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         +SessionQuery config setting with $Server->URL($url, { %params } ) 
          alpha API extensions to enable cookieless sessions.

         +Debugging not longer produces internal debugging
          by default.  Set to -1,-2 for internal debugging
          for Debug settings 1 & 2.

         +Both StateSerializer & StateDB can be changed 
          without affecting a live web site, by storing 
          the configurations for $Application & $Session 
          in an internal database, so that if $Session was
          created with SDBM_File for the StateDB (default),
          it will keep this StateDB setting until it ends.

         +StateSerializer config setting.  Default Data::Dumper,
          can also be set to Storable.  Controls how data is
          serialized before writing to $Application & $Session.

         +Beefed up the make test suite.

         +Improved the locking, streamlining a bit of the 
          $Application / $Session setup process.  Bench is up to 
          22 from 21 hits / sec on dev NT box.

         +Cut more fat for faster startup, now on my dev box 
          I get 44 hits per sec Apache::ASP vs. 48 Embperl 
          vs. 52 CGI via Apache::Registry for the HelloWorld Scripts.

         -Improved linking for the online site documentation, 
          where a few links before were bad.

    $VERSION = 0.17; $DATE="11/15/99";
         ++20%+ faster startup script execution, as measured by the 
          HelloWorld bench.  I cut a lot of the fat out of 
          the code, and is now at least 20% faster on startup 
          both with and without state.

          On my dev (NT, apache 1.3.6+mod_perl) machine, I now get:

                42 hits per sec on Apache::ASP HelloWorld bench
                46 hits per sec on Embperl (1.2b10) and
                51 hits per sec for CGI Apache::Registry scripts  

          Before Apache::ASP was clocking some 31 hits per sec.
          Apache::ASP also went from 75 to 102 hits per second 
          on Solaris.

         +PerlTaintCheck On friendly.  This is mod_perl's way 
          of providing -T taint checking.  When Apache::ASP
          is used with state objects like $Session or $Application,
          MLDBM must also be made taint friendly with:

            $MLDBM::RemoveTaint = 1;

          which could be put in the global.asa.  Documented.

         +Added $Response->ErrorDocument($error_code, $uri_or_string) 
          API extension which allows for setting of Apache's error
          document at runtime.  This is really just a wrapper 
          for Apache->custom_response() renamed so it syncs with
          the Apache ErrorDocument config setting.  Updated
          documentation, and added error_document.htm example.

         =OrderCollections setting was added, but then REMOVED
          because it was not going to be used.  It bound 
          $Request->* collections/hashes to Tie::IxHash, so that data
          in those collections would be read in the order the 
          browser sent it, when eaching through or with keys.

         -global.asa will be reloaded when changed.  This broke
          when I optimized the modification times with (stat($file))[9]
          rather than "use File::stat; stat($file)->mtime"

         -Make Apache::ASP->Loader() PerlRestartHandler safe,
          had some unstrict code that was doing the wrong thing.

         -IncludesDir config now works with DynamicIncludes.

         +DebugBufferLength feature added, giving control to 
          how much buffered output gets shown when debugging errors.

         ++Tuning of $Response->Write(), which processes all
          static html internally, to be almost 50% faster for
          its typical use, when BufferingOn is enabled, and 
          CgiHeaders are disabled, both being defaults.

          This can show significant speed improvements for tight
          loops that render ASP output.

         +Auto linking of ./site/eg/ text to example scripts
          at web site.

         +$Application->GetSession($session_id) API extension, useful
          for managing active user sessions when storing session ids
          in $Application.  Documented.

         -disable use of flock() on Win95/98 where it is unimplemented

         -@array context of $Request->Form('name') returns
          undef when value for 'name' is undefined.  Put extra
          logic in there to make sure this happens.

    $VERSION = 0.16; $DATE="09/22/99";
         -$Response->{Buffer} and PerlSetVar BufferingOn
          configs now work when set to 0, to unbuffer output,
          and send it out to the web client as the script generates it.

          Buffering is enabled by default, as it is faster, and
          allows a script to error cleanly in the middle of execution.  

         +more bullet proof loading of Apache::Symbol, changed the 
          way Apache::ASP loads modules in general.  It used to 
          check for the module to load every time, if it hadn't loaded
          successfully before, but now it just tries once per httpd,
          so the web server will have to be restarted to see new installed
          modules.  This is just for modules that Apache::ASP relies on.

          Old modules that are changed or updated with an installation
          are still reloaded with the StatINC settings if so configured.