Glulx VM spec 3.1.3

Technical Development Specifications
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I’ve gotten the double-precision feature (Double-precision math in Glulx) and the hasundo/discardundo feature (@hasundo, @discardundo opcodes in Glulx) up to the point where I can call it a spec update.

https://eblong.com/zarf/glulx/Glulx-Spec.html

I’ve also updated Glulxe (the interpreter) to 0.6.0, with support for these features.

(A Quixe release is coming soon. I’ve updated Quixe to support these features, but I also want to wrap in some GlkOte fixes which are not quite figured out yet.)

The I6 compiler update to support the new opcodes is in the pipeline: Double-precision opcodes by erkyrath · Pull Request #191 · DavidKinder/Inform6 · GitHub

If I’ve missed anything, please let me know. The last spec update was 2010, so I’ve probably forgotten something…

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Oh, right, test cases. I’ve updated Glulxercise to test all the new features.

https://eblong.com/zarf/glulx/glulxercise.inf
https://eblong.com/zarf/glulx/glulxercise.ulx

If you run this version with an old interpreter, the new test cases will just print “Interpreter claims to not support (double-precision / extended undo). Skipping test.”

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Probably should redirect the fyrevm link to the ifwiki.

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Thanks. Fixed.

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Should you delete the specs from GitHub - erkyrath/glk-dev: Miscellaneous Glk and Glulx files and documents and add a readme pointing to GitHub - iftechfoundation/ifarchive-if-specs: Specification documents for the Glk, Glulx, and Blorb standards?

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Yeah, good point. (Those were old versions.)

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Is it worth putting the old versions in the repository? I removed glk-dev/oldspec too, but now those files don’t exist online outside of the git history.

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You could rewrite the git history of the ifarchive-if-specs repo, but probably just linking to the files’ histories is enough.

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To update IFWiki, will it be a simple case of adding new dates and version numbers to Glulx - IFWiki and Glulxe - IFWiki, or is there more to it that that?

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Just dates and version numbers, I think.

There will also be intepreter updates to Quixe and Git. (I hope to get the Quixe update released today.)

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