REBOL

/Internet Messaging LanguageTM

REBOL/core

Release Notes
Version 2.1.2

(27-Aug-1999)


Changes

Here are the additions and fixes made to this version since version 2.1.1.

New Features

A new header field has been added: needs. On loading a script, the needs field is examined and compared to the current version of the executing interpreter. If the current REBOL version is less than the indicated needs version, an error is returned and the script is not loaded nor evaluated. For example,

	REBOL [
		Title:   "Include Files"
		Date:    24-Aug-1999
		Needs:   2.1.2
		File:    %include.r
		Purpose: {
			A useful function for including a single file
			or a block of files.  Web and other file paths
			are allowed.
		}
	]

In the future, the needs field will accept a dialect that will aid REBOL scripts in obtaining external dependencies.

Feedback

REBOL Technologies is very interested in the problems you may have found. To report a bug, use the feedback script included with this release. Start REBOL, then enter:

	do %feedback.r

If your REBOL system is configured to send email, the script will prompt you for information, then email your information directly to our support department.

Alternately, send an email message (no HTML or enclosures). Please write a subject line that describes the problem. Write something like "making blocks does not work" rather than just "bug." Email:

	feedback@REBOL.com

We will send an automatic confirmation of each report. If you don't get the confirmation, then we may not have received your email or the return address is incorrect.

Be sure to give us a simple example of the problem within the bug report. If it occurs in a large script, edit it down to just the bug. Please don't send large files.

Also, be sure to include the version number as is printed in the title banner. It indicates not only the version and revision, but also the update number and the platform (OS). For example,

	2.1.2.3.1

indicates that you are running Version 2.1.2 for the Windows 95/98/NT. Version numbers have the format:

	version.revision.update.platform

From the REBOL language you can obtain the version number with:

	print REBOL/version

Copyright © 1998, 1999 REBOL Technologies. All Rights Reserved. REBOLTM Messaging Language and the REBOL logo are trademarks of REBOL Technologies. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Type license at the REBOL prompt for terms of the REBOL Technologies Software End User License Agreement.