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Subject: [ANNOUNCE] TinyMUX 2.14.0.1 ALPHA released
This is the first ALPHA of TinyMUX 2.14 — the largest release in the
project's history. Everything below is new since 2.12.
Architecture
- ------------
The server has been split into three shared objects:
- libmux.so — core types and utilities
- engine.so — game engine, loaded as a COM module
- netmux — network driver
The engine communicates with the driver exclusively through 12 COM
interfaces. This is the foundation for future process isolation and
scaling.
The source tree has been restructured: headers in include/, library
sources in lib/, engine sources in modules/engine/, driver sources
in src/.
AST Evaluator
- -------------
The classic softcode parser has been replaced with an AST-based
evaluator. Expressions are tokenized by a Ragel-generated scanner,
parsed into an abstract syntax tree, and cached in an LRU cache
(1024 entries). All %-substitutions, ##/#@/#$ tokens, and NOEVAL
constructs (iter, switch, if/ifelse, cand/cor) are handled natively.
The classic parser has been deleted.
JIT Compiler (optional, --enable-jit)
- -------------------------------------
Softcode expressions can be compiled to native x86-64 machine code:
softcode -> AST -> HIR -> SSA -> optimize -> RV64 codegen -> x86-64 DBT
A Tier 2 blob provides 50+ pre-compiled native intrinsics for common
string and math operations.
Lua 5.4 Embedding
- ------------------
Server-side Lua scripting with sandboxed execution, bytecode cache,
and mux.* bridge API. @lua command, lua() and luacall() softcode
functions. Lua bytecode can also be compiled through the JIT pipeline
(83 opcodes supported).
SQLite Storage Backend
- ----------------------
SQLite is the always-on storage backend. All object metadata,
attributes, comsys channels, and @mail are stored in a single SQLite
database with write-through on every mutation. @dump performs a WAL
checkpoint only — no flatfile serialization, no fork. Crash durability
is immediate.
@search for simple cases routes to indexed SQL queries — O(log n)
instead of linear scan.
Networking
- ----------
- GANL event-driven networking is mandatory (epoll/kqueue/IOCP).
- SSL is always enabled (OpenSSL on Unix, Schannel on Windows).
- MSSP (telnet 70) for MU* directory crawlers.
- GMCP (telnet 201) with full protocol negotiation, A_GMCP
attribute, and gmcp() softcode function.
- WebSocket support (RFC 6455) with same-port auto-detection.
- Connection logging to SQLite connlog table.
Unicode
- -------
- Updated from Unicode 10.0 to 16.0.
- NFC normalization at storage time.
- Grapheme cluster indexing (UAX #29).
- UCA/DUCET collation as default sort order.
- CJK width-aware string operations.
- @listen %0 retains typographic quotes.
New Commands
- ------------
- @protect — player name reservation system.
- @cron/@crondel/@crontab — scheduled triggers (Vixie cron syntax).
- @include — include attribute contents in command stream.
- @lua — execute Lua scripts.
- @chatformat — per-player channel message formatting.
New Functions (50+)
- -------------------
Protocols: gmcp(), connlog(), addrlog()
Scripting: lua(), luacall(), benchmark(), asteval(), sandbox()
Math: mean(), median(), stddev(), bound()
Lists: unique(), linsert(), lreplace(), delextract()
Strings: strdelete(), strinsert(), strreplace(), strdistance(),
garble(), caplist(), wrapcolumns()
Registers: letq(), unsetq(), listq()
Sort: sortkey()
Regex: regrep(), regrepi(), reglattr(), reglattrp()
Locks: lockencode(), lockdecode()
Help: dynhelp()
Mail: mailsend(), malias()
Web: url_escape(), url_unescape(), printf()
Crypto: encode64(), decode64(), hmac()
JSON: isjson(), json(), json_query(), json_mod()
Unicode: isalpha(), isdigit(), isupper(), islower(), ispunct(),
isspace(), isword()
Nospoof: nsemit(), nspemit(), nsoemit(), nsremit()
Short-circuit: firstof(), strfirstof(), allof(), strallof()
Channels: cbuffer(), cdesc(), cflags(), cmsgs(), cowner(),
crecall(), cstatus(), cusers(), cmogrifier()
DB queries: ncon(), nexits(), nplayers(), nthings(), lplayers(),
lthings()
Other: prompt(), moon(), soundex(), soundlike(), while(),
crc32obj(), subnetmatch(), mapsql(), between()
#lambda anonymous inline attributes for filter/map operations.
Module Extraction (in progress)
- -------------------------------
- Comsys: channel management as a loadable COM module.
- Mail: @mail read/flag/purge/folder/malias as a loadable COM module.
Modernization
- -------------
- C++17 standard throughout.
- PCG random number generator (replaces Mersenne Twister).
- PCRE2 regex engine with JIT.
- std::unordered_map replaces all CHashTable instances.
- constexpr replaces ~317 #defines.
- Standard <cstdint> types replace custom INT8..UINT64.
- Reproducible builds.
- 537 smoke test cases.
Bug Fixes
- ---------
Too many to list individually — see CHANGES.md. Highlights include
GANL crash fixes, IPv6 subnet comparison, objeval() privilege leak,
Reality Levels corrections, and dozens of long-standing issues from
the bug tracker.
Download:
Full source (tar.gz):
mux-2.14.0.1.unix.tar.gz
SHA256: f53ffc97c9d5e7e7311687eb4590c67ec64eb3bf9dca497e99f9e2034a2e04d7
Full source (tar.bz2):
mux-2.14.0.1.unix.tar.bz2
SHA256: ddcd76f331f73433f5fb46370c72d810b862f27a276468b0943a9f0922baf622
Windows binary and source distributions also available.
All files are GPG-signed (.asc).
This is ALPHA software. Make backups. Report bugs to
brazi...@gmail.com.
- -- Brazil
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Subject: [ANNOUNCE] TinyMUX 2.14.0.1 ALPHA released
This is the first ALPHA of TinyMUX 2.14 — the largest release in the
project's history. Everything below is new since 2.12.
Architecture
- ------------
The server has been split into three shared objects:
- libmux.so — core types and utilities
- engine.so — game engine, loaded as a COM module
- netmux — network driver
The engine communicates with the driver exclusively through 12 COM
interfaces. This is the foundation for future process isolation and
scaling.
The source tree has been restructured: headers in include/, library
sources in lib/, engine sources in modules/engine/, driver sources
in src/.
AST Evaluator
- -------------
The classic softcode parser has been replaced with an AST-based
evaluator. Expressions are tokenized by a Ragel-generated scanner,
parsed into an abstract syntax tree, and cached in an LRU cache
(1024 entries). All %-substitutions, ##/#@/#$ tokens, and NOEVAL
constructs (iter, switch, if/ifelse, cand/cor) are handled natively.
The classic parser has been deleted.
JIT Compiler (optional, --enable-jit)
- -------------------------------------
Softcode expressions can be compiled to native x86-64 machine code:
softcode -> AST -> HIR -> SSA -> optimize -> RV64 codegen -> x86-64 DBT
A Tier 2 blob provides 50+ pre-compiled native intrinsics for common
string and math operations.
Lua 5.4 Embedding
- ------------------
Server-side Lua scripting with sandboxed execution, bytecode cache,
and mux.* bridge API. @lua command, lua() and luacall() softcode
functions. Lua bytecode can also be compiled through the JIT pipeline
(83 opcodes supported).
SQLite Storage Backend
- ----------------------
SQLite is the always-on storage backend. All object metadata,
attributes, comsys channels, and @mail are stored in a single SQLite
database with write-through on every mutation. @dump performs a WAL
checkpoint only — no flatfile serialization, no fork. Crash durability
is immediate.
@search for simple cases routes to indexed SQL queries — O(log n)
instead of linear scan.
Networking
- ----------
- GANL event-driven networking is mandatory (epoll/kqueue/IOCP).
- SSL is always enabled (OpenSSL on Unix, Schannel on Windows).
- MSSP (telnet 70) for MU* directory crawlers.
- GMCP (telnet 201) with full protocol negotiation, A_GMCP
attribute, and gmcp() softcode function.
- WebSocket support (RFC 6455) with same-port auto-detection.
- Connection logging to SQLite connlog table.
Unicode
- -------
- Updated from Unicode 10.0 to 16.0.
- NFC normalization at storage time.
- Grapheme cluster indexing (UAX #29).
- UCA/DUCET collation as default sort order.
- CJK width-aware string operations.
- @listen %0 retains typographic quotes.
New Commands
- ------------
- @protect — player name reservation system.
- @cron/@crondel/@crontab — scheduled triggers (Vixie cron syntax).
- @include — include attribute contents in command stream.
- @lua — execute Lua scripts.
- @chatformat — per-player channel message formatting.
New Functions (50+)
- -------------------
Protocols: gmcp(), connlog(), addrlog()
Scripting: lua(), luacall(), benchmark(), asteval(), sandbox()
Math: mean(), median(), stddev(), bound()
Lists: unique(), linsert(), lreplace(), delextract()
Strings: strdelete(), strinsert(), strreplace(), strdistance(),
garble(), caplist(), wrapcolumns()
Registers: letq(), unsetq(), listq()
Sort: sortkey()
Regex: regrep(), regrepi(), reglattr(), reglattrp()
Locks: lockencode(), lockdecode()
Help: dynhelp()
Mail: mailsend(), malias()
Web: url_escape(), url_unescape(), printf()
Crypto: encode64(), decode64(), hmac()
JSON: isjson(), json(), json_query(), json_mod()
Unicode: isalpha(), isdigit(), isupper(), islower(), ispunct(),
isspace(), isword()
Nospoof: nsemit(), nspemit(), nsoemit(), nsremit()
Short-circuit: firstof(), strfirstof(), allof(), strallof()
Channels: cbuffer(), cdesc(), cflags(), cmsgs(), cowner(),
crecall(), cstatus(), cusers(), cmogrifier()
DB queries: ncon(), nexits(), nplayers(), nthings(), lplayers(),
lthings()
Other: prompt(), moon(), soundex(), soundlike(), while(),
crc32obj(), subnetmatch(), mapsql(), between()
#lambda anonymous inline attributes for filter/map operations.
Module Extraction (in progress)
- -------------------------------
- Comsys: channel management as a loadable COM module.
- Mail: @mail read/flag/purge/folder/malias as a loadable COM module.
Modernization
- -------------
- C++17 standard throughout.
- PCG random number generator (replaces Mersenne Twister).
- PCRE2 regex engine with JIT.
- std::unordered_map replaces all CHashTable instances.
- constexpr replaces ~317 #defines.
- Standard <cstdint> types replace custom INT8..UINT64.
- Reproducible builds.
- 537 smoke test cases.
Bug Fixes
- ---------
Too many to list individually — see CHANGES.md. Highlights include
GANL crash fixes, IPv6 subnet comparison, objeval() privilege leak,
Reality Levels corrections, and dozens of long-standing issues from
the bug tracker.
Download:
Full source (tar.gz):
mux-2.14.0.1.unix.tar.gz
SHA256: f53ffc97c9d5e7e7311687eb4590c67ec64eb3bf9dca497e99f9e2034a2e04d7
Full source (tar.bz2):
mux-2.14.0.1.unix.tar.bz2
SHA256: ddcd76f331f73433f5fb46370c72d810b862f27a276468b0943a9f0922baf622
Windows binary and source distributions also available.
All files are GPG-signed (.asc).
This is ALPHA software. Make backups. Report bugs to
brazi...@gmail.com.
- -- Brazil
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