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@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ This file records noteworthy changes.
 0.8.4 (<date>)
 * simplify_indexed() renames dummy indices so, e.g., "a.i*a.i+a.j*a.j" gets
   simplified to "2*a.i*a.i".
+* Added canonicalize_clifford() function that can be helpful when comparing
+  expressions containing Dirac matrices.
+* Added a new function match() for performing pattern matching. subs() and
+  has() also accept patterns as arguments. A pattern can be any expression,
+  optionally containing wildcard objects. These are constructed with the
+  call "wild(<unsigned>)" and are denoted as "$0", "$1" etc. in the output
+  and in ginsh.
+* Added symmetrize(), antisymmetrize() and numer_denom() functions.
 * Fixed possible crash when calling subs() on expressions with non-commutative
   products.
 
@@ -12,7 +20,7 @@ This file records noteworthy changes.
 * Predefined spinor metric tensor (created by spinor_metric()).
 * Symbols can have a LaTeX name, e.g. symbol s("s", "\\sigma");
 * LaTeX output of indexed objects is much nicer.
-* Fix some build-problems (with recent libreadline).
+* Fixed some build problems (with recent libreadline).
 * Semantics of arithmetic operators now follows the C++ rules more strictly.
 
 0.8.2 (24 April 2001)