CVS commit: pkgsrc/lang/parrot

["Havard Eidnes" <he%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   he
Date:           Fri Aug 26 08:30:30 UTC 2011

Modified Files:
        pkgsrc/lang/parrot: Makefile PLIST distinfo

Log Message:
Upgrade parrot from version 3.5.0 to 3.7.0.

Pkgsrc changes:
 o Adapt to changes in installed contents.

Upstream changes:

Parrot 3.6.0:
- Core
  + Class.add_vtable_override now allows you to overwrite an override
  + Integers, floats and strings can now be stored in lexical variables.
    Previously, only PMCs could be stored in lexicals.
  + VTABLE_substr has been removed. VTABLE_substr_str has been renamed to
    VTABLE_substr
  + Added a new PackfileView PMC type, an intended replacement for
    the deprecated Eval PMC.
  + The is_integer vtable on the String PMC now works for all string encodings.
  + Unicode error messages on Win32 now work correctly.
  + A memory leak in IMCC was fixed.
- Languages
  + The snaphost of Winxed included with Parrot was updated to version 1.0.0
  + Winxed has migrated to Github: https://github.com/NotFound/winxed

Pore
 + Added mem_sys_strndup function.
 + Added new load_bytecode_p_s opcode as an eventual replacement for
   load_bytecode_s
 + Added new :tag() syntax to IMCC for PIR
 + Improved configuration support for msys
 + known-buggy parrot_debugger is no longer installed
- Languages
 + Winxed
   - Updated snapshot to version 1.1.0
   - multi functions and methods
   - cast to var
   - load_packfile builtin
   - __NAMESPACE__ and __CLASS__ predefined constants
- Documentation
   + The Archive::Tar and Archive::Zip libraries now have POD docs


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.47 -r1.48 pkgsrc/lang/parrot/Makefile
cvs rdiff -u -r1.26 -r1.27 pkgsrc/lang/parrot/PLIST
cvs rdiff -u -r1.40 -r1.41 pkgsrc/lang/parrot/distinfo

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