Tango 0.95 beta1 released

[Kirk McDonald]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> 
>> Dear D community
>>
>> The first public release of Tango is now ready for download.
> 
> 
> W00t!  Looks fabulous, and right on schedule, too.  The future is 
> looking bright indeed.
> 
> One thing I couldn't find browsing thought the docs: what's the 
> situation with the GC?  Have Walter's type-aware additions made it in? 
> Or is it still necessary to add manual "no_pointers_here" calls in the 
> Tango GC to avoid scans non-pointer memory blocks?
> 
> 
> One more question -- is there some kind of compile-time version check 
> that can be used in code to determine if Tango is being used or not?
> I suspect there's going to be a transition period here where people 
> would like to support both Phobos and Tango for those who haven't bit 
> the Tango bullet yet.
> 
> --bb

Yes, the "Tango" flag should be added to sc.ini (or equivalent) when 
Tango is installed. A Tango install which does not define the "Tango" 
version flag should be considered a broken install.

-- 
Kirk McDonald
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