This file lists the major changes and improvements made to AspectC++,
Ag++, and the PUMA framework.

Version 1.0pre3 (2006-03-16)

       * support for 'slices' - a new language feature for
         introductions. It has many benefits ...
         - extensible: in the future not only class slices
           shall be supported
         - solves the 'include cycle problem': slices can
           be implemented in separate header files
         - an important step towards plain C support
         - more comprehensive member access control
         - avoids code redundancy: pointcut expressions don't
           have to be repeated for every introduced element

       * the old-style introduction syntax now yields warnings
         (can be suppressed with --no_warn_deprecated)

       * filenames in generated #line directives now always use
         '/' as a separator to avoid problems with g++ under
         Windows.

       * implemented infrastructure to enable and disable warnings
         - supported: --[no_]warn_macro and --[no_]warn_deprecated

       * improved #line number generation for introductions

       * added variable ACOPTFLAGS to the test program Makefile

       * implemented new policy to deal with AspectC++ keywords
         - by default they are now handled as keywords only in
           aspect header files. In normal project files they are
           interpreted as identifiers.
         - implemented -k/--keywords to control the policy

       * fixed code generation bug for nested around advice with
         a cflow condition, which caused back-end compiler error
         messages

       * fixed crash that was caused by empty input files

       * parser now resolves calls to conversion functions that
         return pointers

       * a warning is issued when ac++ tries to insert friend
         declarations into macro-generated classes

       * some code improvements in order to work on 64 bit
         platforms

       * fixed Puma examples and their Makefiles

       * fixed various Puma bugs
         #290, #291, #280, #282, and many others, especially in
         the function lookup code

       * solved ag++ problem with whitespace in arguments of -D

       * updated the manuals to cover slices and the new command
         line options.