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pike.git/CHANGES:13:   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 unbug      o Unicode 3.2.0 -  All charts has been updated to Unicode 3.2.0. This applies both to -  the Unicode module as well as Pike-global functionality such as +  All charts 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    surrogate and byteorder make handling.      o Extended random()    random() now works on float, array, multiset and mapping (and    int/object).      o delay()/sleep()    sleep() no longer busywaits.      o search(string, int) / has_value(string, int)    Both of these methods now handle both looking for strings and -  integers; search("hi, ho!", ',') or has_value("Nope.", ' '), for -  instance. +  integers (ie single characters). eg search("hi, ho!", ',') or +  has_value("Nope.", ' ').      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    and the value in each iteration:
pike.git/CHANGES:59:    starting with the first element while mappings are visited in some    arbitrary order (each element is still visited only once, though).      o Iterators    As noted above, an iterator interface has been added that is now    used in various places to iterate over different data structures.    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. It 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 position hasn't reached the end of the data set. +  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 position hasn't reached the end of the data set.       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.       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
pike.git/CHANGES:173:      o Standards.FIPS10_4      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.      o Standards.RDF      o System.Time +    o System.Timer      o Stdio.FakeFile      o Stdio.GZipFile      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    manipulation options.
pike.git/CHANGES:306:       Lookup of identifier "foo" in B():       B-+-foo All versions of Pike    |    +-A---foo      o Protocols.LDAP.client    The return code from all methods was changed to follow Pike's    logic better. 0 is now a failure. The old behaviour is emulated in -  compatibility layer. +  a compatibility layer.      o dirname    Now correctly returns a directory instead of just stripping the -  part after nearest directory seprator. +  part after the nearest directory separator.      o LR    LR has been moved to Parser.LR and the API has been chnged.    FIXME: More about this?      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 unused tree right from CVS. +  Should preferably be executed in an unused tree straight from CVS.      C level/development changes:   ----------------------------    - o Some global defines has been renamed to avoid name clashes. + 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      o Module symbols not available from other modules.