Minor cosmetic cleanup. ...

Added support for early release versions.

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Cleaned up table of variables created by 'symtbl' option to better fit printed page.

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Added nroff source files to clean: target.

Added *~ to clean: target. ...

Commented out removal of directory and move to Releases as default.

Documented the new 'inmem' command line option. ...

Listed the variables created by 'symtbl' command line option.

Added 'inmem' command line option.

Minor edit.

Documented new semantics for existential conditionals to check boolean state.

References to "recursive" changed to "circular".

Updated section on recursive .includes.

Clarified the bugfix.

Updated section on templating.

Documented prevention of recursive .includes. ...

Documented TotalLines and Visited attributes of SymbolTable.

Added logic to prevent recursive includes. ...

Added SymbolTable.Visited to track and return files processed.

Correct last edits / update SymbolTable object definition.

Documented retval.TotalLines and retval.Visited.

Added logic to check each entry in an in-memory parse to make sure it is a string.

Changed to return TotalLines along with the other stuff. ...

Cleaned up line counting in both file and in-memory parse frontends.

Ended last line with linefeed.

Added TotalLines report.

Switched to copy.copy for initializing passed symbol and template tables. ...

Cleaned up returned symbol table to only pass back the documented stuff.

Minor edits.

Formatting cleanup.

Documented new validations.

Broke out symbol table validation feature into ValidateSymbolTable(). ...

Both passed symbol and template tables are now checked for validity.
Initial value for each passed symbol is checked for valid type.
Template names are checked to make sure they do not contain namespace separators.

Fixed initial value for templb for type agreement.

Documented fully qualified template name bug fix.

Fixed bug wherein templates were not properly being identified within namespaces.

Explanation of VarDescriptor.Default with Templated Variables.

Further commentary on variable type as stored vs. as used within parsing.

Minor cosmetic edits.

Moved document revision information to bottom.

Added initial section with document revision information.

Added initial section on Core Objects. ...

Edits to reflect new SymbolTable and Template objects.
Edits to reflect retval is now of type SymbolTable.
Various cosmetic edits.

Fix reversal of symbol table and template table in BuildSymTbl().

Added note on user-defined types and why they don't work.

Documented file and in-memory config processing. ...

Documented CallingProgram paramter.

Added *.pyc to the clean list.

Minor formatting change for PROGINFO and mkmsg.proginfo.

Minor formatting edit for CallingProgram.

General edits and cleanup.

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Simplified version extraction.

Updated to actually interpret version into VERSION variable. ...

Added 'version' target.

Added automatic version detection.

Finished conversion to pattern-based makefile.

Rewrote to use pattern rules to simplify the whole business.

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More testing.

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Fixed some bad syntax. ...

Added example of mixed existential.

Documented new boolean existential state tests.

Implemented ability to use boolean state within existential tests.

Updated to show use of boolean dereferencing within existentials.

Documented in-memory parse feature.

Use textual copyright symbol so it renders properly on different platforms.

Implemented support for in-memory parsing of configurations stored in a list.

Minor editorial cleanups, removal of unused variables.

Documented new TemplateVariable= semantics.

Branched to the 2.x release because the API is no longer backward compatible. ...

Changed template semantics so that 'templatevar=' causes the variable to be
instantiated with its default value.

Modified some of the template entires so that their default value is ...

present in the list of valid values.

Corrected copyright.

Noted that the spec is out of date.

Updated copyright.

Documented introduction of Template class and the fact that the API ...

is no longer backwards compatible.

Updated copyright.

Modified to use the new 'Template' class.

Further cleanup of SymbolTable instance variables. ...

Made 'Template' a first-class object in its own right.

Modified to accommodate new Symbol Table object type.

Converted Symbol Table to a first-class object in its own right.

Documented the 'CallingProgram' API parameter.

Added ability to pass name of calling program to the API via the ...

'CallingProgram' keyword parameter.  This allows the calling program
to change the default program ID string used in messages produced
during the parse.

Fixed typo.

Fixed minor typo in comment.

Fixed typo.

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was being reported as a syntax error.

Fix some typos and clarify some areas.

Fixed formatting problem.

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Fixed default value for TemplatesOnly.

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Added sections explaining purpose and use of Variable Templates.

Added the nopredefs option.

Added ReturnPredefs API option.

Added 'nopredefs' option.

Added Templates, TemplatesOnly, and ReturnPredefs options.

Changed option "nonewvar" to "nonewvars". ...

Added "templates" and "temponly" options.
Minor cleanups and edits.

Changed 'template' option to 'templates'.

Changed the "nonewvar" option to "nonewvars". ...

Added support for templating.

Reorganized the code to make it clearer how the initial symbol table
and template dictionary get intialized.

Cleaned up and improved comments throughout.

Added variable templating feature.

First public release.

More minor edits and cleanup.

Misc. edits and cleanups.

Swapped .OSTYPE and .PLATFORM definitions.

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Initial revision

Added interactive editing of WHATSNEW.txt file.

Added release tagging to WHATSNEW.txt

Fix typo.

Fixed typos and other minor edits.

Changed all the single quote strings and any double quoted strings ...

containing literal configuration text to unquote Courier font.

Considerable formatting cleanup, especially of unformatted sections.

Minor edit.

Added Gotchas section.

Added example of Read Only variable. ...

Added example of Boolean variable.

Cleaned up comparison examples. ...

Added section on type and value enforcement.

Fixed problem with literal block example.

Added note about the example.cfg file.

Added example.cfg to the distribution.

Initial revision

Finished advanced section for programmers.

Wrote section on the .literal directive.

Added detail concerning conditional directives.

Minor edits and clarifications.

Changed initial namespace to always be "" even if the user selects ...

limitns.

Added .OSTYPE to predefined system variables.

Added code to properly condition variable references within ...

existential conditional statements.

Updated to reflect new syntax for existential tests.

Rewrote the existential conditional code so that variable names and ...

references are treated consistently with the rest of the program.

Wrote section on comparison conditionals.

Wrote section on Existential Conditionals.

Began section on conditional directives.

Documented the .include directive.

Some clarification of indirect variable access. ...

Clarification of what happens when AllNewVars=False.

Minor edits and cleanup.

Removed references to AllowNewNamespaces. Clarified discussion of how ...

validation for NAMESPACE works.

Changed order of formal parameters in API so debug is last. ...

Slight change to format and content of several error messages.

Restated order of options in usage prompt to more nearly match API order. ...

Minor formatting changes.

Replaced old namespace option with 'limitns'. Restructured document ...

slightly so that option order more nearly matches API order.

Restructured and simplified NAMESPACE code considerably. ...

Changed NAMESPACE semantics to match that of other variables wrt LegalVals.
Ensured that "" is always legal for NAMESPACE.
Got rid of the AllowNewNamespaces option.

Removed reference to deprecated AllowNewNamespaces. ...

Changed command line option to to limitns.
Changed order of options to reflect API order.

Wrote validation sections.

Documented the mailing list. ...

Documented how the program handles illegal initial namespaces.
Documented the semantics of LegalVals in the case of the NAMESPACE variable.

Documented the predefined variables.

Created symbolic value PERIOD. ...

Changed predefined NSSEP to PERIOD.

Added startup check to make sure initially passed namespace is legit.

Fixed bug that prevented environment variables from being derefenced. ...

Removed unnecessary validation checks in variable assignment code.

Further clarification of namespaces.

Insured that [NAMESPACE] always relative to root namespace.

Reorganized code to use a common symbol name validation routine. ...

Wrote logic to explicitly check for illegal first character in symbol names.
Wrote logic to check symbol names for illegal characters throughout.

Combined reserved and predfined symbols into a single data dictionary.

Implemented check to prevent namespaces with leading ENVIRO character.

Finished section on namespace processing.

Fixed a number of subtle bugs involving namespace handling for ...

variable names and references.

Started fleshing out the details on lexical namespaces.

Minor cleanups.

Noted that reference delimiters not permitted in variable names. ...

Clarified that attempts to nest variable references causes an error.

Added check to make sure a variable name does not contain DELIML or ...

DELIMR.

Cleaned up all manner of bugs having to do with variable names ...

containing whitespace and references involving them.

Added explicit check for nested variable references.

Documented indirect variable addressing.

Minor edits and formatting cleanup. ...

Noted that NAMESPACE is a pre-defined variable used internally.
Noted that user variables cannot begin with a period.

Explicit use of InitialSymTable in API call. ...

Reformatting of API call for readability.

Added sections on namespace processing. ...

Formatting cleanup.
Changed API argument from InitialSymTbl to InitialSymTable.

Changed API argument from InitialSymTbl to InitialSymTable.

Added code to verify that LegalVals is a list for each variable passed ...

in the initial symbol table.

Added to to insure that the initial namespace passed by the calling
program is also present in the NAMESPACE LegalVals list.

Began writing section on configuration language.

More formatting and cleanup.

Reformatting and cleanup.

Finished Programming section - added detail on how to construct an ...

initial symbol table.

Reorganized and reformatted portions of document.

Changed nonew to nonewvar and added documentation for nonewns.

Added support for AllowNewNamespaces option. ...

Added debug output whenever a namespace is changed.

Added an explicit initial namespace and several other legal ones for ...

testing AllowNewNamespaces.

Changed nonew option to nonewvar. ...

Added support for nonewns option.

Documented the AllowNewNamespaces option.

Added description of the 'nonew' option.

Added support for AllowNewVars API option.

Added support for AllowNewVars.

Added sections on API options. ...

Fleshed out most of section on passing symbol tables.
Added AllowNewVars option description.
Added short explanation of error handling.

Added sections on Debug and LiteralVars options.

Added Installation section.

Suppress attempts to name variables with leading $ or #.

Added section on how to bundle the module with programmer's code.

Expanded installation information considerably. ...

Noted mailing list and how to join.

Initial Revision

Updated to reflect new package name under FreeBSD.

Corrected various references to build directory.

Updated to reflect new directory naming scheme.

Changed distribution tarball name to py-tconfpy... to make consistent ...

with FreeBSD naming conventions.

Initial revision

Corrected suffix on tconfpy documentation.

Updated to use distutils for installation. ...

Updated to install test-tc.py.
Updated to install both man pages.

Added setup.py to the distribution.

Initial revision

Improved symbol table out formatting somewhat.

Added code to prevent variable names beginning with DOLLAR.

Sorted error and warning messages in the source code.

Changed requirement to Python 2.3 or later.

Restrucured predefined symbols for ease of maintenance and to make use ...

of the platform module.

Corrected return logic in the face of an API error to use the newer ...

style return object.

Added predefined variable dump on direct invocation.

Changed to always output literals report since we don't know whether ...

there were any.

Changed to only produce debug and litvar output reports if those ...

options were specified on the command line.

Implemented several pre-defined variables to reflect running system.

Updated to use the object returned by tconfpy rather than a tuple of ...

lists.

Changed return mechanics to use an object instead of a tuple of lists. ...

Changed error message for errors found at EOF to reflect this
location.

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Added gzip for .3 files. ...

Removed comment which inhibited directory removal when done.

Modified to accomodate the test driver and its documentation.

Reogranized the code considerably. Population of an initial symbol ...

table is now table-driven to make it easy for the user to modify.  The
use of a pre-defined symbol table is now a command line option.

Moved direct invocation logic to end of file. ...

Added a __all__ entry at the end of the file to explicitly name the
public symbols.

Cleaned up the string too short/too long error messages.

Changed VarDescriptor base class to inherent from 'object'. This ...

makes it possible to use the 'super' operation when subclassing from
this base.

Changed the file open logic to only trap on an IO Error. Other errors ...

fall through and cause a Python error exit.  Necessary so that program
errors are not caught and treated like a bad file open.

Implemented the ELSE directive.

Retructured CondStack to prepare the way for ELSE directives.

Inhibited declaration/reference of null-named variable. ...

Inhibited declaration/reference of variables with whitespace in their
name.

Major code reorganization to fix problem with nested conditionals and ...

prepare the way for the ELSE operator.
Many other incidental bugs found and fixed.

Added LegalVal and Min/Max defintions to test variables.

Added Legal Values checking for all relevant types.

Cleaned up bugs in the bounds checking logic.

Further cleanup of API validation logic.

Added more detail to errors encountered while validating symbol table ...

passed to API.

Added further sanity checking of any symbol table passed into the API.

Added some Min/Max values for bounds testing.

Implemented Min/Max enforcement for ints/floats/strings.

Implemented type enforcement and recognition of legal boolean ...

assignment strings.

Corrected code so that both NAMESPACE= and .NAMESPACE= work ...

equivalently.

Further cleanup of NAMESPACE handling. Made all variable derefrencing ...

relative to the current NAMESPACE context by default.

Added logic to suppress redefinition of reserved symbols.

Cleaned up NAMESPACE logic considerably. ...

Modified variable deferencing code/regex to permit null-named variable [].

Added NAMESPACE capabilities.

Implemented semantics for new variables: The first value assigned to a ...

new variable is set to be its default value.  Also fixed a bug wherein
existing values' descriptors were being overwritten with a new
descriptor.

Added code to protect Read Only variables from being changed.

Added basic check of symbol table passed to API to confirm a valid ...

variable descriptor object has been passed for each variable.

Extraneous text on IFALL/ANY/NONE lines now generates error and sets ...

condition to False.  This was done for semantic consistency with other
directives.
Fixed bug that was causing malformed ENDIF lines to not be reported as an error.

Corrected Literal line processing code to detect extra LITERAL and ...

ENDLITERAL statements.
Corrected semantics of Literal line processing
so that these directives are ignored within False conditional blocks.

Changed ENDIF logic to be strict and require nothing else be on the ...

line.  This was done for consistencey with ENDLITERAL.

BUGFIX: Comments were not being passed in literal blocks. Reorganized ...

relevant code.

Reorganize the code slightly to that blank lines would be passed ...

during Literal line processing (rather than ignored as in all other cases).

Implement Literal line processing with- and without variable substitutions.

Updated API call to use correct Debug variable name.

Changed command line processing to allow options appear anywhere. ...

Made provision of Literal Line variable processing to be requested.

Added literals and API changes to support Literal line processing. ...

Cleaned up table of legal boolean values.

Correct definition of returned symbol table.

Added information on Variable Descriptor objects.

Just an API spec for now. ...

Updated to reflect new sym table structure and literal processing.

Added second example of user-defined derived variable descriptor to ...

show individual attributes being changed in different instances.

Added user defined descriptor class derived from the base found in ...

tconfpy.

Implemented logic for variable assignment.

Changed name of symbol table dumping function for clarity since it now ...

dumps the entire entry, not just the descriptor.

Further cleanup of symbol table output formatting.

Cleaned up and formatted output of symbol table descriptor.

Retooled the test driver to make use of a descriptor object rather ...

than a list.

Implemented variable descriptor as an object rather than a list for ...

simplicity of use.
Removed explicit __all__[].

Cleaned up file open error reporting for consistent format with other ...

error messages.
Implemented IF EQUIV/NOTEQUIV  conditional testing.

Added ability to use environment variable references throughout.

Cleaned up and simplified error detection and reporting. ...

Added ability to use variable references in INCLUDE statements.
Factored out state setting code so all conditionals share the same exit block.
Finished skeleton of parser.  Code stubs now exist for all legal
statement forms and an error handler exists for all remaining illegal forms.

Restructured the error/warning/debug message reporting logic ...

to report message type along with the detail.
Generally cleaned up various message types.

Corrected logic to check for extraneous text on IFALL, IFANY, IFNONE lines. ...

Added code to enforce a space after any conditional or directive token.

Changed existential conditionals to be IFALL, IFANY, IFNONE. ...

Added code to force check for extraneous text on an existential conditional.

Changed debug statement regarding non-included lines clearer.

Cleaned up error messages. ...

Reinstialled skeleton for NOTEQUIV processing.
Broke out conditional introducer as explicit token.

Implemented .ifnot logic. ...

Relaxed requirements so that .if/not only requires one or more [var] references.

Removed references to return code in the API. ...

Defined conditions to be able to use multiple variable refs.

Completed logic for existential conditional and final .endif counts. ...

Modified variable deref logic to report reference attempts to undefined variables.

Expanded DerefVar() to properly replace all variable references. ...

Put in basic support for .if [var] form.

Consolidated the builtins into the master symbol table. ...

Defined indexing constants to manipulate a variable descriptor entry.

Changed initialization of symbol table to reflect removal of ISBUILTIN flag.

Added setup to pass symbols into the parser when called. ...

Cleaned up dump of symbol table and added logic to sort the results in that case.

Minor change to Usage string.

Reflected name change of test driver to 'test-tc.py'.

Added Banner to usage output. ...

Changed program name from 'test.py' to 'test-tc.py'.

Changed line parser logic to provide debug indication that ...

a line parsed to blank and was ignored.

Changed commercial licensing terms.

Added Variable Reference regular expression and matching object.

Slight code reorganization and comment cleanup.

Improved formatting of error, warning, and debug messages.

Added parsing for .endif and .include directives.

Removed status from return API. Not needed - implied by contents ...

of the Error Messages list.

Added support for embedding reserved words and symbols. ...

Implemented .include logic.

Updated copyright.

Clarified/cleaned up input and output parameters.

Cleaned up API and return data structures. ...

Added facility for line conditioning.
Added Debug support.

Changed API and return codes.

Created skeleton for parser logic, API, and return logic.

Cleaned up formatted output.

Added formatted warning and error message output.

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Changed licensing cost language.

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