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 NEWS for the QuakeForge project
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-12 Feb 2001 - (Yet another) new source tree - quakeforge
+changes from 0.3.0
-	At long last, here it is, Merged Tree Project, mk. II!  Includes
-	all of the latest features and bugs from nuq and newtree.  We will
-	hammer out the bugs and add features as the merge progresses.
 
+ o	progs engine re-write
+     o  fully modular. mod/server independent allowing for standalone
+        quakec interpreter and client-side quakec.
+     o	no longer dependent on progdefs.h (causes problems with quakec
+        compilers that strip def names but those progs can be fixed using
+        qfdefs)
+     o  new opcodes and types for version 0.fff.002 progs (version 6 still
+        supported)
+     o  better dynamic string handling with garbage collected strings
+     o  Objective-C style object oriented runtime (incomplete but functional)
+     o  runtime linking of builtin functions whose builtin number is 0 ( = #0
+        in qfcc (should work with any qcc derived compiler))
+     o  basic debug symbol support (only for qfcc generated progs) including
+        source lines.
+     o  ".self" prefered over "self" for the self entity
+     o  ".this" field support for object oriented entities
+ o  qfcc: QuakeForge version of qcc. generally rewritten
+     o  use QF utils lib for general ustility functions (hash tables, file
+        access (incomplete), pak files)
+     o  use QF gamecode lib for progs info (opcode tables, enums, types, etc)
+     o  yacc and lexx (using gnu bison and flex) based parser
+     o  proper temp def handling drasticly reducing the number of global
+        defs needed for large progs
+     o  make all functions use the same block of defs for their locals (this
+        is compatable with all known server variants) further reducing the
+        number of global defs needed for local varaibles (now down to the
+        largest function rather than the sum of all functions).
+     o  string operators (+ <= < > >=). requires 0.fff.002 progs
+     o  integer, pointer, array, struct and union types (0.fff.002)
+     o  Objective-C style object oriented programming support (Objective-QC or
+        Ruamoko:). Use @self (entity ".self"; interally) for touch/think/etc
+        functions and @this (.id ".this"; internaly ) for builtin OO support
+        for touch/think/etc. "entity self;" will still work so long as @self
+        is never seen.
+     o  nested/chained function calls work properly.
+     o  simple expressions (eg a = b + c;) compile to a single opcode rather
+        than two and avoid using a temporary def.
+     o  C-style for loops
+     o  local var initialition (eg local float foo = 0.1;)
+     o  uninitialized variable detection
+     o  unused variable detection
+     o  vararg functions (ie, can write qc functions using ...: @argc and
+        @argv to access the parameters passed through ...).
+     o  IMPORTANT: evaluation of "!foo & bar" changed from "!(foo & bar)" to
+        "(!foo) & bar" which is more correct but incompatable with qfcc. A
+        warning will be generated for the former unless --traditional is used
+        on the command line and then a notice will be generated and the old
+        evaluation used (ie, all is not lost:)
+     o  Uses cpp to pre-process the files
+     o  can generate/link object files (.qfo files)
+     o  library file support (.qfo files in a .pak file)
+     o  strict type checking