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* Changes in 2.19.2 since 2.19.1
** Code
  - The c++ runtime declared an uninitialized pump thread_id member,
    which is now initialized to the pump thread id, even when thread
    bases coroutines are in use.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - The simulator trace now always adds an eligible field to avoid
    failing to display a trace in the trace view.
  - The simulator trace now always adds eligible and labels fields even
    when an invariant is never upheld.
  - Cross interface enum lookup has been fixed to avoid a stack trace
    when verifying.
  - A verification stack trace related to the use of a collateral
    blocking action in an if expression in a function has been fixed.
  - Unnecessary curtailment of the simulator compliance trace is fixed,
    now the users attention is directed to the right location.
  - Reporting deadlock when external events are pending has now been
    fixed in the simulator.

* Changes in 2.19.1 since 2.19.0
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Using complex expressions in expression functions is now fixed
    and no longer leads to false positive <invariant> errors.
  - A false positive unreachable code error in expression functions has
    been fixed.

* Changes in 2.19.0 since 2.18.4
** Language
  - The concept of a predicate function, i.e., a boolean function
    consisting of a single expression without side effects, has been
    added.
  - A boolean implication operator `=>' has been added.
  - Invariants have been added and can use both of these features.
  - An external type (data) can now be used as the return value of
    events and functions.
** Commands
  - A new command `dzn exec' has been added to run anything in a Docker
    container, such as, `dzn exec ltsconvert ...'.
  - A new command, `dzn hash' has been added to produce a cryptographic
    hash of a dezyne file and its imports.
  - The `dzn' command has a new option: `--version-number.  This may
    simplify getting the version in environments where Dezyne is the
    only program in use that conforms to the GNU coding standards.
  - The `dzn hello' command has a new option: `--runtime' to display the
    (installed) location of the runtime.
** Parser
  - The `dzn parse' command has a new `-D,--no-directives' option,
    removing the need to use, know, or learn `grep -v ^#'.
** Code
  - Using --shell=model for a non-existent model, an imported model, or
    a non-system model now produces an error and exits unsuccessfully.
  - When generating C++ code, makefile dependencies are generated.
  - The `dzn code' command now supports generating code for multiple
    files, and for directories.
  - The `dzn code' command has a new `-t,--touch-empty-files' option
    to touch empty C++ execution units for consistency.
** Verification
  - The `--threads' option of mCRL2 202307.1 can now be used via `dzn
    --threads=N'.
  - When verifying multiple files or directories, imported models are
    skipped to prevent duplicate verification.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Trivial deadlocks in a `dzn graph' produced LTS or state-diagram in
    blocking external and collateral blocking defer contexts have been
    fixed.
  - The verify command now also respects the `--model=MODEL' selection
    when MODEL is an interface.
  - Using an expression as defer argument is flagged as an error by the
    parser.
  - False positive verification deadlocks when using shared state in
    combination with multiple provides have been fixed.  This is a
    regression introduced in 2.18.4.

* Changes in 2.18.4 since 2.18.3
** Verification
  - The unreachable code check now considers the use of individual
    triggers in an on-statement.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A false negative deadlock when using shared state in an interface
    that uses a function has been fixed.  This was a regression
    introduced in 2.18.3.
  - A bug in the code generator was fixed to handle a `call' with more
    than two arguments that are `call's.
  - A bug in the code generator was fixed when using `defer' in a
    component with a data member without state members.
  - A bug in the parser was fixed to ignore anything between dollars
    ($..$), i.e., also the string "import".
  - Several bugs in the `dzn code --language=dzn' pretty-printer have
    been fixed for nested namespaces, shared variables and void returns.
  - The test framework can be built using gcc-14.
  - A bug in the simulator with respect to eligible labels in defer
    context has been fixed.
  - The verification performance impact due to the semantic extension of
    shared state has been resolved.

* Changes in 2.18.3 since 2.18.2
** Code
  - The thread pool destructor in the C++ runtime now documents the
    pre-condition explicitly using an assert.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Shared state in the requires ports can now also be used in guards in
    the component behavior.
  - A semantic inconsistency between simulation and code and
    verification has been resolved by communicating trailing assignments
    after flushing the component queue.
  - To and from string enum functions for enums nested in components are
    now also generated.  This was a regression introduced in 2.18.0.
  - Well-formedness checks have been added for replying or returning a
    non-literal void expression.
  - A well-formedness check was added to assert function parameters and
    variables are not declared of type void.
  - A problem where the well-formedness check would erroneously report a
    recursion error for a deferred call has been fixed.
  - A bug has been fixed in the simulator where simulating strictly up
    to a choice with a subint value would cause a crash.  This was a
    regression introduced in 2.18.2.
  - The unobservable non-determinism check in the simulator now also
    reports non-determinism when there are two or more deterministic
    traces in addition to non-deterministic traces.
  - The unobservable non-determinism check in the simulator no longer
    reports non-determinism when the traces are observably different.

* Changes in 2.18.2 since 2.18.1
** Code
  - The C++ runtime headers can now be compiled with `-Werror -Wshadow';
    An extra file `coroutine.cc' was added.
** Simulation
  - The simulator now supports semicolon (`;') separated input trails.
  - The simulator now truncates the trace leading up to a non-compliance
    error at the first offending event.
** Verification
  - The `-D,--non-non-compliance' option was removed.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A false negative illegal in collateral blocking context will now be
    reported correctly by verify.
  - A false positive non-compliance error in blocking context is no
    longer reported by the simulator.
  - A forking compliance error in multiple provides context will now be
    displayed correctly again by simulate.  This was a regression
    introduced in 2.18.0.
  - The simulator will now prioritize the reporting of an illegal error
    over a non-compliance, also without using `--no-compliance'.
  - A crash in the `--language=json' output has been fixed when not
    removing a behavior containing functions.
  - The performance degradation of 2.18.0's verify that notably impacts
    armoring components that weren't upgraded to take advantage of the
    2.17 `implicit interface constraints' feature yet, has been reduced.

* Changes in 2.18.1 since 2.18.0
** Code
  - C++ runtime facilitates shared-state strictness through the
    dzn_strict_p boolean, which is explicitly set to true by the
    generated code, and therefore false by default.  Note that the
    default case is aimed at thread safe shell systems, which do not
    support shared state on their boundary events.
  - Shared state enables the generated code to enforce the behavior of
    each interface.  Any event which is illegal from the interface point
    of view will now instantly trigger an illegal assert at runtime.
  - In the C++ runtime the timer handling behavior has been changed to
    prevent infinite timer loops using a 0 timeout delay.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - The simulator again allows observable non-determinism in interfaces;
    disallowing this was a regression introduced in 2.18.0.
  - The dezyne version is now also added to installed C and C++ headers.
  - In the generated (C++) code, a local enum variable used only as a
    field test in a defer statement is now captured by value and
    can no longer go out of scope.
  - A bug was fixed in the verifier that would erroneously flag a
    deadlock when using nested guarding.
  - During verification of a component, interface models are verified
    only once.
  - The C++ runtime now has a specialization of dzn::check_bindings
    specifically for foreign components.
  - The well-formedness check now also reports redefinition errors for
    names in a namespace.
  - A bug in the location calculation was fixed that would lead to a
    quadratic performance problem for large files (over 10,000 lines).
  - A bug in the simulator that would erroneously flag a
    <non-compliance> error for a non-deterministic interface has been
    fixed; this was a regression introduced in 2.18.0.

* Changes in 2.18.0 since 2.17.3
** Language
  - A component can now directly refer to the state values of its ports
    from an expression (guard, if, assignment).
  - The undocumented feature of defining models and types using a name
    with an inline dotted namespace has been removed.
** Build
  - The test runner now has a `--t,--timeout' option, using a 5min
    default.
  - For C and C++, include headers are installed in <includedir>/dzn.
  - For C, a new libdzn library is built and installed in <libdir>
    on systems that have GNU pth.
  - For C++, a new libdzn-c++ library are built and installed in
    <libdir> on systems that have pthreads.
** Verification
  - A new `-T,--timings' option now shows detailed timings for the
    different stages like: parse, normalization and mCRL2.
  - The compliance check is no longer skipped when the unreachable code
    check reports errors.
  - The `-j,--jitty' flag has been removed.
** Code
  - C++ implements directly referring to the state values of its port.
  - Lambda capture lists explicitly refer to `this' since C++20
    deprecates the implicit capture for `='.
  - The code generator backends for C++, C#, and C have been rewritten
    based on [[https://gitlab.com/janneke/scmackerel][SCMackerel]].
  - The experimental C code generator now supports blocking and defer,
    strictly single-threaded, using [[https://www.gnu.org/software/pth/][GNU Portable Threads]].
  - The C++ and C runtime and code generator now use a more consistent
    coding style [[https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Formatting.html][GNU Coding Standards]].
  - The C++ code generator and runtime now adds the source code location
    of an illegal.
  - The C++ generated code no longer adds `check_bindings',
    `dump_tree' functions to components; Use runtime functions
    `dzn::check_bindings' and `dzn::dump_tree' instead.
  - The C++ generated code no longer generates global `connect'
    functions; Use the runtime function `dzn::connect' instead.
  - Setting the dzn_share_p boolean in a port to false, before it is
    connected, allows disabling maintaining state sharing, as well as
    strict illegal checking.  This is a (temporary) workaround for an
    interface that is more restrictive than its handwritten implementation.
  - The pretty printer (code --language=dzn) now also supports most
    synthesized AST elements which is especially useful in combination
    with transformations (`-t,--transform').
  - When generating code for a thread-safe shell system, i.e., using
    `-s,--shell', the well-formedness check will now assert that
    its outer requires ports are marked `external'.
  - For languages `json' and `makreel', the `-o,--output' option is now
    honored too.
  - The `-s,--shell' option can now be used multiple times.
  - The `--language=json' output no longer implicitly remove behaviors.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A verification bug was fixed that would erroneously report a
    deadlock for non-deterministic interface constraints.
  - A verification bug was fixed to correctly report unreachable code
    when interface and component imperative statement locations overlap.
  - Running the parser in `-f,--fall-back' mode now shows a parse tree
    again; a regression introduced in 2.17.2.
  - Event names can now overlap with toplevel names.
  - For C++, it is no longer necessary to add tracing to events
    implemented in handwritten code, the runtime now takes care of this.
  - The `dzn_' prefix is used more consistently in generated code to
    avoid possible clashes with user defined names.
  - When generating executable code, using an empty dollar expression
    ($$) now raises a well-formedness error.
  - The verification no longer reports a false positive defer-induced
    <queue-full> when using defer after a function call.
  - A bug in the name resolver has been fixed that would lead to a
    quadratic performance impact when looking up an undefined type.
  - Use of the unreachable code check, which is enabled by default,
    would add `tag (line, column)' arguments on the `dzn lts' command
    line, making it more prone to hit the [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/shell-experience/command-line-string-limitation][arbitrary 8191 command-line
    limit]]) when running `dzn verify' on a Windows desktop.  Tags have
    been moved from the command-line to the verify pipeline; Note, the
    limit on Windows remains for other user input derived information
    communicated via the command-line.
  - Building the C++ pump using the `Boost::Coroutine' library works out
    of the box again.  This was a regression introduced in 2.16.0.
  - In the C++ runtime `dzn::thread::defer' has been renamed to
    `dzn::async' and its definition has been moved to `std-async.cc'.
  - The `std::async' in the C++ pump has been replaced by `dzn::async'
    to allow selecting between `std::async' and `dzn::thread::pool' by
    either linking to `std-async.cc' or `thread-pool.cc' respectively.
    This allows working around the arbitrary limits in `std::async'
    observed on some Microsoft systems.
  - The C++ thread-pool no longer joins threads at destruction, instead
    it detaches them.
  - The well-formedness check now allows using an early return in a
    tail-recursive function.
  - The well-formedness check now allows statements after a
    non-recursive call in a recursive function.
  - A bug leading to stray verification errors was fixed for two
    triggers using the same imperative statement.
  - The simulator now correctly reports a queue-full error for a
    non-compliant component where an unbounded defer is only restricted
    by its interface constraint.
  - The C++ thread-pool now respects its resource dependencies by
    declaring members in the proper order to allow problem/error free
    destruction.
  - The well-formedness check now reports a guard statement used in an
    imperative context.
  - A bug has been fixed in the C++ code generator for a system in a
    namespace, using a component instance from another namespace.
  - The performance of the unreachable code check has been improved.
  - A well-formedness check has been added to for `return' to be the
    final statement of a block.

* Changes in 2.17.3 since 2.17.2
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Event names can now overlap with toplevel names.
  - In C++ the ability added in 2.17.1 to inject ports of foreign
    components lead to a data race in tracing when the foreign port is
    shared across multiple thread safe shell threads.  This is now
    fixed.  However, the tracing of foreign interaction is incorrect
    for all but the last constructed client.  The only way to correct
    this is to offer a port per client on the foreign component.

* Changes in 2.17.2 since 2.17.1
** Code
  - The experimental C code generator now supports out-parameters.
** Commands
  - The different queue sizes: component, defer, external can now be set
    individually using `--queue-size', `--queue-defer' and
    `--queue-size-external'.  The defaults are respectively: 3, 2 and 1.
** Verification
  - The error on failing the determinism check is no longer ambiguous by
    removing "due to overlapping guards" from the message.
** Simulation
  - The error on failing the determinism check is no longer ambiguous by
    removing "due to overlapping guards" from the message.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A bug was fixed in the type name lookup of a formal parameter
    binding (a <- b).
  - A bug was fixed in generalized integer expressions of form `a-b-c'.
  - A bug was fixed in the normalization involving implicit temporaries
    that would crash the verifier on constructs like g (f ($0$)).
  - A bug was fixed in the verifier that could lead to a false positive
    for models that have a blocking skip race.
  - The verifier no longer hangs attempting to create a witness for a
    livelock in a non-deterministic interface.
  - The well-formedness check now reports declarative statements inside
    a function as being incorrect.
  - A bug was fixed in the verifier for reporting queue-full cases for
    an external port.  As a result, queue-full is now reported during
    the illegal check and not as part of the deadlock check.
  - The `dzn simulate` command now exits gracefully when no dezyne
    model is found.

* Changes in 2.17.1 since 2.17.0
** Code
  - The C++ code generator now places the enum stream operator `<<' in
    the same namespace as its type to be resolved through ADL.
  - The C++ code generator and runtime now place all std::string
    conversion functions in the dzn namespace.
  - The C++ code generator and runtime now use a illegal handler
    `handle' function annotated with `noreturn'.

* Changes in 2.17.0 since 2.16.3
** Language
  - A component's behavior is now implicitly constrained by the behavior
    of its provides interfaces.
  - Unary minus is now supported in integer expressions.
  - Integer expressions have been generalized: It is no longer necessary
    to split a longer expression or to use parameters.
  - Support for `dzn.async' ports has been removed.
** Parser
  - A new transformation has been added: `tag-imperative-blocks'.
  - Reduced well-formedness checking overhead by about 50%.
  - The behavior of imported components is no longer checked for
    well-formedness.
  - Defining an event in an interface and not using it in its behavior is
    now reported as a well-formedness error.
** Verification
  - The verifier now checks for unreachable code.
  - As a result of the unreachable code check, two identical on
    statements are now reported as having an overlapping guard.
  - The verifier has a new option `-C,--no-constraint' to disable
    the constraining of a component's behavior.
  - The verifier has a new option '-D,--non-non-compliance' to report a
    deadlock error instead of a non-compliance error.
  - The verifier has a new option `-U,--no-unreachable' to disable the
    unreachable code check.
  - The verifier has a new option `--jitty' to run `lps2ts' using
    `--rewriter=jittyc' for large models.
** Code
  - The performance of the code generators has been improved by skipping
    normalization of imported interfaces and components.
  - The generated C++ and its runtime now uses typed pointers instead of
    void pointers for component instances.
  - The C++ code generator now uses C++11 style enums, instead of struct
    scoped C style enums.
  - The return type of the enum to_string function has been changed from
    std::string to char const*.
  - The enum stream operator `<<' has been templatized to allow
    overloading for character type and traits.
  - The C++ code generator no longer generates redundant enum
    declarations and corresponding string conversion functions.
  - The C++ code generator now places the foreign skeleton constructor
    into its own compilation unit.  This assures compilation with
    non-redundantly generated new style enums regardless of import
    ordering.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Some longstanding bugs have been fixed in relation to
    + Extending nested namespaces in imports,
    + Referencing partially named identifiers,
    by a full rewrite of the lookup algorithm.
  - The C++ code generator now supports imported foreign components.
  - The C# code generator now supports foreign components returning a
    enum that is defined in an interface.
  - The experimental C code generator no longer generates duplicate enum
    string conversion functions.
  - The experimental C code generator now supports a foreign component at the
    top of a system.
  - The well-formedness check no longer crashes on a binary expression
    with a data constant.

* Changes in 2.16.3 since 2.16.2
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A bug was fixed in the C++ and C# code generators where a data
    parameter could shadow an event method.
  - Simulation of an interface with a subint event type now works
    correctly.
  - In the C++ runtime, a bug was fixed where a debug stream disabled
    with a nullptr streambuf could be used.
  - Using an enum or data type defined in an imported interface that is
    otherwise unused, is now supported.  As a consequence, code must be
    generated for all files now, i.e., also for files that only define
    types or use dollars.

* Changes in 2.16.2 since 2.16.1
** Language
  - In a valued function, after an "illegal" a return is no longer
    required.
  - Shadowing of a type name with a variable identifier is now a
    well-formedness error.
  - Compound namespace definitions are now supported.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A bug in the C++ and C# runtime has been fixed that could lead to
    reading from an empty list of timers when using defer.
  - The C++ code generator no longer generates multiple includes when
    multiple interfaces are defined in one file ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/75][#75]]).
  - The simulator now produces a correct split-arrow trace for certain
    models with a V-fork compliance error.
  - A crash in normalization has been fixed for certain models with
    non-deterministic guards.
  - The well-formedness check now gracefully handles an action with an
    undefined type, used in an expression, and report the error.
  - The parser no longer crashes when using a comment on an enum field.
  - The `inline-functions' transformation now correctly handles the
    optional list of function names and also transforms function bodies.
  - A system diagram can now also be generated for some incomplete
    (faulty) systems.

* Changes in 2.16.1 since 2.16.0
** Code
  - In the the C++ runtime, the signature of skip_block has been changed
    and moved into the call_helper.
  - The C# code generator now supports using a requires injected port in
    a foreign component.
** Verification
  - A performance regression since 2.15.4 for certain types of model was
    fixed.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A regression was fixed in the C++ and C# code generators that could
    make a valued blocking trigger not block if an earlier non-blocking
    reply was issued on the same port.
  - A regression was fixed in the C++ code generator for foreign
    components using a requires injected port.
  - The simulator now correctly shows a compliance error for a blocked
    trigger that is (marked) illegal in the provides interface.
  - The C++ runtime now avoids a compiler warning when using -DNDEBUG.

* Changes in 2.16.0 since 2.15.4
** Language
  - A new keyword `defer' has been introduced.
  - The `dzn.async' ports are now deprecated.
  - Complex boolean and integer expressions are now supported.
** Build
  - The tests for the experimental Scheme code generator are now being
    compiled.
  - The tests for the experimental Scheme and JavaScript code generators
    now also execute out-of-the-box in a container.
** Code
  - The C++, C#, and experimental Scheme code generators support `defer'.
  - The experimental Scheme code generator now also supports collateral
    blocking and thus has full blocking support.
  - The C++ and C# runtime now has a more elegant and efficient
    implementation for collateral blocking.
  - The code generators now produce expressions with `&&' and `||' using
    courtesy parentheses.  This avoids compiler warnings.
  - The code generators no longer produce unnecessarily parenthesized
    and complex expressions.  This also avoids CLANG compiler warnings.
  - The code generators now preserve the top level comment.
** Commands
  - The `dzn' command has a new option: `-t,--transform=TRANS'.  This
    makes dzn->dzn transformation available from the command line.
    + New transformations have been added:
      `add-determinism-temporaries`, `inline-functions',
      `simplify-guard-expressions', and `split-complex-expressions'.
    + The `add-explicit-temporaries' transformation now supports complex
      boolean and integer expressions ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/67][#67]]).
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Some warnings in the C++ runtime have been fixed and side-stepped.
  - The mCRL2 code generator now generates correct code for an unused
    assignment from an action or function call as only statement in a
    branch of an if-statement.
  - Shadowing of a variable in a branch of an if-statement is no longer
    rejected.
  - The simulator now correctly displays a V-fork compliance error in a
    blocking trace.
  - The simulator now correctly handles a trace with foreign provides
    triggers.

* Changes in 2.15.4 since 2.15.3
** Code
  - In C++, C# and the experimental Scheme code generators, a
    formal-binding ("<-") to assign an out-parameter is now also
    supported without blocking, in a synchronous out event context
    ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/74][#74]]).

* Changes in 2.15.3 since 2.15.2
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A bug in the C++, C#, and the experimental Scheme and JavaScript
    runtime and code-generators was fixed for the use of handwritten
    foreign components without skeleton support (this is not
    recommended!).  This was a regression in 2.15.0 and for the
    experimental code generators in 2.15.2.

* Changes in 2.15.2 since 2.15.1
** Build
  - The test suite now passes on i686-linux.
** Code
  - The c++ runtime now avoids making unnecessary copies.
  - The c++ runtime now avoids construction of trace strings when
    tracing is disabled.
  - The experimental c, javascript, and scheme code generators now pass
    the test suite for their partial supported feature set.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - The parser now accepts `on <event>, inevitable:' and `on <event>,
    optional:'.  This was a regression since 2.9.1.
  - The `dzn graph' command now also honors the -m,--model option for
    --format=json.
  - The `dzn graph --backend=state' command now produces sorted output.
  - The simulator no longer changes the state of the provides port
    without showing provides port interaction when using
    `-C,--no-compliance'.
  - The order of `-I,--import' options is now preserved.
  - The dzn code generator has been fixed by:
    + Adding spacing for port qualifiers,
    + Adding support for `blocking' port qualifier,
    + Preserving data type definitions,
    + Preserving the scope of of function types,
    + Including import statements.
  - A bug was fixed in the experimental c code generator with respect to
    negation in expressions.
  - The experimental javascript and scheme code generators now support
    reply on a synchronous out event.
  - The experimental c, javascript and scheme code generators now use a
    colon (`:') as separator between the enum-type and enum-field, in
    compliance with this change in 2.13.0.
  - The experimental scheme code generator now supports non-collateral
    blocking, i.e., exclusively in the top component of a system.

* Changes in 2.15.1 since 2.15.0
** Build
  - Tests that produce unstable witnesses have been disabled so that the
    test-suite now passes with different builds of mCRL2 that, in case
    of multiple counter examples, leads to reporting one of them
    (pseudo) randomly.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Verification no longer erroneously reports a deadlock when using
    blocking in a synchronous context.
  - The simulator no longer prints the initiating port event arrow twice
    which would lead to an invalid split-arrows trace for certain
    compliance errors.
  - The simulator now synthesizes the missing port action in case of a
    compliance error, to produce a complete split-arrows trace.
  - The simulator now reports a second reply error at the return of a
    void event if a reply was already set.
  - The simulator now reports a deadlock when using a void reply in a
    non-blocking synchronous context.
  - The simulator no longer reports a deadlock when using a skip-block
    reply in a function.
  - The simulator now correctly postpones flushing in system context
    when using multiple out events on a single modeling event until all
    events are enqueued.

* Changes in 2.15.0 since 2.14.0
** Language
  - Blocking is now fully supported, it may be used:
    + In non-toplevel components,
    + In a component with multiple provides ports, but see the
      `Blocking' section in the manual for caveats,
    + A new `blocking' qualifier for ports must be used if a port can
      block, or block collaterally.
  - Using unobservable non-determinism in interfaces is no longer
    supported.
  - An action or function call can now also be used in a return
    expression ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/67][#67]]).  Note that recursive functions still cannot be
    valued.
** Commands
  - The `dzn explore' command has been removed.
** Verification
  - The verifier now supports blocking for components with multiple
    provides ports.
  - The verifier now detects possible deadlock errors due to a requires
    action blocking collaterally, which could happen when a component
    deeper in the system hierarchy uses blocking.
  - The option `--no-interface-determinism' has been removed for `dzn
    verify'.
** Simulation
  - The simulator now supports collateral blocking.
  - In interactive mode:
    + The new ,state command show the state ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/66][#66]]),
    + The new ,quit command exits the session,
    + The simulator does not exit when supplying empty input.
  - The simulator now detects possible deadlock errors due to a requires
    action blocking collaterally, which could happen when a component
    deeper in the system hierarchy uses blocking.
  - The simulator now detects livelocks in interfaces at end of trail.
  - The simulator now detects queue-full errors caused by external at
    end of trail.
  - The `dzn simulate' command now supports the `-C,--no-compliance',
    `--no-interface-livelock' and `-Q,--no-queue-full' options,
** Code
  - The C++ and C# code generators and runtime now fully support
    collaterally blocking components.
  - The C++ and C# code generators generators now support reply on a
    synchronous out event.
** Views
  - Returns are no longer removed from the state-diagram.  Using the new
    `--hide=returns' (or `--hide=actions') now removes void action
    returns.
** Documentation
  - Blocking has been updated and extended.
  - A new section on foreign components was added.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Using the construct `provides external' (which has no semantics) no
    longer confuses the simulator.
  - A bug has been fixed that would cause the well-formedness check for
    system bindings to ignore certain missing bindings.
  - A bug has been fixed when assigning a value to a formal parameter of
    a function.
  - A bug has been fixed in the vm that would cause graph or simulate to
    hang when using a foreign component that has both provides and
    requires ports (note: don't do that!).
  - The test framework can be built using gcc-11.
  - A bug has been fixed in the code generator when assigning to a local
    variable that shadows a formal parameter or member variable.
  - A bug has been fixed in the verifier when creating a new local
    variable or assigning a variable that remains otherwise unused.
  - The simulation function now supports injection of foreign
    components.
  - The trace produced by running dezyne code is now correct when using
    injected foreign components.
  - A bug has been fixed that would cause the verifier to overlook
    non-determinism in a component.
  - Using external data in binary expressions is now reported as an
    error ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/64][#64]]).
  - The parser no longer reports "<unknown-type>" expected when an
    external type definition is missing.
  - The well-formedness check of the parser no longer hangs when a
    component has the same name as one of its interfaces.
  - An interface can now have the same name as its namespace.

* Changes in 2.14.0 since 2.13.3
** Release
  - Dezyne is now released as free software, under the terms of the GNU
    Affero General Public Licence, version 3 or later (AGPL3+).  The
    Dezyne runtime is released under the GNU Lesser General Public
    License, version 3 or later (LGPL3+).
  - Dezyne now mostly conforms to the [[https://reuse.software][reuse 3.0]] specification (except
    where it conflicts with the GNU standard names of license files).
** Language
  - The need for temporary variables has been removed for the most
    common cases; the expression of the `if' and `reply' statement now
    allows the use of a single valued action or function call.  The '&&'
    and the '||' operators allow them as their left-hand operand only
    ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/26][#26]]).
  - The need for explicit illegals in interfaces has been removed.
  - The `behaviour' keyword has been deprecated and is renamed to
    `behavior', as software commonly uses US English.
** Parser
  - The well-formedness check now reports incorrect usage of blocking
    out-bindings.
  - The well-formedness check now uses `info' for any informational
    messages that follow an error.
  - Using a formal binding (<-) with non-data member variable is now
    reported as an error.
  - Well-formedness errors are made more consistent.
** Verification
  - The interface completeness check has been removed; just like
    components, unspecified events in an interface behavior are now
    marked implicitly illegal.
  - The beginning of a livelock loop is now marked in the trace with
    "<loop>" ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/44][#44]]).
  - The dependency on the `m4-cw' tool has been removed from the
    verification pipeline.
** Simulation
  - The beginning of a livelock loop is now marked in the trace with
    "<loop>" ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/44][#44]]).
  - In case of a non-compliance error related to mixing inevitable and
    optional the simulator now reports which events are expected to be
    inevitable and which are optional in the interface ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/61][#61]]).
** Code
  - In the generated C++, the initialization of the meta object in the
    member initialization list of a component or system uses the address
    of the meta objects of its ports.  An instance of the Clang compiler
    reports a false positive when using the -Wuninitialized
    option. Although the ports have not been initialized at this point
    the address of a member is valid and can be safely captured. This is
    now side stepped by deferring the initialization of this field to the
    body of the constructor.
** Views
  - A new command `dzn graph' can be used to generate graphs using
    different backends: "dependency", "lts", "state", and "system".  The
    "state" backend now supports hiding of unwanted detail.  The new
    options `-R,--remove=...' and `-H,--hide=...' can be used to
    filter-out port state or extended state from the nodes, action
    transition labels or even all transition labels ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/29][#29]]).
  - The `dzn explore' command has been deprecated and users are
    requested to use `dzn graph' instead.  `dzn explore' is planned to
    be removed in the next release.
** Documentation
  - The Dezyne Reference Manual has been largely rewritten and the
    outdated Dezyne Tutorial has been removed.
  - The "Well-formedness" chapter has been updated to use the
    well-formed errors that are actually generated.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - The use of an undefined variable now produces a parse error.  This
    regression was introduced in 2.13.3.
  - The use of an interface enum as event now produces a parse error.
  - The simulator now also reports a Y-fork: forking a requires-out
    event to more than one provides ports.
  - The simulator no longer reports false positives for the interface
    unobservably non-deterministic check.
  - The simulator no longer lists events on a blocked port as eligible.
  - The simulator no longer reports false positives for the compliance
    check in the case of a blocking trace with a stateful provides port.
  - A quadratic performance problem when parsing pre-processed dezyne
    input has been fixed.
  - The parser now avoids repeating `stat' calls, improving the
    performance of parsing large projects on Windows.

* Changes in 2.13.3 since 2.13.2
** Parser
  - Using newlines in `dollar'-expressions and toplevel
    `dollar'-statements is no longer reported as an error.
** Verification
  - The length of the command-line used by the verification pipeline has
    been reduced, allowing Windows users to verify larger models (still
    up to the [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/shell-experience/command-line-string-limitation][arbitrary 8191 command-line limit]]) ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/31][#31]]):
    + The `dzn lts' command now has a new --exclude-tau option that is
      used in the verification pipeline.  This reduces the length of the
      command-line by about 2/3rds,
    + The `ltscompare' command as used in the verification pipeline no
      longer contains duplicate or unused events.  This reduces the
      length of the command-line in some cases by an order of magnitude.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - The default model selection for a command no longer considers
    imported models ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/46][#46]]).
  - Verification and simulation now have a new check that disallows
    non-deterministic behaviour in interfaces which is not directly but
    indirectly observable by the client.
  - The new option `--no-interface-determinism' can be used to disable
    this check on `dzn verify' and `dzn simulate'.
  - Stateful models with a livelock performed poorly in explore.
    Therefore state diagrams or LTSses for models with a livelock are
    now truncated.
  - On `dzn explore, the `--queue-size' parameter now works.
  - The deadlock check in the simulator no longer performs a full
    (expensive) run of all events, greatly improving the performance for
    some models.
  - A bug in the simulator was fixed that lead to quadratic duplication
    of identical traces for each extra event on the input, with dramatic
    impact on performance ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/52][#52]]).
  - A bug in the simulator was fixed that lead to unbounded retry of
    silent event execution.  This regression was introduced in 2.13.2.
  - A bug in the simulator was fixed that could cause a reply value in a
    port to be overwritten by the reply value of its component, leading
    to a wrong and incomprehensible output trace.
  - A bug in the simulator was fixed that would skip a block when
    an earlier reply was mistaken for a release.
  - A bug in the simulator was fixed that would skip a block when
    flushing the queue.
  - A bug in the verifier since 2.8.0 was fixed.  It caused back-to-back
    function calls to produce invalid mCRL2 code.
  - A bug in the parser has been fixed that allowed using parentheses on
    actions in an interface; this is now an error (improves [[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/39][#39]]).
  - An oversight since 2.10 in the c++ code generator was fixed.
    Component constructors now default initialize reply values.
  - The `dzn language' command has been greatly improved ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/38][#38]],[[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/41][#41]]):
    + Incomplete or garbled parse-trees are handled more gracefully,
    + Lookup was rewritten to breadth-first and to allow memoization
      for better performance,
    + Lookup now supports bool, subint and extern variables, arguments,
      event type, formals, expressions, blocking out-bindings, component
      instances, system bindings, and namespaces,
    + Completion was rewritten to use type resolving based on context
      accessors,
    + Completion now supports bool, subint and extern variables,
      arguments, assignments, formals, if and else, imports, optional
      and inevitable, otherwise, port-qualifiers, reply, return, system
      bindings, and namespaces,
    + Completion now includes the full type signature when completing
      triggers ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/51][#51]]),
    + Completion now better handles incomplete or garbled parse trees,
    + Two bugs were fixed where completion would enter unbounded
      recursion,
    + The `--line' option was added as an alias for `--point',
    + When using the `-d,--debug' option on `dzn', the relevant parse
      tree element is shown,
    + A new `--stress' option was added to test completion in an
      automated and exhaustive way,
    + 126 new tests for lookup and completion were added.

* Changes in 2.13.2 since 2.13.1
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - The simulator would produce an invalid split-arrows trace for
    certain combinations of blocking and external ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/34][#34]]).
  - In the simulator, events on the input trail now determine when an
    external event is executed, i.e., taken out of the queue.
  - On the split-arrows trace, external q-in events are now hidden.
  - Six new regression-tests on the `external' feature where added along
    with fixes for the simulator.
  - The simulator's major performance bottle necks have been addressed
    ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/36][#36]]).
  - The simulator now prioritizes errors in the same order as
    verification does; a possible error trace is always shown.
  - On `dzn simulate', the `--queue-size' parameter now works.
  - dzn explore:
    + A bug that left some states without a label has been fixed,
    + The "tau" label on tau-transitions has been removed,
    + Duplicate transitions due to non-determinism are merged.

* Changes in 2.13.1 since 2.13.0
** Parser
  - The well-formedness check now reports an error when the ports of a
    binding have different types.
** Simulation
  - The 'dzn simulate' command now supports using --format="diagram"
    directly.  It also supports the -i,--internal option from `dzn
    trace' for this.
  - In interactive mode, the `dzn simulate' command now uses GNU
    Readline.
  - When simulating interactively and an async ack is pending, show
    first observable action triggered by the async ack as eligible
    event.
  - In interactive mode, the simulator now prints the action where input
    is needed to resolve a non-deterministic choice.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - The C++ and C# runtime has an updated pump that fixes the collateral
    blocked release that was previously only handled during pump
    destruction ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/23][#23]]).
  - The C++ code generator now correctly sets async ranking for thread
    safe shells.
  - A bug in verification has been fixed that would sometimes
    cause invalid mCRL2 code, resulting in a backtrace.
  - A bug in verification has been fixed that would attempt to add
    missing void returns to valued functions.
  - The well-formedness check now reports two more cases of missing
    returns in a valued function: An else branch without return, and the
    empty function body.
  - In the simulator, the location of <q-out> events has been fixed.
  - In the simulator, a crash related to injected has been fixed in the
    default split-arrows trace output.
  - In the simulator, two bugs with respect to scoping function
    variables have been fixed.
  - The simulator now skips the (expensive) deadlock check when input is
    needed to resolve a non-deterministic choice.
  - A bug in the simulator's trace output has been fixed that caused
    some eligible event names to be prefixed with "sut." when simulating
    an interface.
  - The simulator now updates the provides ports right after flushing
    async.
  - The simulator now skips the deadlock check for illegal traces.
  - The simulator now shows complete split-arrows trace for deadlock
    errors.
  - The simulator now supports systems with dangling injected ports,
    which may happen when simulating a sub system that relies on an
    injected instance from an outer system.
  - A bug in the simulator was fixed where a trace needing input leading
    up to a non-deterministic choice would already include one of the
    possible choices at the end.
  - A bug in the simulator was fixed that generated duplicate traces.
  - The ASCII trace diagram now supports interface traces.

* Changes in 2.13.0 since 2.12.0
** Simulation
  - Interactive use is now supported, it is started when invoked without
    input trail.
  - The input trail may now be sparse, only the input needed to resolve
    non-deterministic choices is required.
  - The split-arrows trace format is now used by default.  It includes
    the provides port trace.
  - The eligible events are printed at the end of the trace.
  - Invalid input (garbage) on the trail is marked as an error.
  - All verification problems are detected and reported, notably:
    + async livelock,
    + failures model refusals,
    + forking a call from one provides port to another provides port,
    + a second async req, while a previous ack is still pending,
    + a reply on a modeling event in an interface.
  - A provides port that uses silent events is now supported.
** Commands
  - The `dzn trace' command has two new output formats:
    + --format=json provides P5 output for integration with Dezyne-IDE,
    + --format=ascii provides an trace diagram.
  - The JSON output for the state diagram now produces actions and state
    as structured data.
** Verification
  - Enum literals in the verification trace now use a colon as separator
    between the enum-type and enum-field.  This resolves a long standing
    ambiguity in the trace format.
  - The verification standard output is now adds the model name next to
    the trace.
  - The trace is now marked with a <label> indicating the problem found
    during verification.
  - Verbose output is written to standard error.
  - The `--json' option has been removed.
  - Async livelocks, i.e., defer.ack () => defer.req () are now
    detected and reported.
** Code generation
  - The C++ code generator has been updated to support the new enum
    literal representation.
  - The C# runtime has been updated to support the new enum literal
    representation.
  - The experimental C code generator now properly supports systems,
    foreign components and namespaces.
  - The C# runtime now defines a generic async interface; async
    interfaces are no longer generated.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - A type mismatch is now also properly reported when attempting an
    enum field access on a boolean ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/19][#19]]).
  - An undefined function is now also properly reported for a function
    call that has arguments ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/18][#18]]).
  - Verification now reports a livelock with async.
  - In the simulator, for a requires out event on a model with multiple
    provides ports, all provides ports are now being updated.
  - In the preprocessor, an off-by-one line count error has been fixed
    for deeply nested imports.
  - Generating code using a calling context for a model that uses
    dzn.async is now supported ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/20][#20]]).
  - Using the same async interface with parameters more than once no
    longer triggers a well-formedness error.
  - The C++ and C# code generators no longer create structs or classes
    for async interfaces with parameters.
  - Using an early return pattern in a function now no longer reports a
    false positive <livelock> or <second-reply> error ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/27][#27]]).
  - The C++ and C# runtime and pump now queue events that are sent to a
    blocked port ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/23][#23]]).
  - The C++ and C# runtime no longer releases collaterally blocked ports
    early, avoiding "component already handling an event" ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/23][#23]]).

* Changes in 2.12.0 since 2.11.0
** Commands
  - A new command 'dzn explore' can be used to create LTSses and accurate
    state diagrams of interfaces, components and systems.
  - A new command 'dzn simulate' provides a basic system simulator.
  - Code completion now supports boolean expressions in (partial) guards
    and (partial) enum field tests.
** Parser
  - The `dzn parse' command has a new option: --list-models.
  - The import file-name now supports relative directories.
** Verification
  - The verification pipeline was refactored and opened-up:
    + The actual pipeline commands are shown when running `dzn -d verify
      ...', ready for use on the command line.
    + The dzn verify command now has a new '--out=FORMAT' option to
      produce intermediate verification output of a certain FORMAT.
** Code generation
  - Code generation has been cleaned-up.
    + Language packs are now supported.
    + The code generators produce less gratuitous whitespace.
    + The code indenter cleans-up orphan parentheses when generating
      Scheme code.
  - The C# code generator (language CS) has been resurrected.
  - The generated code now provides  basic provenance by adding a
    `Generated by dzn code from <file-name>' comment, removing any
    question of copyright.  Protip: for reproducible output, use a
    relative dezyne file name.
  - The json code generator (for the system diagram) now strips
    behaviours and leaf-locations.
** Language
  - Lookup of imports is now supported.
  - Completion of guard expressions and field-tests are now supported.
** Build
  - Building with Guile 3.0.5 and guile-json-4 is now supported.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Unresolved imports are handled ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/6][#6]]).
  - Duplicate imports when using different directory prefixes ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/7][#7]]).
  - A regression has been fixed that caused parsing of a system with
    many imports (> 20) to become very slow ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/8][#8]]).
  - c++ thread_pool support is now off by default, like it should be ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/10][#10]]).
  - Using a synchronous callback in the context of a thread safe shell
    has been fixed for c++ and scheme.
  - A bug has been fixed in parsing verification traces with flushes
    occurring in a namespace ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/11][#11]]).
  - Triggering an illegal using a synchronous callback in the context of
    dzn.async has been fixed ([[https://gitlab.com/dezyne/dezyne-issues/-/issues/12][#12]]).
  - In `dzn language', any line-column separator can be used with the
    `--point=' option; using a comma no longer gives unexpected results.

* Changes in 2.11.0 since 2.10.1
** Commands
  - A new command `dzn language' supports DZN-language completion and
    lookups.
  - The commands `dzn cat and `dzn ls' have been removed.
** Parser
  - A well-formedness check was added for trigger, action, and
    function-call arguments.

* Changes in 2.10.1-thermo-fisher since 2.10.1
** Code generation
  - The C++ runtime now provides an optional thread pool in
    "runtime/c++/thread_pool.cc".
  - The pump in the C++ runtime can now optionally uses a the new
    thread pool by compiling with "-D DZN_THREAD_POOL=1".
  - The language "c++ew" has been added for Thermo Fisher Scientific.

* Changes in 2.10.1 since 2.10.0
** Usability
  - The dzn command now exits gracefully when given an unknown command.
  - The dzn-mode for GNU Emacs is now a major mode called "Dezyne".
** Parser
  - Parse errors in imported dzn-files now show the import inclusion
    path.
  - Using newlines between `dollar'-expressions and toplevel
    `dollar'-statements is now an error.
** Code generation
  - Performance has been improved.
  - The C++ code generator is now prepared for C++20: The
    dzn::port::meta fields are renamed to "provide" and "require".
  - The Scheme code generator uses the "namespace to module" feature.
    This code generator is experimental, and not available in the
    regular binary release.
  - The JavaScript code generator uses the "namespace to module"
    feature.  This code generator is experimental, and not available in
    the regular binary release.
** Documentation
  - The infocenter has been converted to texinfo and is now included in
    the release.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Fixed a regression of using two different types of async interface
    in one behaviour.

* Changes in 2.10.0 since 2.9.1
** Dezyne is now stand alone, client only, serverless, pure GNU Guile Scheme.
  - Removed: server, services, dzn, dzn/daemon
    + 20,000 LOC JavaScript.
    + 800 LOC of Shell
  - Replaced parser and component-interpreter
    + 2,000 LOC flex/bison
    + 86,050 LOC C++
      . of which 32,000 handwritten
      . 50,000 generated by 4,200 LOC of TCL input
    + 2,000 LOC of TCL
    + 4,200 LOC of TCL input
    + 200 LOC of Python
    + 700 LOC of Perl
    with PEG parser and system-simulator by 4,000 LOC of Scheme.
  - The new Scheme-only, client-only (serverless) Dezyne git archive
    was grafted onto the historical development.git; that in turn was
    built on Gaiag (https://gitlab.com/janneke/gaiag), which is still
    at the root of this archive.
** Parser
  - All error messages were changed.
  - "Use before declare" is no longer supported for variables.
  - Toplevel `dollar`-statements used inside a namespace are now
    rejected.
** Code generation
  - C++: The tracing interface was changed, notably the "dzn::trace_in"
    function was renamed to "dzn::trace".
  - C++: Experimental state-variable tracing was disabled.
  - Other languages were dropped.
** Component simulator
  - The component simulator was removed.
*** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Fixed a bug where function calls immediately following an if
    statement were not considered by the verifier
  - Fixed a bug where an enum-field test used as the expression in a
    reply statement would crash the verifier.
  - Fixed a bug where a boolean "not" used as the expression in a
    reply statement was ignored.
  - Fixed a bug with precedence in deeply nested boolean expressions
    in generated code.

* Changes in development since 2.9.1
   It contains work in progress and is not intended for evaluation or
   production use.

* Changes in 2.9.1 (since 2.9.0)
** Verification: reduce memory usage by one order of magnitude:
   Allows models with a larger state space to be verified.
** Verification: improved error reporting:
   Internal errors and out of memory error are now reported as such.
** Verification: fix for issue 7547:
   Compliance now succeeds when using async in the middle of two
   provides out events on a single modeling event in the interface.
** Code: fix for issue 7529:
   C++: a reply with a port prefix can be used anywhere, not just in a
   blocking context.
** Code: fix for issue 7527:
   C++: parameterized events can be used with dzn::shell

* Changes in 2.9.0 (since 2.8.1)
** Reintroduction of C#.
** For C++ fix the use of injected in combination with thread safe shell.

* Announcement: discontinuation of 2.7.x
  - 2.7.x has been discontinued as of November 2018
  - With the full verification support in 2.8.0, the 2.7.x was
    declared deprecated.  2.7 was intended as a verification preview
    release series while working on the transition to mCRL2 based
    verification.

* Changes in 2.8.2 (since 2.8.1)
** Code generation
  - C++: fixed 7505 Namespaces and system components
  - C++: fixed 7509 local variables within blocking cause a failure in
    the code generator
  - C++: fixed 7518 System with component with multiple injected
    interfaces generates double component instantiations
  - fixed shadowing a member variable with an interface declared event
    parameter

* Changes in 2.8.1 (since 2.8.0)
** Verification
  - Fixed the combined use of async and blocking

* Changes in 2.8.0 (since 2.7.2)
** Verification
  - Full verification support based on mCRL2 (http://mcrl2.org), see
    https://hosting.verum.com/regression/2.8.0.
  - The async feature has been officially released, see
    https://hosting.verum.com/doc/?searchWord=async.
  - The semantics of silent modeling events is now more strict and
    enforced by a new well-formedness check.
  - The 2.8.0-verification service is implicitly used for previous
    service releases.
** Service selection
  - The dzn COMMAND --version option now also accepts --version=MAJOR
    and --version=MAJOR.MINOR.
  - dzn query command now also shows MAJOR and MAJOR.MINOR service
    versions.
** Code generation
  - C++ code and runtime now embed the service version.
  - Several fixes for usage of foreign components.
  - INTERFACE_ONLY has been removed from the C++ code generators.
  - Skeleton code for foreign components are now generated inline;
    no longer in a separate skel_ file.
** ASD Converter
   - The ASD converter now fixes an issue with shadowing of member
     variables.
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Several namespace bugs have been fixed, supported usage includes
    tests in https://hosting.verum.com/regression/2.8.0
     + hello_interface_namespace.dzn
     + hello_namespace_enum.dzn
     + foreign.dzn
     + inner_space.dzn
     + namespace_assert.dzn
     + name_space.dzn
  - Several bugs have been fixed in the --glue=dzn code generator.

* Changes in 2.7.2 (since 2.7.1)
** Verification
  - The verification performance has been improved by a factor 3-4, especially
    for large models. For an interface, the deadlock and livelock checks are
    performed in parallel. For a component, the deterministic, illegal,
    deadlock, and livelock checks are performed in parallel.
  - The verification results view reports per check the number of states and
    transitions that have been considered.
** Known issues
  - In some corner cases, nested function calls will cause a failing
    verification.
  - The language features blocking, external and
    async are not yet available for verification, see
    https://hosting.verum.com/regression/2.7.2/regression.html.
  - For verification, when selecting version 2.7.0 or 2.7.1, version 2.7.2 is
    used instead.

* Changes in 2.7.1 (since 2.7.0)
** Verification
  - The dezyne verification now supports models with multiple provides ports.
  - Functions with parameters are verified correctly now.
** Code generation
  - Code generation for c++-msvc11 has been fixed.
** Known issues
  - The language features blocking, external and
    async are not yet available for verification, see
    https://hosting.verum.com/regression/2.7.1/regression.html.
* Changes in 2.7.0 (since 2.6.1)
** Verification
  - The Dezyne verification engine has been replaced by mCRL2, see
    http://mcrl2.org.
  - Interface completeness verification is performed as part of the
    deadlock check.
  - Verification counter examples may differ from previous versions.
** Known issues
  - The language features multiple provides, blocking, external and
    async are not yet available for verification, see
    https://hosting.verum.com/regression/2.7.0/regression.html.
  - The verification feature has been discontinued for all older
    releases.
  - Verification performance has not been fully optimized.
** Code generation
  - Performance of the code generator has been improved significantly.

* Changes in 2.6.1 (since 2.6.0)
** Code generation
  - The c++ code now avoids triggering some Visual Studio compiler warnings.
  - Calling context has been enhanced.
** ASD Converter
   - The ASD converter now forwards user-defined includes to DZN.

* Changes in 2.6.0 (since 2.5.3)
  - The interpreter now shows the content of the queues in the
    watch-window.
** Command line client
  - The ‘dzn hello’ command now returns with a dedicated exit status 3
    in case no server connection could be made
** Model verification
  - All models in a DZN file are now verified by default, unless the
    explicit ‘-m,--model=MODEL’ option is used.
  - The --queue_size option (broken since 2.5.0) has been fixed
** Verification view
  - The new verification view displays for each check the number of
    states and transitions the verification engine had to consider.
** Documentation
  - The text of the DZN files in the regression test matrix can now be
    downloaded.

* Changes in 2.5.3 (since 2.5.2)
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Globally declared enums which are not used as event reply type
    no longer cause a crash in verification (bug introduced in 2.5.0)
  - dzn convert now has a ‘--glue’ option.  The glue namespace is
    only added when this option is used.
** Code generation
  - c++* only depends on pump when blocking or async are used
  - this relaxes the boost dependency on 1.58+ for coroutine to any
    previous version supporting bind, function and tuple.

* Changes in 2.5.2 (since 2.5.1)
** Code generation
  - c++* fix void event in thread safe shell

* Changes in 2.5.1 (since 2.5.0)
** Code generation
  - c++* thread safe shell now supports enum and subint reply types

* Changes in 2.5.0 (since 2.4.1)
** Code generation
  - The javascript code generator now uses file2file mode.
  - The c++ code generator passes ASD construction parameters via glue.
  - The c++ code generator skips retrieving the pump pointer when
    async is not used.
  - The c++03 code generator now supports thread safe shell, but only
    if there is enough c++11 support available in the compiler.
  - The c, c#, java, java7, python and scheme code generators are not
    available in this release; for these languages please use 2.4.1 or
    earlier.
** ASD Converter
   - The ASD converter produces ‘.map’ files for Components with
     construction parameter information that is used by the glue code
     generator.
** Known issue:
   - Global declared enum not referenced as a reply type not supported
     in verification.
   - The queue_size option gives an error: ‘gdzn: no such option: -q’

* Changes in 2.4.1 (since 2.4.0)
** DZN language
  - Dollar expressions can now be used at toplevel
** Code generation
  - The c++03 runtime now uses a boost-compatible workaround for
    lacking move semantics
  - Using ‘reply()’ in a function called from a ‘blocking’ context
    has been fixed
** Verification
  - The queue_size option has been fixed

* Changes in 2.4.0 (since 2.3.4)
** Code generation
  - The c++ code generators use file2file mode by default
    Generating code for a DZN file ‘model.dzn’ now produces
    ‘model.hh’ and ‘model.cc’
  - The c# runtime now has a ‘check_bindings’ function
  - The interface of the c++ and c++03 runtime has been modified
  - The container interface the c++ languages (‘container.hh’) has been changed
  - The c++03 code generator now supports ‘blocking’
  - The c++03 code now depends on boost 1.58 or newer
** Model verification
  - Verification performance of some models has been improved
** Noteworthy bug fixes
  - Authentication with the dzn client is robust against parallel execution
  - Handle output from model checker where lines are broken in two
    parts (https://zoho.verum.com/7327)
  - Dollar expressions can now contain DZN keywords
    (https://zoho.verum.com/7310)
  - Parameters in on-clauses for unused notification events are no
    longer removed  (https://zoho.verum.com/7309)
  - The ASD converter now renames variables that conflict with DZN
    keywords (https://zoho.verum.com/7308)
  - Type declarations can now appear anywhere at the toplevel of a
    behaviour (https://zoho.verum.com/6747)

* legalese

Copyright © 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
Copyright © 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 Rutger van Beusekom <rutger@dezyne.org>
Copyright © 2018,2019 Rob Wieringa <rma.wieringa@gmail.com>

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