This is an archived public release of MLton, version 20041109.

Changes since the last public release

• New platforms:

• x86: FreeBSD 5.x, OpenBSD

• PowerPC: Darwin (MacOSX)

• Support for the ML Basis system, a new mechanism supporting programming in the very large, separate delivery of library sources, and more.

• Support for dynamic libraries.

• Support for ConcurrentML (CML).

• New structures: Int2, Int3, ..., Int31 and Word2, Word3, ..., Word31.

• Front-end bug fixes and improvements.

• A new form of profiling with -profile count, which can be used to test code coverage.

• A bytecode generator, available via -codegen bytecode.

• Representation improvements:

• Tuples and datatypes are packed to decrease space usage.

• Ref cells may be unboxed into their containing object.

• Arrays of tuples may represent the tuples unboxed.

For a complete list of changes and bug fixes since 20040227, see the changelog.

Also see

• Bugs20041109