Change log for HawkNL

Version 1.68
Fixed potential mutex contention with multiple CPU systems
Added NL_ERROR_STATUS to nlPollGroup
Fixed nlThreadCreate bug when using native Windows threads on Win9x
Fixed 'double bind' bug with UDP connections
De-linted source files; several minor corrections


Version 1.67
Cleaned up internal references to NL_INVALID, INVALID_SOCKET, and SOCKET_ERROR
Fixed Winsock bug with connect() that limited connecting more than 8000 TCP sockets
Fixed compiler warning in err.c for MSVC 6.0 and eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0
Fixed bug in nlGroupDeleteSocket
Native Windows threads are now the default when compiled on Windows
Fixed bug in nlWrite which caused a segfault with a non-blocking connect on some Unix OSs
Modified socket stats to be more accurate during the first 8 seconds of use


Version 1.66
Modified nlConnect, nlGetNameFromAddrAsync, and nlGetAddrFromNameAsync so that they
  copy the const data
Fixed nlGroupDestroy bug
Modified nlInit so that it clears out any previous error
Enabled linger on TCP sockets


Version 1.65
Fixed potential error in nlGetError when called before any error had been set
Fixed Linux bug where first error message would not be set properly
Fixed bug in nlGetAllLocalAddr where it could return improperly allocated memory
  when address count was 0
Fixed a bug where the localhost address would sometimes show as 247.0.0.1
Re-enabled some MSVC compiler warnings and cleaned up code
Replaced Winsock macros FD_CLR, FD_SET, and FD_ISSET with inlined functions
Fixed bug where nlPollGroup with the NL_LOOP_BACK driver ignored the timeout value
Fixed bug in nlGetAllLocalAddr where it could return no local addresses
Fixed bug in nlGetLocalAddr with NL_LOOP_BACK driver
Fixed several Linux/Unix sample app compile errors


Version 1.64
Added more error detection to nlMutexUnlock with Windows threads
Added new error code for nlMutexUnlock, NL_MUTEX_OWNER
Removed redundent calculation in nlPollGroup of highest real socket for select()
Updated NLaddress for future IPv6 address support, and to hide more network details
Fixed an NL_UDP deadlock when blocking on nlRead on one thread, and calling nlSetRemoteAddr
  on a second thread
Fixed a bug in nlGroupDeleteSocket when deleting a closed socket
Fixed a bug in nlGetSystemError when called before nlInit
Added more comments in multicast.c to clarify port numbers for clients and servers
Fixed bug where nlStringToAddr where a port number higher than 65535 would wrap the port number
  instead of returning an error
Cleaned up the Windows code for nlTime
Fixed nlListen bug when using a system assigned port number (port 0)
Updated clientserver.c for a more graceful shutdown


Version 1.63
Fixed several sample apps so that they compile on Linux/Unix
Added root makefile for Linux
Added TCP/IP specific aliases for connection types:
  NL_TCP           = NL_RELIABLE
  NL_TCP_PACKETS   = NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS
  NL_UDP           = NL_UNRELIABLE
  NL_UDP_BROADCAST = NL_BROADCAST
  NL_UDP_MULTICAST = NL_MULTICAST
Added updated HawkNL.pas file and Delphi sample applications for broadcast, eqtest, max, and test
Fixed two potential memory problems when reallocating memory
Fixed IN_MULTICAST macro bug in sock.c
Fixed potential memory problem with nlGroupCreate


Version 1.62
Performed another security audit and made more changes for better buffer overflow prevention
Fixed a recursion bug in nlMutexLock with Windows threads
Fixed potential memory leak in nlMutexInit and nlThreadCreate with pthreads
Fixed MacOS 7-9 build; GUSI is not POSIX compliant and does not support PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK


Version 1.61
Added code to prevent Format String Exploits to nlStringToAddr and nlGetAddrFromName*
Updated overrun.c to test the Format String Exploit code
Fixed potential bug in GetNameFromAddrAsync where you could read an incomplete string
Fixed bug with NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS; monitor thread would sometimes stop working
Fixed potential loss of unsent data when closing an NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS socket


Version 1.6
Fixed Linux/GCC compiler errors and warnings
Updated Linux makefile to install to user/local/
Added monitor thread to make sure any buffered nlWrites with NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS are sent


Version 1.6 beta 4
Fixed bug where nlMutexLock and nlMutexUnlock did not return NL_TRUE
Fixed bug in nlShutdown with NL_LOOP_BACK driver
Fixed bug in nlThreadCreate with Windows threads
Updated to new pthread for Win32 library
Added recursion checks to Windows mutex code
Added error NL_MUTEX_RECURSION
Changed pthread mutex type to PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK
Removed NL_THREADSAFE compile option; NL always compiles with thread safety
Fixed nlShutdown deadlock bug when a blocking socket was blocked on a socket call
Fixed nlGetSystemError bug where the error was sometimes lost on Windows
Removed NL_CON_TERM error, check for NL_SOCK_DISCONNECT instead
Fixed bug where nlRead was not reporting the socket disconnect with NL_LOOP_BACK driver
Fixed nlShutdown bug when called from two threads at the same time
Fixed another deadlock when nlShutdown and nlClose were called from two threads at the same time
Updated NL_IPX driver with improved code from NL_IP driver


Version 1.6 beta 3
Updated nlMutexInit, nlMutexLock, nlMutexUnlock, and nlMutexDestroy to return NLboolean
Updated nlCondDestroy to return NLboolean
Added better error detection for NULL pointers in nlCond* and nlMutex* functions
Updated Windows pthread code to better handle pthread errors
Updated nlThreadJoin to return NLboolean value
Updated nlClose, nlClearSocketStat, nlHint, nlClear, nlEnable, and nlDisable to return NLboolean
Updated nlGroupDestroy, nlGroupDeleteSocket, and nlGroupGetSockets to return NLboolean
Fixed bug when using groups with NLlong user data
Added 'const' qualifier to many parameters
Updated nlStringToAddr, nlGetRemoteAddr, nlSetRemoteAddr, nlGetLocalAddr, nlSetLocalAddr,
  nlGetAddrFromName*, nlGetNameFromAddrAsync, and nlSetAddrPort to return NLboolean
Fixed potential buffer over-runs in nlStringToAddr and nlGetAddrFromName*
Updated nlWrite with NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS to return 0 when the last packet is still unsent;
  this is just like UDP, and only one packet will be buffered at a time
Added NL_STRING_OVER_RUN, NL_SOCKET_NOT_FOUND, and NL_TIMED_OUT error codes
Updated nlThreadCreate to return NL_INVALID cast to NLthreadID on error
Updated nlTime to return NLboolean


Version 1.6 beta 2
Fixed small memory leak in sock.c
Fixed MacOS X compile problems
Fixed problem where mutexes were being double locked
Fixed bug in loopback driver
Moved some include files to reduce scope of internal modules
Fixed Linux compile problems with condition.c
Ported buffer.c to compile on WinCE
Fixed writeString and readString macros for WinCE and UNICODE
Added ProjectBuilder project files for MacOS X


Version 1.6 beta 1
Cleaned up use of NLsocket in code
Removed the hardcoded limit on number of sockets; max.c may now take a LONG time
Number of sockets is now dynamic to decrease memory, and to increase server scalability
Removed NL_MAX_SOCKETS enumerant from nlGetInteger
Reduced UDP/TCP internal socket memory usage from 408 bytes to 216 bytes
Reduced group memory usage from 64K bytes per group down to a minimum of 80 bytes
Groups are now suitable to store any NLlong user data
More WinCE fixes; WinCE does not have ANSI C time functions or errno
Fixed compile errors with NL_THREAD_SAFE undefined
Exposed thread and mutex API for NLU and user apps
Updated clientserver.c to use the new multithread API
Added project file for eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 for Windows CE
MANY more little fixes for WinCE compile; now compiles cleanly
Removed some no longer used error messages and the defines
Removed NL_KEEPALIVE hint since it is actually a useless and misleading TCP option
Added more compile options; loopback network driver can be eliminated if desired
Fixed minor Mac OSX compile error
Added condition variables, nlCond*
Added nlMtime for millisecond accurate time similar to ftime()
Renamed NL_SOCKET_ERROR error to NL_SYSTEM_ERROR
Rewrote the nlMutex* and nlCond* code
Added nlUtime for microsecond accurate time similar to gettimeofday()
Fixed buffer bug in nlWrite with NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS
Added time.c sample app to test timer resolution
Modified nlMtime so that on Windows it is simply a wrapper around nlUtime
Updated getfile.c so that it works with non-blocking or blocking IO
Added threadpool.c sample app the test threads, conditions, and mutexes
Fixed multithread connect/accept problem with NL_LOOP_BACK
Combined nlMtime and nlUtime into nlTime


Version 1.51 update
Finished unicode (UCS-2 for Windows NT/2000/XP/CE) and WinCE support
Updated async.c for unicode and WinCE
When compiling on WinCE, NL will use native threads and will not include IPX
Fixed another bug in nlRead with NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS


Version 1.5 release
Fixed nlInit problem when called multiple times
Modified nlShutdown to be more thread safe
Fixed multithread problem with GNE; closing sockets while polling groups could deadlock
Added first part of unicode (UCS-2 for Windows) and WinCE support, but not yet complete


Version 1.5 beta 2
Fixed MacOS X compile problems, again
Fixed potential threading problem with NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS and nlPollGroup
Fixed bug in nlRead with NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS
Added nlGetAllLocalAddr to get all addresses on a multihomed system
Updated broadcast.c, max.c, and multicast.c to use nlGetAllLocalAddr


Version 1.5 beta 1
Added makefile for SGI
Fixed SGI compile problems
Added additional mutex locking in group API
Fixed a potential threading problem in nlPollGroup
Fixed MacOS X compile problems
Fixed bug in nlInit
Changed nlSwap* from inlined to regular API calls
Modified nlSwap* so that you can choose big endian or little endian data format. This also effects
  the read*/write* macros
Added NL_BIG_ENDIAN_DATA and NL_LITTLE_ENDIAN_DATA defines for nlEnable and nlDisable. Disabling
  one enables the other, and enabling one disables the other. Default is NL_BIG_ENDIAN_DATA enabled
Modified nlPollGroup for better support of NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS
Modified NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS so that they use less memory per socket
Fixed Linux compile warnings for loopback.c and err.c


Version 1.42 Release update
Added hawknl.def file for Visual Basic support (non decorated function names)
Fixed a bug where all global state variables were not reset properly after calling nlInit,
  nlShutdown, then nlInit again
Fixed nlConnect bug where some Unixs would return an error of EINPROGRESS instead of
  EWOULDBLOCK for non-blocking sockets
Added new error string for EINPROGRESS, non-Windows systems have the proper description


Version 1.41 Release update
Modifed max.c to test for both UDP and connected TCP sockets
Fixed bug where nlGetSocketStat would return 0
Added ELOOK system error string for MacOS
Added NL_SAFE_COPY option to nl.h to fix nlRead* and nlWrite* macro problems on Sparc CPUs
Modified makefile.solaris to define NL_SAFE_COPY
Added #include <string.h> to nl.h for the nlRead* and nlWrite* macros
Fixed Solaris compile problems
Removed NLChat Windows example, made it a separate download


Version 1.4 Release
Fixed non-Microsoft compiler errors in wsock.h and mutex.h
Fixed a potential access violation in nlGroupGetSockets
De-linted all source files, various minor fixes
More minor compile fixes
Updated nlStringToAddr, nlGetRemoteAddr, nlGetLocalAddr, and nlGetAddrFromName so that
  address.valid will tell you if the function was successful
Fixed nlGetAddrFromName* so they will always handle a port number, example: www.name.com:80
Fixed nlGetNameFromAddr* so they always add the port number if port!=0
Updated async.c to show the nlGetAddrFromName* and nlGetNameFromAddr* fixes
Updated nlGetLocalAddr so that it also returns the local port of the socket


Version 1.4 beta 4
Merged in Ryan Haksi's Mac modifications
Cleaned up code in err.c and thread.c
Updated sock_ReadPacket for better error detection, and simplified the code
Added NL_PACKET_SYNC error code for NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS
Added compile option to remove mutexes and per-thread error codes for single threaded apps
Added socklen_t define to sock.c for better POSIX compliance
Updated clientserver.c to show more NL features
Fixed bug in nlAccept for NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS
Changed err.c to use TLS (thread local storage) for error codes
Added NL_TLS_ERROR code
Added makefile.osx


Version 1.4 beta 3
Fixed Linux and Solaris makefiles
Fixed several bugs in err.c for POSIX systems
Moved system include files before NL include files
Added the NL_REUSE_ADDRESS hint to IPX


Version 1.4 beta 2
Moved NL_TCP_NO_DELAY from nlEnable/nlDisable/nlGetBoolean to nlHint
Added Windows compile option to remove IPX support
Added NL_CONNECTION_TYPES to nlGetString
Fixed NL_NETWORK_TYPES to return the network types and not the connection types
Added NL_PARALLEL network type for future support of parallel ports
Added NL_RAW connection type for NL_SERIAL and NL_PARALLEL network types
Fixed bad error message when calling nlGetAddrFromName
Fixed an error when sending to a group where a socket in that group had been closed
Fixed getfile.c which was broken by non-blocking connects
Added NL_LOOP_BACK network code
Fixed bug in IPX code that caused it not to init properly
Updated broadcast.c to add the network choice on the command line
Renamed test2.c to clientserver.c and added it to the MSVC workspace
Updated clientserver.c to add the network choice on the command line
Fixed bug in multicast code
Added mutexes to each socket for better thread safety


Version 1.4 beta 1
Added changes to support Mingw32 compiler for Windows
Added nlSetLocalAddr to choose the local address, or network interface
nlOpen has been modified to create NL_BROADCAST and NL_MULTICAST sockets
nlBroadcast has been been eliminated, use nlWrite
nlConnectMulticast has been been eliminated, use nlConnect
broadcast.c and multicast.c have been updated
Added a millisecond timeout value to nlPollGroup
Modified nlConnect so that it does not block on a non-blocking TCP socket
Added NL_WRONG_TYPE and NL_CON_PENDING to errorstr.c
Added nlHint for advanced control of sockets
Added wrappers for mutex and thread APIs for future portability
nlSetMulticastTTL has been eliminated, use nlHint BEFORE nlConnect
Added per thread NL error messages
Added threads for the non-blocking UDP connect
Added Windows option to use native Windows threads instead of pthreads


Version 1.3
Added new makefiles for Linux and Solaris
Added a Windows static library for those that do not want to use a DLL
Changed address_t to NLaddress
Now compiles with LCC for Windows


Version 1.3 beta 2
Fixed several things for better UNIX compatibility; Solaris is now supported
Added NL_PACKET_SIZE to errorstr.c


Version 1.3 beta 1
Added nlSetRemoteAddr, which I overlooked months ago
Updated getfile.c to strip off the HTTP header, and to be more HTTP 1.0 compliant
Added nlPollGroup for added scalability. Uses select() to check the read or write status of all
  sockets in a group, and returns a list of those sockets
Updated test2.c to use nlPollGroup
Updated the IPX code to test for packets larger than the 1466 byte limit


Version 1.2
Fixed Win9x nlConnect error with NL_UNRELIABLE connection
Updated nlAccept so that it connects NL_UNRELIABLE connections


Version 1.2 beta 3
Fixed multicast support broken in beta 2
Updated nlOpen to automatically reuse TCP server addresses (SO_REUSEADDR)
Updated nlConnect to speed up connecting NL_UNRELIABLE sockets


Version 1.2 beta 2
Added mutexes around global variables to make them thread safe. The following are now thread safe:
    All read/write functions when updating stats
    All functions that create or destroy NLsockets
    All group functions
    nlClear
Added NL_SOCKET_STATS enumerant to nlEnable and nlDisable socket read/write statistics
Added NL_HIGH_BYTES_SENT, NL_PACKETS_RECEIVED, NL_AVE_BYTES_RECEIVED and NL_HIGH_BYTES_RECEIVED
Updated nlGetInteger and nlGetSocketStat to return NLlong
Added nlClearSocketStat to clear the stats for an individual socket
Added a packet size limit of 16384 bytes to NL_UNRELIABLE and NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS
Updated getfile.c to use the new socket read/write statistics
Added the first 64 bit CPU compatibility code


Version 1.2 beta 1
Added the nlGroup API to create groups of sockets
Added NL_RELIABLE_PACKETS to packetize the TCP stream
Added more error codes and error checking
Removed NLPeek because of potential misuse, and the high performance penalty on Windows
Moved most error checking from the drivers to nl.c to reduce code size


Version 1.0 beta 1
Added some missing error strings to errorstr.c
Fixed a minor bug in sock_Broadcast
Added double macros: nlSwapd, readDouble, and writeDouble
Added buffer.c to show how the swap and read/write buffer macros work
Updated nlOpen to use NLushort for port number
Added error checking to sock_StringToAddr
Fixed sock_GetAddrFromName so that the address will always return something valid
Added NL_BAD_ADDR error code
Added asynchronous calls nlGetAddrFromNameAsync and nlGetNameFromAddrAsync
  using the PTHREADS-WIN32 library
Added async.c to show how to use the new asynchronous calls
Updated nlGetAddrFromName and nlGetAddrFromNameAsync so they will accept a numeric address string
Added max.c to test how many ports can be opened at once on a system
Added NL_MESSAGE_END error message for TCP with non-blocking to notify the app the message is done
Updated nlRead to support the NL_MESSAGE_END error message
Added getfile.c to show how to download a file from a web server
Updated nlGetLocalAddr so that you now need to pass an NLsocket to it, just like nlGetRemoteAddr
Updated nlGetLocalAddr so that it is accurate with a connected socket on a multihomed system
Updated NLChat to use TCP instead of UDP
Changed NLChat default port to 1258 (HawkNLU port), and added 209.204.172.76 (www.hawksoft.com)
  to the address list
Fixed nlSetMulticastTTL so that it works on all Unix's and Windows Winsock versions
Renamed nlGetSocketPort to nlGetPortFromAddr
Renamed nlSetSocketPort to nlSetAddrPort
Added nlGetSocketStat to get the statistics for an individual socket (nlGetInteger returns the
  statistics for all sockets combined)


Change log for HawkNL and NLU

Version 0.6 alpha
Added a new sample, NLChat, a Windows chat program, courtesy of Tim Lyakhovetskiy <teenytim@hotmail.com>
Reoganized MSVC workspace, object files are now separate from the .exes, .dlls, and .libs
Bumped the Warning Level up to Level 4 (the max) for NLU
Moved the endian and read*/write* macros to nl.h where they can be easily used by apps
Added crc functions to NLU
Updated sock_Peek to return NLulong
Added multicast support with nlConnectMulticast and nlSetMulticastTTL
Moved CRC functions from NLU to NL so other apps can use them
Fixed the elusive 'Win95 cannot connect a UDP socket' failure that caused test.c to only work with TCP
Added a multicast sample
Added NL_SOCK_DISCONNECT error code to let you know if the socket has been disconnected, or other
  network error has occurred, each time you read or write, so you can shut down the socket
Changed nlGetSocketPort to return NLushort port number
Changed nlSetSocketPort to use NLushort port number
NL code is now compiling cleanly with Warning Level 4
Started 'de-linting' the source code with LCLint
Renamed sockets.c and sockets.h to sock.c and sock.h to avoid name collisions on some platforms


Version 0.5 alpha
Added official port numbers to protocol.h
For Windows, changed from _cdecl to _stdcall calling convention
Added Delphi headers and project files courtesy of 'Johnny' <VILLAJ@RELIASCHEV.COM>
Renamed convert* functions to nluSwap*
Converted nluSwaps and nluSwapl to macros
Inlined nluSwapf
Added nlGetErrorStr and nlGetSystemErrorStr to convert error codes to strings,
  based on code supplied by Ryan Haksi <cryogen@infoserve.net>
Added a reference count to nlInit and nlShutdown
Added NL_TCP_NO_DELAY enumerant to nlEnable and nlDisable
Added nlGetBoolean (how did I miss that one?)
Added NL_CON_REFUSED error code
Reorganized NLU API to make it event driven
Deleted nluServerAcceptPlayer and nluVoiceServerPump because NLU is now event driven
Added nluBanAddress
Refined NLU protocol some more
Added nluGetConnectionStats
Consolidated nluPlayerSend and nluServerSend to nluSend
Consolidated nluPlayerReceive and nluServerReceive to nluReceive
Changed all nluVoicePlayer* functions to nluVoice*
Changed the library name to HawkNL


Version 0.4 alpha
Added NLlong and NLulong
Fixed nlAddrToString and nlGetString to make them thread safe
Altered nlGetNameFromAddr to make it easier to use
Deleted nluVoicePlayerPump
Added nluVoicePlayerSend and nluVoicePlayerReceive
Removed NLU_CRC and NLU_SEQUENCE options, they really should be transparent
Fixed sock_ConnectUDP and sock_AcceptUDP so they should now work through firewalls
Deleted nluSelectNetwork, just use nlSelectNetwork
Added nluGroupGetPlayers
Changed server_t and player_t to nlu_server_t and nlu_player_t
Changed callback functions in nlu.h to return NLboolean values
Rewrote getNewSocket to be more efficient
Added NL_MAX_SOCKETS and NL_OPEN_SOCKETS enumerants to nlGetInteger


Version 0.3 alpha
Added IPX/SPX code for Windows
Added nlEnable/Disable to API
Added option to choose blocking IO for threaded apps
Added many functions to the NLU API, including the first of the voice API


Version 0.2 alpha
Initial release