>  Suppress MSVC "assignment operator could not be generated" warning.
>>  Make object_rep noncopyable.
>>  Cast to lua_Integer and lua_Number explicitly in converter.
>>  Remove compute_arity(). This isn't used any more.
>>  Revert 5134297. This caused overload ambiguities.
>>  Fix leak in "super" upvalue.
>>  Store main thread lua_State* in shared_ptr_deleter.
>>  Fix class_info() calling lua_typename() with stack index.
>>  Kill old detail::is_class_object() function.
>>  Fix set_instance_value() bug that overwrote class values.
>>  Don't test smart ptr features that have been removed.
>>  docs: Rewrite section on smart pointers.
>>  docs: Remove note about library being in beta phase.
>>  Use lua_pushliteral() where possible.
>>  Don't use lua_tointeger() for unsigned int on MSVC.
>>  Suppress int->bool warnings on MSVC.
>>  Don't leak cast-graph objects.
>>  docs: Add note about functions returning smart pointers.
>>  Accept "nil" in char const* converter.
>>  Always use lua_tonumber() for unsigned int/long.
>>  cast_graph::cast() should return the score as int.
>>  Fix placeholder definitions to match changes in Boost 1.39.
>>
>> Evan Wies (3):
>>  Don't crash if class_info() is called on non-luabind objects.
>>  Add Lua function class_names() giving a list of registered types.
>>  Test that class_info() don't crash when passed non-luabind objects.
>>
>> Kenny Peng (1):
>>  Address a name conflict with termios.h.
>>
>> Nigel Atkinson (1):
>>  Don't use same name for parameter and type.
>>
>> --
>> Daniel Wallin
>> BoostPro Computing
>> http://www.boostpro.com
>>
>>
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> Is there a packaging mistake for the 0.9rc1 zip file, I still see the
> directory inside named luabind-0.8.1 and the speed it almost the same?
> Liam
>

So I tried the tar.gz packaged download and "simply dropping the source
files in a Visual Studio project" yet I get errors. find_best_match.hpp
seems to have been removed form luabind/detail
find_best_match.cpp
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(31) : error C2039: 'find_best_match' : is not a
member of 'luabind::detail'
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(33) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier
'overload_rep_base'
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(44) : error C2065: 'num_overloads' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(46) : error C2065: 'start' : undeclared identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(46) : error C2227: left of '->match' must point to
class/struct/union/generic type
        type is ''unknown-type''
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(46) : error C2065: 'num_params' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(48) : error C2065: 'start' : undeclared identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(48) : error C2065: 'orep_size' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(51) : error C2065: 'min_match' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(54) : error C2065: 'match_index' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(55) : error C2065: 'min_match' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(56) : error C2065: 'min_match' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(64) : error C2065: 'ambiguous' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(64) : error C2065: 'min_match' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(65) : error C2065: 'min_match' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(69) : error C2039: 'find_exact_match' : is not a
member of 'luabind::detail'
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(71) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier
'overload_rep_base'
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(78) : error C2065: 'num_overloads' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(80) : error C2065: 'start' : undeclared identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(80) : error C2227: left of '->match' must point to
class/struct/union/generic type
        type is ''unknown-type''
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(80) : error C2065: 'num_params' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(81) : error C2065: 'cmp_match' : undeclared
identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(81) : error C2065: 'dest' : undeclared identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(81) : error C2228: left of '.push_back' must have
class/struct/union
        type is ''unknown-type''
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(81) : error C2065: 'start' : undeclared identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(82) : error C2065: 'start' : undeclared identifier
.\src\find_best_match.cpp(82) : error C2065: 'orep_size' : undeclared
identifier

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