1 NOTE: NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY IS GUARANTEED FOR 0.x RELEASES !!
3 release 0.17 (12 September 2002):
5 - New features (see documentation):
6 - new function gedcom_get_by_xref
7 - age values are parsed
8 - gedcom object model in C
10 - INTERFACE CHANGE: the callback functions now take an extra argument: the
11 record/element identifier (that is also used as first argument in the
12 *_subscribe_* functions). The extra argument is the first argument.
14 - INTERFACE CHANGE: Age values are now parsed: an extra type is added to
15 the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an age_value (see documentation for
16 details). So, instead of GEDCOM_STRING, you now need to use GEDCOM_AGE
18 As a quick change, you can use the raw_value instead of the parsed_value
19 until you make the real change of using the struct age_value.
21 - INTERFACE CHANGE: The type of an xref_value can also be XREF_ANY, if
22 the actual type is not known yet. This is e.g. used in the case of an
23 association (ASSO): the cross-reference can be any object type, the
24 actual type is given by the TYPE subtag.
26 release 0.16 (16 August 2002):
28 - Another bugfixing release.
30 - Some compatibility with Lifelines 3.0.2 is added (not necessarily complete).
32 release 0.15 (27 March 2002):
34 - Again mainly a bugfixing release
36 - Compatibility with ftree is added, all GEDCOM files written by ftree
39 - Note for developers: you now have to call the function gedcom_init()
40 as soon as possible in your program (before any character set handling
41 is done, see documentation for details). If the function has not been
42 called, gedcom_parse_file() will return an error.
44 release 0.14 (20 January 2002):
46 - This is mainly a bugfixing release, no extra features have been added.
48 - Some example code is available on how to convert from UTF-8 to the locale
49 system, and how to check the library version via configure.in (see the
50 documentation for details).
52 release 0.13 (5 January 2002):
54 - Cross-references are now parsed and checked. For this, an extra type is
55 added to the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an xref pointer. This means
56 that GEDCOM_XREF_PTR has to be used now in some places instead of
58 A quick change is to replace
61 GEDCOM_XREF_PTR(val)->string
62 where applicable. But you can also store an object in the 'object' member
63 of the struct returned by GEDCOM_XREF_PTR (see documentation).
65 - Other interface changes in the callbacks:
66 - parsed tag value (integer) is passed next to the string value
67 - the start record callbacks now also contain a Gedcom_val (the NOTE can
70 - Further, various bugfixes have been made.
72 release 0.12 (31 December 2001):
74 - The calling of callbacks is now completed.
76 - Some initial documentation is available.
78 - The parsed value that is returned in callbacks can now be:
81 - a date (struct date_value)
82 See the documentation for more info. Parsing and checking of cross-
83 references will be added next.
85 release 0.11 (15 December 2001):
87 - Initial release from Sourceforge.net (developers only !)