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  w/o the $main::* syntax.  These subs are no longer anonymous
  subs, and are now compiled into the namespace of the global.asa package.

 +Apache::ASP->Loader() precompiles dynamic includes too. Making this work
  required fixing some subtle bugs / dependencies in the compiling process.

 +Added Apache::ASP->Loader() similar to Apache::RegistryLoader for
  precompiling ASP scripts.  Precompile a whole site at server 
  startup with one function call.

 +Prettied the error messaging with Debug 2.

 +$Response->Debug(@args) debugging extension, which
  allows a developer to hook into the module's debugging,
  and only have @args be written to error_log when Debug is greater
  than 0.

 -Put write locking code around State writes, like $Session
  and $Application.  I thought I fixed this bug a while ago.

 -API change: converted $Session->Timeout() and $Session->SessionID() 
  methods into $Session->{Timeout} and $Session->{SessionID} properties.
  The use of these properties as methods is deprecated, but 
  backwards compatibility will remain.  Updated ./eg/session.asp
  to use these new properties.

 +Implemented $Response->{PICS} which if set sends out a PICS-Label
  HTTP header, useful for ratings.

 +Implemented $Response->{CacheControl} and $Response->{Charset} members.
  By default, CacheControl is 'private', and this value gets sent out
  every request as HTTP header Cache-Control.  Charset appends itself
  onto the content type header.

 +Implemented $Request->BinaryRead(), $Request->{TotalBytes},
  documented them, and updated ./eg/form.asp for an example usage. 

 +Implemented $Response->BinaryWrite(), documented, and created
  and example in ./eg/binary_write.htm

 +Implemented $Server->MapPath() and created example of its use
  in ./eg/server.htm

 -$Request->Form() now reads file uploads correctly with 
  the latest CGI.pm, where $Request->Form('file_field') returns
  the actual file name uploaded, which can be used as a file handle
  to read in the data.  Before, $Request->Form('file_field') would
  return a glob that looks like *Fh::filename, so to get the file
  name, you would have to parse it like =~ s/^\*Fh\:\://,
  which you no longer have to do.  As long as parsing was done as
  mentioned, the change should be backwards compatible.

 +Updated  +enhanced documentation on file uploads.  Created extra
  comments about it as an FAQ, and under $Response->Form(), the latter
  being an obvious place for a developer to look for it.

 +Updated ./eg/file_upload.asp to show use of non file form data, 
  with which we had a bug before.

 +Finished retieing *STDIN to cached STDIN contents, so that 
  CGI input routines may be used transparently, along side with
  use of $Request->Form()

 +Cleaned up and optimized $Request code

 +Updated documentation for CGI input & file uploads.  Created
  file upload FAQ.

 +Reworked ./eg/cgi.htm example to use CGI input routines
  after doing a native read of STDIN.

 ++Added dynamic includes with <!--include file=file args=@args-->
  extension.  This style of include is compiled as an anonymous sub & 
  cached, and then executed with @args passed to the subroutine for 
  execution.  This is include may also be rewritten as a new API 
  extension: $Response->Include('file', @args)

 +Added ./eg/compiled_includes.htm example documenting new dynamic includes.

 +Documented SSI: native file includes, and the rest with filtering 
  to Apache::SSI

 +Turned the documentation of Filter config to value of Off so 
  people won't cut and paste the On config by default.

 +Added SecureSession config option, which forces session cookie to 
  be sent only under https secured www page requests.

 +Added StateDB config option allows use of DB_File for $Session, since 
  default use of SDBM_File is limited.  See StateDB in README.

 +file include syntax w/o quotes supported like <!--#include file=test.inc-->

 +Nested includes are supported, with includes including each other.
  Recursive includes are detected and errors out when an include has been 
  included 100 times for a script.  Better to quit early than 
  have a process spin out of control. (PORTABLE ? probably not)

 +Allow <!--include file=file.inc--> notation w/o quotes around file names

 -PerlSetEnv apache conf setting now get passed through to 
  $Request->ServerVariables. This update has ServerVariables 
  getting data from %ENV instead of $r->cgi_env

 +README FAQ for PerlHandler errors


=item $VERSION = 0.08; $DATE="02/06/1999";

 ++SSI with Apache::Filter & Apache::SSI, see config options & ./eg files
  Currently filtering only works in the direction Apache::ASP -> Apache::SSI,
  will not work the other way around, as SSI must come last in a set of filters

 +SSI file includes may reference files in the Global directory, better 
  code sharing

 - <% @array... %> no longer dropped from code.

 +perl =pod comments are stripped from script before compiling, and associated
  PodComments configuration options.