RELEASE LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta4

Author: Mike Pall

Makefile

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 MAJVER=  2
 MINVER=  0
 RELVER=  0
-PREREL=  -beta3
+PREREL=  -beta4
 VERSION= $(MAJVER).$(MINVER).$(RELVER)$(PREREL)
 ABIVER=  5.1
 NODOTABIVER=  51

README

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-README for LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta3
+README for LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta4
 -----------------------------
 
 LuaJIT is a Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler for the Lua programming language.

doc/changes.html

@@ -45,17 +45,16 @@ <h1>LuaJIT Change History</h1>
 <div id="main">
 <p>
 This is a list of changes between the released versions of LuaJIT.<br>
-The current <span style="color: #c00000;">development version</span> is <strong>LuaJIT&nbsp;2.0.0-beta3</strong>.<br>
-The current <span style="color: #0000c0;">stable version</span> is <strong>LuaJIT&nbsp;1.1.5</strong>.
+The current <span style="color: #c00000;">development version</span> is <strong>LuaJIT&nbsp;2.0.0-beta4</strong>.<br>
+The current <span style="color: #0000c0;">stable version</span> is <strong>LuaJIT&nbsp;1.1.6</strong>.
 </p>
 <p>
 Please check the
 <a href="http://luajit.org/changes.html"><span class="ext">&raquo;</span>&nbsp;Online Change History</a>
 to see whether newer versions are available.
 </p>
-
-<div class="major" style="background: #d0d0d0;">
-<h2 id="snap">Development Snapshot</h2>
+<div class="major" style="background: #ffd0d0;">
+<h2 id="LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta4">LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta4 &mdash; 2010-03-28</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>Correctness and completeness:
 <ul>
@@ -72,9 +71,8 @@ <h2 id="snap">Development Snapshot</h2>
 <li>Add array bounds check elimination. -Oabc is enabled by default.</li>
 <li>More tuning for x64, e.g. smaller table objects.</li>
 </ul></li>
-</div>
+</ul>
 
-<div class="major" style="background: #ffd0d0;">
 <h2 id="LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta3">LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta3 &mdash; 2010-03-07</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>LuaJIT x64 port:</li>
@@ -162,6 +160,16 @@ <h2 id="LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta1">LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta1 &mdash; 2009-10-31</h2>
 </div>
 
 <div class="major" style="background: #d0d0ff;">
+<h2 id="LuaJIT-1.1.6">LuaJIT 1.1.6 &mdash; 2010-03-28</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>Added fixes for the
+<a href="http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.1.4"><span class="ext">&raquo;</span>&nbsp;currently known bugs in Lua 5.1.4</a>.</li>
+<li>Removed wrong GC check in <tt>jit_createstate()</tt>.
+Thanks to Tim Mensch.</li>
+<li>Fixed bad assertions while compiling <tt>table.insert()</tt> and
+<tt>table.remove()</tt>.</li>
+</ul>
+
 <h2 id="LuaJIT-1.1.5">LuaJIT 1.1.5 &mdash; 2008-10-25</h2>
 <ul>
 <li>Merged with Lua 5.1.4. Fixes all

doc/install.html

@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ <h3>Prerequisites</h3>
 and change to the newly created directory:
 </p>
 <pre class="code">
-tar zxf LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta3.tar.gz
-cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta3</pre>
+tar zxf LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta4.tar.gz
+cd LuaJIT-2.0.0-beta4</pre>
 <h3>Building LuaJIT</h3>
 <p>
 The supplied Makefiles try to auto-detect the settings needed for your
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ <h3>Installing LuaJIT</h3>
 <p style="color: #c00000;">
 Note: to avoid overwriting a previous version, the beta test releases
 only install the LuaJIT executable under the versioned name (i.e.
-<tt>luajit-2.0.0-beta3</tt>). You probably want to create a symlink
+<tt>luajit-2.0.0-beta4</tt>). You probably want to create a symlink
 for convenience, with a command like this:
 </p>
 <pre class="code" style="color: #c00000;">
-sudo ln -sf luajit-2.0.0-beta3&nbsp;/usr/local/bin/luajit
+sudo ln -sf luajit-2.0.0-beta4&nbsp;/usr/local/bin/luajit
 </pre>
 
 <h2 id="windows">Windows Systems</h2>

doc/running.html

@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ <h1>Running LuaJIT</h1>
 <p class="indent" style="color: #c00000;">
 Note: the beta test releases only install under the versioned name on
 POSIX systems (to avoid overwriting a previous version). You either need
-to type <tt>luajit-2.0.0-beta3</tt> to start it or create a symlink
+to type <tt>luajit-2.0.0-beta4</tt> to start it or create a symlink
 with a command like this:
 </p>
 <pre class="code" style="color: #c00000;">
-sudo ln -sf luajit-2.0.0-beta3&nbsp;/usr/local/bin/luajit
+sudo ln -sf luajit-2.0.0-beta4&nbsp;/usr/local/bin/luajit
 </pre>
 <p>
 Unlike previous versions <b>optimization is turned on by default</b> in
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ <h3 id="opt_j"><tt>-j cmd[=arg[,arg...]]</tt></h3>
 read the comment block at the start of their source.
 They can be found in the <tt>lib</tt> directory of the source
 distribution or installed under the <tt>jit</tt> directory. By default
-this is <tt>/usr/local/share/luajit-2.0.0-beta3/jit</tt> on POSIX
+this is <tt>/usr/local/share/luajit-2.0.0-beta4/jit</tt> on POSIX
 systems.
 </p>
 

doc/status.html

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ <h1>Status &amp; Roadmap</h1>
 <div id="main">
 <p>
 The <span style="color: #0000c0;">LuaJIT 1.x</span> series represents
-the current <span style="color: #0000c0;">stable branch</span>. As of
-this writing there have been no open bugs since about a year. So, if
+the current <span style="color: #0000c0;">stable branch</span>.
+Only a single bug has been discovered in the last two years. So, if
 you need a rock-solid VM, you are encouraged to fetch the latest
 release of LuaJIT 1.x from the <a href="http://luajit.org/download.html"><span class="ext">&raquo;</span>&nbsp;Download</a>
 page.
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ <h1>Status &amp; Roadmap</h1>
 <span style="color: #c00000;">LuaJIT 2.0</span> is the currently active
 <span style="color: #c00000;">development branch</span>.
 It has <b>Beta Test</b> status and is still undergoing
-substantial changes. It's maturing quickly, so you should definitely
+substantial changes.
+It has <a href="http://luajit.org/performance.html"><span class="ext">&raquo;</span>&nbsp;much better performance</a> than LuaJIT 1.x.
+It's maturing quickly, so you should definitely
 start to evaluate it for new projects right now.
 </p>
 

etc/luajit.pc

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 majver=2
 minver=0
 relver=0
-version=${majver}.${minver}.${relver}-beta3
+version=${majver}.${minver}.${relver}-beta4
 abiver=5.1
 
 prefix=/usr/local

src/luaconf.h

@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
 #define LUA_LDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/lua/5.1/"
 #define LUA_CDIR	LUA_ROOT "lib/lua/5.1/"
 #ifdef LUA_XROOT
-#define LUA_JDIR	LUA_XROOT "share/luajit-2.0.0-beta3/"
+#define LUA_JDIR	LUA_XROOT "share/luajit-2.0.0-beta4/"
 #define LUA_XPATH \
   ";" LUA_XROOT "share/lua/5.1/?.lua;" LUA_XROOT "share/lua/5.1/?/init.lua"
 #define LUA_XCPATH	LUA_XROOT "lib/lua/5.1/?.so;"
 #else
-#define LUA_JDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/luajit-2.0.0-beta3/"
+#define LUA_JDIR	LUA_ROOT "share/luajit-2.0.0-beta4/"
 #define LUA_XPATH
 #define LUA_XCPATH
 #endif

src/luajit.h

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
 #include "lua.h"
 
-#define LUAJIT_VERSION		"LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta3"
+#define LUAJIT_VERSION		"LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta4"
 #define LUAJIT_VERSION_NUM	20000  /* Version 2.0.0 = 02.00.00. */
-#define LUAJIT_VERSION_SYM	luaJIT_version_2_0_0_beta3
+#define LUAJIT_VERSION_SYM	luaJIT_version_2_0_0_beta4
 #define LUAJIT_COPYRIGHT	"Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Mike Pall"
 #define LUAJIT_URL		"http://luajit.org/"