In article <91324@palm-dev-forum>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> 
> Ben - 
> 
> Within reason(obviously), can you tell us what kind of
> stuff we should be expecting to see in V9?  Some of us
> on this list are poor college students, and I'm trying
> to decide what version I should start putting away
> some of my extra paycheck money for.

Here are some obvious new features, based on what shipped in IDE 5.0 (as 
released in CW Pro 8 for MacOS and Win32) and what I've said at 
PalmSource 2002.

1) improved C/C++ compiler front-end
2) Object Library for Palm OS V4 (POL)
3) Wizard for creating new POL projects
4) support for building ARMlets and linking them into 68K code
5) docked, tabbed, smothered, and covered IDE windows (Win32 MDI mode 
only, some options only available at your local Waffle House)
6) C/C++ code completion
7) IDE workspace support (save and restore groups of windows, 
automatically at IDE open and close if desired)
8) emulator/simulator debugging using arbitrary IP address and port 
number
9) eventpoints: conditional and unconditional breakpoints that can write 
to log files, speak values of expressions, skip over lines, run scripts, 
and even play sounds
10) STL debug mode in the MSL C++ library
11) smart variable formatting in debugger

There are other features which I cannot reveal just yet, and I don't 
want to discourage anyone from getting V8, since I still feel it has 
some real worth versus older versions of the tools.  See 
http://www.palmoswerks.com/stories/storyReader$79 for my comments on the 
upgrade situtation.

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Ben Combee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CodeWarrior for Palm OS technical lead
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