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SMLtoJs NEWS

SMLtoJs version 4.3.12 is released

  • mael 2017-12-10: Support for binary asynchronous XmlHTTPRequests.

SMLtoJs version 4.3.11 is released

  • mael 2017-12-06: Better support for tail-recursive functions, by making proper closures for escaping lambdas. Updated relevant List basis library functions to be properly tail-recursive.

  • mael 2017-12-06: Tests can now be scripted using phantomjs; just type 'make test' in the js/test directory.

  • mael 2013-06-03: Fixed bug with not installing prims.js. Now also installing tests.

  • mael 2009-12-01: It is now possible to compile and run Standard ML programs in a browser. See the README_SMLTOJS file for details.

  • mael 2009-12-01: The compiler has been rewritten so as to allow for tail-call optimization. The generated code is now much faster...

  • mael 2008-10-25: Certain datatype constructors are now represented unboxed. This unboxing includes lists and enumerations.

  • mael 2008-10-23: Datatype Constructors are now represented as numbers and there is support now for unboxing simple datatypes such as lists.

  • mael 2008-08-16: SMLtoJs version 4.3.5 is released.

  • mael 2008-08-13: Added support for accessing compiled SML functions from Javascript programs. At the SML side, values are exported using the _export keyword. Here is an example:

    fun myfun x = x + 1
val () = _export("myfun", myfun)

    Expressions of the form _export("myfun", v) has type unit. The first argument to _export must be an immediate string and the second argument must be a value of type t1 -> t2, where t1 and t2 are arbitrary types. There are no dynamic checks that values passed to exported functions are compatible with type t1; the responsibility for this is entirely the programmer's.

    After the _export construct has been executed, the exported function can be called from Javascript, as follows:

    var a = SMLtoJs.myfun(4);

  • mael 2008-01-14: Added support for linking with external libraries; use smltojs --help to get information about the --jslibs command line option.

  • mael 2007-09-05: SMLtoJs version 4.3.4 is released.

  • mael 2007-09-05: Support for the following Basis Library structures: Date, Time, Timer, Random, OS.Path and related test pages.

  • mael 2007-09-05: Change in target file names to avoid .sml.js extensions. Such extensions break compatibility with SMLserver, which are setup to handle .sml-extensions...

  • mael 2007-08-31: SMLtoJs version 4.3.3 is released.

  • mael 2007-08-31: Various bug fixes.

  • mael 2007-08-08: SMLtoJs version 4.3.2 is released.