| 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 | - trust filename from yenc header and do not extract it from the header. |
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6 | - remove debug message file cvs id's, which didn't work anymore, replace UUMessage |
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7 | by a macro and remove file and line numbers from callers. |
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8 | - remove some pre-c99 support. |
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9 | - compile whole uulib als single .c file. |
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10 | - call abort in some code that should not be reached. |
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12 | 1.8 Thu Dec 17 02:23:53 CET 2020 |
| 5 | - no bugfixes in this release due to lack of known bugs, but the major changes |
13 | - no bugfixes in this release due to lack of known bugs, but the major changes |
| 6 | in this release might have introduced new bugs, so watch out. |
14 | in this release might have introduced new bugs, so watch out. |
| 7 | - update large decoder example to disable OPT_AUTOCHK dn use Smerge -1. |
15 | - update large decoder example to disable OPT_AUTOCHK and use Smerge -1. |
| 8 | - some micro-optimisations. |
16 | - some micro-optimisations. |
| 9 | - avoid costly string comparisons by comparing hashes when isnerting items, |
17 | - avoid costly string comparisons by comparing hashes when isnerting items, |
| 10 | which speeds up insertion by a constant factor. |
18 | which speeds up insertion by a constant factor. |
| 11 | - improve uulist (and other) structure layout and size. |
19 | - improve uulist (and other) structure layout and size. |
| 12 | - reverse the order of file list items, which heuristically improves |
20 | - reverse the order of file list items, which heuristically improves |
| 13 | match speed with large usenet file lists. |
21 | match speed with large usenet file lists. |
| 14 | - use getc instead of fgetc, which makes no difference on gnu/linux. |
22 | - use getc instead of fgetc, which makes no difference on gnu/linux, |
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23 | but might, elsewhere. |
| 15 | - clean up _FP symbol names toi not start with an underscore. |
24 | - clean up _FP symbol names to not start with an underscore. |
| 16 | - use feof_unlocked and ferror_unlocked. |
25 | - use feof_unlocked and ferror_unlocked. |
| 17 | - implement a faster ascii-only strnicmp. |
26 | - implement a faster ascii-only strnicmp. |
| 18 | - misc very minor code improvements. |
27 | - misc very minor code improvements. |
| 19 | - remove quite a bit of pre-posix/dos/etc. cruft. |
28 | - remove quite a bit of pre-posix/dos/etc. cruft. |
| 20 | - use flockfile, if available, for a potential but small |
29 | - use flockfile, if available, for a potential but small |
