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NASM version 2.04rc1 (Announce)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 10.09.2008, 19:00

They released NASM version 2.04rc1 on 2008-09-09.

Changes:
* There are two DOS/DPMI/DJGPP binary downloads now, one (dos-upx) with UPX compressed and the other (dos) with uncompressed executables. Notice that the 2.03.01 DOS binary release only had compressed executables.

(following copied from the new Appendix C, "NASM Version History", of the user manual.)
> * Sanitize macro handing in the '%error' directive.
> * New '%warning' directive to issue user-controlled warnings.
> * '__utf16__' and '__utf32__' operators to generate UTF-16 and UTF-32 strings.
> * Fix bug in case-insensitive matching when compiled on platforms that don't use the 'configure' script.
> * Correct the handling of nested '%rep's.
> * Support for x87 packed BCD constants.
> * New '%strcat' directive to join quoted strings together.
> * Correct the 'LTR' instruction in 64-bit mode.
> * Fix unnecessary REX.W prefix on indirect jumps in 64-bit mode.
> * New '%use' macro directive to support standard macro directives.
> * Excess default parameters to '%macro' now issues a warning by default.
> * Numerous bug fixes, especially to the AES, AVX and VTX instructions.

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Complete thread:

• NASM version 2.03.01 available - rr, 26.06.2008, 16:24 (Announce)
  • NASM version 2.04rc1 - ecm, 10.09.2008, 19:00
    • NASM version 2.04rc1 - Rugxulo, 12.09.2008, 23:38
      • NASM version 2.04rc1 - ecm, 13.09.2008, 09:06
        • NASM version 2.04rc3 - Rugxulo, 15.09.2008, 07:15
          • NASM version 2.04rc3 - ecm, 15.09.2008, 15:50
            • NASM version 2.04rc3 - Rugxulo, 21.09.2008, 23:09
              • NASM version 2.04rc3 - ecm, 22.09.2008, 15:18