[Gambas-user] New 64 bits incompatible change for the 2.1

[Benoit Minisini]

On mercredi 23 janvier 2008, José Luis Redrejo wrote:
> 2008/1/23, Benoit Minisini <gambas at ...1...>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Why XWindow use 'long' datatype for their window handle, nobody knows.
> > Because
> > of that, window handles are 32 bits on 32 bits OS, and 64 bits on 64 bits
> > OS.
> > As if we were going to create 2^64 windows or pixmaps...
> >
> > Well, I had to create a new type of array, Pointer[], and had to modify
> > all
> > method that deal with window handle: the Control class, the Embedder
> > class,
> > the Desktop.Find() method which now returns a Pointer array and not an
> > Integer array anymore, and so on.
> >
> > The good news: these methods now work indifferently on 32 bits OS and 64
> > bits
> > OS.
> >
> > The bad news: this change is not compatible with 2.0, as the Pointer[]
> > class
> > does not exist at all in 2.0.
> >
> > But I think that a Gambas 2 that works on 64 bits OS is worth this little
> > incompatibility. Ahem, no, I don't change my mind...
> >
> > -
>
> Well, we all would have prefered avoid this problem, but the 64 bits are
> more needed than our preferences.
> Anyway, what are your plans for 2.1 release? release it just after
> finishing 64 bits work or add more features before doing it? do you have
> any roadmap or dates?
> Regards.

I want to finish the 64 bits work and to be able to create component packages 
with the IDE.

At the moment, I can't really test the 64 bits version. While my new 64 bits 
machine is not there (it does not depend on me), I will be able to think 
about a release date.

Regards,

-- 
Benoit Minisini