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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: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:12:44 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/m4
Module name:    m4
Branch:         branch-1_4
Changes by:     Eric Blake <ericb>      07/01/09 16:12:43

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.87
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.88
diff -u -b -r1.1.1.1.2.87 -r1.1.1.1.2.88
--- NEWS        6 Jan 2007 19:56:11 -0000       1.1.1.1.2.87
+++ NEWS        9 Jan 2007 16:12:43 -0000       1.1.1.1.2.88
@@ -8,11 +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.
+* The `eval' builtin now follows C precedence rules.  Additionally, the
+  short-circuit operators correctly short-circuit division by zero.  The
+  previously undocumented alias of '=' meaning '==' in eval now triggers a
+  deprecation warning, 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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