[Xotcl] XOTcl 1.3.6 available

From: Gustaf Neumann <neumann_at_wu-wien.ac.at>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:29:33 +0100

Dear XOTcl community,
I am proud to announce XOTcl 1.3.6.

Major changes relative to 1.3.5 are:

     * Improved Functionality
       + new info subcommand: <object> info precedence

       + simplified meta class definitions: every class can be
         changed into a metaclass by adding an instmixin of Class (or
         one of its subclasses) to it. In order to define that every
         class should be a metaclass, one can use now
            Object instmixin Class
         instead of the rather complicated solution i posted on
         the xotcl mailing list not long ago.

     * Improved code quality:
       + fixed possible crashes when
          - objects are called with class methods (e.g. due to instmixins)
          - when instmixins are defined recursively
            (e.g. Class instmixin Class)
          - objects are turned into classes by changing the
            class relationship
       + improved namespace resolution when mixin classes are defined
         in namespaces (::xotcl:: namespace is skipped, since a
         helper method that calles the primitive setting command
         is defined there)
       + fixed passing of error code from init methods
         (thanks to Fabrice Pardo for noting it)
       + returning PACKAGE_VERSION after a package require
         (e.g. 'package req XOTcl' returns now 1.3.6)
       + some code refactoring, fixed erroneous documentation of c code
       + improved documentation

More details can be found in the changelog on www.xotcl.org.

best regards
-gustaf neumann