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| author | ehilsdal <ehilsdal> | 2003-01-14 20:26:02 +0000 |
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| committer | ehilsdal <ehilsdal> | 2003-01-14 20:26:02 +0000 |
| commit | 939883f1c9a936d00f31336d0be03ba547a71315 (patch) | |
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preparation for 1.1beta3
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diff --git a/build/products/tools/dist/README-11.html b/build/products/tools/dist/README-11.html index 701c0812d..757457d7f 100644 --- a/build/products/tools/dist/README-11.html +++ b/build/products/tools/dist/README-11.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <html> <head> -<title>AspectJ 1.1beta2 -- Readme</title> +<title>AspectJ 1.1beta3 -- Readme</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- P { margin-left: 20px; } @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ All rights reserved. <h1>AspectJ Readme</h1> -<p align="right"><i>Version 1.1beta2</i></p> +<p align="right"><i>Version 1.1beta3</i></p> <p> This is an early-access release of AspectJ 1.1. It includes a small number of new language features as well as major improvements to the @@ -30,70 +30,20 @@ functionality of the tools. </p> and tools in relation to AspectJ 1.0.6. </p> -<p>The information in this document will be folded into the main line -of AspectJ documentation but has not yet. All descriptions here -should be read as changes to the AspectJ documentation. </p> +<p>The information in this document has been folded into the semantics +appendix of the AspectJ programming guide, but has not yet been folded +into the rest of the main line of AspectJ documentation. All +descriptions here should be read as changes to the AspectJ +documentation. </p> <p> The main body of this document describes the differences between -the 1.1beta2 release and the 1.0.6 release. For those following our -release schedule closely, however, these are the changes since the -1.1beta1 release: </p> +the 1.1beta3 release and the 1.0.6 release. For those following our +release schedule closely, however, these are the changes (other than +bugfixes) since the 1.1beta2 release: </p> <ul> - <li>The documentation, core tools and ant tasks are now part of a - single downloadable distribution from - <a href="http://eclipse.org/aspectj">eclipse.org</a>. Ajde for - <a href="http://aspectj4emacs.sourceforge.net/">Emacs</a>, - <a href="http://aspectj4netbean.sourceforge.net/">NetBeans</a> and - <a href="http://aspectj4jbuildr.sourceforge.net/">JBuilder</a> are - now available from individual SourceForge projects. </li> - - <li>More 1.0 features have been implemented: inter-type constructor - definitions, instance initialization and pre-initialization join - points, exception handler join points, advice execution join - points, and the -XserializableAspects experimental option. </li> - - <li><a href="#VOID_FIELD_SET">Field set join points now have a - <code>void</code> return type.</a> This will require porting of code - that uses the <code>set</code> PCD in conjunction with <code>after - returning</code> or <code>around</code> advice.</li> - - <li>Various <a href="#STRINGBUFFER">StringBuffer</a> methods and - constructors resulting from the Java Language string concatenation - operator <code>+</code> now result in join points. </li> - - <li>Users now have more control over the <a href="#XLINT">-Xlint</a> - option. </li> - - <li>AspectJ 1.1 will not pick out - <a href="#NO_CALLEE_SIDE_CALL">callee-side call join - points</a>. </li> - - <li>The <code>-noweave</code> option is now the - <code><a href="#XNOWEAVE">-XnoWeave</a></code> option.</li> - - <li>A new option, <code><a href="#XNOINLINE">-XnoInline</a></code>, - is now supported to control some compiler behavior.</li> - - <li>A class's default constructor may - <a href="#DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTOR_CONFLICT">conflict</a> with an - inter-type constructor. </li> - - <li><a href="#INTER_TYPE_FIELD_INITIALIZERS">inter-type field - initializers</a> run before class-local field initializers. </li> - - <li>Some of the treatment of - <a href="#SUPER_IFACE_INITS">initialization join points for - super-interfaces</a> have been clarified. </li> - - <li>The behavior of the compiler in - <a href="#TARGET_TYPES_MADE_PUBLIC">lifting the visibility</a> of - the target types of some declares and pointcuts to public has been - clarified. </li> - - <li>The <a href="#PER_TYPE">new pertype aspect specifier</a> has - been taken off the table for 1.1rc, though it may well be in a - future release. </li> + <li>The interaction between aspect instantiation and advice has been + <a href="#ASPECT_INSTANTIATION_AND_ADVICE">clarified</a>. </li> </ul> <p> This document begins with short descriptions of changes from the @@ -112,6 +62,15 @@ release schedule closely, however, these are the changes since the <p> followed by <a href="#details">details</a> of many of the changes. </p> +<p> Apart from these changes, the major change from the 1.0 series of +releases is distribution. The documentation, core tools and ant tasks +are now part of a single downloadable distribution from +<a href="http://eclipse.org/aspectj">eclipse.org</a>. Ajde for +<a href="http://aspectj4emacs.sourceforge.net/">Emacs</a>, +<a href="http://aspectj4netbean.sourceforge.net/">NetBeans</a> and +<a href="http://aspectj4jbuildr.sourceforge.net/">JBuilder</a> are now +available from individual SourceForge projects. </p> + <!-- ============================== --> <hr> <h2><a name="language">The Language</a></h2> @@ -214,7 +173,10 @@ release schedule closely, however, these are the changes since the <p>Finally, we did not implement the handling of multiple <code>..</code> wildcards in args PCDs (rarely encountered in the wild) because we didn't have the time. It should be available in - 1.1rc1.</p> + 1.1rc1. Also, we did not implement the <a href="#PER_TYPE">new + pertype aspect specifier</a>. It has been taken off the table for + 1.1rc, though it may well be in a future release.</p> + <!-- ============================== --> <hr> @@ -903,7 +865,7 @@ release schedule closely, however, these are the changes since the <p> The AspectJ 1.1 compiler now supports incremental compilation. For the final release, this will work from the various IDE plugins we - ship, but for the 1.1beta2 release, it is only supported on the + ship, but for the beta release, it is only supported on the command-line compiler. </p> @@ -914,7 +876,7 @@ release schedule closely, however, these are the changes since the hits return) ajc recompiles those input files that need recompiling. </p> - <h4>Limitations for 1.1beta2</h4> + <h4>Limitations for beta</h4> <p> Some changes to classes should force re-weaving, but are not noticed</p> @@ -1101,7 +1063,7 @@ release schedule closely, however, these are the changes since the </p> <ul> - <li>-XOcodeSize: Though 1.1beta2 does not turn + <li>-XOcodeSize: Though the beta does not turn <a href="#NO_AROUND_OPTIMIZATION">inlining of around advice</a> on, we expect that it will be on by default in the final, and so <code>-XOcodeSize</code> is no longer necessary. We will be @@ -1112,7 +1074,7 @@ release schedule closely, however, these are the changes since the <li><a href="#XNOWEAVE">-XnoWeave, a compiler option to suppress weaving</a></li> - <li>-XtargetNearSource: Not suppoted in 1.1beta2, may not be + <li>-XtargetNearSource: Not suppoted in 1.1beta3, may not be supported in 1.1 final. </li> <li>-XserializableAspects: Supported. </li> @@ -1126,7 +1088,7 @@ release schedule closely, however, these are the changes since the </ul> <h3><a name="ERROR_MESSAGES">Some confusing error messages in - 1.1beta2</a></h3> + 1.1beta</a></h3> <p>Building on the eclipse compiler has given us access to a very sophisticated problem reporting system as well as highly optimized |