Jan 29th 1997 - release *** 1.2 *** non beta
  + added -type option to bin_info (to get only object's type)
  + added bin_set.tcl
  + fixes for commands usage error messages when flags are present (argv++..)
  + Changed version to 1.2 because of new features (so package require
    can be used to check for the new bin_copy, bin_def, bin_info options)
Jan 27th 1997 - pre release (c) of 1.1
  + IMPORTANT CHANGE (extended feature, no incompatibility)
    added optional nelems argument to bin_def (like for Bin_Def)
    (fields which are arrays!) and special case for 'char' :
    makes fixed size strings easy ! (and, I think, elegantly)
    use of "str" is now not recommended... plz use 
	bin_def obj str char $offset $length
    instead [str will probably be discontinued some time in the future]
    {This code is finally here (not a big change in number of lines, 
     a lot was already in in Bin_Def C API) thanks to tip's pressure :-)}
  + fixed possible problems with empty types name
  + added missing runtime_lib flag in Makefile.in
  + added stdio.h detection (for tcl7.3 compilation & fileno)
Jan 26th 1997 - pre release (a/b) of 1.1
  + Thanks to Till Immanuel Patzschke
    - Fixed documentation for bin_def (missing offset description)
    - Improved Makefile.in
  + now using gnu autoconf 2.12
  + Updated docs/readme/... (incl. url/email)
  + Added memset like feature to bin_copy (when source is a valid integer
    instead of an object). Also, bin_copy now returns the number of bytes
    actually copied. added/changed corresponding test cases.
June 25th 1996 - 1.1b2+
  + Added doc infos on Bin_GenerateName limitation
  + Added a -DDISCARD_CONST and defines in bindata.h to avoid showing
    the problem below while Tcl does not change...
  + Upon request of ztf, I'v added a lot of "const" in the functions
    arguments char *, where the functions are not changing the
    strings, but Tcl miss those const and thus you know get a lot of
    compilation warnings... Is this a really good move ?
  + fixed a bug in size of static string for GenerateName  - thx ztf
May 31th 1996 - 1.1b1
  + added $(srcdir) needed by some make for pkgIndex.tcl - thx ztf
May 30th 1996
  + added Bin_SizeofType(3) for ztf / added tests/bin_sizeof.test
  + using autoconf-2.10, using $(INSTALL) instead of cp and making
    target dir if needed. added make install-man target.
    install of libs is now by default on $(prefix)/lib instead of Tcl's
    directory
May 10th 1996
  + released as   *** 1.0 ***  non beta !
  + renamed Bin_NameObject into Bin_TclAttach which also perform the
    unset callback setting to delete child objects when father object is unset
    cleaned up Bin_NewCmd code. C api starts to be really usefull I think
    Thx ztf once more !
    (updated examples/sample_newobj.c)
  + added tests/bin_ptr.tests to check sub objects behaviour
  + Added --enable / --disable options to select VERIFYSTRUCT,...
    with configure. Using a binconf.h to ensure consistency of defines
    when compiling extensions later (thx Martin Cornelius for pointing
    out the problem).
May 9th 1996
  + never say "last" : released as 1.0b5
  + bug fix in the new Bin_NameObject  (_obj_ wrongly set, thx again ztf!)
  + Finally found the source of the dynamic loading problem :
    MD5* functions where defined in the system's network libs and
    used instead of our own (and they work differently!) -> prefixed
    with Bin_ and it now works fine !!!
May 8th 1996
  + Released as 1.0b4 and hopefully one of the latest pre 1.0
    (new features shall wait 1.1)
  + Completed the documentation, see the new  doc/TclBin.n (or .ps)
    in addition to improved C Api man pages in cdoc/
  + fixed up the Bin_Def man page and misleading param name.
  + debug printf( -> fprintf(stderr,
  + fixed big bug in http_proxy.tcl (exhaustion of free buffers)
May 7th 1996
  + Added Bin_NameObject to simplify API, see examples/sample_newobj.c
    and man pages. (one more sound advice / feedback from ztf, thx!)
    Probably more to come ?
  + Started the new real man pages (see sample in doc/bindata_doc.n)
May 6th 1996
  + released as 1.0b3
  + support for virtual / multi arch building (like mkdir sun ;
    cd sun ; ../configure ; make ...). thx again ztf !
  + New Bin_GetTHT(3) to get the bin builtin types hashtable which is
    needed for Bin_RegisterType(3) and Bin_Def(3). So you can now cleanly
    make extensions to tclbin without modifications of the core and though
    this hash table is still private to a given interp (multi interp /
    safe interp savy), no global variable. Updated examples/sample_newobj.c
    Thx to Zach's for very nice feedback/suggestions on this matter.
May 3th 1996
  + struggling with switches for shared libs and portability...
  + added needed pointer casts to avoid compilation warnings
  + added new autoconf portability detection
May 2rd-3th 1996
  + released as 1.0b2
  + now using autoconf. shall now compile out the box with just
    a ./configure ; make test ; make dltest ...
  + geturl and new version of http_proxy into new examples/ dir
  + moved tcl7.3/tclX7.3 Makefile & stuff to oldTcl/
  + removed btclsh/*  now unneeded (tcl7.5 has all was I needed in tcl-dp)
  + added netint and netshort types (network order (high first) 32/16 bits
    unsigned numbers) and tests. Updated doc/.
May 2nd
  + added md5 tests and fixed dlbin/Makefile for needed -DHIGHFIRST
  + small improvement in bin_info (for types with spaces in name or empty)
Mar 24th 1996
  + released as 1.0b1
  + new dlbin/ sub directory with a loadable module building
    and a sample http get url application.
  + new tcl7.5/ sub directory where to build for tcl7.5 
    including as loadable module
  + added tests sub directory and "make test" possibility
  + Added Announce file.
  + Hopefully fixed one of the last bug of btclsh/http_proxy.tcl
Mar 22th 1996
  + released as 0.8
  + added cdoc/ dir for the C api
Mar 16th 1996
  + fixed a huge potential problem for architecture without
    memmove, the defined bcopy replacement was buggy ! 
    (source/dest order are reversed between the 2)
Dec 4th:
  + fixed an error message bug in the -nobuf case for bin_read/write
  + fixed over busy bug in btclsh/http_proxy.tcl 
Nov 16th:
  + Fixed a possible bug for "str" (string) read access.
Nov 6th:
  + Released as 0.7
  + Fixed an error in documentation about object(_str_)
  + changes to btclsh/http_proxy.tcl (Content-Digest:)
Oct 27th: 
  + portability : + if NO_MEMMOVE is defined (like on sunos), we use bcopy
    (thx Hans)    + added stdlib.h and memory.h, needed for sunos too 
  + changed NOTCLX define option to NO_TCLX for coherence.
Oct 4th 1995:
  + 0.6 beta 1
  + Changes in btclsh/  added md5 support - new proxy server version
Sept 29 1995:
  + Fourth public release - 0.5
  + bin_copy now uses memmove so areas can overlap (sub pointers objects)
  + bin_read and and bin_write have a -nobuf optional flag to use directly
    read/write syscall, skipping completly stdio buffering (usefull for
    sockets)
  + dropped Complex numbers support
  + New btclsh subdirectory to build a tcl shell with tclX tclbin and
    tcl-dp' dplite for networking and event driven programming without X11
    *** Included an (anonymous) http www proxy application ***
Aug 12 1995:
  + Third public release - beta0.4
  + Minor fixes (cast / ltoa prototype)
  + Added with little fixes and changes the great Documentation provided
    by Dimitry Kloper <dimka@tochna.technion.ac.il>: doc/libtclbin.{tex,dvi,ps}
  + changed README, added INSTALL and TODO
Aug 10 1995:
  + Second public release - alpha0.3
  + Thrown in modified Dimitry's bin_resize and ltoa (use -DNEED_LTOA if your 
    OS does'nt have ltoa)
  + bin_read and bin_write now return number of bytes actually read/written
  + some small cast/ sprintf %ld cleanup...
  + added doc/ subdir with pseudo manpages for all commands.
Dec 8 1994:
  + First public release  - alpha0.2

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