Author: chromatic
Date: Tue Jan 20 23:59:57 2009
New Revision: 35852
Modified:
trunk/NEWS
Log:
[distro] Updated NEWS for 0.9.0 release.
Modified: trunk/NEWS
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--- trunk/NEWS (original)
+++ trunk/NEWS Tue Jan 20 23:59:57 2009
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
- Implementation
+ Implemented bytecode annotations
+ Role composition is now aware of multi-subs
+ + Unbuffered IO PMCs now autopromote when buffering is necessary
+ + Installation parrot binary and libparrot shared library now supported
+ + Class registry now respects HLLs
- Compilers
+ IMCC
- removed keyed string indexing, e.g. $S0[1].
@@ -76,6 +79,8 @@
+ Infrastructure
- 'make smoke' now generates Smolder reports sent to
http://smolder.plusthree.com/app/public_projects/smoke_reports/8
+ + Improved const and null correctness for C function parameters
+ + Sped up STRING manipulation (append, chop), improving PGE about 30%
+ BOOK
- Added sections about Classes, OO programming, and methods.
- Added information about Annotations, Exceptions, and Handlers
