PureBasic 6.01 LTS is released !

Post by **Fred** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:33 pm

Hello everyone !

- The final is out, you can grab it on your personal account. Thanks a lot to everyone during this bug-fix marathon

- beta 5 is out, with some more bug fixes, don't hesitate to try it out ! Updated GCC on Windows to 12.2.0 version.

Bugfixes for this version:

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- beta 4 is out, with some more fixes. This will be the last beta for now, so be sure to test it properly so we can have a good final release !
Note: The optimizer needs to be manually enabled for ASM backend as well to have any effect.
The event handling code has been modified, so if you find something odd in event propagation, please report it.

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- beta 3 is out, with some more bug fixes to test !

Bugfixes for this version:

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- beta 2 is available, with some more bug fixes, don't hesitate to test it to help us having a reliable release !

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The bug fix version 6.01 beta 1 is available on your online account. It includes many old timer and C backend related bugs. Feel free to test it as much as possible as it could have some regressions due to several big internal changes.

Bugfixes for this version:

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Have Fun,

The Fantaisie Software Team

marcoagpinto · Post by **marcoagpinto** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:38 pm

Thanks for your efforts!

NicTheQuick · Post by **NicTheQuick** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:52 pm

Do you implement test cases for all fixed bugs to avoid regressions in the future?

Post by **Fred** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:55 pm

NicTheQuick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:52 pm Do you implement test cases for all fixed bugs to avoid regressions in the future?

Yes, we always add an automatic test for every bug fixed (unless it's GUI stuff which are harder to do).

marcoagpinto · Post by **marcoagpinto** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 1:59 pm

@Fred

Does it support GCC -O3?

Is GCC compiled code faster than in 6.00?

Thank you!

Post by **Fred** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:04 pm

It doesn't support O3 and will probably never will. O3 brings so much aggressive optimizations, than even Linus doesn't want to use it for the Linux kernel. Here is an interesting read about this: https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-O3-For-Linux-Kernel

That said, 6.01 should be much faster than 6.00 due to volatile rework, but it still needs to be confirmed working as expected.

marcoagpinto · Post by **marcoagpinto** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:10 pm

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:04 pm It doesn't support O3 and will probably never will. O3 brings so much aggressive optimizations, than even Linus doesn't want to use it for the Linux kernel. Here is an interesting read about this: https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-O3-For-Linux-Kernel

That said, 6.01 should be much faster than 6.00 due to volatile rework, but it still needs to be confirmed working as expected.

Thank you!

I didn't know about the -O3 issues.

Aleks_Longard · Post by **Aleks_Longard** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:29 pm

+++
Big hank you Fred!

Janni · Post by **Janni** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:32 pm

Thanks for making PB better and better.
Great work Fred and team !

jacdelad · Post by **jacdelad** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 2:56 pm

Thx from me too.

The list also shows bug which seem to be present since v4.5 and earlier. Wow.

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:05 pm

I normally use -O2 with gcc but in rare occasions -O3 is significantly faster, but most often the difference between -O2 an -O3 is small
but why not give the user the option to choose the O level?
or for that matter any other gcc options

majikeyric · Post by **majikeyric** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:37 pm

Many thanks Fred for the never ending effort to make PB reach perfection !

What a great loving dev product !
I'm so happy, I have been using it for 10 years now !

PS : I use it to make all my tools (at light speed!) for retro game development !

plouf · Post by **plouf** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:07 pm

jack wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:05 pm I normally use -O2 with gcc but in rare occasions -O3 is significantly faster, but most often the difference between -O2 an -O3 is small
but why not give the user the option to choose the O level?
or for that matter any other gcc options

Because if add the option to select o3 ppl will use it and bug tracking in non real bug will be start and create a mess ..i guess

Mijikai · Post by **Mijikai** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:34 pm

Thank you Fred & Team.

ChrisR · Post by **ChrisR** » Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:47 pm

Impressive to see PB 4.30, 4.50, 4.60 RC1, 4.60,...

With old bugs fixed, some dating back to 2011. I didn't know anything about PureBasic, even the name at that time.
Wow, What a long way, congratulations for the quality of the work done and for maintaining this great Language, so powerful, light and fast, again and again.

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