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The conversion specifier (in foreign/[2,3] facts)
string(N) has been dropped.
The conversion specifier chars has been renamed to
codes, in analogy with the built-in predicate
atom_codes/2, the second argument of which is a list of
character codes.
The C header generated by splfr from the foreign/[2,3]
facts now uses the const attribute where appopriate.
Foreign resources are no longer unloaded by
save_program/[1,2]. For this reason, the deinit function of a
foreign resource is no longer called when saving a program so
SP_WHEN_SAVE has been removed.
Many functions in the C API has been changed or removed, especially those related to OS and I/O operations. There are also a number of new C API functions.
| Old API | Replaced by |
SP_make_stream, SP_make_stream_context | SP_create_stream |
SP_set_tty | SP_CREATE_STREAM_OPTION_INTERACTIVE |
SP_fgetc | SP_get_byte, SP_get_code |
SP_fputc | SP_put_byte, SP_put_code |
SP_fputs | SP_put_codes, SP_put_encoded_string |
SP_fflush | SP_flush_output |
SP_chdir | SP_set_current_dir |
SP_getcwd | SP_get_current_dir |
SP_set_wcx_hooks | Gone |
SP_wcx_getc, SP_wcx_putc | Gone |
SP_to_os, SP_from_os | Gone |
SP_put_number_chars | SP_put_number_codes |
SP_get_number_chars | SP_get_number_codes |
Other new functions include:
SP_get_stream_user_dataSP_get_stream_countsSP_put_bytesSP_fopenSP_unget_codeSP_unget_byteAlso, many functions take new or changed parameters.