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+Version 0.8.8 released
+======================
+
+.. container:: metadata
+
+  Posted by Andreas Rumpf on 14/03/2010
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+- The Posix version of ``os.copyFile`` has better error handling.
+- Fixed bug #502670 (underscores in identifiers).
+- Fixed a bug in the ``parsexml`` module concerning the parsing of
+  ``<tag attr="value" />``.
+- Fixed a bug in the ``parsexml`` module concerning the parsing of
+  enities like ``&ltXX``.
+- ``system.write(f: TFile, s: string)`` now works even if ``s`` contains binary
+  zeros.
+- Fixed a bug in ``os.setFilePermissions`` for Windows.
+- An overloadable symbol can now have the same name as an imported module.
+- Fixed a serious bug in ``strutils.cmpIgnoreCase``.
+- Fixed ``unicode.toUTF8``.
+- The compiler now rejects ``'\n'`` (use ``"\n"`` instead).
+- ``times.getStartMilsecs()`` now works on Mac OS X.
+- Fixed a bug in ``pegs.match`` concerning start offsets.
+- Lots of other little bugfixes.
+
+
+Additions
+---------
+- Added ``system.cstringArrayToSeq``.
+- Added ``system.lines(f: TFile)`` iterator.
+- Added ``system.delete``, ``system.del`` and ``system.insert`` for sequences.
+- Added ``system./`` for int.
+- Exported ``system.newException`` template.
+- Added ``cgi.decodeData(data: string): tuple[key, value: string]``.
+- Added ``strutils.insertSep``.
+- Added ``math.trunc``.
+- Added ``ropes`` module.
+- Added ``sockets`` module.
+- Added ``browsers`` module.
+- Added ``httpserver`` module.
+- Added ``httpclient`` module.
+- Added ``parseutils`` module.
+- Added ``unidecode`` module.
+- Added ``xmldom`` module.
+- Added ``xmldomparser`` module.
+- Added ``xmltree`` module.
+- Added ``xmlparser`` module.
+- Added ``htmlparser`` module.
+- Added ``re`` module.
+- Added ``graphics`` module.
+- Added ``colors`` module.
+- Many wrappers now do not contain redundant name prefixes (like ``GTK_``,
+  ``lua``). The old wrappers are still available in ``lib/oldwrappers``.
+  You can change your configuration file to use these.
+- Triple quoted strings allow for ``"`` in more contexts.
+- ``""`` within raw string literals stands for a single quotation mark.
+- Arguments to ``openArray`` parameters can be left out.
+- More extensive subscript operator overloading. (To be documented.)
+- The documentation generator supports the ``.. raw:: html`` directive.
+- The Pegs module supports back references via the notation ``$capture_index``.
+
+
+Changes affecting backwards compatibility
+-----------------------------------------
+
+- Overloading of the subscript operator only works if the type does not provide
+  a built-in one.
+- The search order for libraries which is affected by the ``path`` option
+  has been reversed, so that the project's path is searched before
+  the standard library's path.
+- The compiler does not include a Pascal parser for bootstrapping purposes any
+  more. Instead there is a ``pas2nim`` tool that contains the old functionality.
+- The procs ``os.copyFile`` and ``os.moveFile`` have been deprecated
+  temporarily, so that the compiler warns about their usage. Use them with
+  named arguments only, because the parameter order will change the next
+  version!
+- ``atomic`` and ``let`` are now keywords.
+- The ``\w`` character class for pegs now includes the digits ``'0'..'9'``.
+- Many wrappers now do not contain redundant name prefixes (like ``GTK_``,
+  ``lua``) anymore.
+- Arguments to ``openArray`` parameters can be left out.