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Changes to m4/NEWS,v [branch-1_4]


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Changes to m4/NEWS,v [branch-1_4]
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:56:12 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/m4
Module name:    m4
Branch:         branch-1_4
Changes by:     Eric Blake <ericb>      07/01/06 19:56:11

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.86
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.87
diff -u -b -r1.1.1.1.2.86 -r1.1.1.1.2.87
--- NEWS        5 Jan 2007 03:03:36 -0000       1.1.1.1.2.86
+++ NEWS        6 Jan 2007 19:56:11 -0000       1.1.1.1.2.87
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
   files larger than 2GiB on some platforms.
 * Fix a regression introduced in 1.4.8 that made m4 dump core when
   invoked as 'm4 -- file'.
+* The `eval' builtin now follows C precedence rules.  Additionally,
+  short-circuit operators correctly short-circuit division by zero.
+  The undocumented alias of '=' meaning '==' in eval now triggers
+  an error, so that a future version of M4 can implement a form of
+  variable assignment as an extension.
 
 Version 1.4.8 - 20 November 2006, by Eric Blake  (CVS version 1.4.7a)
 




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