Latest Beta

[jaberwacky]

What do these changes mean for the average AutoIt user?

[ProgAndy]

What do these changes mean for the average AutoIt user?

There are more COM-objects you can use, and regular expression work better.

Edit: Great, now you can use string arrays in objects without memory leaks.

$x = ObjCreate("Scripting.Dictionary")
$array = "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12"
$a = StringSplit($array, ",")
$x(2) = $a
MsgBox(0, '', "before")
For $i = 1 To 100000
    $x(2) = $a
Next
MsgBox(0, '', "after")

Edited July 4, 2011 by ProgAndy

[GEOSoft]

And on top of that it will include previous bug fixes including (I think) some of the reported IE9 problems. COM in general should be working better.

[Jon]

Good to have that PCRE update. Thanks Jon.

Was that compiled using UCP?

No, I turned it on to see what the damage was and it added 100KB straight away. So, just compiled with SUPPORT_UTF8 atm.

[GEOSoft]

Thanks Jon. jchd had it worked out to a 50k hit so I'm not sure where the difference is.

I would still be happy at 100k considering the size we have now anyway and the benefits gained.

[ProgAndy]

Thanks Jon. jchd had it worked out to a 50k hit so I'm not sure where the difference is.

I would still be happy at 100k considering the size we have now anyway and the benefits gained.

Or create versions of AutoIt with and without extended PCRE support... Another two versions of AutoIt to maintain (x86_slim, x64_slim, x86 and x64)

[James]

Or create versions of AutoIt with and without extended PCRE support... Another two versions of AutoIt to maintain (x86_slim, x64_slim, x86 and x64)

I hope that was a joke.

[GEOSoft]

I hope that was a joke.

I'll wager Jon does too.

[ProgAndy]

I hope that was a joke.

Yes, it was a joke... Or could you tell me another reason for the smiley?

Now back to topic:

I would not care about the 100kB larger interpreter if it brought significant improvements for regualr expressions.

[James]

I would not care about the 100kB larger interpreter if it brought significant improvements for regualr expressions.

Me neither. I use regular expressions a lot and improvements would help so much!

[wraithdu]

Excuse my ignorance regarding the regex engine, but what value does this proposed change bring? And I would assume 100k would be less than that post UPX/mpress.

[GEOSoft]

It would give us much better codepage support for openers. That is currently a weak spot and will continue to be so until UCP is included in the compile. For many people code page support won't be important but we do have people on the forums who require it in their everyday operations because they are running international businesses and therefore must deal in multi-language, multi-codepage. UTF by itself doesn't cut it.

[Jon]

3.3.7.13 (6th July, 2011) (Beta)

AutoIt:

- Fixed: ObjName() crash introduced in 3.3.7.12.

3.3.7.12

- Added: Additional flags added to ObjName(). (Plus rewrite of ObjName() from trancexx)

- Fixed: COM regression from previous beta.

[GEOSoft]

I just love it when we get a new beta and a bug fix for it in the same post. Now that's service.

Thanks Jon.

[archrival]

I've noticed that ObjName() doesn't return the same values in the beta (as of 3.3.7.13) as in 3.3.6.1. Is this intended behavior?

$dict = ObjCreate("Scripting.Dictionary")
MsgBox(0, "Test", ObjName($dict))

Using 3.3.6.1 the above script returns IDictionary, the beta now returns Dictionary. This is a script breaking change if it is intended (or perhaps the previous return was invalid and unintended).

[Valik]

Funnily enough we have a page that details script breaking changes. I wonder if it mentions ObjName() (Hint: It does)? To be slightly fair, Jon should have posted the list of script breaking changes with the announcement.

[archrival]

Funnily enough we have a page that details script breaking changes. I wonder if it mentions ObjName() (Hint: It does)? To be slightly fair, Jon should have posted the list of script breaking changes with the announcement.

I see that it is in the help file, I didn't look there, I apologize. I assumed the announcement would mention it. Can more detail be provided into the changes so we can understand the earlier problem?

[Jon]

I'm drunk on a train home using intermittent 3G signals and can totally field that one.

The previous behavior was a retarded hack-o-mess and the new behaviour is what other sensible languages return.

[GEOSoft]

I could have so much fun with that but I'll leave it to Valik.

[Jon]

I could have so much fun with that but I'll leave it to Valik.

He's called me a drunk before. The repetition will hold no amusement for him