There is misc stuff, but I don't see anything worth mentioning in the release particularly.
Robby On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Eli Barzilay <[email protected]> wrote: > The release announcement sketch that I have so far is below. I didn't > get any additional edits. > > Specific people: > > * Stevie: Unit contracts, region contract, etc -- this should > definitely be blurbed > > * Robby: are there any Redex news? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * Web Server: > - new URL-based dispatching library `web-server/dispatch', > - customizable continuation serialization policies for the stateless > web language `web-server/stuffers', > - abstraction of serve/servlet to build simpler dispatchers > `web-server/servlet-env', > - HTTP Digest authentication support `web-server/http/digest-auth', > - built-in cookie support in `web-server/http/cookie' and > `web-server/http/cookie-parse', > - highlighting and pretty-printing of errors in Xexpr constructions, > - load control dispatcher for limit concurrent sessions > `web-server/dispatchers/limit'. > > * Scribble: > - Literate programming is now available using the new > `scribble/lp' language. > - A new `at-exp' language makes it convenient to use the > scribble reader's @-expressions for general code. > - The `scribble/text' preprocessor language has been extended to > deal with indentation and other formatting issues. > - The "scribble" command-line tool accepts a `--pdf' flag to > render PDFs (via pdflatex). > > * DrScheme now provides feedback when PLaneT downloads and > installs new packages. > > * Language levels and teachpacks from the DeinProgramm project for > the German textbook "Die Macht der Abstraktion" by Herbert > Klaeren and Michael Sperber have been added. > > * Misc: > - Typed Scheme now comes with several more pre-wrapped > libraries, found in the `typed' collection. > - The `xml' and `html' collections are now contracted. > - Binding parsing in net/cgi now interacts with `net/uri-codec's > configuration parameters. > - DrScheme captures logging output. > - Check syntax: it is now possible to tack arrows crossing the > currently selected text. > - SRFI collections are available with R6RS-frienly names as in > SRFI-97. > - New `bitwise-bit-field' function. > > * The usual pile of bugfixes. (Notable: `scheme/package' works, > `deflate' compression fixed, DrScheme language dialog issue > resolved, `match' fixes, Windows networking, and much more.) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: > http://www.barzilay.org/ Maze is Life! > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev
