Release 0.8.7

Release 0.8.7 was targeted for and released on February 15 2010.

Changes from Release 0.8.6

Automatic (--screenshot=1,500,last --screenshot-filename="output%f.png") and spontaneous (Ctrl-O) screenshot production in all GUIs. (Bwy 03:14, 1 February 2010 (MST))
Significant memory savings when parsing large XML trees by creating objects only on access. Stringification and parsing is possible without any object creation. (bwy)
Significant memory savings when no super is required in functions. (bwy)
Enhancements in video streaming (fixing old youtube player's HD button and seeks outside buffered time) (strk)
Non blocking load of bitmaps, movies, data (strk)
Fix use of imported library symbols (strk)
AS2 Array handling fixed. (bwy)
Refactoring to eliminate most static data and get closer to re-entrant VM. (bwy)
SWF6 dynamic gradients tested and implemented correctly. (bwy)
TextFormat.getTextExtent implemented. (bwy)
TextField.autoSize implemented for right and center autosizing. (bwy)

Progress in Rendering in actionscript.
Implement remaining flash package classes:
- flash.geom.Transform (core support for flash.geom) done except for read-only methods'
- flash.display needs further implementation (flash.display.BitmapData is only partly implemented).
- flash.filters: completely unimplemented.
- flash.net: completely unimplemented.
- flash.external: completely unimplemented.
- flash.text: completely unimplemented.
MovieClip (sprite) properties need implementing:
- blendMode Ready for renderer implementation
Fully reentrant corelib Underway
- See Re-entrancy for more information and progress
Dynamically loadable media handler modules Would be possible now
AVM2 Depends on corelib refactoring for reentrancy
Make VM capable of opening SWFs successively Should be able to do this simultaneously
Implement SOUNDSTREAM synchronization.