Recent Releases
1.16.421 Jul 2022 15:03
minor bugfix:
A bug has been fixed in `load_ini_path()` (`fclose()` was not invoked in case of errors).
Code review (`strip_ini_cache()`, `load_ini_file()`, `load_ini_path()`; private function `further_cuts()`). Documentation.
Examples.
1.16.309 Nov 2021 18:12
minor bugfix:
Code review (ini_string_match_si(); private functions qultrim_h(). dqultrim_s(), get_type_as_active() and further_cuts()) - micro changes and performance optimizations only.
Documentation.
Examples.
A small in the build system has been (see autostuff/ChangeLog.md).
1.16.225 Sep 2021 03:15
minor bugfix:
Issue #16 has been fixed.
Code readability.
Documentation.
Examples.
1.16.114 Jun 2021 19:33
minor feature:
A batch script for compiling libconfini under Microsoft Windows with MSVC has been created (`msvcmake.bat`). Documentation. Examples. Package maintenance.
1.16.026 Oct 2020 20:27
minor feature:
* Function `ini_get_bool_i()` has been created
* Code review (private function `get_type_as_active()`; types `int8_t`, `uint8_t`, `uint16_t` and `uint32_t` have been changed to to `int_least8_t`, `uint_least8_t`, `uint_least16_t` and `uint_least32_t` everywhere)
* Documentation
* New examples have been created (`examples/cplusplus/map.cpp`, `examples/utilities/ini_string_preparse.h`)
1.15.006 Oct 2020 22:54
minor feature:
Changes:
* Public function `ini_global_set_lowercase_mode()` and global variable `INI_GLOBAL_LOWERCASE_MODE` have been marked as deprecated
* Global integer constant `INI_DISABLED_FLAG` and macro `INI_IS_IMPLICIT_SUBSTR()` have been added to the public header
* A minor incompatibility with **MSVC** has been solved
* A small bug has been fixed (starting from version 1.10.2 `IniDispatch::v_len` was not always set to `0` in case of empty `IniDispatch::value`)
* Code review (`strip_ini_cache()`)
* Minor changes that affect only the build system are now documented in a separate file (see `autostuff/ChangeLog.md`)
* Documentation
* Examples
1.14.224 Sep 2020 18:09
cleanup:
* Improved re-implementation of `stdbool.h` in case of `--with-io-api=nolibc`
* Documentation
* Examples
* General package maintenance
1.14.111 May 2020 21:35
documentation:
* Documentation
1.14.001 Mar 2020 22:04
minor feature:
* Added implicit value check in `ini_array_break()`, `ini_array_collapse()`, `ini_array_release()`, `ini_array_split()`, `ini_string_parse()` and `ini_unquote()`
* Integer constant `CONFINI_EROADDR` has been added to the `ConfiniInterruptNo` `enum`
* Code review (`ini_array_foreach()`, `ini_get_bool()`, `ini_ntof()`, bare metal functions `ini_get_int()`, `ini_get_lint()`, `ini_get_llint()` and `ini_get_double()`, private functions `dqultrim_s()`, `get_type_as_active()`, and `qultrim_h()`)
* Documentation
* New examples have been created (`examples/miscellanea/parse_foreign.c`, `examples/miscellanea/toml-like.c` and `examples/utilities/clone_ini_dispatch.h`)
1.13.005 Feb 2020 20:57
minor feature:
* Support for C++ has been improved
* Standard header `stdbool.h` has been added to the library's public header for handling C++ compatibility
* Module-definition file `src/libconfini.def` has been added to the package tree for improving compatibility with **Microsoft Windows**
* Code page and UTF-8 strings in `src/winres.rc` have been adjusted
* Code review
* A `--without-io-api` option has been added to the `configure` script for compiling the library without the C Standard I/O API
* **GNU Autotests** have been implemented (via `make check`, `make finishcheck` and `make installcheck` launch `make help` for more information about these targets)
* The package tree has been re-organized all the files needed for developing the library and the documentation are now in the `dev` subdirectory
* Code review in the `configure` script (options `--disable-maintainer-mode`, `--enable-author-mode` and `--enable-htmldoc` have been created; the `xargs` utility has been removed from the requirements for building the package) and in the **GNU Make** environment (`Makefile.am`: the following targets have been created: `make all-sources`, `make baremetal-csources`, `make expired`, `make official-csources`, `make official-sources`, `make official-symbols` and `make snapshot`, furthermore `make author-clean` has been renamed to `make bootstrap-clean`)
* Added GCC option `-Wl,-out-implib,libconfini.lib` to the `mgwmake.bat` script
* Documentation
* Examples
1.12.029 Nov 2019 19:25
minor feature:
* Function `ini_get_float()` has been marked as deprecated for parsing a `double` data type: use `ini_get_double()` instead
* Small typo in `confini.h` has been fixed
* Documentation
* General review
1.11.001 Nov 2019 18:42
minor feature:
* Integer constants `CONFINI_EBADF` and `CONFINI_EFBIG` have been added to the `ConfiniInterruptNo` `enum`
* Code review in the I/O functions `load_ini_file()` and `load_ini_path()` (made the POSIX I/O API available and made sure that all I/O failure checks are performed)
* Code review in the `configure` script (created a `--with-io-api=API` option for manually selecting the I/O API to use) and in the **GNU Make** environment (general review; created a `make git-clone` target)
* Documentation
1.10.419 Oct 2019 13:05
cleanup:
* Paths of the INI files in the C examples have been changed in order to match real locations
* Code review in the `configure` script (made sure not to overwrite the user-given `--docdir= DIR ` argument; created a `--disable-devel` option for generating binary-only installations -- i.e. without installing headers, static libraries, documentation, examples, etc.) and in the **GNU Make** environment (`Makefile.am`: removed `make binary-image`, `make source-image` and `make authors-suitcase` targets, renamed `make install-manifest` target to `make manifest`, created `make portable-builds` and `make oblivion-clean` targets, improved `install-data-hook` and all the helper targets; `src/Makefile.am`: moved the `CFLAGS` automatically guessed by `AC_PROG_CC_C99` to `AM_CFLAGS`)
* Added call to `strip.exe` to the `mgwmake.bat` script
1.10.310 Oct 2019 13:45
minor feature:
* The `autogen.sh` script has been renamed to `bootstrap`
* Code review in the **Autotools** environment (fixed `make distcheck` fail; made sure that the `configure` and `bootstrap` scripts can be launched from any path; created `make source-image`, `make authors-suitcase`, `make source-release` and `make authors-copy` targets for better reproducing the content of the package as released by its authors; created `make binary-image`, `make binary-release` and `make install-manifest` targets for aiding staged installations; created a `make author-clean` target for cleaning the source directory with the same degree of fury of `./bootstrap --clean`; created a `make help` target for printing the list of commonly used targets; replaced `autogen.sh --multiversion` with `./configure --with-other-versions` for creating a package able to coexist with other versions of itself)
* The `-Wl,--subsystem,windows` compiler option has been removed from `mgwmake.bat`
* The "GPL3 version 3" license string has been replaced everywhere with "GPL version 3 or any later version" (or a similar label)
* Documentation
1.10.203 Oct 2019 10:25
minor feature:
* Code review (`strip_ini_cache()`)
* Subdirectory `tests` has been created
* New examples have been created (`examples/utilities/load_ini_buffer.h` and `examples/utilities/make_strarray.h`)
* The `configure` script has been improved with a built-in support for complete package renaming (using `--program-prefix=PREFIX`, `--program-suffix=SUFFX` and `--program-transform-name='s/ OLDTEXT / NEWTEXT / g '`) and several new options (`--enable-version-info` and `--disable-version-info`, for enabling/disabling **libtool** versioning system; `--enable-extended-config`, for safely exporting package renamings at `configure` time, or any changes in `configure.ac`, directly to `src/winres.rc` and `package.json` - see `INSTALL` and `./configure --help` for more information)
* The package tree has been re-organized - all the files needed only at build time have been moved into the `autostuff` subdirectory
* Documentation
1.10.119 Sep 2019 17:09
minor bugfix:
Changes:
* Code review (`strip_ini_cache()`) -- a small bug concerning `CR` + `LF` line breaks has been fixed
1.10.002 Aug 2019 18:25
minor feature:
Changes:
* Function `strip_ini_cache()` has been created see issue #9 (https://github.com/madmurphy/libconfini/issues/9) most of the code of `load_ini_file()` has now been moved to `strip_ini_cache()`
* Code review (`load_ini_file()` and `load_ini_path()`)
* Documentation
* Created new examples (see `examples/topics/strip_ini_cache.c`)
1.9.225 Apr 2019 14:43
documentation:
* Documentation
* Created new examples (see examples/miscellanea/colon_as_delimiter.c)
1.9.129 Mar 2019 06:25
major bugfix:
* Private function further_cuts(): fixed bug concerning blocks that had been marked as INI_IGNORE wrongly re-marked as comments after 1.9.0 (due to this bug error CONFINI_EOOR was thrown)
* Private function load_ini_file(): fixed bug related to IniFormat::disabled_after_space stopping to work properly after 1.9.0
* Documentation
1.9.026 Mar 2019 03:16
minor feature:
* Improved performance of load_ini_file() (ambiguous disabled entries that have been already tested with a negative result before invoking f_init() will be internally marked as comments for not being tested twice an example of such ambiguous disabled entries is # foo #bar )
* Added --multiversion option to the autogen.sh script for future major version changes (see INSTALL)
* Added --with-pkgconfigdir=DIR option to the configure script
* Private function dqultrim_s() has been created
* Private macros _LIBCONFINI_IS_COM_MARKER_() and _LIBCONFINI_SC_INT_MARKER_ have been created
* Private macro _LIBCONFINI_INLINE_MARKER_ has been renamed to _LIBCONFINI_IC_INT_MARKER_
* Code review (load_ini_file(), private functions uncomment() and further_cuts())
* Documentation
* Examples
1.8.618 Mar 2019 02:19
minor feature:
* Code review (load_ini_file(), private functions get_type_as_active() and further_cuts())
* Documentation
* Examples
1.8.511 Mar 2019 01:29
documentation:
* Documentation
1.8.408 Jan 2019 03:45
minor feature:
* autogen.sh: replaced #!/bin/sh with #!/bin/bash see issue #7
1.8.319 Nov 2018 23:14
minor feature:
* Code review (ini_string_match_ss(), ini_string_match_si(), ini_array_foreach(), ini_array_split())
* Documentation
* Examples
1.8.211 Nov 2018 23:20
minor feature:
* Code review (private function further_cuts())
* Optimization flag -O2 seems to be working better than -O3 on Unix systems: conditionally use -O2 or -O3 depending on the host
* Use libtool's -avoid-version only when compiling under native Microsoft Windows environment
* Added --clean option to the autogen.sh script
* Updated Autotools macros
* Documentation
* Examples
1.8.105 Nov 2018 06:25
minor feature:
* Code review (load_ini_file(), ini_array_foreach(), ini_array_split(), private functions is_some_space(), ltrim_s(), ltrim_h(), ltrim_hh(), rtrim_s() and rtrim_h())
* Updated Autotools macros
* Documentation
* Examples
1.8.029 Oct 2018 00:41
minor feature:
* Created `typedef`s of callback functions (types `IniStatsHandler` and `IniDispHandler`, both required by `load_ini_file()` and `load_ini_path()`, type `IniStrHandler`, required by `ini_array_split()`, and type `IniSubstrHandler`, required by `ini_array_foreach()`)
* Internal macro `_LIBCONFINI_INIFORMAT_AS_()` has been renamed to `INIFORMAT_TABLE_AS()` and marked as public please note that the arguments that are passed to the user-given callback are now different
* Introduced **libtool** versioning system for the compiled binary (versioning begins with current version 1.8.0, represented as `0:0:0`); note that **libtool** versioning system does not affect the versioning of the project currently in use, but constitutes only a means for the linker to keep track of incompatibilities between different releases of the library
* Improved support for building **libconfini** under Microsoft Windows (created Windows resource file `src/winres.rc`; conditionally added option `-avoid-version` to `LDFLAGS` in order to skip foreign **libtool** versioning system under Microsoft Windows; created batch script `mgwmake.bat` for compiling **libconfini** under Microsoft Windows without **Autotools**)
* Code review (`ini_fton()` and `ini_ntof()`)
* Updated **Autotools** macros
* Documentation
* Created new examples (see `examples/topics/ini_array_foreach.c`, `examples/topics/ini_array_split.c` and `examples/miscellanea/stats_only.c`)
1.7.319 Oct 2018 04:45
minor feature:
* Code review (`load_ini_file()`, private function `get_type_as_active()`)
* Made sure that the `CLOSE_SECTION` character is never followed by anything else than empty spaces
* Documentation
1.7.212 Oct 2018 12:45
minor feature:
* Code review (load_ini_path() -- see issue #6 concerning file access under Microsoft Windows)
* Documentation -- see issues #5 and #6
1.7.108 Oct 2018 22:13
minor feature:
* Added `--disable-doc` and `disable-examples` options to the `configure` script
* Added `--noconfigure` and `--help` options to the `autogen.sh` script
1.7.006 Oct 2018 13:45
minor feature:
* Default format `INI_UNIXLIKE_FORMAT` has been created
* `IniFormat::no_disabled_after_space` has been renamed to `IniFormat::disabled_after_space` (the field has opposite meaning now, please invert your booleans accordingly)
* Moved `#include ` from `confini.c` to `confini.h`
* Documentation
* Examples
1.6.329 Sep 2018 22:04
minor feature:
- Constant CONFINI_EFEOOR has been renamed to CONFINI_EOOR
- Code review
- Documentation
1.6.223 May 2018 03:15
minor feature:
Function ini_array_match() has been created.
Documentation.
Examples.
1.6.119 May 2018 03:15
minor feature:
Functions ini_array_shift(), ini_array_break(), ini_array_release() have been created.
Made sure that escapable characters cannot be used as delimiters in formats that support escape sequences.
Boolean pair OFF/ON has been added to the list of supported INI booleans.
Boolean pair 0/1 has been removed from the list of supported INI booleans.
Public macro INIFORMAT_HAS_NO_ESC has been created.
Redundant function ini_get_lazy_bool() has been removed.
The buffer pointed by IniDispatch::append_to is now passed as const.
Code review (ini_string_match_ss(), ini_string_match_si(), ini_string_match_ii(), ini_string_parse(), ini_array_get_length(), ini_array_foreach(), ini_array_split(), private functions uncomment() and further_cuts()).
Private functions get_metachar_pos() and collapse_empty_quotes() have been created.
Private functions sanitize_key_name() and get_delimiter_pos() have been renamed to collapse_everything() and getn_metachar_pos() (the latter now requires one more argument).
Documentation.
Examples.
1.6.015 May 2018 03:15
minor feature:
Added IniFormat::section_paths option to the IniFormat bitfield.
Created enum IniSectionPaths.
Made sure that implicit keys containing only empty quotes are ignored in formats that support quotes.
Private function ultrim_h() has been renamed to qultrim_h() and rewritten.
Code review (ini_array_foreach(), ini_array_split(), ini_string_parse(), private functions get_delimiter_pos() and get_type_as_active()).
1.5.203 May 2018 03:15
minor feature:
Changed fields order and sizes in the IniFormat bitfield.
Changed internal values of INI_KEY, INI_SECTION, INI_DISABLED_KEY andINI_DISABLED_SECTION (see enum IniNodeType).
Moved example INI files to examples/ini_files.
Documentation.
1.5.129 Apr 2018 03:15
minor feature:
Added IniFormat::preserve_empty_quotes option to the IniFormat bitfield.
IniFormat::hash, IniFormat::semicolon and IniFormat::multiline_entries
have been renamed to IniFormat::hash_marker, IniFormat::semicolon_marker
and IniFormat::multiline_nodes.
Function ini_string_parse() has been created.
Function ini_collapse_array() has been renamed to ini_array_collapse().
Function ini_split_array() has been renamed to ini_array_split().
Function ini_set_implicit_value() has been renamed toini_global_set_implicit_value().
Function confini_global_set_lowercase_mode() has been renamed toini_global_set_lowercase_mode().
Global variable INI_INSENSITIVE_LOWERCASE has been renamed toINI_GLOBAL_LOWERCASE_MODE.
Default value of INI_GLOBAL_LOWERCASE_MODE has been set to FALSE.
Data type IniFormatId has been renamed to IniFormatNum.
ini_format_get_id() has been renamed to ini_fton().
ini_format_set_to_id() has been renamed to ini_ntof() -- now accepts only
one argument and has a return value.
Constants INI_PARSE_COMMENT, INI_SHOW_COMMENT, INI_FORGET_COMMENT andINI_NORMAL_CHARACTER have been renamed to INI_DISABLED_OR_COMMENT,INI_ONLY_COMMENT, INI_IGNORE and INI_IS_NOT_A_MARKER.
Constants INI_EVERYTHING_MULTILINE, INI_ACTIVE_AND_DISABLED_MULTILINE andINI_ACTIVE_MULTILINE have been renamed to INI_MULTILINE_EVERYWHERE,INI_BUT_COMMENTS, and INI_BUT_DISABLED_AND_COMMENTS.
Constants CONFINI_EIINTR and CONFINI_EFEINTR have been renamed toCONFINI_IINTR and CONFINI_FEINTR.
enum tags ConfiniErrorNo and IniComments have been renamed toConfiniInterruptNo and IniCommentMarker.
Private function sanitize_section_name() has been renamed tosanitize_section_path().
Created private function sanitize_key_name().
Code review (ini_array_get_length(), ini_string_match_si(),ini_string_match_ii(), private functions sanitize_section_path() andcollapse_spaces()).
Made sure that sections appended to root as pseudo-subsections will be
dispatched always without the leading dot.
Made sure that key and section names
1.5.018 Apr 2018 19:35
minor feature:
Changes:
* Added `IniFormat::preserve_empty_quotes` option to the `IniFormat` bitfield
* `IniFormat::hash`, `IniFormat::semicolon` and `IniFormat::multiline_entries`
have been renamed to `IniFormat::hash_marker`, `IniFormat::semicolon_marker`
and `IniFormat::multiline_nodes`
* Function `ini_string_parse()` has been created
* Function `ini_collapse_array()` has been renamed to `ini_array_collapse()`
* Function `ini_split_array()` has been renamed to `ini_array_split()`
* Function `ini_set_implicit_value()` has been renamed to
`ini_global_set_implicit_value()`
* Function `confini_global_set_lowercase_mode()` has been renamed to
`ini_global_set_lowercase_mode()`
* Global variable `INI_INSENSITIVE_LOWERCASE` has been renamed to
`INI_GLOBAL_LOWERCASE_MODE`
* Default value of `INI_GLOBAL_LOWERCASE_MODE` has been set to `FALSE`
* Data type `IniFormatId` has been renamed to `IniFormatNum`
* `ini_format_get_id()` has been renamed to `ini_fton()`
* `ini_format_set_to_id()` has been renamed to `ini_ntof()` -- now accepts only
one argument and has a return value
* Constants `INI_PARSE_COMMENT`, `INI_SHOW_COMMENT`, `INI_FORGET_COMMENT` and
`INI_NORMAL_CHARACTER` have been renamed to `INI_DISABLED_OR_COMMENT`,
`INI_ONLY_COMMENT`, `INI_IGNORE` and `INI_IS_NOT_A_MARKER`
* Constants `INI_EVERYTHING_MULTILINE`, `INI_ACTIVE_AND_DISABLED_MULTILINE` and
`INI_ACTIVE_MULTILINE` have been renamed to `INI_MULTILINE_EVERYWHERE`,
`INI_BUT_COMMENTS`, and `INI_BUT_DISABLED_AND_COMMENTS`
* Constants `CONFINI_EIINTR` and `CONFINI_EFEINTR` have been renamed to
`CONFINI_IINTR` and `CONFINI_FEINTR`
* `enum` tags `ConfiniErrorNo` and `IniComments` have been renamed to
`ConfiniInterruptNo` and `IniCommentMarker`
* Private function `sanitize_section_name()` has been renamed to
`sanitize_section_path()`
* Created private function `sanitize_key_name()`
* Code review (`ini_array_get_length()`, `ini_string_match_si()`,
`ini_string_match_ii()`, private functions `sanitize_sectio
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