RELEASE NOTES for qore v0.7.8

release summary: 19 bug fixes from 0.7.7

• BUG FIX: fixed a bug processing arguments to in-object method calls in the background operator
• BUG FIX: fixed a bug processing arguments to static method calls in the background operator
• BUG FIX: fixed a bug where the File class would reset the encoding given in the constructor on ::open*()
• BUG FIX: fixed a bug where if local variables were used in a reference expression with the background operator, whenever the reference was accessed in the called code a crash would result
• BUG FIX: eliminated string parsing in block comments, fixed a bug where the parser was not terminated at EOF in a block comment
• BUG FIX: check for PO_NO_FILESYSTEM in FtpClient::put()
• BUG FIX: fixed a cosmetic bug in exception string in FtpClient::get()
• BUG FIX: fixed a bug in SSLCertificate::getSignature()
• BUG FIX: fixed a bug in SSLCertificate::getInfo()
• BUG FIX: fixed CANNOT-PROVIDE-FEATURE exception text
• BUG FIX: fixed getpwnam() to use q_getgrnam() and correct a thread and functional error in QC_Dir.cc
• BUG FIX: fixed non-thread-safe usage of getpwnam() in QC_Dir.cc
• BUG FIX: fixed adding virtual private data to classes with multiple virtual base classes
• BUG FIX: fixed Socket::recv() and Socket::recvBinary() when reading all data available on the socket when the remote ends closes the connection in an orderly way
• BUG FIX: fixed parsing negative numbers in json strings
• BUG FIX: fixed limited XML node size
• BUG FIX: fixed a memory bug in the context statement when an exception occurs in the context expression
• BUG FIX: fixed a memory bug in the binary += operation; if the operand for BinaryNode::append() is equal to the current buffer, a crash would result
• BUG FIX: fixed some bugs processing arguments in the XmlReader class
• enhancement: added a QoreSocket::recvBinary() function to receive all data available on the socket (with an optional initial timeout value) and return it as a binary object; if Socket::recvBinary() is called with buffer-size <= 0, then this variant is used

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