Released Cyclone Scheme 0.5.1
May 24th, 2017
Features
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Thanks to Kashyap for adding build instructions for Windows (MSYS) and Mac!
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Allow
define-c
function definitions to optionally provide an additional non-CPS form of the function. This form is more efficient and will be used by compiled code whenever possible. -
Improved the compiler’s CPS optimization phase to eliminate more unnecessary function calls.
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Modified the GC to allow a given number of “huge” allocations to trigger GC. Previously GC was only triggered when smaller heap regions were below a certain percentage of free memory.
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Compiled code now directly accesses boxed mutable variables instead of using a wrapper function.
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Added command line options to
icyc
for evaluating an S-expression from the command line and for running as a script without the Cyclone banner text.
Bug Fixes
- Prevent potential memory corruption when working with large vectors that cannot be allocated on the stack.