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pike.git/CHANGES:4:   New/improved functionality:   ---------------------------      o New Hilfe    The interactive pike environment you get when running pike without    giving a program name, has been thoroughly rewritten. Most notably    it now supports more of the common pike constructs, and is more    extendable and configurable. Start it and type help for more info.      o AutoDoc -  The major parts of Pike now has some sort of documentation on +  The major parts of Pike now have some sort of documentation on    class and function level thanks to the AutoDoc system which has    been deployed during the last year. Manual dumps are published on    http://pike.ida.liu.se/docs/reference/.      o pike -x    When starting pike with the -x parameter, the pike process will    run the named script in Tools.Standalone, giving the rest of the    arguments as command-line switches. This is a convenient way of    running rsif (replace string in file) and pv (the image viewer    you may be familiar with from Tools.PV).      o pike -e scope -  When running command line one liners with pike -e you can now -  access the numer of arguments, the actual arguments and the +  When running command line one-liners with pike -e you can now +  access the number of arguments, the actual arguments and the    environment variables through the variables argc, argv and env.      o unbug -  Embryo of a Pike debugger. Not stable nor finished. +  Embryo of a Pike debugger. Neither stable nor finished.      o Unicode 3.2.0 -  All charts have been updated to Unicode 3.2.0. This applies both to +  All tables have been updated to Unicode 3.2.0. This applies both to    the Unicode module as well as to Pike-global functionality such as -  upper_case/lower_case. unicode_to_string() also has support for +  upper_case/lower_case. unicode_to_string() now also has support for    surrogate and byteorder mark handling.      o Extended random()    random() now works on floats, arrays, multisets, mappings and    objects in addition to integers.      o delay()/sleep()    sleep() no longer busywaits, which it previously did for small    values. The old behavior is available from the delay() function. -  (This has change been made in later 7.2 releases too.) +  (This has change been made in later Pike 7.2 releases too.)      o search(string, int) / has_value(string, int) -  Both of these methods now handle both looking for strings and +  Both of these methods now handle looking for both strings and    integers (the unicode number for a single character).    Examples: search("hi, ho!", '!'), has_value("Nope.", ' ')      o Expanded Charset module    The character set module now has support for the character sets -  Shift_JS, UTF-7.5, EUC, Big5, CP950, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE. +  Shift_JIS, UTF-7.5, EUC, Big5, CP950, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE.    It is now also easier to get the right charset codec since the    names are normalized internally.      o sprintf("%O", foo) is more descriptive    If foo is a program or an object then Pike will try to find the    resolved name instead of returning just "program" or "object".    However, if an object contains an _sprintf function it will still    be called in this case.      o basetype(foo)    Returns a string with the basic type of foo as opposed to -  _typeof(foo) that returns the actual type. Also available as -  sprintf("%t", foo). +  _typeof(foo) which returns the actual type. Also available as +  sprintf("%t", foo). Note that it is affected by _sprintf() in +  objects.      o getenv()/putenv() -  The environment variable functions getenv and putenv is now is now -  both case insensitive on Microsoft Windows systems. This should +  The environment variable functions getenv and putenv are both +  now case-insensitive on Microsoft Windows systems. This should    make your programs more portable.      o Return value from catch blocks.    The return value from catch blocks that exit normally has been    changed from a normal zero (i.e. zero_type 0) to UNDEFINED (i.e.    zero_type 1).      o SSL    The Pike SSL implementation now supports TLS 1.0. Also the LDAP -  protocol and the HTTP.Query methods supports secure transport over -  SSL/TLS. +  protocol and the methods in HTTP.Query now support secure transport +  over SSL/TLS.         Language additions:   -------------------      o foreach(X; Y; Z)    The foreach statement has been extended to allow iterations over    mappings, multisets and any object that implements the iterator    interface (see below). To make it possible to use this    conveniently, a new syntax has been added to get both the index
pike.git/CHANGES:112:    Not only the built-in data types are supported, but actually any    object that fulfills the interface for iterators:       When iterating over an object o, o->_get_iterator() is called to    get an iterator object. An iterator object should at least have    two functions, index() and value(), to get the index and value    at the current position, a function `+=(int steps) to advance the    current position the specified number of steps, and a `!() that    returns zero if the end of the data set hasn't been reached yet.    -  Also, if the object o lacks a _get_iterator function, it's assumed -  to be an iterator itself. This makes it possible to pass an -  iterator explicitly to e.g. the foreach statement. +  Also, if the object lacks a _get_iterator function, it will be +  assumed to be an iterator itself. This makes it possible to pass +  an iterator explicitly to e.g. the foreach statement.       The built-in data types also have iterator classes with this    interface. They are found as Array.Iterator, Mapping.Iterator, etc    and can be used to iterate over these data types in some custom    fashion. This is especially useful for mappings and multisets,    which cannot be iterated over directly in any other way. For    example, to get some arbitrary index in a mapping m:       mixed any_index = Mapping.Iterator(m)->index();   
pike.git/CHANGES:170:    {    PushPop() {    glTranslate( (1.0-0.08)/2, 0.0, 0.0 );    draw_stuff();    };    }       Note that although useful, this feature has important    disadvantages and will probably be obsoleted by a better    alternative in the future. The problem is that the inner brace -  block become a completely separate function instead of remaining a +  block becomes a completely separate function instead of remaining a    block. The difference (apart from being slower) is shown by this    example:       void do_something()    {    PushPop() {    if (glError()) return;    glTranslate( (1.0-0.08)/2, 0.0, 0.0 );    draw_stuff();    };
pike.git/CHANGES:214:    }      o global::    Added new keyword global to be able to access identifiers on the    top level of the compilation unit using global::foo.      o global.    All top level modules (and other identifiers in that scope) can now    be accessed with a "global." prefix. This is useful in cases where    local identifiers overshadow the top level, for instance in the Image -  module, where the Image.Image class would occasionally block your view. +  module, where the Image.Image class can occasionally block your view.      o this    Added a magic identifier "this" that can be used instead of    this_object(). Like this_program, it only exists when there's no    other identifier with that name. The primary reason for adding    this magic identifier is to make it possible to address the object    of a surrounding class with Foo::this.      o The program type can be specialized    It's possible to specialize a program variable by adding a program    identifier, much like an object variable can be specialized. E.g:       program(Stdio.File) fd_prog = Stdio.File;      o ::_indices(), ::_values().    There are now two "magic" functions ::_indices() and ::_values()    that can be used by an object to list all identifiers and their -  values in itself. They are primarily intended when the _indices() -  and _values() lfuns have been defined, to get the default +  values in itself. They are primarily intended for use when the +  _indices() and _values() lfuns have been defined, to get the default    implementations. This is to complement the "magic" ::`->() and    ::`->=() functions that exist in earlier releases.      o UNDEFINED    To generate a 0 (zero) with a zero_type(var) == 1, you previously    had to use constructs like ([])[0]. This is now available as the    globally available symbol UNDEFINED.      o _m_delete    A class can now define a function mixed _m_delete(mixed index) to -  make the objects work like mappings with m_delete(). (This feature -  has been added to later 7.2 releases too.) +  make the objects work like mappings with respect to m_delete(). +  (This feature has been added to later 7.2 releases too.)      o Constant objects -  An object can now be constant, allowing for better -  performace and better dumping. For example used for Gmp.Bignum, -  Math.Matrix and Image.Color. +  An object can now be constant, allowing for better performance +  and better dumping. Used for example with Gmp.Bignum, Math.Matrix +  and Image.Color.         New modules / classes / methods added:   --------------------------------------      o ADT.History    ADT implementation of a "leaking stack". Hilfe example:    > object h=ADT.History(3);    > for(int i=17; i<22; i++) h->push(i);    Ok.
pike.git/CHANGES:302:    Note: The API remains marked "unstable".      o Crypto.md4    Hash used for NT Lanmanager passwords.      o Crypto.crypt_md5    Convenience function to produce crypted $1$ style crypted    passwords (commonly called MD5 passwords).      o Debug -  Many top level debug functions has moved into the Debug module to -  keep amount of top level functions less intimidating for new users -  and to make the debug functions easier to find. +  Many top level debug functions have been moved into the Debug module +  to keep the amount of top level functions less intimidating to new +  users and to make the debug functions easier to find.      o Debug.Tracer -  A class that when instatiated will turn on trace, and when it's +  A class that when instantiated will turn on trace, and when    destroyed will turn it off again.      o Debug.Subject    This is a probe subject which you can send in somewhere to get    probed (not to be confused with a probe object, which does some    active probing). All calls to LFUNs will be printed to stderr.      o DVB -  Access to DVB (digital sat) resources. Controls tuner, MP2 -  audio and video decoders. Allows extract multiple channels -  at once. +  Access to DVB (digital sat) resources. Controls tuner, MP2 audio +  and video decoders. Allows extract multiple channels at once.    Note: Only old 0.9.4 DVB API is supported.      o Gmp.mpq and Gmp.mpf -  Support for GMP multi precision fractions and multi precision +  Support for GMP multi-precision fractions and multi-precision    floats. Hilfe example:    > Gmp.mpq(5,3);    (1) Result: 5/3    > _->invert();    (2) Result: 3/5    > (float)_;    (3) Result: 0.600000    > Gmp.mpq(5,3)+Gmp.mpq(1,2);    (4) Result: 13/6      o Gz.File -  Pike can now compress and decompress the Gzip format. This is -  still a bit experimental but the basic functions should work -  just fine. +  Pike can now compress and decompress the Gzip file format. +  This is still a bit experimental but the basic functions +  should work just fine.      o HTTP.Server    A simple HTTP Server.    - o Image.filled_circle(_layer) -  Returns an Image/Layer object with a filled circle on it. + o Image.filled_circle() Image.filled_circle_layer() +  Return an Image/Layer object with a filled circle.      o Image.Dims    Can extract the dimensions of an image with a minimal amount of    data loading. Currently handles JPEG, GIF and PNG images. Hilfe    example:    > Image.Dims.get(Stdio.File("test.gif"));    (1) Result: ({ /* 2 elements */    1412,    1120    })
pike.git/CHANGES:387:    All Pike modules and classes found in the directory hierarchies    /usr/local/pike_modules, /opt/pike_modules, /opt/share/pike_modules,    /usr/local/share/pike_modules, $HOME/pike_modules, and    $PIKE_LOCAL_PATH (a :-separated list of directories) are available    with the prefix "Local.". Local.add_path() and Local.remove_path()    respectively adds and removes entries from the list of paths to    inspect when resolving Local.* symbols.      o Locale.Language    Support for time formatting, counting and more for various -  languages. Currently added languages are Catalan, Croatian, Czech, +  languages. Currently supported languages are Catalan, Croatian, Czech,    Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian,    Japanese, Maori, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian,    Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.      o Math.Matrix    Methods sum(), max(), min(), convolve() and dot_product() added.      o Math.Transforms    Glue for supporting FFT and iFFT via libfftw and librfftw.      o Math    Added the IEEE float constants inf and nan.      o MIME    Added method ext_to_media_type, which returns the MIME media type for -  a given extension. The module know of 469 different file extensions. -  The MIME.Message class is also extended with a "guess" mode that -  parses input more forgivingly. +  a given extension. The module currently knows of 469 different file +  extensions.The MIME.Message class has also been extended with a "guess" +  mode that parses input more forgivingly.      o Oracle    The Oracle database glue now supports CLOBs and BLOBs.      o Parser -  Added a few methods: get_xml_parser, which returns a Parser.HTML -  set up to parse XML, parse_html_entities and -  decode_numeric_xml_entity, which decode XML and HTML entities +  Added a few methods: get_xml_parser(), which returns a Parser.HTML +  set up to parse XML, parse_html_entities() and +  decode_numeric_xml_entity(), which decode XML and HTML entities    respectively.       Examples:    Parser.decode_numeric_xml_entity("#x7a") => "z"    Parser.parse_html_entities("&gt;") => ">"      o Parser.Python    Splits Python source code into text tokens.      o Parser.RCS
pike.git/CHANGES:446:      o SDL    Wrapper for a subset of Simple DirectMedia Layer    functionality. Useful for writing games, movie players and other    graphically intensive applications.      o Shuffler    The shuffler module is what in aspect oriented and component based    programming is called a connector. This connector provides an easy    way to connect a data source to a file socket and transfer data -  between them until the data source runs dry, when the connection -  is closed. The transfer can be throttled according to arbitrarily -  complex rules. All this with a minimum of attention. Currently the -  shuffler can use ordinary 8-bit wide strings, System.Memory -  objects, normal files, network sockets, named pipes, stdin and -  pike objects adhering to the Stdio.File API as connector sources. +  between them until the data source runs dry, at which point the +  connection will be closed. The transfer can be throttled according +  to arbitrarily complex rules. All this with a minimum of attention. +  Currently the shuffler can use ordinary 8-bit wide strings, +  System.Memory objects, normal files, network sockets, named pipes, +  stdin and pike objects adhering to the Stdio.File API as connector +  sources.      o Standards.CIFF    Experimental module to read Canon Camera Image File Format data.      o Standards.EXIF    Support for the EXchangeable Image file Format for digital still    cameras version 2.2. Support for maker notes for cameras from    Nikon, Canon, Fuji Film, Olympus, Sanyo and Casio.      o Standards.FIPS10_4    "The Federal Information Processing Standard for Countries,    Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and their Principal    Administrative Divisions" = american standard for countries and    country division codes.      o Standards.ID3 -  ID3 tags decoder/encoder. Supports versions: 1.0, 1.1, -  2.2-2.4. Frequently used in MP3 files for encapsulating metadata. +  ID3 tag decoder/encoder. Supports versions: 1.0, 1.1, 2.2-2.4. +  Frequently used in MP3 files for encapsulating metadata.      o Standards.ISO639_2 -  This module has been updated with the map_to_639_1 method to +  This module has been updated with the map_to_639_1() method to    convert from ISO 639-2/T to ISO 639-1. With the new methods -  convert_b_to_t and convert_t_to_b it is possible to convert +  convert_b_to_t() and convert_t_to_b() it is possible to convert    between ISO 639-2/T and ISO 639-2/B.      o Standards.RDF    Represents an RDF domain and allows you to perform searches in its    relations. Currently only serializes/deserializes to N-triple    format.      o Stdio    Two higher order filesystem methods has been added to Stdio, -  simplify_path and file_equal. The first returns a canonic -  representation of path without "/./", "/../", "//" and similar -  path segments. The second is a speedy way to compare if two files -  contains identical content. +  simplify_path() and file_equal(). The first returns a canonic +  representation of its argument without "/./", "/../", "//" and +  similar path segments. The second is a speedy way to compare if +  two files have identical content.    -  On a slightly lower level the method expand_symlinks has been -  added. It expands all symlinks along a path on systems with -  readlink implemented. +  Finally the get_all_active_fd() function has been moved from +  spider to Stdio in our strive to deprecate the spider module.    -  Finally the get_all_active_fd() functions is moved from spider to -  Stdio in our strive to deprecate the spider module. -  +    o Stdio.FakeFile    Wraps a string in an object that exports a Stdio.File interface.      o Stdio.File -  This object has a few additions; With the sync method the file -  object can be synchronized with the disk. The line_iterator +  This object has received a few additions; With the sync() method +  the file object can be synchronized with the disk. line_iterator()    returns an iterator object that iterates over the lines in the -  file. It is possible to open UNIX domain sockets with the new -  connect_unix method. Finally grantpt can allocate a VTY on systems -  with /dev/ptmx support. +  file. It is now possible to open UNIX domain sockets with the +  connect_unix() method. Finally grantpt() can allocate a VTY on +  systems with /dev/ptmx support.       Minimal example:    fd = Stdio.File("/dev/ptmx", "rw" );    Stdio.File fd2 = Stdio.File( fd->grantpt(), "rw" );    Process.create_process( ({ "/bin/bash" }), ([    "stdin":fd2, "stdout":fd2, "stderr":fd2, "setsid":fd2,    ]) );    - o Stdio.FILE.set_charset + o Stdio.FILE.set_charset()    It is possible to set the charset of a FILE object to get    streaming and transparent charset conversion of data to and from    the object.      o String -  Added a few new methods: int2char, int2hex, int2roman, int2size, which -  convert integers into different string representation, and expand_tabs, -  which converts tabs to spaces. +  Added a few new methods: int2char(), int2hex(), int2roman(), int2size(), +  which convert integers into different string representations, and +  expand_tabs(), which converts tabs to spaces.       Examples:    String.int2char(42) => "*"    String.int2hex(42) => "2a"    String.int2roman(42) => "XLII"    String.int2size(4200) => "4.1 kb"    -  A soundex method is also added, which normalizes names according to -  the soundex algorithm. The algorithm in itself is not very useful, -  but some databases supports it. +  A soundex() method has also been added, which normalizes names according +  to the soundex algorithm. The algorithm in itself is not very useful, +  but some databases support it.      o String.Elite    Contains methods that transfer ordinary readable text into    leet-speak. A fairly good argument could be laid out for putting this    in Crypto as a one way cipher...      o String.Buffer    A buffer used for building strings very fast.      o String.HTML    Contains methods that help in generating HTML.      o System -  The following methods where added: normalize_path, which work on NT -  style paths. get_netinfo_property, which queries a NetInfo server on -  MacOS X. gettimeofday, which uses the system gettimeofday to retrieve -  the time. +  The following methods have been added: normalize_path(), which works +  on NT style paths. get_netinfo_property(), which queries a NetInfo +  server on MacOS X. gettimeofday(), which uses the system gettimeofday +  to retrieve the time.      o System.Time -  Used to get the current time with sub second precision. +  Used to get the current time with sub-second precision.      o System.Timer    Measures the time between two calls.      o System.Memory    Handles read/write from mmap'ed or allocated memory.      o Tools.PV    Convenience tool that sets up a canvas with GTK, presents a    picture on it and delivers a number of image inspection and
pike.git/CHANGES:580:      o Web.Crawler    A generic asynchronus web crawler that supports the /robots.txt    standard.         Optimizations:   --------------      Several general optimizations and tuning of algorithms and - implementations in Pike has been done since Pike 7.2. Much of the work - has been to get an general speed up in the compiler and interpreter, + implementations in Pike have been done since Pike 7.2. Much of the work + has been to get a general speed up in the compiler and interpreter,   but some targeted work has also been done to make common code   constructions execute faster. A comparison between Pike 7.2.440 and   Pike 7.4.1 done on an IA32 machine running Red Hat Linux:       Pike 7.2.440 Pike 7.4.1    ackermann: 5.98 4.96    ary3: 10.60 6.53    fibo: 8.64 6.58    hash: 5.93 5.13    heapsort: 10.88 6.65    lists: 7.12 6.20    methcall: 8.23 8.45    nestedloop: 52.75 11.24    objinst: 6.39 5.27    random: 7.47 4.64    sieve: 10.63 6.72    strcat: 3.22 2.25    - These tests use standard tests right from The Great Computer Language + These tests use standard tests straight from The Great Computer Language   Shootout. If the lists test and the strcat tests are slightly modified   to use arrays in the first case and normal strings in the second case,   Pike will yield an even better result.      o Machine code generation -  On systems with IA32, SPARC or PPC32 processors Pike will generate -  native machine code as byte code. This byte code can then by -  executed directly outside the virtual machine and gives a 30% -  performance boost compared to other systems. +  On systems with IA32, SPARC or PPC32 processors Pike can use +  native machine code as byte code. This byte code can then be +  executed directly outside the virtual machine and give a ~30% +  performance boost compared to the old byte code.    - o Better module dumping -  More modules than ever dumps successfully into object files, -  making the Pike startup time less then ever. + o Improved module dumping +  More modules than ever can now be dumped successfully into object +  files, making the Pike startup time less than ever.      o Deferred backtraces -  Most of the information in backtraces are now calculated upon -  presenting the backtrace information and not when the backtrace is +  Most of the information in backtraces is now calculated on demand +  for the backtrace information and not when the backtrace is    generated. This improves the performance of catched errors.         Compatibility changes:   ----------------------      The following changes are known to break compatibility. The old   behavior is emulated in the compatibility layer that is activated by   adding the preprocessor directive "#pike 7.2" to your program or by   giving the argument "-V7.2" to the pike executable.
pike.git/CHANGES:647:   o Using local:: on variables is an error.    Previously the construct local::foo could be used to access the    identifier "foo" in the class scope if it had been overridden by    an argument or function variable. That is however only a    side-effect of the real use for local::, namely to bind the    identifier statically at that point only, to avoid getting an    overridden version. In the case of variables this leads to    questionable semantics, which is the reason it's been made an    error in this version. Pike 7.2 didn't implement it correctly;    there local:: on variables had only the effect to access the class -  scope. Now a proper way to access hidden identifiers has been +  scope. Now a proper way to access shadowed identifiers has been    added, so all such uses of local:: should be replaced with    this_program::.      o Identifier lookup    The search algorithm for finding identifiers from inherited classes    has been changed to look for the most recent definition in the most    recent inherit. In Pike 7.2 and prior, it looked up the last    definition regardless of inherit depth, unless there was a    definition in the current program. (This actually changed more than    once during 7.3 - between 7.3.23 and 7.3.32, it looked up the most
pike.git/CHANGES:708:    |    +-A---foo      o Thread.Condition()->wait()    This function takes a mutex lock to unlock while it waits on the    condition. That argument was previously optional, but not any    more. The reason is that any code that leaves it out will always    contain a race; it doesn't work to e.g. rely on the internal    interpreter lock in this case.    - o Protocols.LDAP.client -  The return code from all methods was changed to follow Pike's + o Protocols.LDAP.client() +  The return code from all methods has been changed to follow Pike's    logic better. 0 is now a failure. The old behavior is emulated in    a compatibility layer.      o Protocols.SNMP    Support for SNMP v1 and v2c, including a simple SNMP agent with    support for Get requests.      o Protocols.X    Support for the X11 XTEST extension has been added.    - o dirname + o dirname()    Now correctly returns a directory instead of just stripping the    part after the nearest directory separator.    - o default_yp_domain -  The EFUN default_yp_domain is now only available as -  Yp.default_domain. + o default_yp_domain() +  The EFUN default_yp_domain() is now only available as +  Yp.default_domain().    - o clone/new -  The functions clone and new have been removed. Instead of doing + o clone()/new() +  The functions clone() and new() have been removed. Instead of doing    clone(x) or new(x), now do x() if x is a program and ((program)x)()    if x is a string.      o LR -  LR has been moved to Parser.LR and the API has been changed -  slightly to conform to current API practice, e.g. regarding casing +  The LR module has been moved to Parser.LR and the API has been changed +  slightly to conform to current API practices, e.g. regarding casing    of symbols.      o wmml documentation removed    Use the documentation in the refdoc directory instead.      o .build_lobotomize_crypto removed    Use the Makefile target lobotomize_crypto to lobotomize Pike.    Should preferably be executed in an unused tree straight from CVS.         Compatibility changes without backward compatibility:   -----------------------------------------------------      The following changes were considered bugfixes and have no backwards   compatibility layer.      o enum and typedef have implicit local binding -  enums and typedefs now always have static binding. In 7.2 they -  could sometimes be dynamically bound. +  Symbols defined by enum and typedef now always have static binding. +  In 7.2 they could sometimes be dynamically bound.      o Image.Layer modes modified    Alpha channel handling for modes add, subtract, multiply, divide,    modulo, invsubtract, invdivide, invmodulo, difference, max, min,    bitwise_and, bitwise_or, bitwise_xor, screen and overlay modified so    that the source layer alpha channel copied to the destination layer    alpha channel rather then mixed with the current layer alpha channel:       aD=aS   
pike.git/CHANGES:804:      o Some global symbols have been renamed to avoid name clashes.    sp -> Pike_sp    fp -> Pike_fp    fatal -> Pike_fatal    empty_string -> empty_pike_string      o --with-internal-profiling    FIXME: Expand on this.    - o Module symbols not available from other modules. + o C-module symbols not available from other modules.    To avoid clashes between modules the symbols of dynamically loaded    modules are now no longer available to eachother.    FIXME: How to do now?      o Pike valgrinded    Pike has been the subject to some Valgrind scrutiny. Some specific -  Valgrind enhancements has been made to Pike to improve markup of +  Valgrind enhancements have been made to Pike to improve markup of    forbidden memory areas. While all Valgrind issues are not yet    resolved, partially due to Valgrind breakage, our confidence in    the quality of Pike has been reassured.         Bugs fixed:   -----------    - To browse all bug tickets, visit - http://pike.ida.liu.se/development/bugs/ + To browse all bug tickets, visit http://pike.ida.liu.se/development/bugs/      o Reworked trampolines to cause less circular references. (solves 1937)      o It is now possible to inherit Pike programs from C programs.    - o Works with Autoconf 2.50 + o Now supports Autoconf 2.50 & Autoconf 2.52         Uncategorized misc changes:   ---------------------------      o it is possible to change predefines without forking a new pike -  add_predefine/remove_predefine +  add_predefine()/remove_predefine()      o #pragma save_parent   o #pragma dont_save_parent (overrides constant __pragma_save_parent__)      o dont_dump_module *FIXME: grubba*    - System.usleep/nanosleep + System.usleep()/nanosleep()    FIXME: per?      master.pike   - Improved handling of module cross dependencies.      Multiset      Pike.Backend   Pike.Security   Pike.BacktraceFrame