1Announcing XOTcl 1.5.4
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4Hi everybody. We are pleased to announce the availability of XOTcl 1.5.4.
5Originally, this release was planned as a small bug fix release. However,
6the total size of the (unified) diff between 1.5.3 and 1.5.4 is more
7than 5000 lines, mostly due to the varRefom changes (see first
8item below).
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10Major changes relative to 1.5.4 are:
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12    * Improved code quality: 
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14      + provided compatibility with Tcl 8.5 
15          (currently, this requires the verison of Tcl 8.5 
16         from CVS head, including the changes for VarReform
17         (For details, see http://groups.google.at/group/comp.lang.tcl/browse_frm/thread/bff391a7f1bd8f6c/3f214d088a28ed13?hl=de#3f214d088a28ed13)
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19      + improved serializer
20         (handling var traces for instances variables)
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22      + several small bug-fixes
23          (e.g. fixing empty variable names, error message 
24          propagation for configure, fixing potential crashes,
25          when namespaces are added to objects during 
26          <object> eval, etc.)
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28      + improved portablility for more platforms 
29          (more portable shell tests for e.g. FreeBSD)
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31      + extended regression test
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33 For more details about the changes, please consult the ChangeLog and
34 documentation.
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36MORE INFO
37  General and more detailed information about XOTcl and its components
38  can be found at http://www.xotcl.org
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41Best regards,
42
43Gustaf Neumann
44Uwe Zdun
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