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| diff --git a/docs/manual.adoc b/docs/manual.adoc index 6ffd844..856d1b3 100644 --- a/docs/manual.adoc +++ b/docs/manual.adoc @@ -252,16 +252,16 @@ NOTE: In that example `PUGIXML_API` is inconsistent between several source files  pugixml is written in standard-compliant C{plus}{plus} with some compiler-specific workarounds where appropriate. pugixml is compatible with the C{plus}{plus}11 standard, but does not require C{plus}{plus}11 support. Each version is tested with a unit test suite (with code coverage about 99%) on the following platforms:  * Microsoft Windows: -    * Borland C{plus}{plus} Compiler 5.82 -    * Digital Mars C{plus}{plus} Compiler 8.51 -    * Intel C{plus}{plus} Compiler 8.0, 9.0 x86/x64, 10.0 x86/x64, 11.0 x86/x64 -    * Metrowerks CodeWarrior 8.0 -    * Microsoft Visual C{plus}{plus} 6.0, 7.0 (2002), 7.1 (2003), 8.0 (2005) x86/x64, 9.0 (2008) x86/x64, 10.0 (2010) x86/x64, 11.0 (2011) x86/x64/ARM, 12.0 (2013) x86/x64/ARM and some CLR versions -    * MinGW (GCC) 3.4, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 x64 +** Borland C{plus}{plus} Compiler 5.82 +** Digital Mars C{plus}{plus} Compiler 8.51 +** Intel C{plus}{plus} Compiler 8.0, 9.0 x86/x64, 10.0 x86/x64, 11.0 x86/x64 +** Metrowerks CodeWarrior 8.0 +** Microsoft Visual C{plus}{plus} 6.0, 7.0 (2002), 7.1 (2003), 8.0 (2005) x86/x64, 9.0 (2008) x86/x64, 10.0 (2010) x86/x64, 11.0 (2011) x86/x64/ARM, 12.0 (2013) x86/x64/ARM and some CLR versions +** MinGW (GCC) 3.4, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 x64  * Linux (GCC 4.4.3 x86/x64, GCC 4.8.1 x64, Clang 3.2 x64)  * FreeBSD (GCC 4.2.1 x86/x64) -* Apple MacOSX (GCC 4.0.1 x86/x64/PowerPC) +* Apple MacOSX (GCC 4.0.1 x86/x64/PowerPC, Clang 3.5 x64)  * Sun Solaris (sunCC x86/x64)  * Microsoft Xbox 360  * Nintendo Wii (Metrowerks CodeWarrior 4.1) @@ -804,14 +804,14 @@ include::samples/load_options.cpp[tags=code]  [#xml_encoding]  pugixml supports all popular Unicode encodings (UTF-8, UTF-16 (big and little endian), UTF-32 (big and little endian); UCS-2 is naturally supported since it's a strict subset of UTF-16) and handles all encoding conversions. Most loading functions accept the optional parameter `encoding`. This is a value of enumeration type `xml_encoding`, that can have the following values: -* [anchor encoding_auto] means that pugixml will try to guess the encoding based on source XML data. The algorithm is a modified version of the one presented in Appendix F.1 of XML recommendation; it tries to match the first few bytes of input data with the following patterns in strict order: -    * If first four bytes match UTF-32 BOM (Byte Order Mark), encoding is assumed to be UTF-32 with the endianness equal to that of BOM; -    * If first two bytes match UTF-16 BOM, encoding is assumed to be UTF-16 with the endianness equal to that of BOM; -    * If first three bytes match UTF-8 BOM, encoding is assumed to be UTF-8; -    * If first four bytes match UTF-32 representation of [^<], encoding is assumed to be UTF-32 with the corresponding endianness; -    * If first four bytes match UTF-16 representation of [^<?], encoding is assumed to be UTF-16 with the corresponding endianness; -    * If first two bytes match UTF-16 representation of [^<], encoding is assumed to be UTF-16 with the corresponding endianness (this guess may yield incorrect result, but it's better than UTF-8); -    * Otherwise encoding is assumed to be UTF-8. +* [anchor encoding_auto] means that pugixml will try to guess the encoding based on source XML data. The algorithm is a modified version of the one presented in http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-guessing-no-ext-info[Appendix F.1 of XML recommendation]; it tries to match the first few bytes of input data with the following patterns in strict order: +** If first four bytes match UTF-32 BOM (Byte Order Mark), encoding is assumed to be UTF-32 with the endianness equal to that of BOM; +** If first two bytes match UTF-16 BOM, encoding is assumed to be UTF-16 with the endianness equal to that of BOM; +** If first three bytes match UTF-8 BOM, encoding is assumed to be UTF-8; +** If first four bytes match UTF-32 representation of [^<], encoding is assumed to be UTF-32 with the corresponding endianness; +** If first four bytes match UTF-16 representation of [^<?], encoding is assumed to be UTF-16 with the corresponding endianness; +** If first two bytes match UTF-16 representation of [^<], encoding is assumed to be UTF-16 with the corresponding endianness (this guess may yield incorrect result, but it's better than UTF-8); +** Otherwise encoding is assumed to be UTF-8.  * [anchor encoding_utf8] corresponds to UTF-8 encoding as defined in the Unicode standard; UTF-8 sequences with length equal to 5 or 6 are not standard and are rejected.  * [anchor encoding_utf16_le] corresponds to little-endian UTF-16 encoding as defined in the Unicode standard; surrogate pairs are supported. @@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ The failure conditions resemble those of `append_child`, `insert_child_before` a  pugixml provides several ways to assemble an XML document from other XML documents. Assuming there is a set of document fragments, represented as in-memory buffers, the implementation choices are as follows:  * Use a temporary document to parse the data from a string, then clone the nodes to a destination node. For example: - ++  [source]  ----  bool append_fragment(pugi::xml_node target, const char* buffer, size_t size) @@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ bool append_fragment(pugi::xml_node target, const char* buffer, size_t size)  ----  * Cache the parsing step - instead of keeping in-memory buffers, keep document objects that already contain the parsed fragment: - ++  [source]  ----  bool append_fragment(pugi::xml_node target, const pugi::xml_document& cached_fragment) @@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ bool append_fragment(pugi::xml_node target, const pugi::xml_document& cached_fra  ----  * Use `xml_node::append_buffer` directly: - ++  [source]  ----  xml_parse_result xml_node::append_buffer(const void* contents, size_t size, unsigned int options = parse_default, xml_encoding encoding = encoding_auto); @@ -2140,341 +2140,359 @@ Because of the differences in document object models, performance considerations  [[changes]]  == Changelog -[h5 15.04.2015 - version 1.6] +:!numbered: + +[[v1.6]] +=== v1.6 ^15.04.2015^  Maintenance release. Changes:  * Specification changes: -    # Attribute/text values now use more digits when printing floating point numbers to guarantee round-tripping. -    # Text nodes no longer get extra surrounding whitespace when pretty-printing nodes with mixed contents +    . Attribute/text values now use more digits when printing floating point numbers to guarantee round-tripping. +    . Text nodes no longer get extra surrounding whitespace when pretty-printing nodes with mixed contents  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed translate and normalize-space XPath functions to no longer return internal NUL characters -    # Fixed buffer overrun on malformed comments inside DOCTYPE sections -    # DOCTYPE parsing can no longer run out of stack space on malformed inputs (XML parsing is now using bounded stack space) -    # Adjusted processing instruction output to avoid malformed documents if the PI value contains "?>" +    . Fixed translate and normalize-space XPath functions to no longer return internal NUL characters +    . Fixed buffer overrun on malformed comments inside DOCTYPE sections +    . DOCTYPE parsing can no longer run out of stack space on malformed inputs (XML parsing is now using bounded stack space) +    . Adjusted processing instruction output to avoid malformed documents if the PI value contains "?>" -[h5 27.11.2014 - version 1.5] +[[v1.5]] +=== v1.5 ^27.11.2014^  Major release, featuring a lot of performance improvements and some new features.  * Specification changes: -    # xml_document::load(const char_t*) was renamed to load_string; the old method is still available and will be deprecated in a future release -    # xml_node::select_single_node was renamed to select_node; the old method is still available and will be deprecated in a future release. +    . xml_document::load(const char_t*) was renamed to load_string; the old method is still available and will be deprecated in a future release +    . xml_node::select_single_node was renamed to select_node; the old method is still available and will be deprecated in a future release.  * New features: -    # Added xml_node::append_move and other functions for moving nodes within a document -    # Added xpath_query::evaluate_node for evaluating queries with a single node as a result +    . Added xml_node::append_move and other functions for moving nodes within a document +    . Added xpath_query::evaluate_node for evaluating queries with a single node as a result  * Performance improvements: -    # Optimized XML parsing (10-40% faster with clang/gcc, up to 10% faster with MSVC) -    # Optimized memory consumption when copying nodes in the same document (string contents is now shared) -    # Optimized node copying (10% faster for cross-document copies, 3x faster for inter-document copies; also it now consumes a constant amount of stack space) -    # Optimized node output (60% faster; also it now consumes a constant amount of stack space) -    # Optimized XPath allocation (query evaluation now results in fewer temporary allocations) -    # Optimized XPath sorting (node set sorting is 2-3x faster in some cases) -    # Optimized XPath evaluation (XPathMark suite is 100x faster; some commonly used queries are 3-4x faster) +    . Optimized XML parsing (10-40% faster with clang/gcc, up to 10% faster with MSVC) +    . Optimized memory consumption when copying nodes in the same document (string contents is now shared) +    . Optimized node copying (10% faster for cross-document copies, 3x faster for inter-document copies; also it now consumes a constant amount of stack space) +    . Optimized node output (60% faster; also it now consumes a constant amount of stack space) +    . Optimized XPath allocation (query evaluation now results in fewer temporary allocations) +    . Optimized XPath sorting (node set sorting is 2-3x faster in some cases) +    . Optimized XPath evaluation (XPathMark suite is 100x faster; some commonly used queries are 3-4x faster)  * Compatibility improvements: -    # Fixed xml_node::offset_debug for corner cases -    # Fixed undefined behavior while calling memcpy in some cases -    # Fixed MSVC 2015 compilation warnings -    # Fixed contrib/foreach.hpp for Boost 1.56.0 +    . Fixed xml_node::offset_debug for corner cases +    . Fixed undefined behavior while calling memcpy in some cases +    . Fixed MSVC 2015 compilation warnings +    . Fixed contrib/foreach.hpp for Boost 1.56.0  * Bug fixes -    # Adjusted comment output to avoid malformed documents if the comment value contains "--" -    # Fix XPath sorting for documents that were constructed using append_buffer -    # Fix load_file for wide-character paths with non-ASCII characters in MinGW with C{plus}{plus}11 mode enabled +    . Adjusted comment output to avoid malformed documents if the comment value contains "--" +    . Fix XPath sorting for documents that were constructed using append_buffer +    . Fix load_file for wide-character paths with non-ASCII characters in MinGW with C{plus}{plus}11 mode enabled -[h5 27.02.2014 - version 1.4] +[[v1.4]] +=== v1.4 ^27.02.2014^  Major release, featuring various new features, bug fixes and compatibility improvements.  * Specification changes: -    # Documents without element nodes are now rejected with status_no_document_element error, unless parse_fragment option is used +    . Documents without element nodes are now rejected with status_no_document_element error, unless parse_fragment option is used  * New features: -    # Added XML fragment parsing (parse_fragment flag) -    # Added PCDATA whitespace trimming (parse_trim_pcdata flag) -    # Added long long support for xml_attribute and xml_text (as_llong, as_ullong and set_value/set overloads) -    # Added hexadecimal integer parsing support for as_int/as_uint/as_llong/as_ullong -    # Added xml_node::append_buffer to improve performance of assembling documents from fragments -    # xml_named_node_iterator is now bidirectional -    # Reduced XPath stack consumption during compilation and evaluation (useful for embedded systems) +    . Added XML fragment parsing (parse_fragment flag) +    . Added PCDATA whitespace trimming (parse_trim_pcdata flag) +    . Added long long support for xml_attribute and xml_text (as_llong, as_ullong and set_value/set overloads) +    . Added hexadecimal integer parsing support for as_int/as_uint/as_llong/as_ullong +    . Added xml_node::append_buffer to improve performance of assembling documents from fragments +    . xml_named_node_iterator is now bidirectional +    . Reduced XPath stack consumption during compilation and evaluation (useful for embedded systems)  * Compatibility improvements: -    # Improved support for platforms without wchar_t support -    # Fixed several false positives in clang static analysis -    # Fixed several compilation warnings for various GCC versions +    . Improved support for platforms without wchar_t support +    . Fixed several false positives in clang static analysis +    . Fixed several compilation warnings for various GCC versions  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed undefined pointer arithmetic in XPath implementation -    # Fixed non-seekable iostream support for certain stream types, i.e. boost file_source with pipe input -    # Fixed xpath_query::return_type() for some expressions -    # Fixed dllexport issues with xml_named_node_iterator -    # Fixed find_child_by_attribute assertion for attributes with null name/value +    . Fixed undefined pointer arithmetic in XPath implementation +    . Fixed non-seekable iostream support for certain stream types, i.e. boost file_source with pipe input +    . Fixed xpath_query::return_type() for some expressions +    . Fixed dllexport issues with xml_named_node_iterator +    . Fixed find_child_by_attribute assertion for attributes with null name/value -[h5 1.05.2012 - version 1.2] +[[v1.2]] +=== v1.2 ^1.05.2012^  Major release, featuring header-only mode, various interface enhancements (i.e. PCDATA manipulation and C{plus}{plus}11 iteration), many other features and compatibility improvements.  * New features: -    # Added xml_text helper class for working with PCDATA/CDATA contents of an element node -    # Added optional header-only mode (controlled by PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY define) -    # Added xml_node::children() and xml_node::attributes() for C{plus}{plus}11 ranged for loop or BOOST_FOREACH -    # Added support for Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) encoding conversion during loading and saving -    # Added custom default values for '''xml_attribute::as_*''' (they are returned if the attribute does not exist) -    # Added parse_ws_pcdata_single flag for preserving whitespace-only PCDATA in case it's the only child -    # Added format_save_file_text for xml_document::save_file to open files as text instead of binary (changes newlines on Windows) -    # Added format_no_escapes flag to disable special symbol escaping (complements ~parse_escapes) -    # Added support for loading document from streams that do not support seeking -    # Added '''PUGIXML_MEMORY_*''' constants for tweaking allocation behavior (useful for embedded systems) -    # Added PUGIXML_VERSION preprocessor define +    . Added xml_text helper class for working with PCDATA/CDATA contents of an element node +    . Added optional header-only mode (controlled by PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY define) +    . Added xml_node::children() and xml_node::attributes() for C{plus}{plus}11 ranged for loop or BOOST_FOREACH +    . Added support for Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) encoding conversion during loading and saving +    . Added custom default values for '''xml_attribute::as_*''' (they are returned if the attribute does not exist) +    . Added parse_ws_pcdata_single flag for preserving whitespace-only PCDATA in case it's the only child +    . Added format_save_file_text for xml_document::save_file to open files as text instead of binary (changes newlines on Windows) +    . Added format_no_escapes flag to disable special symbol escaping (complements ~parse_escapes) +    . Added support for loading document from streams that do not support seeking +    . Added '''PUGIXML_MEMORY_*''' constants for tweaking allocation behavior (useful for embedded systems) +    . Added PUGIXML_VERSION preprocessor define  * Compatibility improvements: -    # Parser does not require setjmp support (improves compatibility with some embedded platforms, enables clr:pure compilation) -    # STL forward declarations are no longer used (fixes SunCC/RWSTL compilation, fixes clang compilation in C{plus}{plus}11 mode) -    # Fixed AirPlay SDK, Android, Windows Mobile (WinCE) and C{plus}{plus}/CLI compilation -    # Fixed several compilation warnings for various GCC versions, Intel C{plus}{plus} compiler and Clang +    . Parser does not require setjmp support (improves compatibility with some embedded platforms, enables clr:pure compilation) +    . STL forward declarations are no longer used (fixes SunCC/RWSTL compilation, fixes clang compilation in C{plus}{plus}11 mode) +    . Fixed AirPlay SDK, Android, Windows Mobile (WinCE) and C{plus}{plus}/CLI compilation +    . Fixed several compilation warnings for various GCC versions, Intel C{plus}{plus} compiler and Clang  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed unsafe bool conversion to avoid problems on C{plus}{plus}/CLI -    # Iterator dereference operator is const now (fixes Boost filter_iterator support) -    # xml_document::save_file now checks for file I/O errors during saving +    . Fixed unsafe bool conversion to avoid problems on C{plus}{plus}/CLI +    . Iterator dereference operator is const now (fixes Boost filter_iterator support) +    . xml_document::save_file now checks for file I/O errors during saving -[h5 1.11.2010 - version 1.0] +[[v1.0]] +=== v1.0 ^1.11.2010^  Major release, featuring many XPath enhancements, wide character filename support, miscellaneous performance improvements, bug fixes and more.  * XPath: -    # XPath implementation is moved to pugixml.cpp (which is the only source file now); use PUGIXML_NO_XPATH if you want to disable XPath to reduce code size -    # XPath is now supported without exceptions (PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS); the error handling mechanism depends on the presence of exception support -    # XPath is now supported without STL (PUGIXML_NO_STL) -    # Introduced variable support -    # Introduced new xpath_query::evaluate_string, which works without STL -    # Introduced new xpath_node_set constructor (from an iterator range) -    # Evaluation function now accept attribute context nodes -    # All internal allocations use custom allocation functions -    # Improved error reporting; now a last parsed offset is returned together with the parsing error +    . XPath implementation is moved to pugixml.cpp (which is the only source file now); use PUGIXML_NO_XPATH if you want to disable XPath to reduce code size +    . XPath is now supported without exceptions (PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTIONS); the error handling mechanism depends on the presence of exception support +    . XPath is now supported without STL (PUGIXML_NO_STL) +    . Introduced variable support +    . Introduced new xpath_query::evaluate_string, which works without STL +    . Introduced new xpath_node_set constructor (from an iterator range) +    . Evaluation function now accept attribute context nodes +    . All internal allocations use custom allocation functions +    . Improved error reporting; now a last parsed offset is returned together with the parsing error  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed memory leak for loading from streams with stream exceptions turned on -    # Fixed custom deallocation function calling with null pointer in one case -    # Fixed missing attributes for iterator category functions; all functions/classes can now be DLL-exported -    # Worked around Digital Mars compiler bug, which lead to minor read overfetches in several functions -    # load_file now works with 2+ Gb files in MSVC/MinGW -    # XPath: fixed memory leaks for incorrect queries -    # XPath: fixed xpath_node() attribute constructor with empty attribute argument -    # XPath: fixed lang() function for non-ASCII arguments +    . Fixed memory leak for loading from streams with stream exceptions turned on +    . Fixed custom deallocation function calling with null pointer in one case +    . Fixed missing attributes for iterator category functions; all functions/classes can now be DLL-exported +    . Worked around Digital Mars compiler bug, which lead to minor read overfetches in several functions +    . load_file now works with 2+ Gb files in MSVC/MinGW +    . XPath: fixed memory leaks for incorrect queries +    . XPath: fixed xpath_node() attribute constructor with empty attribute argument +    . XPath: fixed lang() function for non-ASCII arguments  * Specification changes: -    # CDATA nodes containing ]]> are printed as several nodes; while this changes the internal structure, this is the only way to escape CDATA contents -    # Memory allocation errors during parsing now preserve last parsed offset (to give an idea about parsing progress) -    # If an element node has the only child, and it is of CDATA type, then the extra indentation is omitted (previously this behavior only held for PCDATA children) +    . CDATA nodes containing ]]> are printed as several nodes; while this changes the internal structure, this is the only way to escape CDATA contents +    . Memory allocation errors during parsing now preserve last parsed offset (to give an idea about parsing progress) +    . If an element node has the only child, and it is of CDATA type, then the extra indentation is omitted (previously this behavior only held for PCDATA children)  * Additional functionality: -    # Added xml_parse_result default constructor -    # Added xml_document::load_file and xml_document::save_file with wide character paths -    # Added as_utf8 and as_wide overloads for std::wstring/std::string arguments -    # Added DOCTYPE node type (node_doctype) and a special parse flag, parse_doctype, to add such nodes to the document during parsing -    # Added parse_full parse flag mask, which extends parse_default with all node type parsing flags except parse_ws_pcdata -    # Added xml_node::hash_value() and xml_attribute::hash_value() functions for use in hash-based containers -    # Added internal_object() and additional constructor for both xml_node and xml_attribute for easier marshalling (useful for language bindings) -    # Added xml_document::document_element() function -    # Added xml_node::prepend_attribute, xml_node::prepend_child and xml_node::prepend_copy functions -    # Added xml_node::append_child, xml_node::prepend_child, xml_node::insert_child_before and xml_node::insert_child_after overloads for element nodes (with name instead of type) -    # Added xml_document::reset() function +    . Added xml_parse_result default constructor +    . Added xml_document::load_file and xml_document::save_file with wide character paths +    . Added as_utf8 and as_wide overloads for std::wstring/std::string arguments +    . Added DOCTYPE node type (node_doctype) and a special parse flag, parse_doctype, to add such nodes to the document during parsing +    . Added parse_full parse flag mask, which extends parse_default with all node type parsing flags except parse_ws_pcdata +    . Added xml_node::hash_value() and xml_attribute::hash_value() functions for use in hash-based containers +    . Added internal_object() and additional constructor for both xml_node and xml_attribute for easier marshalling (useful for language bindings) +    . Added xml_document::document_element() function +    . Added xml_node::prepend_attribute, xml_node::prepend_child and xml_node::prepend_copy functions +    . Added xml_node::append_child, xml_node::prepend_child, xml_node::insert_child_before and xml_node::insert_child_after overloads for element nodes (with name instead of type) +    . Added xml_document::reset() function  * Performance improvements: -    # xml_node::root() and xml_node::offset_debug() are now O(1) instead of O(logN) -    # Minor parsing optimizations -    # Minor memory optimization for strings in DOM tree (set_name/set_value) -    # Memory optimization for string memory reclaiming in DOM tree (set_name/set_value now reallocate the buffer if memory waste is too big) -    # XPath: optimized document order sorting -    # XPath: optimized child/attribute axis step -    # XPath: optimized number-to-string conversions in MSVC -    # XPath: optimized concat for many arguments -    # XPath: optimized evaluation allocation mechanism: constant and document strings are not heap-allocated -    # XPath: optimized evaluation allocation mechanism: all temporaries' allocations use fast stack-like allocator +    . xml_node::root() and xml_node::offset_debug() are now O(1) instead of O(logN) +    . Minor parsing optimizations +    . Minor memory optimization for strings in DOM tree (set_name/set_value) +    . Memory optimization for string memory reclaiming in DOM tree (set_name/set_value now reallocate the buffer if memory waste is too big) +    . XPath: optimized document order sorting +    . XPath: optimized child/attribute axis step +    . XPath: optimized number-to-string conversions in MSVC +    . XPath: optimized concat for many arguments +    . XPath: optimized evaluation allocation mechanism: constant and document strings are not heap-allocated +    . XPath: optimized evaluation allocation mechanism: all temporaries' allocations use fast stack-like allocator  * Compatibility: -    # Removed wildcard functions (xml_node::child_w, xml_node::attribute_w, etc.) -    # Removed xml_node::all_elements_by_name -    # Removed xpath_type_t enumeration; use xpath_value_type instead -    # Removed format_write_bom_utf8 enumeration; use format_write_bom instead -    # Removed xml_document::precompute_document_order, xml_attribute::document_order and xml_node::document_order functions; document order sort optimization is now automatic -    # Removed xml_document::parse functions and transfer_ownership struct; use xml_document::load_buffer_inplace and xml_document::load_buffer_inplace_own instead -    # Removed as_utf16 function; use as_wide instead +    . Removed wildcard functions (xml_node::child_w, xml_node::attribute_w, etc.) +    . Removed xml_node::all_elements_by_name +    . Removed xpath_type_t enumeration; use xpath_value_type instead +    . Removed format_write_bom_utf8 enumeration; use format_write_bom instead +    . Removed xml_document::precompute_document_order, xml_attribute::document_order and xml_node::document_order functions; document order sort optimization is now automatic +    . Removed xml_document::parse functions and transfer_ownership struct; use xml_document::load_buffer_inplace and xml_document::load_buffer_inplace_own instead +    . Removed as_utf16 function; use as_wide instead -[h5 1.07.2010 - version 0.9] +[[v0.9]] +=== v0.9 ^1.07.2010^  Major release, featuring extended and improved Unicode support, miscellaneous performance improvements, bug fixes and more.  * Major Unicode improvements: -    # Introduced encoding support (automatic/manual encoding detection on load, manual encoding selection on save, conversion from/to UTF8, UTF16 LE/BE, UTF32 LE/BE) -    # Introduced wchar_t mode (you can set PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE define to switch pugixml internal encoding from UTF8 to wchar_t; all functions are switched to their Unicode variants) -    # Load/save functions now support wide streams +    . Introduced encoding support (automatic/manual encoding detection on load, manual encoding selection on save, conversion from/to UTF8, UTF16 LE/BE, UTF32 LE/BE) +    . Introduced wchar_t mode (you can set PUGIXML_WCHAR_MODE define to switch pugixml internal encoding from UTF8 to wchar_t; all functions are switched to their Unicode variants) +    . Load/save functions now support wide streams  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed document corruption on failed parsing bug -    # XPath string <-> number conversion improvements (increased precision, fixed crash for huge numbers) -    # Improved DOCTYPE parsing: now parser recognizes all well-formed DOCTYPE declarations -    # Fixed xml_attribute::as_uint() for large numbers (i.e. 2^32-1) -    # Fixed xml_node::first_element_by_path for path components that are prefixes of node names, but are not exactly equal to them. +    . Fixed document corruption on failed parsing bug +    . XPath string <-> number conversion improvements (increased precision, fixed crash for huge numbers) +    . Improved DOCTYPE parsing: now parser recognizes all well-formed DOCTYPE declarations +    . Fixed xml_attribute::as_uint() for large numbers (i.e. 2^32-1) +    . Fixed xml_node::first_element_by_path for path components that are prefixes of node names, but are not exactly equal to them.  * Specification changes: -    # parse() API changed to load_buffer/load_buffer_inplace/load_buffer_inplace_own; load_buffer APIs do not require zero-terminated strings. -    # Renamed as_utf16 to as_wide -    # Changed xml_node::offset_debug return type and xml_parse_result::offset type to ptrdiff_t -    # Nodes/attributes with empty names are now printed as :anonymous +    . parse() API changed to load_buffer/load_buffer_inplace/load_buffer_inplace_own; load_buffer APIs do not require zero-terminated strings. +    . Renamed as_utf16 to as_wide +    . Changed xml_node::offset_debug return type and xml_parse_result::offset type to ptrdiff_t +    . Nodes/attributes with empty names are now printed as :anonymous  * Performance improvements: -    # Optimized document parsing and saving -    # Changed internal memory management: internal allocator is used for both metadata and name/value data; allocated pages are deleted if all allocations from them are deleted -    # Optimized memory consumption: sizeof(xml_node_struct) reduced from 40 bytes to 32 bytes on x86 -    # Optimized debug mode parsing/saving by order of magnitude +    . Optimized document parsing and saving +    . Changed internal memory management: internal allocator is used for both metadata and name/value data; allocated pages are deleted if all allocations from them are deleted +    . Optimized memory consumption: sizeof(xml_node_struct) reduced from 40 bytes to 32 bytes on x86 +    . Optimized debug mode parsing/saving by order of magnitude  * Miscellaneous: -    # All STL includes except <exception> in pugixml.hpp are replaced with forward declarations -    # xml_node::remove_child and xml_node::remove_attribute now return the operation result +    . All STL includes except <exception> in pugixml.hpp are replaced with forward declarations +    . xml_node::remove_child and xml_node::remove_attribute now return the operation result  * Compatibility: -    # parse() and as_utf16 are left for compatibility (these functions are deprecated and will be removed in version 1.0) -    # Wildcard functions, document_order/precompute_document_order functions, all_elements_by_name function and format_write_bom_utf8 flag are deprecated and will be removed in version 1.0 -    # xpath_type_t enumeration was renamed to xpath_value_type; xpath_type_t is deprecated and will be removed in version 1.0 +    . parse() and as_utf16 are left for compatibility (these functions are deprecated and will be removed in version 1.0) +    . Wildcard functions, document_order/precompute_document_order functions, all_elements_by_name function and format_write_bom_utf8 flag are deprecated and will be removed in version 1.0 +    . xpath_type_t enumeration was renamed to xpath_value_type; xpath_type_t is deprecated and will be removed in version 1.0 -[h5 8.11.2009 - version 0.5] +[[v0.5]] +=== v0.5 ^8.11.2009^  Major bugfix release. Changes:  * XPath bugfixes: -    # Fixed translate(), lang() and concat() functions (infinite loops/crashes) -    # Fixed compilation of queries with empty literal strings ("") -    # Fixed axis tests: they never add empty nodes/attributes to the resulting node set now -    # Fixed string-value evaluation for node-set (the result excluded some text descendants) -    # Fixed self:: axis (it behaved like ancestor-or-self::) -    # Fixed following:: and preceding:: axes (they included descendent and ancestor nodes, respectively) -    # Minor fix for namespace-uri() function (namespace declaration scope includes the parent element of namespace declaration attribute) -    # Some incorrect queries are no longer parsed now (i.e. foo: *) -    # Fixed text()/etc. node test parsing bug (i.e. foo[text()] failed to compile) -    # Fixed root step (/) - it now selects empty node set if query is evaluated on empty node -    # Fixed string to number conversion ("123 " converted to NaN, "123 .456" converted to 123.456 - now the results are 123 and NaN, respectively) -    # Node set copying now preserves sorted type; leads to better performance on some queries +    . Fixed translate(), lang() and concat() functions (infinite loops/crashes) +    . Fixed compilation of queries with empty literal strings ("") +    . Fixed axis tests: they never add empty nodes/attributes to the resulting node set now +    . Fixed string-value evaluation for node-set (the result excluded some text descendants) +    . Fixed self:: axis (it behaved like ancestor-or-self::) +    . Fixed following:: and preceding:: axes (they included descendent and ancestor nodes, respectively) +    . Minor fix for namespace-uri() function (namespace declaration scope includes the parent element of namespace declaration attribute) +    . Some incorrect queries are no longer parsed now (i.e. foo: *) +    . Fixed text()/etc. node test parsing bug (i.e. foo[text()] failed to compile) +    . Fixed root step (/) - it now selects empty node set if query is evaluated on empty node +    . Fixed string to number conversion ("123 " converted to NaN, "123 .456" converted to 123.456 - now the results are 123 and NaN, respectively) +    . Node set copying now preserves sorted type; leads to better performance on some queries  * Miscellaneous bugfixes: -    # Fixed xml_node::offset_debug for PI nodes -    # Added empty attribute checks to xml_node::remove_attribute -    # Fixed node_pi and node_declaration copying -    # Const-correctness fixes +    . Fixed xml_node::offset_debug for PI nodes +    . Added empty attribute checks to xml_node::remove_attribute +    . Fixed node_pi and node_declaration copying +    . Const-correctness fixes  * Specification changes: -    # xpath_node::select_nodes() and related functions now throw exception if expression return type is not node set (instead of assertion) -    # xml_node::traverse() now sets depth to -1 for both begin() and end() callbacks (was 0 at begin() and -1 at end()) -    # In case of non-raw node printing a newline is output after PCDATA inside nodes if the PCDATA has siblings -    # UTF8 -> wchar_t conversion now considers 5-byte UTF8-like sequences as invalid +    . xpath_node::select_nodes() and related functions now throw exception if expression return type is not node set (instead of assertion) +    . xml_node::traverse() now sets depth to -1 for both begin() and end() callbacks (was 0 at begin() and -1 at end()) +    . In case of non-raw node printing a newline is output after PCDATA inside nodes if the PCDATA has siblings +    . UTF8 -> wchar_t conversion now considers 5-byte UTF8-like sequences as invalid  * New features: -    # Added xpath_node_set::operator[] for index-based iteration -    # Added xpath_query::return_type() -    # Added getter accessors for memory-management functions +    . Added xpath_node_set::operator[] for index-based iteration +    . Added xpath_query::return_type() +    . Added getter accessors for memory-management functions -[h5 17.09.2009 - version 0.42] +[[v0.42]] +=== v0.42 ^17.09.2009^  Maintenance release. Changes:  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed deallocation in case of custom allocation functions or if delete[] / free are incompatible -    # XPath parser fixed for incorrect queries (i.e. incorrect XPath queries should now always fail to compile) -    # Const-correctness fixes for find_child_by_attribute -    # Improved compatibility (miscellaneous warning fixes, fixed cstring include dependency for GCC) -    # Fixed iterator begin/end and print function to work correctly for empty nodes +    . Fixed deallocation in case of custom allocation functions or if delete[] / free are incompatible +    . XPath parser fixed for incorrect queries (i.e. incorrect XPath queries should now always fail to compile) +    . Const-correctness fixes for find_child_by_attribute +    . Improved compatibility (miscellaneous warning fixes, fixed cstring include dependency for GCC) +    . Fixed iterator begin/end and print function to work correctly for empty nodes  * New features: -    # Added PUGIXML_API/PUGIXML_CLASS/PUGIXML_FUNCTION configuration macros to control class/function attributes -    # Added xml_attribute::set_value overloads for different types +    . Added PUGIXML_API/PUGIXML_CLASS/PUGIXML_FUNCTION configuration macros to control class/function attributes +    . Added xml_attribute::set_value overloads for different types -[h5 8.02.2009 - version 0.41] +[[v0.41]] +=== v0.41 ^8.02.2009^  Maintenance release. Changes:  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed bug with node printing (occasionally some content was not written to output stream) +    . Fixed bug with node printing (occasionally some content was not written to output stream) -[h5 18.01.2009 - version 0.4] +[[v0.4]] +=== v0.4 ^18.01.2009^  Changes:  * Bug fixes: -    # Documentation fix in samples for parse() with manual lifetime control -    # Fixed document order sorting in XPath (it caused wrong order of nodes after xpath_node_set::sort and wrong results of some XPath queries) +    . Documentation fix in samples for parse() with manual lifetime control +    . Fixed document order sorting in XPath (it caused wrong order of nodes after xpath_node_set::sort and wrong results of some XPath queries)  * Node printing changes: -    # Single quotes are no longer escaped when printing nodes -    # Symbols in second half of ASCII table are no longer escaped when printing nodes; because of this, format_utf8 flag is deleted as it's no longer needed and format_write_bom is renamed to format_write_bom_utf8. -    # Reworked node printing - now it works via xml_writer interface; implementations for FILE* and std::ostream are available. As a side-effect, xml_document::save_file now works without STL. +    . Single quotes are no longer escaped when printing nodes +    . Symbols in second half of ASCII table are no longer escaped when printing nodes; because of this, format_utf8 flag is deleted as it's no longer needed and format_write_bom is renamed to format_write_bom_utf8. +    . Reworked node printing - now it works via xml_writer interface; implementations for FILE* and std::ostream are available. As a side-effect, xml_document::save_file now works without STL.  * New features: -    # Added unsigned integer support for attributes (xml_attribute::as_uint, xml_attribute::operator=) -    # Now document declaration (<?xml ...?>) is parsed as node with type node_declaration when parse_declaration flag is specified (access to encoding/version is performed as if they were attributes, i.e. doc.child("xml").attribute("version").as_float()); corresponding flags for node printing were also added -    # Added support for custom memory management (see set_memory_management_functions for details) -    # Implemented node/attribute copying (see xml_node::insert_copy_* and xml_node::append_copy for details) -    # Added find_child_by_attribute and find_child_by_attribute_w to simplify parsing code in some cases (i.e. COLLADA files) -    # Added file offset information querying for debugging purposes (now you're able to determine exact location of any xml_node in parsed file, see xml_node::offset_debug for details) -    # Improved error handling for parsing - now load(), load_file() and parse() return xml_parse_result, which contains error code and last parsed offset; this does not break old interface as xml_parse_result can be implicitly casted to bool. +    . Added unsigned integer support for attributes (xml_attribute::as_uint, xml_attribute::operator=) +    . Now document declaration (<?xml ...?>) is parsed as node with type node_declaration when parse_declaration flag is specified (access to encoding/version is performed as if they were attributes, i.e. doc.child("xml").attribute("version").as_float()); corresponding flags for node printing were also added +    . Added support for custom memory management (see set_memory_management_functions for details) +    . Implemented node/attribute copying (see xml_node::insert_copy_* and xml_node::append_copy for details) +    . Added find_child_by_attribute and find_child_by_attribute_w to simplify parsing code in some cases (i.e. COLLADA files) +    . Added file offset information querying for debugging purposes (now you're able to determine exact location of any xml_node in parsed file, see xml_node::offset_debug for details) +    . Improved error handling for parsing - now load(), load_file() and parse() return xml_parse_result, which contains error code and last parsed offset; this does not break old interface as xml_parse_result can be implicitly casted to bool. -[h5 31.10.2007 - version 0.34] +[[v0.34]] +=== v0.34 ^31.10.2007^  Maintenance release. Changes:  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed bug with loading from text-mode iostreams -    # Fixed leak when transfer_ownership is true and parsing is failing -    # Fixed bug in saving (\r and \n are now escaped in attribute values) -    # Renamed free() to destroy() - some macro conflicts were reported +    . Fixed bug with loading from text-mode iostreams +    . Fixed leak when transfer_ownership is true and parsing is failing +    . Fixed bug in saving (\r and \n are now escaped in attribute values) +    . Renamed free() to destroy() - some macro conflicts were reported  * New features: -    # Improved compatibility (supported Digital Mars C{plus}{plus}, MSVC 6, CodeWarrior 8, PGI C{plus}{plus}, Comeau, supported PS3 and XBox360) -    # PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTION flag for platforms without exception handling +    . Improved compatibility (supported Digital Mars C{plus}{plus}, MSVC 6, CodeWarrior 8, PGI C{plus}{plus}, Comeau, supported PS3 and XBox360) +    . PUGIXML_NO_EXCEPTION flag for platforms without exception handling -[h5 21.02.2007 - version 0.3] +[[v0.3]] +=== v0.3 ^21.02.2007^  Refactored, reworked and improved version. Changes:  * Interface: -    # Added XPath -    # Added tree modification functions -    # Added no STL compilation mode -    # Added saving document to file -    # Refactored parsing flags -    # Removed xml_parser class in favor of xml_document -    # Added transfer ownership parsing mode -    # Modified the way xml_tree_walker works -    # Iterators are now non-constant +    . Added XPath +    . Added tree modification functions +    . Added no STL compilation mode +    . Added saving document to file +    . Refactored parsing flags +    . Removed xml_parser class in favor of xml_document +    . Added transfer ownership parsing mode +    . Modified the way xml_tree_walker works +    . Iterators are now non-constant  * Implementation: -    # Support of several compilers and platforms -    # Refactored and sped up parsing core -    # Improved standard compliancy -    # Added XPath implementation -    # Fixed several bugs +    . Support of several compilers and platforms +    . Refactored and sped up parsing core +    . Improved standard compliancy +    . Added XPath implementation +    . Fixed several bugs -[h5 6.11.2006 - version 0.2] +[[v0.2]] +=== v0.2 ^6.11.2006^  First public release. Changes:  * Bug fixes: -    # Fixed child_value() (for empty nodes) -    # Fixed xml_parser_impl warning at W4 +    . Fixed child_value() (for empty nodes) +    . Fixed xml_parser_impl warning at W4  * New features: -    # Introduced child_value(name) and child_value_w(name) -    # parse_eol_pcdata and parse_eol_attribute flags + parse_minimal optimizations -    # Optimizations of strconv_t +    . Introduced child_value(name) and child_value_w(name) +    . parse_eol_pcdata and parse_eol_attribute flags + parse_minimal optimizations +    . Optimizations of strconv_t -[h5 15.07.2006 - version 0.1] +[[v0.1]] +=== v0.1 ^15.07.2006^  First private release for testing purposes +:numbered: +  [[apiref]]  == API Reference | 
