newLISP® v.10.6.3 Development Release 2015-07-08

This development release adds new functionality to existing functions and fixes bugs.

Additions and changes

• dolist now also accepts arrays.
• The net-eval function now returns the evaluation of the last function passed, not the first. The possibility of passing more than one expression in net-eval is not documented.
• The system variable ostype on MS Windows now reports the string "Windows" not "Win32". Windows now also can be compiled as a 64-bit application.
• net-eval connection timeout changed to 15 seconds from 60 secconds. The processing timeout while connected can still be set by the user in a net-eval parameter.
• The environment variable HTTP_AUTHORIZATION has been added to the variables handled in HTTP server mode.
• In date-value the date and time numbers can now be given in one list instead of separate number parameters using and additional syntax.
• The date-list function, when given without a parameter, now returns the date list for the current UTC date and time value.
• The trim function without trim character parameters will now trim all white-space characters, not only spaces.
• dump now returns the number of cells dumped not true.
• A new trace syntax (trace int-device) writes all expression entries and exit results to the device given. int-device can be could be an open file or 1 for stdout.
• The stack trace in error messages now prints the entire espression passed for evaluation, not only the function name.
• The tmp directory is now defined on newLISP startup. For UNIX this is /tmp, for Windows it is taken from the TMP environment variable or assumed as /tmp. The directory is used by the built-in function share and the built-in HTTPD server.
• A new newLISP library call (newlispLibConsole 1) forces console output to stdout instead of writing to the return string of newlispEvalStr. The same call also enables console input via stdin.
• newLISP can now be compiled as a 64-bit executable. Thanks to Shigeru Kobayashi for doing most of this work.

Bug fixes

• date-list crashed for negative values on some Windows versions.
• The det and mat functions now give an error message when passed the wrong dimensions.
• HTTP server mode now works correctly with Apache server, when the environment variables NEWLISPDIR and PROGRAMFILES are not defined. Default file paths are assumed for these variables.
• HTTP only server mode with command-line switch -http did not reject net-eval requests.
• expand could crash when evaluating binding lists.
• The 'json-parse' function now handles 64-bit number also in 32-bit versions of newLISP.

Compatibility with previous versions

This version is compatible with the previous version 10.6.2 except for dump which now has a different return value, trim which now strips all white-space when in default mode and ostype which now reports "Windows" for all MS Windows versions. Most existing source should not be affected by this.