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+2007-08-06: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * Changed all references to /tmp to [::xotcl::tmpdir] to honor
+       TMPDIR TEMP TMP if set
+
+     * Handling of variable traces in serializer: 
+        traces might require a different topological sort, 
+        which is hard to handle. Similar as with filters, 
+        we deactivate the variable traces during initialization. 
+        This happens by
+         (1) replacing the XOTcl's trace method by a no-op
+         (2) collecting variable traces through collect-var-traces
+         (3) re-activating the traces after variable initialization
+
+        (Many thanks to Stefan Sobernig for the help!)
+
+2007-08-05: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+   * Changes to compile xotcl with the new Var structures in the 
+      head version of Tcl 8.5. This is a rather large change,
+      the patch is more than 800 lines.
+
+      (Many thanks to Miguel Sofer for the help!)
+
+     From the Tcl Changelog
+
+       *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY *** (tclInt.h and tclCompile.h)
+       Extensions that access internals defined in tclInt.h and/or
+       tclCompile.h may lose both binary and source compatibility. The
+       relevant changes are:
+
+       1. 'struct Var' is completely changed, all acceses to its
+          internals (either direct or via the TclSetVar* and TclIsVar*
+          macros) will malfunction. Var flag values and semantics
+          changed too.
+
+       2. 'struct Bytecode' has an additional field that has to be
+          initialised to NULL
+
+       3. 'struct Namespace' is larger, as the varTable is now one
+          pointer larger than a Tcl_HashTable. Direct access to its
+          fields will malfunction.
+
+       4. 'struct CallFrame' grew one more field (the second such
+          growth with respect to Tcl8.4).
+
+       5. api change for the functions TclFindCompiledLocal,
+          TclDeleteVars and many internal functions in tclVar.c
+
+2007-07-27: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+   * fixed a compile problem with a superfluous semicolon in a macro
+      (Many thanks for Andreas Kupries for reporting and sending a patch)
+   * fixed two compiler warnings in gcc 4.1.2
+
+2007-07-23 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * Pre-Release of XOTcl 1.5.4
+
+2007-07-23: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+   * fixed a bug with empty argument names
+      (Many thanks for Stefan Sobernig for reporting the bug)
+
+2007-07-03: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+   * allow to call methods from the class to be called
+     from  slot objects (Many thanks for 
+     Nico L'INSALATA for noting this problem).
+
+2007-06-05: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+   * Fixed spelling mistakes in the tutorial
+      (Many thanks to Robert Hicks for reporting)
+
+2007-05-27: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+   * Fixed potential error with default values for parameters
+     starting with a "-".  (Many thanks to Shishir Ramam 
+     for reporting)
+
+2007-03-16: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * fixed a bug where a Tcl call adds a namespace to an object,
+       but xotcl did not notice it. (Many thanks for Stefan Sobernig
+       for reporting the bug)
+
+2007-01-14: <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * fixing error message propagation for methods called via 
+       configure. (Many thanks for Kristoffer Lawson
+       for reporting the bug)
+
+2006-12-12 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * changing "test == " to "test =" as required by FreeBSD
+      (many thanks to Martin Matuska for providing
+      the patch)
+
+2006-12-07 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * MinGW patches
+      (many thanks to Martin Matuska for providing
+      the patch)
+
+2006-11-25 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * Release of XOTcl 1.5.3
+
+2006-11-24 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * provided compatibility with Tcl 8.5 
+      (checking callframe level instead of empty varframe for toplevel
+      frames)
+
+    * provided compatibility with Tcl 8.4.14 
+      proc->cmdPtr was used in prior releases only to determine the
+      namespace in which the proc is executed (documented in
+      tclInt.h).  Starting with Tcl 8.4.14, this cmdPtr is used as
+      well for updating the client data of a cmd, in case the proc is
+      recompiled. Since XOTcl used the cmdPtr to control the
+      namespace, this code had to be rewritten differently. The new
+      version is faster, but uses for filters or mixins slightly more
+      storage.
+
+    * reduced calling overhead of methods with nonpositional arguments
+      by about 10 percent by avoiding shimmering.
+
+    * fixed handling of "return -code break" from xotcl methods
+      (thanks to Artur Trzewik for the bug report)
+
+    * library/comm/Access.xotcl: fixed handling of chunked encoding
+
 2006-09-29 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>, Uwe Zdun <uwe.zdun@wu-wien.ac.at>
     * Release of XOTcl 1.5.2