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* RECENT CHANGES
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=== 1.0.31 ===
* Task execution mechanism moved task state field from volatile to atomic.
* Updated LLTL hashing specifications.
* Fixed $XDG_CONFIG_HOME being ignored.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.30 ===
* Added possibility to perform casted fetch from expr::value_t.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.29 ===
* Implemented simple compressor for Wavefront OBJ files.
* Fixed bug in determining file size for Unix-like systems.
* Several optimizations of standard compression algorithm.
* Fixed bug in associativity of add, sub, mul, div and bit-and expressions.
* Added MacOS CI builds.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.28 ===
* Reduced poll interval for ipc::NativeExecutor to 20 milliseconds.
* Fixed invalid access to missing built-in resources.
* Fixed some command line options that caused JACK version to crash.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.27 ===
* Better support of MacOS.
* Added possibility to modify configuration parameters.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.26 ===
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.25 ===
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.24 ===
* Added system::get_user_login() function.
* Fixed io::Path::canonicalize() crashes on several input data.
* Added index_of_nocase and rindex_of_nocase methods for LSPString.
* Added io::OutMemoryStream::position() method implementation.
* Another implementation of ipc::SharedMutex for POSIX systems that allows to
  avoid dead locks when the application that locked the mutex has been
  terminated.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.23 ===
* Implemented IInSequence::sink() method for writing all content to another IOutSequence.
* Fixed possible access to uninitialized memory when loading built-in resources.
* Added Thread::yield() method.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.22 ===
* Implemented system::page_size() and system::system_cores() functions.
* Extended ipc::SharedMem interface.
* Implemented UUID generation and formatting header.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.21 ===
* Fixed reading of 32-bit FLOAT WAV files that do not contain fact chunk on Windows.
* Implemented min(), max(), rms() and avg() builtin functions for expression language.
* Implemented io::Path::final_path method for obtaining the final file system object
  the abstract path points to.
* Implemented ipc::SharedMem primitive for organizing shared memory segments.
* Implemented ipc::SharedMutex primitive for organizing global inter-process mutexes.
* Implementeation of ipc::Mutex moved to critical section for Windows.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.20 ===
* More detailed MIDI specification (added MIDI_CHANNELS constant).
* Additional methods for converting between UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32.
* Added support of real-time nesting of ipc::IExecutor.
* Added support of custom functions in the expression language.
* Enhanced JSON serializer interface with new functions.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.19 ===
* Optimized expression variables access.
* Many code updates that could cause potential problems related to using another
  decimal point for floating-point number formatting.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.18 ===
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.17 ===
* Fixed several issues reported by PVS Studio static analyzer.
* Fixed invalid memory read on OSC protocol pattern matching.
* The i18n JsonDictionary is forced to be UTF-8. 
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.16 ===
* Fixed potential problem with invalid delete in io::PathPattern.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.15 ===
* Extended expression language with basic mathematic functions.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.14 ===
* Fixed improper expression parsing under certain conditions.
* Removed Makefile.d. Dependencies are now automatically generated at the build stage.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.13 ===
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.12 ===
* Updated the implementation of io::StdioFile::size() method for Windows.
* Fixed ipc::Library::get_module_file function for Windows.
* Added test build for Windows using MSYS2.
* Added lsp::to_lower and lsp::to_upper character conversion routines
  (system locale independent support of Latin and Cyrillic characters).
* Implemented io::InSharedMemoryStream class for shared access to the data.
* Deprecated io::IOutStream::writeb() function, use io::IOutStream::write_byte() instead.
* Added possibility to create temporary files for io::NativeFile and io::OutFileStream.
* The io::InMemoryStream::take() now releases data associated with io::OutMemoryStream.
* Added possibility to attach automatically managed user data to mm::IInAudioStream
  and mm::IOutAudioStream.
* Added support of SFZ file format parsing.
* Updated build scripts.
* Updated module versions in dependencies.

=== 1.0.11 ===
* Added io::InMemoryStream::size() method for obtaining the size of the wrapped buffer.
* Additional expr::Expression::parse() method that takes UTF-8 strings at input.
* Added expr::EnvResolver variable resolver that reads environment variables.
* Added io::Path::get_noext() and io::Path::get_last_noext().

=== 1.0.10 ===
* Fixed bug in io::Path::as_relative() call.
* Fixed bug in lspc::AudioWriter::write_frames() method.
* Added lspc::IAudioFormatSelector interface class for selecting audio format
  when writing to LSPC file.
* Added several utility functions for easier work with LSPC file format.
* Fixed bug related to reading audio files with 24-bit audio format under Windows.
* Added empty key support in the i18n dictionary configuration file.
* Updated build scripts.

=== 1.0.9 ===
* Updated build scripts.

=== 1.0.8 ===
* Fixed improper export definitions (typo in macro).

=== 1.0.7 ===
* Added system::get_time_millis() function.
* Got rid of the <windows.h> plague header in header files.
* Fixed integer overflow in system::time_t data structure for 32-bit systems
  by extending the size of seconds field up to 64 bit.
* Added system::get_volume_info() and system:: free_volume_info() functions
  for obtaining list of mounted volumes in the system.
* Added URL-decoding of the name of the link for QT5 bookmarks.
* Fixed improper size tracking in io::OutMemoryStream::writeb() method.
* Fixed several bugs in LSPString class implementation.
* Added support of reading *.lnk files as bookmarks.
* Fixed memory leakage in lsp::obj::PullParser::wrap() method.
* Fixed bug in io::Path::canonicalize() method that could issue reads outside
  of allocated memory.
* Fixed improper usage of sf_open function of libsndfile in mm::InAudioFileStream.
* Updated build scripts.

=== 1.0.6 ===
* Added opacity manipulation to the lsp::Color class.
* Added LSPString::range_length() method to compute the length of the range.
* Added LSPString::to_unix() and LSPString::to_dos() line ending conversion routines.
* Fixed LSPString::prepend_utf8() function.
* Updated build scripts.

=== 1.0.5 ===
* Updated PrefixLoader interface and implementation.
* Fixed the improper use of nanosleep when introducing the sleep function.
* Fixed bug in path matching algorithm for io::PathPattern class.
* Better handling of error codes for files under Windows platform.
* Fixed failed case for ipc::Process launching algorithm under Windows platform.
* Fixed LSPString behaviour related to call of get_native() method for empty string.
* Fixed bug in io::Dir::reads() method for Windows platform that returned invalid
  file attributes.
* Updated build scripts.

=== 1.0.4 ===
* Updated build scripts.

=== 1.0.3 ===
* Updated grammar in several text comments.
* Added system::sleep_msec function for millisecond-precise sleeps.
* Fixed typo in Wavefront Object File Format name.
* Renamed method OutBitStream::writeb to OutBitStream::bwrite to not to clash with
  the parent IOutStream class.
* Added LSPString::ends_with_ascii and LSPString::ends_with_ascii_nocase methods.

=== 1.0.2 ===
* Updated build scripts.

=== 1.0.1 ===
* Better support of RoomEqWizard ill-formed files.

=== 1.0.0 ===
* Improved expr::format functions: extended format specifiers.
* Refactoring of the lsp::Color utility class interface.
* Added support of XYZ color space by the lsp::Color utility class.
* Added support of CIE LAB D65 color space by the lsp::Color utility class.
* Added support of CIE LCH D65 color space by the lsp::Color utility class.
* Added support of CMYK color space by the lsp::Color utility class.
* Added support of function-look color parsing by the lsp::Color utility class.
* Color::scale_lightness renamed to Color::scale_hsl_lightness, added Color::scale_lch_luminance.
* The fields of system::time_t structure are now of signed type.
* Added overloaded implementation of Serializer::write_blob function.
* fmt::config now delegates db parameter conversion to caller code.
* Fixed Path::is_reg() method implementation for POSIX-based systems.
* Fixed bug in the resource::Compressor and resource::Decompressor classes which could cause
  file corruption at decompression stage.
* Reduced size of fields for resource::raw_resource_t structure.
* Fixed bug in Wavefront OBJ file parser: the locale of the file always should be considered to be C.

=== 0.5.10 ===
* Added support of boolean parameters by the configuration parser.
* Added resource::PrefixLoader resource loader implementation.
* Added supplementary methods to the configuration parameters.
* Refactored the lsp::Color class: less inline code, more flexible methods.
* Fixed bug in fmt::obj::PushParser class behaviour.

=== 0.5.9 ===
* Several fixes for resource compressor.
* Removed fdatasync() call for io::NativeFile::flush method.
* Added system::get_current_dir() function.
* Added support of IOutStream::writeb() function.
* Added system::follow_url() functions to follow the specified URL.
* Fixed IDictionary::lookup() behaviour related to dictionaries.
* Added boolean parameter output support to the config::Serializer class.

=== 0.5.8 ===
* Added support of DOM parsing and serializing for JSON files.
* Added io::File::copy methods for copying files.
* Added io::Path::mkparent methods for creating parent directories.
* Added io::File::mkparent methods for creating parent directories.
* Added io::Path::get_first, io::Path::remove_first, io::Path::pop_first, io::Path::pop_last methods.
* Added io::OutBitStream class for manipulating output bit streams.
* Added io::InBitStream class for manipulating input bit streams.
* Added io::Path::clone, io::Path::compare_to and io::Path::hash methods for collection purposes.
* Added argument check for NULL for lspc::File class methods.
* Fixed character set encoding bugs for several systems that have limited libiconv.
* Added clear() and reduce() methods for io::OutMemoryStream.
* Implemented builtin resource compressor.
* Implemented builtin resource decompressor.

=== 0.5.7 ===
* Added system::get_localtime function.
* Refactored test directory tree.
* Added instrumentComponent tag support for Hydrogen.
* Added io::Path::rename and io::File::rename functions.
* Added mark() and reset() methods to io::IInSequence interface.
* Added support of mark() and reset() methods by io::InStringSequence class.
* Added io::InMarkSequence class to allow mark() and reset() for input data.
* Fixed bug in io::InStringSequence::read method which could overflow
  the output buffer.
* Added get_ext() and get_noext() methods to the io::Path class.

=== 0.5.6 ===
* Updated build (better support for BSD systems).
* Fixed clang warnings.
* Added set_native method to io::Path.

=== 0.5.5 ===
* Added support of color parsing by expr::Tokenizer when using expr::TF_COLOR flag.
* Added new token types: expr::TT_SHARP and expr::TT_AT.
* Added Color::swap method.
* Better work with vfork() system call.
* Added io::PathPattern class for file name matching.
* Added remove_root method to io::Path class.
* Added resource::ILoader class that allows to access resources stored in some
  location (not only file system).
* Added resource::DirLoader class that allows access resources stored in some
  directory and it's subdirectories.
* Added resource::Environment class that allows to map key<->value string pairs.
* Added support of resource::ILoader by i18n::Dictionary class when loading JSON
  files.
* Added methods Path::is_dot(), Path::is_dotdot(), Path::is_dots().
* Optimized methods Path::is_dot() and Path::is_dotdot().
* Added methods Path::valid_file_name() and Path::valid_path_name().
* Fixed bug in Path::remove_last() method.
* Fixed RGB to HSL conversion in Color class.

=== 0.5.4 ===
* Updated LSPString lltl specifier to match lltl-lib 0.5.3.
* Updated build files to support static library builds.
* Updated license files to better conform LGPL3+ license.
* Updated build scripts that now use tags without prefixes first.
* Updated headers and license files to match LGPL3+ license.
* Updated make files to produce static library, pkgconf file and source tree.

=== 0.5.3 ===
* Added system::get_temporary_dir() functions.
* Added support of Hydrogen drumkit XML file format.
* Better compatibility with old gcc, glibc and libsndfile.
* Replaced pthread_yield() with sched_yield() calls in mutexes.

=== 0.5.2 ===
* Added i18n support.
* Updated swap functions for expr::Parameters and LSPString.
* Implemented additional parsing methods to the lsp::Color class.
* Added unit tests for LSPString and Color classes.
* Renamed invalid resolve_entity() method to set_value() method for xml::PullParser.
* Added TT_COMMA token to expr:Tokenizer.
* Added support of TF_XKEYWORDS flag by expr:Tokenizer which allows to interpret
  keywords as barewords.
* Changed bug in UTF-16 decoding of surrogate pairs.
* Improved JSON serialization to match standard.

=== 0.5.1 ===
* Added Color class.
* Added 'valid_library_name' routines to ipc::Library class for library
  name validation.

=== 0.5.0 ===
* Initial release.
* Core runtime modules.
* Support of simple built-in expression language interpreter.
* Support of different file formats.
* Basic OS-independent I/O abstraction layer support.
* OS-independend character set conversion layer support.
* OS-independend Inter-process communication (IPC) primitives.
* Basic multimedia (MM) streaming primitives.
* Different musical protocol support.