[plt-dev] Release Announcement for v4.1.5
The release announcement sketch that I have so far is below. I just
wrote something on all items that I could, but it's probably pretty
bad, still. Please mail me edits. Specifically, these:
* Main additions
- Ryan: stxclass
- Stevie: Unit contracts, region contract, etc
- scribble/text much improved: deals with indentation
* Possible items
- Sam: TS news? (new wrappers, new syntax, etc)
- Robby: Redex news?
probably need a proper blurb.
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PLT Scheme version 4.1.5 is now available from
http://plt-scheme.org/
* Web Server:
- new URL-based dispatching library `web-server/dispatch',
- customizable continuation serialization policies for the stateless
web language `web-server/stuffers',
- abstraction of serve/servlet to build simpler dispatchers
`web-server/servlet-env',
- HTTP Digest authentication support `web-server/http/digest-auth',
- built-in cookie support in `web-server/http/cookie' and
`web-server/http/cookie-parse',
- highlighting and pretty-printing of errors in Xexpr constructions,
- load control dispatcher for limit concurrent sessions
`web-server/dispatchers/limit'.
* Scribble:
- Literate programming is now available using the new
`scribble/lp' language.
- A new `at-exp' language makes it convenient to use the
scribble reader's @-expressions for general code.
- The `scribble/text' preprocessor language has been extended to
deal with indentation and other formatting issues.
- The "scribble" command-line tool accepts a `--pdf' flag to
render PDFs (via pdflatex).
* DrScheme now provides feedback when PLaneT downloads and
installs new packages.
* Language levels and teachpacks from the DeinProgramm project for
the German textbook "Die Macht der Abstraktion" by Herbert
Klaeren and Michael Sperber have been added.
* Misc:
- The `xml' and `html' collections are now contracted.
- Binding parsing in net/cgi now interacts with `net/uri-codec's
configuration parameters.
- DrScheme captures logging output.
- Check syntax: it is now possible to tack arrows crossing the
currently selected text.
- SRFI collections are available with R6RS-frienly names as in
SRFI-97.
- New `bitwise-bit-field' function.
* The usual pile of bugfixes. (Notable: `scheme/package' works,
`deflate' compression fixed, DrScheme language dialog issue
resolved, `match' fixes, Windows networking, and much more.)
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