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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Vaucanson 0.8 (May 15, 2006)}}

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* Online documentation
** [{{SERVER}}/dload/vaucanson/0.8/ref/html/index.html Vaucanson Library documentation]

== User visible changes ==

=== TAF-Kit. ===

  The Typed Automata Function Kit of Vaucanson (TAF-Kit). This is
  a packaging through binary programs of the main algorithms of
  Vaucanson. In this release, only the Boolean semiring is supported.
  See the related documentation for help.

=== Documentation. ===

  A first user's manual for TAF-Kit has been introduced.

  The [http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ Doxygen] documentation has been reworked.

== XML system. ==

  The XSD file has been extended to express transitions as XML trees.

  The XML proposal has been completly reworked.

  The XSD file path can now be set by either the environment variable
  or the CPP macro VCSN_XSD_PATH. It is also automatically checked in
  the `share` directory where this file would be installed on `make
  install`.

=== Renaming. ===

  The following renaming have been made:
* <tt>edge</tt>: is now <tt>transition</tt>,
* <tt>new_*</tt>: functions are now <tt>make_*</tt>,
* <tt>origin_of</tt> is now <tt>src_of</tt> and <tt>aim_of</tt> is <tt>dst_of</tt>,
* <tt>for_each</tt> loops have been changed to <tt>for_all</tt>, for consistency with STL <tt>for_each</tt> that uses functor.

=== Benchmarks. ===

  Some Vaucanson benchmarks have been added to the distribution. Feel
  free to make your bench results and please send us them!

=== Bug fixes. ===

  Numerous bugs have been fixed in the core library and some algorithms
  have been cleaned.

== Requirements ==

;C++&nbsp;compiler: g++ 3.[34], 4.0 or ICC 9
;XML: If you want to use the XML I/O system, you will need the Apache Xerces C++ library version 2.3.* (http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/).
;Graphviz: Highly verbose mode of the testing suites uses the AT&T dot format to
	save automaton  in a human  readable file.  Use Graphviz  to visualize
	these .dot files.

== Known Problems ==

Vaucanson is known not to work properly with Apple's G++ 4.0 on Tiger.
Actually, it seems that it is G++ 4.0 which is known not to work properly:
other library face similar issues.  We don't know how to solve the problem,
avoid it by specifying another compiler.  For instance

<nowiki>
./configure CC=gcc-3.3 CXX=g++-3.3
</nowiki>