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Added

• Reinstated %user.reb start-up script (ala R2 %user.r) (#495) @draegtun | 84b5214 wiki
• Add /ONLY refinement to SET, permit single value to block sets @hostilefork | c1d6173
• Add just DETAB-FILE from pull request, with note, no line deletions @hostilefork | 25a40c6
• Add an encapper for Windows PE @zsx | 8ef2488
• Added CONSOLE! object & skinning @draegtun | 922658f 922658f 922658f wiki
• Add a WITH_FFI option to makefile @zsx | 177dfdc
• Add Win64 release build @zsx | 50430f1
• Add SHA256 hashing native to cryptography module @hostilefork | 8b6f1bf
• Add experimental DO-ALL native @hostilefork | afaa179
• Add RECYCLE/VERBOSE to Debug build @hostilefork | 38ce4ee
• Add return specification to LAST so it can return void/functions @hostilefork | 32d3c4c
• Add <with> to FUNC, eliminate <no-return> and <no-leave> @hostilefork | 9fb973c
• Add /deep to mkdir @zsx | 95841c2
• Add a function to convert windows path to Rebol path @zsx | 8c94d2f
• Add MAYBE? variant for MAYBE, improve void handling @hostilefork | de3f9a1
• Add LOGIC! to legal arguments to ASSERT @hostilefork | 4e109a2
• Add support for ELSE infix function generator @hostilefork | c1c5945
• Add "ENFIX", and "enfixed" DEFAULT @hostilefork | f0304ed
• Add /WHERE feature to FAIL @hostilefork | 603c1d4
• Add AS and ALIASES? natives @hostilefork | 296c3f5
• Add ANY? and ALL? via CHAIN, XXX? descriptions @hostilefork | fa984cb
• Add SEMIQUOTE, rename EVALUATED? to SEMIQUOTED? @hostilefork | 2c022f8
• Add || userspace "expression barrier that runs one expr" @hostilefork | 112da01
• Add in a `void` function @hostilefork | ccac327
• Add PUNCTUATOR? and SET-PUNCTUATOR @hostilefork | 37cd465
• Add RUNNING? and PENDING? tests for FRAME! @hostilefork | cb9c221
• Add PRINT/ONLY, only dialect nested PRINTs if literal @hostilefork | 15ff282
• Add VARIADIC?, make EVAL prototype "honest" @hostilefork | 28ec47b
• Add `ok?` as synonym for `not error?` @hostilefork | 460ce81
• Add FIND map key @giuliolunati | b002615
• Add REMOVE/MAP map key @giuliolunati | fc6a4ee
• Add decode-key-value-text function. @codebybrett | 354f8fc
• Add ENSURE mezzanine (with ENSURE/TYPE) @hostilefork | 051f2a9
• Add CHECK-SET routine per suggestion from @earl @hostilefork | 3c665c3
• Add COLLECT-WITH mezzanine to specify "keeper" @hostilefork | 93d2677
• Add SOMETHING? helper (not unset, not none) @hostilefork | fab1090
• Add SET? native, remove x: () disablement from legacy @hostilefork | e8e30e9
• Add <local> tag to FUNC + CLOS, move <infix> @hostilefork | c77b6b4
• Add RELAX and OPTIONAL natives, OPT shorthand @hostilefork | 6eb91b0
• Add CONTINUE/WITH, modify BREAK/WITH, cleanup @hostilefork | bdd51eb
• Add AND? OR? XOR? NOT? operations @hostilefork | 839a3f8
• Add new pseudo-type "TRASH!" @hostilefork | 5f22bc3
• Add UTF-16LE/BE codec for strings @zsx | d417aa2
• Add an encapper for Windows and Linux @zsx | 1286ac5
• Add submodule libffi and link to static libffi @zsx | 7985d07
• Added support for ESC-O escape sequences in addition to ESC-[ Kevin Harris | 75f7320
• -added ADLER32 checksum -enhanced RSA for /padding refinement richard | 2b4c5f7
• add SET-ENV, tweaks to host api for environment string handling @hostilefork | b9426a5

Changed

• Make SET have /PAD semantics by default, add SET/SOME refinement @hostilefork | 58d6d5b

>> a: 10 b: 20
>> set/some [a b] [99]
>> a
== 99
>> b
== 20

• Command-line option improvements (#508) @draegtun | fbe5237
• Host-start --verbose changes (#507) @draegtun | 50e015f
• Make WHAT-DIR return copy of system variable @hostilefork | 16aff4c
• Allow SET/PAD to be used with BLANK on BLOCK! targets @hostilefork | b86b5eb
• Unify semantics of GET-PATH + PICK*, and SET-PATH! + POKE @hostilefork | 10b3f63
• Simplify legacy GET and SET for contexts @hostilefork | a17a144
• Plain GET returns BLANK! for not set variables, GET-VALUE will error @hostilefork | b1df8c0
• Make GET-ENV return blank instead of void when variable not present @hostilefork | e0ff829
• Update MAKE DATE! and MAKE TIME! for BLOCK! input @hostilefork | d9114c8
• Make APPEND on port act as WRITE/APPEND in slightly less hacky way @hostilefork | 62d137e
• LENGTH-OF, HEAD-OF, TAIL-OF as core names...aliased to shorter @hostilefork | 29ae001
• Check for end of file newline for all text formats. (#471) @codebybrett | 523a890
• Introduce source checking of Rebol files. @codebybrett | 46cf8e7
• Bring back DUMP changes, move DUMP out of base @hostilefork | 080b9c6
• Allow hard-quoting of BAR!, yet still disallow QUOTE | @hostilefork | b24f1ce
• Disallow PICK on MAP! @hostilefork | 9232b3b
• HELP patches to permit FOR-EACH [key val] lib [help :key] @hostilefork | 92cbbcf
• voiding SELECT*, PICK*, TAKE* w/convenience wraps SELECT, PICK, TAKE @hostilefork | 33b8f02
• Customizable userspace ECHO based on HIJACK @hostilefork | de46d25
• Rethink previous HIJACK commit in light of problems @hostilefork | ec2d32d
• Simplify HIJACK operation w/zero dispatch overhead, COPY of FUNCTION! @hostilefork | c81c21e
• Simplifying rewrite of REWORD, TO and THRU of BLANK! are no-ops @hostilefork | ef25751
• allow `<static>` as synonym for `<has>` @hostilefork | 47aef8a
• Allow ELSE to return FUNCTION! @hostilefork | f3a5bf8
• Check for END when using a DO rule in PARSE @hostilefork | 1e9621e
• Rename `<static>` to `<has>` @hostilefork | 0dff611
• Simpler grand-unifying theory of ELSE (and THEN) @hostilefork | 3b3699d
• Make path selection in MAP! return void if key not present @hostilefork | 3f3aed1
• Turn BMP code into an extension @zsx | 4a89744
• Turn JPG codec into an extension @zsx | 97ca06b
• Turn GIF codec into an extension @zsx | 4638e58
• Make png codec an extension @zsx | 36d9a74
• Support extensions as dynamically linked libraries @zsx | ef9975e
• Test @GrahamChiu's s3 upload for travis.yml @hostilefork | 4ab24cd
• Put REPL and host startup code into lib, not user @hostilefork | 489ca6a
• Simpler/Better "Facade" (e.g. can use TIGHTEN on any function) @hostilefork | 185168f
• Get rid of DELECT @hostilefork | 8769bb9
• Crude draft of ADD and SUBTRACT on BINARY! @hostilefork | 02de856
• Use LODEPNG-based encoder for PNG, not %u-png.c version @hostilefork | f97dfca
• Codecs as FUNCTION!s, can be C natives or custom usermode code @hostilefork | f18a65f
• Partial ENSURE compatibility routine for R3-Alpha/Rebol2 @hostilefork | 554dce6
• Make seeks in PARSE via GET-WORD! reset `begin` between rules @hostilefork | c7b68ea
• Split REJOIN into JOIN-ALL and UNSPACED cases @hostilefork | 8494e7a
• LOCK code which is not in modules, run from the command line @hostilefork | 5fda0a7
• Automatically add backtraces in error generating functions @hostilefork | de0829c
• If arguments aren't evaluating, allow BAR! @hostilefork | ce433ee
• Make PIPE()-based CALL work asynchronously without PIPE2() @hostilefork | 401a96d
• Implement the REPL's I/O as Rebol code @hostilefork | defc222
• The only thing you can TO convert a blank into is a BLANK!, while TO BLANK! of any input is a blank. @hostilefork | 4e261b4
• Experimental VARARGS! change for more flexible MAKE VARARGS! taking @hostilefork | 2aac4ed
• Make SWITCH/DEFAULT handle non-block cases @hostilefork | 26eb8ac
• Make void illegal in SELECT and path selection @hostilefork | eaa5b28
• Make crypt a module @zsx | fa21de3
• Allow extensions to define their own errors @zsx | c9fa8c0
• Reworked extension mechanism @zsx | 7a8c964
• REDUCE leaves BAR! in blocks, SET and GET tolerate BAR! @hostilefork | d4bfbaf
• In-place Get of variables in contexts return relative values @hostilefork | d1fd3ff
• Initial Implementation of Immutable Source @hostilefork | da11022
• Change LIB/USAGE call to just USAGE @hostilefork | ae5fe8c
• Disallow `<opt>` on refinement arguments @hostilefork | 22fcd9c
• New loop return result policy, eliminate BREAK/RETURN @hostilefork | 40db488
• Make /LINES and /STRING work on non-FILE! ports (e.g. URL!) @hostilefork | 9b5e025
• Enhance the MATH dialect @zsx | d5a216f
• ANY and ALL chain "opt-outs" (return void)...add ANY? and ALL? @hostilefork | cc6d287
• Simplify mutable variable access @hostilefork | fe9c43f
• Simplify GC disablement, allow GC active during boot @hostilefork | 061ca23
• Allow ENSURE to return any type @hostilefork | d5b5b9e
• Mark UNTIL reserved for future use @hostilefork | 42e20da
• JOIN => JOIN-OF, reserve JOIN, act like R3-Alpha REPEND @hostilefork | a8c0c19
• /ASTRAL refinement for TO-STRING @hostilefork | 5786074
• Make return value of CLOSE optional @zsx | 0b483bc
• Make ECHO return void, revert fixture line ending change @hostilefork | fd9e9e6
• LOOP-WHILE, LOOP-UNTIL, and UNTIL-2 @hostilefork | 0970784
• Allow FOR-EACH to enumerate all the FUNCTION!s @hostilefork | dbad6c0
• Bulletproof QUOTE in PARSE against END mark on input @hostilefork | 5738a5f
• No literal blocks in condition of IF/UNLESS/EITHER/CASE @hostilefork | 587d27a
• ANY-TYPE! synonym for ANY-VALUE! except in r3-legacy FUNC @hostilefork | 6caf195
• Switch complex module call to APPLY @hostilefork | 5c13b7b
• Support AS for ANY-WORD! types @hostilefork | e99e286
• Replace HAS-TYPE? specializations with TYPECHECKER @hostilefork | f7d1d6d
• <in>, <with>, <static> function specs...plus defaults @hostilefork | 0e0ae9a
• Prevent failed SET in PARSE from overwriting with BLANK! @hostilefork | 6ea2d48
• checked RETURN: types in function specs, notes in HELP @hostilefork | abd1b89
• Hacky hash to allow e.g. unique [[1 2] [1 2]] @hostilefork | e71566f
• Undo namings /? => BRANCHED?, MATCHED?, RAN?... @hostilefork | f09977c
• Move `func [[catch] x][...]` support to <r3-legacy> @hostilefork | 24fbc6e
• Narrowly disable underlying match assert for hijack proxies @hostilefork | 170efa0
• Don't evaluate non-blocks passed to PRINT @hostilefork | d6f2194
• MAYBE as native, dialected ASSERT, VERIFY, more @hostilefork | 0a28ea5
• failed SELECT from MAP! returns void instead of blank @hostilefork | 84da205
• REDUCE+COMPOSE use safe enumeration, kill unused refinements @hostilefork | d549740
• Return PARSE to TRUE/FALSE, elaborate /? names @hostilefork | 18a8030
• Unify MAKE and construction syntax, MAKE/TO=>native @hostilefork | 29fff21
• First draft of ADAPT and CHAIN, function reorganization @hostilefork | c5ab577
• REDESCRIBE routine for relabeling functions/args @hostilefork | 45df9cd
• Allow GET-PATH! processing to return voids @hostilefork | 22518a5
• Support SEMIQUOTED? testing on variadic parameters @hostilefork | ed8f42c
• Allow COPY on BLANK!, FIND and SELECT on FRAME! @hostilefork | b8a9939
• Allow SPECIALIZE/APPLY of definitional returns @hostilefork | c1b9127
• IF?, UNLESS?, WHILE?, SWITCH?, etc. @hostilefork | 1daba3f
• Lock functions, legacy function-bodies-mutable switch @hostilefork | 399ef60
• |> and <| Manipulators @hostilefork | 309b221
• not TRUE/NONE, not WORD/NONE but TRUE/FALSE refinements @hostilefork | 4e608f7
• Make FIRST, SECOND, etc. use specialization of PICK @hostilefork | 237b28a
• Enhance legacy return-none-instead-of-void feature @hostilefork | 4a14b42
• Make APPLY and SPECIALIZE accept words/paths @hostilefork | e9bbe4f
• Proper infixness for AND OR XOR in r3-legacy @hostilefork | a46a0d5
• Implement INFIX? as property of binding, not function @hostilefork | ca3e014
• Variadic Quoting Infix Lambdas (a.k.a. "short function") @hostilefork | 634c463
• UNSET => VOID name change @hostilefork | 08fc7e5
• Eliminate reified UNSET! and datatype @hostilefork | bbf615d
• make path access fail if not set and not GET-PATH! @hostilefork | d51d9f6
• Make lone underscore literal "BLANK!/NONE!" @hostilefork | 213b804
• Re-introduce legality of `x: ()` assignments @hostilefork | 50fd51d
• Change XOR- to XOR+ @hostilefork | 370055d
• Loose the limit on the number of function arguments @zsx | 5ed7c50
• Mold fixes for MAP! @hostilefork | 133200b
• Move variadic DO to r3-legacy, allow 0-arity DO @hostilefork | 3aa675b
• Move TITLE-OF to user mode code @hostilefork | c6171b3
• Get rid of RM as unix `remove` @hostilefork | 2a7fcbb
• Implement SPEC-OF and BODY-OF for specializations @hostilefork | 08dd85d
• OneFunction: Unify functions under FUNCTION! @hostilefork | c61daa4
• CASE special handling of expression barriers @hostilefork | dd18504
• Rename ENSURE/ONLY to ENSURE/VALUE @hostilefork | 4e16471
• Improve error NEAR reporting @hostilefork | a793a6a
• *experimental* VARARGS! - highly flexible variadics @hostilefork | efbaef9
• Allow BAR! to mean "TAKE to END" @hostilefork | ff8baf9
• Move REDUCE and COMPOSE to their own file @hostilefork | a20995a
• Legacy switch: `no-reduce-nested-print` @hostilefork | 82ccc96
• PRINT/FAIL new design, recursion, |, BINARY! UTF8 @hostilefork | bdecddd
• <transparent> => <no-return> @hostilefork | 240783a
• Deprecate CLOSURE => <durable>, PROC, PROCEDURE @hostilefork | 7643bf4
• Get-path for maps distinguishes UNSET from NONE @giuliolunati | c7eac45
• Change PICK action for maps @giuliolunati | 70f0f35
• Make case-insensitive hash value for chars @giuliolunati | b0fbffa
• Recycle 'zombie' keys in maps @giuliolunati | dc6cbf4
• Case-sensitive maps @giuliolunati | 543faca
• Unicode keys in maps @giuliolunati | 7de3ea6
• Maps: remove ad hoc code for small maps @giuliolunati | 9e8b685
• Make `GET path` equivalent to `:path` @giuliolunati | 4294371
• Expression barriers: BAR! and LIT-BAR! @hostilefork | c84a17c
• Upgrade decode-lines. @codebybrett | 9e965f5
• Improve UTF-8 decoding error messages @hostilefork | 7920880
• Make ASSERT return UNSET! instead of TRUE @hostilefork | 938491c
• Update ENSURE with /ONLY, no FALSE by default @hostilefork | 19983a9
• Distinguish opt-any-value! from any-value! @hostilefork | 791c7cd
• HALT as Ctrl-C instead of BREAKPOINT @hostilefork | 9dbc985
• SET/ANY and GET/ANY => SET/OPT and GET/OPT @hostilefork | 7d95daa
• Drop SET? as "ANY-VALUE?" operation pending review @hostilefork | b890ae7
• Dividing money! amount again returns money!, preserving precision @earl | d216e30
• Reword fix, integrate reword tests from @johnk @hostilefork | f07ec26
• Move /RETURN on BREAK handling to mezzanine @hostilefork | ec23afc
• GROUP! as new default term for PAREN! @hostilefork | c78d5a2
• LOOP accepts logic/none, infinite or no loop @hostilefork | 41736da
• TRUE? FALSE? QUOTE? SOMETHING? NOTHING? natives @hostilefork | 123be17
• PARSE returns input on success, PARSE? variant @hostilefork | d4689c2
• FORALL, FORSKIP => FOR-NEXT, FOR-BACK, FOR-SKIP @hostilefork | e8419e6
• Adjust DECODE-URL to give back NONE hosts @hostilefork | 4658148
• Convert canon NONE, UNSET, etc. to globals @hostilefork | 62d2a5a
• Use NOOP so empty loop looks more intentional @hostilefork | c43dd18
• Breakpoints + Interactive Debugging @hostilefork | 6711dc2
• EXIT/FROM any stack level, natives @hostilefork | 5e9ec3e
• Programmatic GDB breakpoint support @hostilefork | 2294dce
• Tidy new-line implementation, no bitwise XOR @hostilefork | 9cad6b8
• Boolean review changes to uni/string flags @hostilefork | a48bb4a
• POKE on BITSET! only pokes LOGIC! values @hostilefork | 1c8e2ea
• Sync LOCK, PROTECT meanings for series/typesets @hostilefork | bdbd45c
• make-module* functionality => userspace MODULE @hostilefork | 17b2704
• ANY-OBJECT! => ANY-CONTEXT! @hostilefork | 7305847
• Update DO to experimental PARAM/REFINE model @hostilefork | 78173cc
• Disallow CONTINUE/WITH from an UNTIL @hostilefork | e89502b
• Permit URL! to be converted to TUPLE! @hostilefork | ff7199f
• OPTIONAL => OPT, RELAX => TO-VALUE @hostilefork | 8680934
• SPELLING-OF as native function @hostilefork | 9888f21
• SET-WORD! in func spec are "true locals", permit RETURN: @hostilefork | 227419a
• Definitional Returns. Solved. @hostilefork | fd5f4d6 trello
• Default IF, WHILE, EVERY to unsets, x: () legal @hostilefork | 778da31
• Dividing money amounts returns decimal @hostilefork | a3f249c
• TO-INTEGER/UNSIGNED and conversion fixes @hostilefork | e9c4fcf
• ANY-TYPE! => ANY-VALUE! @hostilefork | 61abd10
• Get rid of UTYPE! stub, datatype=>symbol fix @hostilefork | a25c359
• Move FUNCT to be in <r3-legacy> mode only @hostilefork | bb51e94
• SWITCH uses EQUAL?+STRICT-EQUAL?, more... @hostilefork | 46c1d1f
• Move /WORD off of TYPE-OF and onto TYPE? @hostilefork | f1f516d
• Conditional AND/OR/XOR (#1879) @hostilefork | f1e4a20
• CHANGE-DIR to URL, relative paths for DO of URL @hostilefork | 1a4b541
• Make TAIL? spec support all types EMPTY? does @hostilefork | eab90ce
• RAISE and PANIC psuedo-keywords @hostilefork | 1bd93b2
• foreach => for-each/every, foreach as legacy @hostilefork | 89e23d3
• ANY-LIST! typeset (and ANY-ARRAY! experiment) @hostilefork | 1ffa861
• Replace Pre-Mezzanine TRY => TRAP @hostilefork | 58007df
• /WITH for CATCH w/handler, TRY => TRAP (+ legacy) @hostilefork | f5c003b
• QUIT via THROW, CATCH [] vs CATCH/ANY (CC#2247) @hostilefork | b85f178 #CC-2247
• Implement <transparent> attribute behavior for functions @hostilefork | afe7762
• New CASE with switch for legacy behavior (CC#2245) @hostilefork | cc08fea #CC-2245
• Handle THROWN() during MAKE ERROR! (CC #2244) @hostilefork | 6bb1346 #CC-2244
• Gabriele Santilli's MATH and FACTORIAL (CC#2120) @hostilefork | 110b9fe #CC-2120
• EXIT acts as QUIT if not in function, LEGACY flags @hostilefork | 6b017f8
• [catch] function spec block exemption @hostilefork | 242c1e2
• Custom infix operators via <infix> in spec, kill OP! @hostilefork | cfae703
• CC#2242 fix of RETURN/THROW in SWITCH @hostilefork | 34bb816 #CC-2242
• Enbase fixes for input zero length strings @hostilefork | 85013fe
• Error handling overhaul, includes CC#1743 @hostilefork | 9b21568 #CC-1743
• Get rid of RETURN/redo @BrianHawley | 49b94e5
• Revert "Remove /NOW refinement from QUIT (CC#1743)" @hostilefork | 37c723e #CC-1743
• Get rid of Lit-Word decay (CC#2101, CC#1434) @hostilefork | f027870 #CC-2101 #CC-1434
• Interim workaround for CC#2221 @hostilefork | 5267b00 #CC-2221
• Switch version number to 2.102.0, for the time being @earl | 89a75c7
• PowerPC/Big Endian processor unicode fix @hostilefork | 94b001b
• Accept file! to CALL @zsx | bc6c9b6
• Take binary! for I/O redirection in CALL @zsx | e750611
• Make /output in CALL take string! instead of word! @zsx | cd435b5
• Implement a R2-like non-blocking CALL @zsx | b489d85
• CALL with IO redirection @zsx | 1dd682e
• Do not use the system qsort @zsx | 02e7cea
• FEAT: Windows Serial Implementation and extension of serial functionality @kealist | 3a04abf
• FEAT: Add Carls implementation of serial scheme @kealist | adeaa40
• make library! works @zsx | dcf71dc
• TO LOGIC! treats all non-none non-false values as true (CC #2055) @hostilefork | 5e5e1a5 #CC-2055
• IF, EITHER, and UNLESS accept all values in then/else slots (CC #2063) @hostilefork | 89c9af5 #CC-2063
• Permit SET-WORD! as the argument to COPY and SET in PARSE (CC #2023) @hostilefork | 66b87c9 #CC-2023
• Use R3's rounding implementation instead of round(3). Marc Simpson | 8eed3cd
• Round decimal division of tuple elements. Marc Simpson | 2fd94f2
• Make CLOSURE a FUNCT for closures (#2002) @BrianHawley | b339b0f
• Replace FUNCT with FUNCTION @BrianHawley | 4c6de3b
• Make FUNCTION a FUNCT alias (#1773) @BrianHawley | 3e6ecf7
• cc-1748: Guard protected blocks from /INTO target of REDUCE, COMPOSE @hostilefork | 21fb3c2 #CC-1748
• Free intermediate buffers used by do-codec (CC #2068) @hostilefork | e1d8d05 #CC-2068
• Get rid of LOAD /next @BrianHawley | 8da64f8
• Copied DELETE-DIR from Rebol 2 (cc#1545) Tamas Herman | bdd7523 #CC-1545
• Get rid of if/else @BrianHawley | 23673df
• Implement UDP protocol @zsx | f929c97
• Incorporate /ONLY option for suppressing conditional block evaluation. @hostilefork | 895c893
• Merge pull request #160 from hostilefork/fix-cc-1748 @carls | 9cd51ab #CC-1748
• Merge pull request #156 from hostilefork/fix-cc-2068 @carls | ac9176a #CC-2068
• Support async read from clipboard @zsx | 038555b
• Merge branch 'fix-cc-2068' into community @ladislav | be2bd43 #CC-2068
• Merge branch 'fix-cc-1748' into community @ladislav | 82011e2 #CC-1748
• String & binary targets for /INTO in REDUCE+COMPOSE (CC #2081) @hostilefork | 4f17ba6 #CC-2081
• Make word lists of frames bare as suggested Prevent word duplication when appending to an object Fix CC#1979 Optimize the code to not use search Fix 'self handling described in CC#2076 Fix Collect_Object to not overwrite memory BUF_WORDS does not own. Without this fix, Collect_Object was causing crashes in 64-bit R3 Amend Init_Frame_Word to set OPTS_UNWORD option to the word added to the frame word list as suggested. @ladislav | 5e58496 #CC-1979 #CC-2076
• Prevent word duplication when appending to an object Fix CC#1979 Optimize the code to not use search Fix 'self handling described in CC#2076 Rebased on Collect_Obj fix to not cause crashes in 64-bit R3 @ladislav | 4aa7772 #CC-1979 #CC-2076
• Use Bentley & McIlroy's qsort for sorting strings and blocks Currently, R3 uses platform-specific code for sorting. This may increase the effort necessary to port the interpreter to new platforms. @ladislav | dd11362
• IF, EITHER, and UNLESS accept all values in then/else slots (CC #2063) @hostilefork | 3b16661 #CC-2063
• Update fix of CC#851 and CC#1896 @ladislav | 16c6867 #CC-851 #CC-1896
• Permit SET-WORD! as the argument to COPY and SET in PARSE (CC #2023) @hostilefork | 8db79a9 #CC-2023
• TO LOGIC! treats all non-none non-false values as true (CC #2055) @hostilefork | e73dd35 #CC-2055
• cc-1748: Guard protected blocks from /INTO target of REDUCE, COMPOSE @hostilefork | 3efec9c #CC-1748
• Free intermediate buffers used by do-codec (CC #2068) @hostilefork | 7ae3e7a #CC-2068
• Prevent word duplication when appending to an object Fix CC#1979 Optimize the code to not use search @ladislav | 7372289 #CC-1979
• Correct multiple inheritance, CC#1863 Deep clone child values Rebind child values Optimize Merge_Frames to use rebinding table Add a new REBIND_TABLE mode to Rebind_Block @ladislav | 27a4fd2 #CC-1863
• Deep copy functions when cloning objects. Fixes CC#2050 No need to save the block in COPY_DEEP_VALUES since the function does not call Recycle @ladislav | 7f691b0 #CC-2050
• Copied DELETE-DIR from Rebol 2 (cc#1545) Tamas Herman | 24fe03b #CC-1545
• Improve and speed up object cloning using rebinding Fixes CC#2045 Adjust Rebind_Block to be more compatible with Bind_Block Define rebind modes Adjust Clone_Function to use rebinding @ladislav | 8f82fad #CC-2045
• HTTP: remove auto-decoding of UTF-8 content @earl | b68ddee
• Simplify value? change (pull 121, cc 1914) by using existing function. @carls | 264bb4e
• Correct problem with HTTP READ after correcting bug#2025 @ladislav | 65a8017
• Let BIND bind out-of scope function words. Corrects bug#1983. @ladislav | 66876d4
• Let the VAUE? function yield #[false] for out-of-scope function variables, which is what the documentation describes. Corrects bug#1914 @ladislav | 1b259d0
• bug#1957 corr, FIRST+ help strings updated @ladislav | 824aab6
• bug#1958, BIND and UNBIND can work on blocks not containing (just) words @ladislav | 4ac3424
• bug#1844, modification properties @ladislav | 5ff6627
• bug#1955, updates of malconstruct error and mold help string @ladislav | 276eed3
• bug#1956 @ladislav | 0d68c29
• Make APPLY secure against RETURN/redo (#1949) @BrianHawley | b37261e
• Use David M. Gay's dtoa for molding decimals @ladislav | f4ce48e
• Allow NEW-LINE and NEW-LINE? to accept PAREN! series @hostilefork | 631e698
• bug#1939 @ladislav | b1e845b
• Allow INDEX? of NONE, returning NONE @earl | 370d942
• Support common Ctrl-D usage as Delete. Delyan Angelov | b13af70
• Support Home and End keys on linux. Delyan Angelov | 0eec0cd
• REQUEST-FILE/multi returning multiple files is missing the last / in the filenames @BrianHawley | 71e80bd

Fixed

• Fixes size? modified? Graham Chiu | 4c29aae
• Fix the home directory on Windows @zsx | e263431
• Fix Ctrl-C handling in Windows console IO @hostilefork | 9aaa539
• Fix DNS reverse lookup when given a string @hostilefork | 96121b7
• Fix encapped executable name on non-Windows @zsx | 17f6a7e
• Fix HTTPS false alarm error @hostilefork | a65de09
• Fix some definitional return and definitional leave bugs @hostilefork | c4e7d04
• Fix an undefined behavior regarding to union access @zsx | 0abf2b6
• Fix bug in MAYBE TRUE/FALSE on void, allow voids to ENSURE @hostilefork | 604b727
• Fix omitted result in legacy GET behavior @hostilefork | c5c58cd
• Fix () vs. (void) argument for make prep @hostilefork | 9754fdb
• Fix error reporting in scripts run from command line @hostilefork | 8813896
• Fix SET-PATH! in PARSE @hostilefork | 89f2202
• Fix VARARGS! error reporting and specificity bugs @hostilefork | e740772
• Fixes so Ren-C can be used as R3-MAKE @hostilefork | 5a006d1
• Fix RETURN in CHAIN, remove EXIT=QUIT, leaked series on QUIT @hostilefork | f745cf9
• Fix backward unicode encoding flag @hostilefork | 2f7b0b5
• Fix HELP on OBJECT! and PORT! values Christopher Ross-Gill | b6b9a91
• Fix system/catalog/* and make their initialization more clear @hostilefork | 5acc74f
• Fix FIND/LAST refinement when used with BLOCK! @hostilefork | 1df7084
• Patch for appending a MAP! to a MAP! (used also by COPY) @hostilefork | c3b442c
• Fix `<in>` feature of FUNCTION and PROCEDURE, use in %sys-start @hostilefork | bb4bc77
• Fix CHANGE on struct! @zsx | 14a5d4d
• Fix trim object! @zsx | ab9e27c
• Fix sequence point issue in ENBASE @giuliolunati | f45767d
• Fix search for /LAST in FIND assert on short strings @hostilefork | 6ee4583
• Fix LIST-DIR return result, %mezz-files.r meddling @hostilefork | 82c0bf6
• Fixes for BLANK! and empty block in PARSE handling, tests @hostilefork | b7fac96
• Fix DEFAULT of not set bug, add tests @hostilefork | 49371ea
• Fix PARSE? (was returning void instead of TRUE/FALSE) @hostilefork | dee59da
• Fix REMOVE copying of implicit terminator, related cleanups @hostilefork | bb49492
• Fix TUPLE! crash after payload switch, round money @hostilefork | 2c7d58f
• Fix PRIN error message @hostilefork | 08767f2
• Fix two SPEC-OF bugs where param and type not being added to the result correctly. @codebybrett | 31327fd
• Fix infix lookback for SET-WORD! and SET-PATH! @hostilefork | 22b7f81
• Fix sequence point problem in `read/lines` @hostilefork | c72e8d3
• Fix typeset molding @hostilefork | 87ffb37
• Patch recursive MAP! molding bug @hostilefork | 18b1695
• Fix IS function and add /RELAX refinement @hostilefork | 89df6ae
• fix 2138: parse tag in block @giuliolunati | 3b54770
• Fix molding of typesets @hostilefork | 76741d5
• Fix assert/problem with CLOSURE!+THROW @hostilefork | dcae241
• Fix any-object? alias @hostilefork | f7fcfdc
• Fix AND~/OR~/XOR~ unmanaged series assertion @hostilefork | 661fbc3
• Fix actor dispatch (read http://, etc.) @hostilefork | 505a7a3
• Fix "make object! none" cases @hostilefork | 9a0bffe
• Fix offset of default command in dialect parsing @zsx | a4fff1d
• Fix mezz function ARRAY @zsx | 19cc56f
• Fix precedence bug in file open permissions @hostilefork | f22b554
• Fix WAIT without timeout @zsx | e833e9e
• Fix suffix? and rename it suffix-of @giuliolunati | 0962677
• Fix apparently longstanding FORM OBJECT! bug @hostilefork | decba66
• Fix case-sensitivity in string sort, support unicode, #2170 @hostilefork | 894174b
• Fix THROWN() handling for PAREN! in PATH! (CC#2243) @hostilefork | b0b4416 #CC-2243
• Fix out-of-context word in Reword function. Christopher Ross-Gill | 5dc4b48
• Fix halt in 'forever []' and similar (CC#2229) @hostilefork | bfc2604 #CC-2229
• Fix LAUNCH to properly work with argv-based CALL @earl | 9f6e56e
• Fix cc-2224 by simply disallowing LENGTH? on ANY-WORD! @hostilefork | 5c2c263 #CC-2224
• Fix break from remove-each @zsx | d8ae8e8
• Fix foreach with set-word @zsx | 3b386a5
• Fix a divided-by-zero error @zsx | 87cf612
• Fix PARSE position capture combined with SET or COPY @earl | 23750aa
• Fix vector! for 64-bit systems @zsx | e0296bc
• Fix MD5 on 64-bit Linux @cyphre | 689c95f
• Fix 32-bit type used in MD5 @cyphre | 65d0b18
• fix ticket1457 parse to bitset @giuliolunati | ecfcde7
• -fixed zlib bug caused PNG encode operation to crash @cyphre | a5fea46
• Fix CATCH/quit interaction with TRY (cc#851) @earl | ee69898 #CC-851
• Fix CATCH/QUIT, CC#851, CC#1896. , the bug causing 3 test-framework crashes. @ladislav | 7ef62e8 #CC-851 #CC-1896
• Fix circular block compare crash, CC#1049 @ladislav | bd83d2b #CC-1049
• Fix SET object/block block assuming /any (#1763) @BrianHawley | dac7455
• Fix PARSE regression: THRU not matching at the end @earl | eaf0d94
• Fix crash when reading dns:// without a hostname @earl | d2dce76
• Fixed #1875 - random/only bug DanDLee | af37b35
• Fix CC#1865: resolve/extend/only crash @earl | 00bee60 #CC-1865

Removed

• Delete unimplemented TASK! stub @hostilefork | dfcd893
• Remove use of SPLIT from parser which fails on linux when used with a rule that contains THRU. @codebybrett | 1e98be5
• Remove Markup Codec @hostilefork | 4797130
• Remove /NOW refinement from QUIT (CC#1743) @hostilefork | e93a5b4 #CC-1743
• Remove deprecated 'register' keyword @hostilefork | 8e5b9b1
• Remove message print when LOAD/NEXT is used. bug#2041 @ladislav | 93b05f7

[R3-Alpha]

Added

• Initial source release @carls | 08eb7e8
• R3 license @carls | 8b682e5
• Initial commit @carls | 19d4f96

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