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@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator)
 Version 1.3 Alpha 4 (not yet released)
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+8/14/00 : beazley
+          Completely new type-system added to the implementation.
+          More details later.
+
 8/11/00 : beazley
           Cleaned up some of the I/O handling.  SWIG no longer generates
           any temporary files such as _wrap.wrap, _wrap.ii, _wrap.init.