[q-lang-cvs] q NEWS,1.145,1.146

[Albert G. <ag...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/q-lang/q
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retrieving revision 1.146
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*** NEWS	23 Feb 2008 08:34:11 -0000	1.145
--- NEWS	23 Feb 2008 11:29:08 -0000	1.146
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*** 17,27 ****
    provided as well.
  
! - The glob and regex functions were moved back from system into clib.
  
  - Added support for highres timers (clock_gettime et al) on systems where the
    POSIX timer extension is available. The system module provides a number of
    new functions (nanotime, nanosleep, etc.) to deal with these. Moreover, the
!   builtin time function will now also make use of clock_gettime (or
!   gettimeofday) if they are available.
  
  - Worked around some quirks with the MS Access ODBC driver which caused it to
--- 17,31 ----
    provided as well.
  
! - The glob and regex functions were moved back from system into clib. Also, a
!   bug in the await function function was fixed (now it properly accepts
!   timeouts specified in seconds, not millisecs), and support for mutex and
!   semaphore timeouts was added to the try function (this requires a system
!   with pthread_mutex_timedlock/sem_timedwait).
  
  - Added support for highres timers (clock_gettime et al) on systems where the
    POSIX timer extension is available. The system module provides a number of
    new functions (nanotime, nanosleep, etc.) to deal with these. Moreover, the
!   builtin time function will now also make use of clock_gettime/gettimeofday
!   if they are available.
  
  - Worked around some quirks with the MS Access ODBC driver which caused it to