#pragmas for MAKECINT in combination with namespaces

[ginac.git] / NEWS

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@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ This file records noteworthy changes.
   - series(f(x),x,p[,o]) -> series(f(x),x==p,o)
   - gamma() -> tgamma()  (The true Gamma function, there is now also
     log(tgamma()), called lgamma(), in accord with ISO/IEC 9899:1999.)
-  - EulerGamma -> gamma
+  - EulerGamma -> Euler
 * #include'ing ginac.h defines the preprocessor symbols GINACLIB_MAJOR_VERSION,
   GINACLIB_MINOR_VERSION, and GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION with the respective GiNaC
   library version numbers.
+* Expressions can be constructed from strings like this:
+    ex e("2*x+y", lst(x, y));
+* ex::to_rational() provides a way to extend the domain of functions like
+  gcd() and divide() that only work on polynomials or rational functions
 * Several new timings in the check target.  Some of them may be rather rude 
   at your machine.