diff -r 5b2eab065888 -r b06038904ef8 documentation/change_history.pod --- a/documentation/change_history.pod Thu Sep 09 19:21:34 2010 +0100 +++ b/documentation/change_history.pod Wed Sep 15 00:44:34 2010 +0100 @@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ =head1 FShell Change History +=head2 FCL features not yet in MCL (move this section before committing to MCL) + +=over 5 + +=item * + +Fshell now reuses threads for built-in commands that execute in quick succession. The thread pool takes into account the requirements of the command when assigning a thread (eg whether it needs to share a heap with its parent command) and creates a new one if necessary. Excess threads are cleaned up after a short idle period (currently 1 second). + +=item * + +Commands can now define a C<==smoke-test> section in their CIF files, which defines a snippet of fshell script that will be run as part of C or by invoking L directly. See the ciftest documentation for more details. + +=back + =head2 Release 001 [Not yet officially made] =over 5