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+2009-03-19 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    * Release of XOTcl 1.6.2
+
+2009-03-19 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    - removed references to 1.6.2
+
+2009-03-04 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    - re-enable small optimization
+    - factor out common code
+    - fix compatibility with Tcl 8.4
+    - bump version number to 1.6.3
+
+2009-03-03 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    - simplify semantics of MixinSeekCurrent and FilterSeekCurrent, improve speed
+    - remove necessity to have tclCompile.h
+    - improve documentation
+
+2009-03-02 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    - some small performance improvements (use CreateHashEntry instead
+      of FindHashEntry, remove unneded argument, improve order of long
+      and expressions)
+    - some code cleanup
+    - new methods, when compiled with tcl 8.5;
+       + MakeProcError (producing error messages from xotcl methods)
+       + PushProcCallFrame (compile method to byte-code)
+       The new support allows to call code at the begin of a proc
+       without using the old approach based on :xotcl::initProcNS
+
+2009-02-19 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    - add comments to var resolution tests for objects without namespaces
+    - fixed reference counting
+    - removed temporary hacks
+    - added CONST to several functions
+    - added relative namespace handling
+
+2009-02-18 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>, sobernig@wu-wien.ac.at
+    - added Stefan's work for namespace resolvers
+    - fixed a memory leak for "obj exists" due to the changes
+    - found another memory leak, when e.g. "::info" is added as an
+      alias and "info exists" is tested against non-existing vars
+
+2009-01-19 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
+    - Finish work on deletion of user-metaclasses
+    - commenting existing and potential usage of namespace resolvers
+
 2008-12-01 <Gustaf.Neumann@wu-wien.ac.at>
     * Correct deletion of user-metaclasses: Deletion of
       user-metaclasses could lead to undestroyable objects, since the
Index: doc/Announce-1.6.3
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+Dear XOTcl Community,
+
+XOTcl 1.6.3 is available. See below for more details.
+
+Best regards
+Gustaf Neumann
+
+
+Announcing XOTcl 1.6.3
+*************************
+
+We are pleased to announce the availability of XOTcl 1.6.3
+
+Major changes relative to 1.6.2 are:
+
+   * Functional improvements:
+
+       - simplified and generalized handling of namespaced instance
+         variables, where namespaced associative arrays could conflict
+         with global variables due to Tcl's default namespace
+         resolution. Many thanks to Stefan Sobernig for this
+         contribution!
+         
+  * Fixes:
+      - Corrected deleted of meta-classes. It was possible
+        to create undestroyable objects before via complex
+        meta-classes structures
+
+   * Speed improvements
+      - Use of new interfaces in Tcl 8.5 (when compiled with Tcl 8.5)
+      - simplified interfaces for various C functions
+      - Speed improvement for method invocation:
+          * In Tcl 8.5: 10-15 %
+          * In Tcl 8.4:  5-10 %
+
+   * Improve code quality
+       - some more code cleanup
+       - factoring out common code
+       - using const in more cases
+
+   * Extended regression tests
+
+   * Improved documentation
+
+
+ For more details about the changes, please consult the ChangeLog and
+ documentation.
+
+MORE INFO
+  General and more detailed information about XOTcl and its components
+  can be found at http://www.xotcl.org
+