CVSROOT: /sources/m4
Module name: m4
Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 07/01/23 14:28:23
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -b -r1.37 -r1.38
--- NEWS 21 Jan 2007 04:09:06 -0000 1.37
+++ NEWS 23 Jan 2007 14:28:22 -0000 1.38
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@
*** The `changesyntax' builtin has been improved, to make it easier to add
and remove characters from a syntax class without having to specify the
- entire set of characters in that class.
+ entire set of characters in that class. It also supports two new
+ syntax categories, `{' and `}', for extended argument handling in macro
+ definitions.
*** New `m' flag to `-d'/`--debug' command-line option or `debugmode'
builtin traces actions related to module loading and unloading, and
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@
** Other changes
*** The syntax of frozen files format V2 has been improved to save
- additional state. This includes the 'R' directive for default regular
+ additional state. This includes the `R' directive for default regular
expression syntax. Also, a V2 file can now be represented completely
in ASCII, thanks to escape sequences. Unfortunately, files frozen by
M4 1.4q that contain \ in macros cannot be read by 1.9b, but since 1.4q
