This is an archived public release of MLton, version 20041109.
Changes since the last public release
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New platforms:
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x86: FreeBSD 5.x, OpenBSD
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PowerPC: Darwin (MacOSX)
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Support for the ML Basis system, a new mechanism supporting programming in the very large, separate delivery of library sources, and more.
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Support for dynamic libraries.
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Support for ConcurrentML (CML).
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New structures: Int2, Int3, …, Int31 and Word2, Word3, …, Word31.
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Front-end bug fixes and improvements.
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A new form of profiling with -profile count, which can be used to test code coverage.
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A bytecode generator, available via -codegen bytecode.
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Representation improvements:
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Tuples and datatypes are packed to decrease space usage.
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Ref cells may be unboxed into their containing object.
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Arrays of tuples may represent the tuples unboxed.
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For a complete list of changes and bug fixes since 20040227, see the changelog.