new Pike 7.8 beta (build 866) available

I'm pleased to announce a new beta release of Pike 7.8 (stable). Please refer to the change log for a summary of the fixes and changes present in this build:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pikelang/Pike/7.8/CHANGES

You may download the source distribution from the following location:

http://pike.lysator.liu.se/download/pub/pike/beta/7.8.866/

I’m still working on getting a Windows build prepared, however it might be a few days before that's ready (assuming no one else gets it done first). If all goes well and we don't hear of any major problems, we'll promote this build to "official release" after a few weeks.

NOTE: If you are compiling with a relatively recent GCC (4.2+ at least), you'll need to disable machine code in order to get a working build:

make CONFIGUREARGS="--without-machine-code"

Please report back if you experience any problems building or using this release. As always, questions, comments and suggestions are welcome!

Best,

Bill