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diff --git a/doc/relnotes/0_7_8.rst b/doc/relnotes/0_7_8.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..92b9291b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/relnotes/0_7_8.rst @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Version 0.7.8, 2002-02-28 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +* More capabilities for Pipe, inspired by SysV STREAMS, including peeking, + better buffering, and stack ops. NOT BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE: SEE DOCUMENTATION +* Added a BufferingFilter class +* Added popen() based EntropySource for generic Unix systems (unix_rnd) +* Moved 'devrand' module into main distribution (ent_file.h), renamed to + File_EntropySource, and changed interface somewhat. +* Made Randpool somewhat more conservative and also 25% faster +* Minor fixes and updates for the configure script +* Added some tweaks for memory allocation +* Documentation updates for the new Pipe interface +* Fixed various minor bugs +* Added a couple of new example programs (stack and hasher2) + |