Imported Upstream version 2.4.1

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2.4.1 (stable):

* A slot's functor is destroyed when an empty slot is assigned to the slot.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #738602 (James Lin)
* test_disconnect_during_emit tests that the slot is really disconnected
  during signal emission.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)

2.4.0 (stable):

Note: API/ABI is the same as in release 2.3.2. Compared to stable
releases 2.2.x, the API has been broken regarding visit_each() functions.
See the NEWS entry for libsigc++ 2.3.2.

* Fix the test_lambda test case for MS Visual C++ 2013 and other
  C++11-compliant compilers.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #734368 (Ryan Beasley)
* Add a missing #include in limit_reference.h.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
* Documentation:
  - Use doxygen-extra.css from the mm-common package.
    Requires mm-common 0.9.7 when configured to use maintainer-mode.
    (Kjell Ahlstedt)

2.3.2 (unstable):

Note: The implementation of bug #724496 breaks API for some users,
but it does not break ABI.
Only users who have added their own visit_each() overloads are affected by
the API break. Their programs will still compile, but there will be run-time
errors, if they rely on auto-disconnection of slots.
Updated instructions for users who implement their own adaptors are found
in the description of sigc::adapts<>. 

* Replace visit_each() overloads by struct visitor<>.
  Add the test_visit_each test case.
  (Ryan Beasley, Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #724496
* signal_impl::notify(): Don't delete signal_impl during erase().
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #564005 (Alexander Shaduri)
* Fix 'make check' with clang++ 3.4 and --enable-warnings=fatal
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #724496 (Ryan Beasley)
* Fix test_cpp11_lambda for gcc 4.8
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
* Speed up disconnection of slots.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #167714 (Neal E. Coombes)
* Auto-generate the ChangeLog from the git log for 'make dist'.
  (José Alburquerque)
* Don't use __file__ in the FIREWALL m4 macro.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #699168 (John Ralls)
* Add the track_obj() adaptor and test_track_obj test case.
  Deprecate libsigc++ lambdas, sigc::group() and sigc::var().
  Use C++11 lambda expressions instead.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #672555
* Documentation:
  - Emphasize that signals are reference counted.
    (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #611941 (Jonathon Jongsma)
  - Mention std::function<> and std::bind() where appropriate.
    (Kjell Ahlstedt, Chris Vine)
  - Use DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS consistently to exclude internal
    functions from the reference documentation.
    (Kjell Ahlstedt)
* Windows:
  - Enable C++11 lambda expressions with MS Visual Studio 2012 and later
    (Ryan Beasley) Bug #733752
  - Update MSVC_Net2010
    (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #724496 (Ryan Beasley)

2.3.1 (unstable):

* signal_base: Add blocked(), block(), unblock().
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #153780

2.2.11 (stable):

* Fix comma operator in libsigc++ lambda expressions.
  Andris Pavenis) Bug #342911
* Added SIGC_FUNCTORS_DEDUCE_RESULT_TYPE_WITH_DECLTYPE.
  This allows most uses of libsigc++'s lambda expressions to be 
  replaced by standard C++11 lambda expressions.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #672555.
  Thanks to Chow Loong Jin, who posted similar code on libsigc-list.
* Use std::size_t and std::ptrdiff_t instead
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
* Fix 'make check' with gcc 4.7.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt)
* Enable test_lambda in 'make check'.
  (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #669128.


2.2.10:

* slot_rep: Avoid access to deleted object in notify(),
        and test case.
        (Kjell Ahlstedt ) Bug #564005 (Alexander Shaduri)
* Mention visit_each() in the documentation of sigc::adapts.
  (Thomas Rydzynski)
        
2.2.9:

* trackable: Avoid calling the same callback function twice, fixing some
        memory corruption.
        (Kjell Ahlstedt) Bug #589202
* Minor documentation corrections.
  (David King)
* Fix the build with GCC 4.6
        (Kalev Lember)
* Windows build fixes for MSVC++ .Net 2005 and 2010
  (Armin Burgmeier)

2.2.8:

Nothing interesting. Just a small change for library.gnome.org.

2.2.7:

* Documentation:
  - Added main page text with doxygen.
  (David King, Murray Cumming)
  - Fix the functors Doxygen group.
  (David King)
  - Tutorial: Removed outdated marshallers section that had no working example.
  (Murray Cumming) Bug #417924 (Michael Ekstrand)

2.2.6:

* Slight documentation changes.
  (Murray Cumming) Bug #614741 (Armin Burgmeier)

2.2.5:

* Accumulators: Allow return types that are different to the signal's.
  (Krzysztof Kosiński)
* Documentation:
  - Disable collaboration graphs in documentation
  - Use non-blurry font for graph labels.
  (Daniel Elstner)
  - sigc::hide() correction: It always only hides one signal argument.
  (Michael Hasselmann)
* Fix the MSVC++ build.
  (Armin Burgmeier)

2.2.4.2 (stable):

* Namespace sigc is now documented, in order to make large chunks of the
  reference reappear.  (Daniel Elstner)
* The shipped reference documentation has been regenerated using Doxygen
  1.6.1, so that the document type is now XHTML 1.0.  (Daniel Elstner)
* The shipped Devhelp file has been generated with a newer version of the
  XSLT script in mm-common, so that documentation groups no longer appear
  as namespace prefixes in the keyword list.  (Daniel Elstner)

2.2.4.1 (stable):

* Reenable the per-class hierarchy graphs in the reference documentation.
  (Daniel Elstner)
* Drop the custom HTML header and footer, and use the shared doxygen.css
  file from mm-common. (Daniel Elstner)

2.2.4 (stable):

* New build system based on mm-common. The mm-common module is now
  required for building from the git repository, but not for builds
  of release archives. (Daniel Elstner)
* The public reference documentation is now hosted on library.gnome.org.
  (Frédéric Péters, Daniel Elstner)

2.2.3 (stable):

* Windows:
  - Added project files (and property sheets) for
  MSVC++ 2005 and 2008.
  (Armin Burgmeier)
  - Removed unnecessary dependency on afxrefs.h, so it builds
  with MSVC++ Express editions.
  (Cedric Gustin)

2.2.2 (stable):

* Added an include of functors/slot.h that was mistakenly removed
  during the 2.1 series.
  (Deng Xiyue) Bug #521418.

2.2.1 (stable):

* Really fix the build with Sun CC.
  (Elaine Xiong. Bug #302098)

2.2.0 (stable):

* Build fixes when using gcc 4.3 pre-releases.
  (Ryan Hill, Vladimir Marek)

2.1.1 (unstable):

WARNING: This is an unstable release and should not yet be
packaged by distributions unless libsigc++ 2.0.x does not
build for some reason (Please report such bugs).

* Removed the SigC:: namespace and other compatibility API,
  to fix the build with some versions of some compilers,
  such as the SUN Forte C++ CC compiler.
  See bug #302098, for instance
  (Murray Cumming)
* sigc::signal<>:
  - Added Added typedefs for
  value_type, reference, and pointer, so that these
  iterators are more like standard C++ iterators, so they can
  be used with standard C++ algorithms.
  (Michael Elkstrand) (Bug #417926).
  - Added emit_reverse().
  (John Profic)

2.0.17:

* slot::disconnect(): Make this work.
  sigc::connection::disconnect() already worked.
  (James Lin, Murray Cumming)
* visit_each compilation problem fixed.
  (Philipp Berndt)

2.0.16:

* Fixed build for SUN Forte C++ 5.5
* Fixed build for MSVC++ 7.1
* Fixed crash when using --no-inline with g++.

2.0.15:

* g++ 3.2 (and Mac OS X g++ 3.3) build fix.
  (Paul Pogonyshev)
* Compose: Fix slot lifetime regression introduced in
  2.0.9. (Philip Langdale)
* tests: Small ISO C++ correctness fix (Marek Rouchal)
* Don't specify unused function parameter names.
  (Andris Pavenis)

2.0.14:

* SUN Forte 5.7 build fix for ambiguity when using
  inner template class. However, you still need the
  patch in bug #302098 to finish the build.

2.0.13:

* signal_emit::emit(): Ensure the correct order of
  destruction of the member variables, to avoid a leak.
  (Andreas Ames, bug #306249)
* Allow recursive signal emission again.
  (Neal E. Coombes, bug #303896)
* SUN Forte CC 5.5 build fixes:
  - test_compatibility minor fix.
  - visit_each() template specializations:
  Mention the bool I_derives_trackable template type,
  (Friedemann Kleint, bug #305647)
 - Check for the non-standard SUN reverse_iterator,
  and use alternative code if necessary.
  (Murray Cumming)

2.0.12:

* Fixes crashes when using virtual inheritance, particularly
  with bound by-reference parameters, caused by casting
  from derived to base when the derived destructor has run.
  (Régis Duchesne)
  This might affect non-g++ compilers, so do tell us about
  any problems.

2.0.11:

* Build fixes for SUN Forte, Tru64
  (Murray Cumming), and MSVC++ (Cedric Gustin).

2.0.10:

* tests: Include <new> to avoid unresolved symbols on Tru64.
  (Tim Mooney)
* When signal handlers are connected made during an emit
  of the same signal, prevent them from being called in the
  same emit, to prevent infinite loops.
  (Neal E. Coombes)
* Performance improvement in a corner case.
  (Neal E. Coombes).

2.0.9:

* sigc::bind() now works with the AIX and Tru64 compilers.
  See the comments in sigc++/visit_each.h: visit_each_type()
  if you have compilation problems.
  (Murray Cumming)
* sigc::var() is now documented. (Roger Ferrer Ibáñez)

2.0.8:

* Maybe avoid (incorrect) warning with g++ 3.3.5.
  (Murray Cumming)
* Fix namespace ambiguity when using multiple
  major versions of libsigc++. (Liza Klerck)

2.0.7:

* Now builds with the following compilers, in addition to
the existing GNU g++, SUN Forte CC 5.5, MSVC++ .Net 2003,
and Intel compilers:
- IBM AIX xlC v7
- Tru64 C++ V6.5-042
- IRIX MIPSpro 7.4.2m
  (Older versions of all these compilers might also work.)
  (Murray Cumming, www.thewrittenword.com)
* MSVC++ .Net 2003 build improvements.
  (Cedric Gustin, Timothy M. Shead)
* Replace C-style casts with reinterpret_cast<> and
  static_cast<>. (e97_far at e.kth.se).
* Documentation: Added manual, based on the manual in
  libsigc++ 1.2, but updated for the new API.
  (Murray Cumming)


2.0.6:

* Fixed a memory leak in sigc::slot.
* Fixed compilation for gcc-3.4.
* Fixed compilation for Intel C++ compiler (upgraded libtool).
* Fixed project files for MSVC .Net (Timothy M. Shead).
* Fixed segfaults when compiled with MSVC .Net 2003 (moved
  all calls to new and delete into non-inline library code).
* In the compatibility module use correct bound_mem_functor
  variants for const (volatile) methods when creating a slot.
* Minor documentation fix.
* Resolved bugs: #152327 #148744 #152323 #151404 #153143

2.0.5:

* Distribute pregenerated configuration header for MSVC .Net.

2.0.4:

* Fixed warnings and compiler errors in the test cases.
* Added a new test case (Murray Cumming).
* Fixed 'hello_world' example.
* Don't test optional features that fail with the Sun FORTE.
* Fixes for the Sun FORTE to compile out-of-the-box
  (Damien Carbery, Murray Cumming, Martin Schulze).
* Fixes for MSVC to build a DLL out-of-the-box (James Lin).
* Improved compiler specific configuration during 'configure'.
* Added rmp description file libsigc++-2.0.spec (Eric Bourque).
* Minor documentation improvements (Murray Cumming).
* Resolved bugs: #147311 #147313 #147391 #144846 #145541

2.0.3:

* Fix segfault on emission of unconnected signal.
* Test emission of unconnected signals in the test case.
* Suppress compiler warning at dynamic_cast<>-test for good.
  (Help from Christof Petig and Timothy M. Shead.)

2.0.2:

* Suppress compiler warning in compatibility module at
  dynamic_cast<>-test (fix suggested by Timothy M. Shead).
* If a custom accumulator is specified invoke it on signal
  emission even if the signal's slot list is empty. (This used
  to be the case in libsigc++-1.2 as pointed out by Timothy.)

2.0.1:

* Fixed serious bug in reference counting in sigc::signal_base::impl().
* Fixed SigC::Object-derivation check in SigC::slot() compatibility module.
* Fixed compilation on Apple gcc 3.3 (assisted by Spundun Bhatt).
* Fixed configure check for gcc 3.4 (Murray Cumming).

2.0.0:

* Implemented sigc::connection::blocked() (Murray Cumming).
* Added the scripts directory to the make dist target (Murray Cumming).
* Added more documentation (Martin Schulze).

1.9.16:

* Fixed compiler warning in sigc::connection (Alexander Nedotsukov, Murray Cumming).
* Fixed examples and made them part of the regular build (Murray Cumming).
* Added header sigc++config.h for configure time checks (Murray Cumming).
* Added configure time checks to determine the correct syntax
  for explicit template method specializations (Murray Cumming).
* Removed code using partial specializations of overloaded template methods
  from test cases. SUN Forte doesn't support this feature (Martin Schulze).
* Fixed compilation for gcc 3.4 (Murray Cumming).

1.9.15:

API additions:
* Add numbered slot# templates.
* Allow for methods of the object's base types to be passed into sigc::mem_fun().

Other fixes and cleanups:
* Make is_base_and_derived template compatible with the SUN Forte.
* Non-template code moved from .m4 macro source to .h/.cc files (Murray Cumming).
* Implementation moved to .cc files (Murray Cumming).
* More fixes for the SUN Forte. Make some more ctors explicit.

1.9.14:

* Added sigc::slot_base::operator bool() (Murray Cumming).
* Build docs directory by default (Murray Cumming).
* Fixed minor doxygen issues (Murray Cumming).
* Fixed compiler warning in signal.h (Murray Cumming).

1.9.13:

* Fixed passing references through sigc::slot (Reported by Jeff Franks).
* Enabled binding of objects to method slots through sigc::bind().
* Reworked sigc::bind() API: Made the template argument for the
  parameter position zero-based and optional. Added overloads for
  binding of up to 7 arguments at a time when no position is specified.
* Reworked sigc::hide() API: Made the template argument for the
  parameter position zero-based and optional.
* Fixed compilation problems with MSVC .Net 2003 (Roel Vanhout).
* Distribute MSVC .Net 2003 project files in the tarballs.
* Improved and extended documentation.
* Minor cleanups.

1.9.12:

* Added adaptor retype(). With this final API addition all adaptors
  are in place that are available in libsigc++-1.2.
* Added negation lambda operator. Use STL names for lambda actions.
* Remove formerly disabled support for gcc extension typeof().
* Added project files for MS Visual Studio .Net 2003. (Roel Vanhout)
* Make libsigc++2 compile with .Net 2003. (Roel Vanhout, Martin Schulze)
* Build shared version of libsigc++2 by default. (Cedric Gustin)
* Add support for win32 platform. (Cedric Gustin)
* Install .m4 files. (requested by Ron Steinke)
* Cleaned up functors.
* Restructured and completed documentation of the core library parts.

1.9.11:

API Additions and important bug fixes:
* Compatibility module completed. libsigc++-1.2 filenames are preserved.
* Fixed critical bug in auto-disconnection: don't defer detaching
  of a slot from all referred trackables during signal emission.
* Reduced size of slots significantly.
* Fixed support for sigc::ref() in adaptors.
* Fixed sigc::visit_each(): only hit targets that are passed by
  reference; pass bound members in bound_member_functor by reference.
* Add lambda actions sigc::{reinterpret,static,dynamic}_cast_
  to support explicit parameter conversion.
* Add adaptors sigc::retype_return<>() and sigc::hide_return().

Minor fixes:
* Fixed return type deduction for bind<0>.
  libsigc++-1.9.11 should compile with gcc-3.3.
* Fixed copy constructor and operator=() of slot template.
* Fixed a compiler warning in signal_emit#<>::emit().
* Improved test case.

1.9.10:

* Fix compiler issues with gcc-3.3.2 (patch from Jeff Franks).
* Remove compiler check for the gcc extension typeof().
* Simplify bind_functor templates.
* Move definition of struct nil into functor_trait.h.

1.9.9:

* Add a constructor to sigc::connection that takes a slot_base&
  to support user defined slot lists like they are used in gtkmm.
* Fix compiler issues with gcc-3.3.2 (reported by Jeff Franks).

1.9.8:

* Add compatibility module that defines namespace SigC.
  namespace SigC should be API compatible to libsigc++-1.2.
  Currently only the core parts of the library are supported.
  Adaptors are still to follow.
* Fix connection::operator=(). Include connection.h in sigc++.h.
* Get rid of namespace functor.
* Rename dependency to destroy_notify_callback.
* Rename trackable::clear() to trackable::notify_callbacks().
* Move slot_base, signal_base, slot_iterator[_buf], slot_list
  out of namespace internal. They are public API.
* Add reference counter to signal_impl enabling signals
  to share the underlying information.
* Add convenience function signal#::make_slot().
* Get rid of one-letter-parameter-names.
* Get rid of "using namespace ..." in the test cases.
* Add lambda operators subscript ([]) and assign (=).
* Fix is_base_and_derived<> for const types.
* New and updated documentation.
* Add previous announces to file NEWS.

1.9.7:

* Added sigc++/sigc++.h. (Murray Cumming)
* Added member_method example. (Murray Cumming)
* Renamed closure to slot.
* Fixed issues with gcc-3.3. (Adreas Rottmann)
* Removed unnecessary void specializations.
* Made adaptors' operator()() (overload with no arguments) return a value.
* Made visit_each() support adaptors.
* Overhauled return type deduction to make it work without typeof().
* Added convinience macros SIGC_FUNCTORS_HAVE_RESULT_TYPE and
SIGC_FUNCTOR_TRAIT(T_functor, T_result) to make return type deduction system
support 3rd-party funtors.
* Changed syntax of group adaptor from "[functor] % grp([lambdas])" to "group
([functor], [lambdas])".
* Made many fixes to lambda functionality.
* Added var() and constant() lambda creators.
* Added many lambda operators.
* Added ref() which creates a reference wrapper to enable storage of
references in bind and group adaptors.
* Expanded test suite.
* Added documentation. (Corrections by Murray Cumming)

1.9.6:

* First public release of the unstable 2.0 generation.
  libsigc++ 2.0 uses modern C++ mechanisms to achieve a highly
  flexible, yet typesafe callback system. It supports all features of
  libsigc++ 1.2 and improves upon it by:
  - No need to specify the number of arguments in signal definitions.
  - Connection of any compatible (=implicitly convertable) functor
   to a signal.
  - Implicit type conversions of parameters during signal emission.
  - Lambda adaptor for complete restructuring of functor parameter
   lists in one line (subject to changes).
  - Signal has a fully featured stl style list interface.
  - A convinient accumulator API (replacing the old marshaller API).
  - Removal of unnecessary memory management functionality.
  - Lightweight class "trackable" for use as base class of your
   class hierarchy replaces class "Object".