[svn:parrot] r49017 - trunk

[gerd at svn.parrot.org]

Author: gerd
Date: Wed Sep 15 14:14:49 2010
New Revision: 49017
URL: https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/changeset/49017

Log:
some news for 2.8.0

Modified:
   trunk/NEWS

Modified: trunk/NEWS
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--- trunk/NEWS	Wed Sep 15 10:33:28 2010	(r49016)
+++ trunk/NEWS	Wed Sep 15 14:14:49 2010	(r49017)
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # $Id$
 
+New in 2.8.0
+- Core
+  + Inlined hashing and comparison functions
+  + Hash memory allocation moved from system malloc to lazy allocated
+  + Avoided infinite catching of exceptions while dying from exception
+  + Some svn fixes
+  + Added a check for duplicate vtable entries in PMCs
+  + Added more core pmc tests
+  + Building Parrot with Perl 5.12 and gcc-4.5 / g++-4.5
+  + Eliminated cruft left over after dynops_mapping
+  + Improved charset and string encoding
+ 
 New in 2.7.0
 - Core
   + cleanups in packfile and freeze/thaw handling