What's New in 1.0.0-beta1
This new version of CamelBones features tight integration with the Objective-C runtime. Perl classes are registered peers, capable of being subclasses of any Objective-C class.
This new approach is a huge improvement over the old proxy-based bridge, and makes a number of things possible with this new version that could not be done previously:
- Support for Cocoa Bindings
- NSDocument-based applications
- Custom NSView subclasses
In addition, this version of CamelBones is based around a "support bundle" architecture that makes it possible to build standalone applications that require no external runtime framework, and run on any supported Mac OS X release.
Also included with this package is a shared framework and Perl module that can be used with standalone .pl scripts.
Known issues with this beta:
- The binaries included with this beta do not work on Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger". It has been tested with Tiger, however - a Tiger-compatible release will follow soon after Apple's final public release of Tiger itself.
- Jaguar support is limited. Project and File templates are included only for Xcode, not for Project Builder. I have no plans to keep PB support up to date, although I could be convinced to do so if there's enough demand.
- Jaguar support is buggy. CamelBones applications should be able to run on any support OS version - as of this beta that's Jaguar and Panther. In this beta release, Jaguar support is buggy.
- Building under the GNUStep environment is not supported in this beta. I'd like to get around to fixing that, but it's a low priority for me; it will happen much sooner if a GNUStep guru steps forward to help make it happen.
- It's a beta. Expect bugs, expect leaks, and *please* report them using the bug reporting form at the SourceForge site.