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- PPC64 single-precision float fixes for more than 13 float args (thanks Masanori!) - changelog and todo update
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3 - check all vararg calling conv implementations if they promote correctly
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4 (e.g. float to double); we used to not care as it was the user's job to
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5 think of that, but we allow users to use ArgFloat, etc. on "..." now,
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6 taking care of the promotion; so it should be consistent all across the
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7 implementations -> also write testcode specifically for that
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9 fiddle to dyncall_macros.h, clean this all up, eventually (Tassilo: for now, I
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10 removed out of sync files to avoid confusion; but still probably duped code)
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11 - ppc32 callback fixes on bsd
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12 - add portable "make install"
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13 * make install should also install manpages
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14 - mailing list announcements (html email?)
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15 - fix for NDS:
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16 * ARM:
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17 - callback_plain retval wrong (not only platform)
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18 * THUMB:
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19 - ellipsis (might be test itself, not respecting fixed part of args)
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20 - callback_plain retval
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21 - callf
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22 - fix Minix/x86 callbacks (see callback_suite)
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23 - armhf ellipsis: fix weirdness with long long as first ... arg
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24 - support Solaris11 CFLAGS with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
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25 - make sure selinux works (esp. regarding NX bits, asm might need (or similar): .section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits)
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26 Daniel has a patch for it, if needed, implementing allocwx with two memory blocks, one for w^x, mmaped to one for r|x
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27 - support /SAFESEH on cl/win32
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28 - test code functions should be in .so files, optionally, so the suites can directly
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29 be used to test dycnall bindings
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30 - pkg-config support?
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34 - add solaris support for x64
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36 dyncall:
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37 --------
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38 - support for return values: aggregate return values
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39 - support for argument values: structures, half-precision, vector types, long double
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40 - varargs for mips (might exist, but test all ABIs)
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41 - consider automatic type-promotion for arguments passed through DC_CALL_C_ELLIPSIS_VARARGS;
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42 this would make it easier to just pass arguments instead of having to know about the C
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43 type promotions
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44 - syscalls for x64
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45 * bsd
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46 * linux
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47 - other syscalls
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49 dynload:
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50 --------
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51 - bug: test/nm crashes on qemu mips linux o32 debian etch
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52 - test/resolve_self crashes/asserts on windows and bsds
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53 - rename SymsInit to InitSyms and similar for cleanup function to reflect naming
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54 in dyncall
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55 - get rid of Dl_info and friends (_GNU_SOURCE) in dynload/dynload_syms_elf.c
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56 for implementation of dlSymsNameFromValue(..)
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57 - check if PSP can support dynload (missing elf.h, dlfcn.h, etc.); fixup readme if successful
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59 dyncallback:
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60 ------------
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61 - callback_plain's return value not correct anymore on NDS (maybe just broken testcode?)
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62 - add MIPS callbacks for eabi, n32, o32 (thunks are working)
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63 - finish PPC32 callbacks (see bugs section, below, BSD not working)
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65 bindings:
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67 - release bindings as standalone packages (already done for rbdc as a gem and rdyncall on cran)
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68 * add note to documentation, where bindings are and that some bindings are svn-only ATM
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77 - add more bindings
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78 - add callback support for erlang, go, java, lua, python and ruby (and shell? how?)
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81 manual:
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83 - finish tex4ht manual generation (use \ifhtml and \ifnhtml, ...)
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88 urgent issues:
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90 - finish SPARC/SPARC64 calling conventions in doc's callconv-appendix !!!
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93 * add to doc
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94 - Solaris/gmake build doesn't build dynload and tests anymore (maybe not even dyncallback)
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95 - test arm32/ATPCS/THUMB (and then change Status in doc Appendix)
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96 - look over code and fix TODO or @@@ marks
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97 - add ppc-support to doc (both, 32 and 64, as well as little and big endian remarks)
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99 nice to have:
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100 -------------
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101 - update: microsoft visual c++ build files - integrate all test suites in solution file
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102 - consistency: on x64 platforms: make both ABIs available ('win64','sysv') for all x64 OS ports
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103 - microsoft build enhancement: autodetect assembly via C preprocessor (like with .S gcc files)
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104 - test/thunk: some platforms do not allow for allocation of executable code on heap and stack --
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105 currently this test will crash, maybe we should collect information which platforms allow and which not.
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107 bugs:
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111 this case, works
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114 args should be used); adapt test/ellipsis and/or retest
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116 missing implementations (descending priority):
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118 - riscv
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