v2.4

Release v2.4

bcal v2.3

• show binary conversion output in octets for readability
• handle ^D
• quit program or 'exit' or 'quit'
• fix broken terminal with calc as backend on "undefined input" (#36)

bcal v2.2

What's in?

• Support calc for multi-base expressions
• To use calc, export BCAL_USE_CALC=1
• Fix lint issues
• Fix issue #30
• Updated auto-generated packages
• More portable Makefile

bcal v2.1

What's in?

• Support for C bitwise operators (|, ^, &)
• Support floating point in unit conversion
• Support hex in expressions
• Persistent readline history
• Static-analysis (clang-tidy and coverity) integration

bcal v2.0

What's in?

• bc mode for general purpose calculations
• Bitwise shift (<< and >>) operations
• Base conversion in interactive mode
• Prompt help

bcal v1.9

What's in?

• REPL mode with last result stored
• Division of an unit by another unit
• Detect truncation due to division in expressions
• Use bc to evaluate expressions that cannot be handled
• Show storage unit (B for byte) in minimal mode

bcal v1.8

What's in?

• Dependency on libquadmath dropped (bcal is on Homebrew now!)
• Option -b to show byte size of basic data types
• Limit unit conversions to long double (__float128_t is not portable)
• Fix test case failures on OS X
• Generate packages for many more distro versions
• Automated build and test for gcc, clang (Linux and OS X) and musl-gcc (Linux)

bcal v1.7

What's in?

• PackageCore integration
• Automated testing in Travis CI

bcal v1.6

What's in?

• Evaluate storage arithmetic expressions involving +, -, *, / (thanks @SampuZ)
• A minimal mode (option -m) to show result in bytes
• Assume byte if unit is omitted for a conversion
• A Python3 test framework with multiple test cases
• Several fixes and additional sanity checks on input

bcal v1.5

Modifications

• Support binary and octal in CHS2LBA and LBA2CHS conversions