GetData Library

This release fixes an internal error when reading MPLEX data and problems associated with paths containing trailing symlinks.

This releases fixes a few bugs found after the release of GetData-0.7.2. Most importantly, it corrects the search path for encoding modules and the writing of metafield metadata.

Regarding the code, this is a minor bugfix release that adds missing but documented functionality relating to Dirfile Standards compliance, specifically the ability to use absolute paths in INCLUDE statements. It also fixes a few minor bugs discovered since the last release. This release also marks the introduction of support in GetData for Microsoft's Visual C++ compiler, but with a reduced feature set. Finally, a source package containing only the Interactive Data Language (IDL) bindings has also been produced, in cases where the library itself is already installed.

The highlight of this bugfix release is the removal of a number of memory management issues. A few segfaults have been fixed, and a larger number of memory leaks have been plugged. A few minor issues discovered after the release of 0.7.0 have also been fixed, mostly concerning the dirfile2ascii utility.

This release adds support for Mac OS X, Cygwin, and Win32 (using MinGW). To support MacOS X, most functions in the C API have been renamed to provide better namespace encapsulation. This release also introduces Dirfile Standards Version 8, which adds support for vector division and scalar arrays. It is also able to handle ARM middle-ended floating point data. An ASCII conversion utility, dirfile2ascii, is now distributed as part of the package. In addition to the above, numerous bugs found after the last release have been fixed.