| 1 | Revision history for Perl extension Convert::UUlib. |
1 | Revision history for Perl extension Convert::UUlib. |
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| 3 | TODO: biggest timesinks: FP_fgets/getc_unlocked overall, UUInsertPartToList dominates large loads due to O(n**2) search |
3 | TODO: biggest timesinks: FP_fgets/getc_unlocked overall, UUInsertPartToList dominates large loads due to O(n**2) search |
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| 5 | 04:59:03 <kentnl> schmorp: you may want to change the description on Convert-UUlib, because your bundled copy |
5 | - trust filename from yenc header more. |
| 6 | is now better maintained and has fewer security risks than upstreams :p |
6 | - remove debug message file cvs id's, which didn't work anymore, replace UUMessage |
| 7 | 04:59:49 <kentnl> to the point I've been humoring the idea of cribbing its code and shipping it as a |
7 | by a macro and remove file and line numbers from callers. |
| 8 | replacement for other things currently using the original uulib |
8 | - remove some pre-c99 support. |
| 9 | 06:51:00 <schmorp> kentnl: well, hmm, but change it to what, it still is an interface to "a" uulib library at |
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| 10 | least |
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| 11 | 06:52:26 <kentnl> Maybe "Convert to/from uuencoded data in C" or something like that. |
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10 | 1.8 Thu Dec 17 02:23:53 CET 2020 |
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11 | - no bugfixes in this release due to lack of known bugs, but the major changes |
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12 | in this release might have introduced new bugs, so watch out. |
| 13 | - update large decoder example to disable OPT_AUTOCHK dn use Smerge -1. |
13 | - update large decoder example to disable OPT_AUTOCHK and use Smerge -1. |
| 14 | - some micro-optimisations. |
14 | - some micro-optimisations. |
| 15 | - avoid costly string comparisons by comparing hashes when isnerting items, |
15 | - avoid costly string comparisons by comparing hashes when isnerting items, |
| 16 | which speeds up insertion by a constant factor. |
16 | which speeds up insertion by a constant factor. |
| 17 | - improve uulist (and other) structure layout and size. |
17 | - improve uulist (and other) structure layout and size. |
| 18 | - reverse the order of file list items, which heuristically improves |
18 | - reverse the order of file list items, which heuristically improves |
| 19 | match speed with large usenet file lists. |
19 | match speed with large usenet file lists. |
| 20 | - use getc instead of fgetc, which makes no difference on gnu/linux. |
20 | - use getc instead of fgetc, which makes no difference on gnu/linux, |
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21 | but might, elsewhere. |
| 21 | - clean up _FP symbol names toi not start with an underscore. |
22 | - clean up _FP symbol names to not start with an underscore. |
| 22 | - use feof_unlocked and ferror_unlocked. |
23 | - use feof_unlocked and ferror_unlocked. |
| 23 | - implement a faster ascii-only strnicmp. |
24 | - implement a faster ascii-only strnicmp. |
| 24 | - misc very minor code improvements. |
25 | - misc very minor code improvements. |
| 25 | - remove quite a bit of pre-posix/dos/etc. cruft. |
26 | - remove quite a bit of pre-posix/dos/etc. cruft. |
| 26 | - use flockfile, if available, for a potential but small |
27 | - use flockfile, if available, for a potential but small |
| 27 | speed gain. |
28 | speed gain. |
| 28 | - speed up inner yenc decoder loop. |
29 | - speed up inner yenc decoder loop. |
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30 | - kentnl said that this module should no longer claim to be a simple |
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31 | interface to uulib, as the bunndled copy is now better maintained |
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32 | than the original upstream library. |
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| 30 | 1.71 Tue Mar 17 00:54:06 CET 2020 |
34 | 1.71 Tue Mar 17 00:54:06 CET 2020 |
| 31 | - backport to c89 (patch by Paul Howarth). |
35 | - backport to c89 (patch by Paul Howarth). |
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| 33 | 1.7 Sat Feb 29 22:07:54 CET 2020 |
37 | 1.7 Sat Feb 29 22:07:54 CET 2020 |
