first steps for cleaner static/const distinction

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@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ Library Additions
 
 - Added ``system.shallow`` that can be used to speed up string and sequence
   assignments.
-- Added ``system.static`` that can force compile-time evaluation of certain
-  expressions.
 - Added ``system.eval`` that can execute an anonymous block of code at
   compile time as if was a macro.
 - Added ``macros.emit`` that can emit an arbitrary computed string as nimrod
@@ -34,11 +32,22 @@ Changes affecting backwards compatibility
   The ``system``, ``os``, ``osproc`` and ``memfiles`` modules use the wide
   string versions of the WinAPI. Use the ``-d:useWinAnsi`` switch to revert
   back to the old behaviour which uses the Ansi string versions.
-  
+- ``static`` is now a keyword.
+
+
 Compiler Additions
 ------------------
 
 - Win64 is now an officially supported target.
+- The compiler can detect and evaluate calls that can be evaluated at compile
+  time for optimization purposes with the ``--implicitStatic`` command line
+  option or pragma.
+
+
+Language Additions
+------------------
+
+- Added explicit ``static`` sections for enforced compile time evaluation.
 
 
 2012-02-09 Version 0.8.14 released