Copyright (c) 1997 Joshua Nathaniel Pritikin.  All rights reserved.
This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


Name           DSLI  Description                                  Info
-----------    ----  -------------------------------------------- -----
ObjStore       am+O  ObjectStore DBMS Interface                   JPRIT

Easy, flexible, lightning-fast persistent via ObjectStore.  Stores
scalars, hashes, and references without flattening.  Perl databases
can be accessed from C++ and/or Java.  Inversely, persistent C++ 
objects can be added back into Perl!
           << This is the relational database killer app! >>


Perl-ObjectStore mailing list:

majordomo@parallax.co.uk   "subscribe perl-objectstore you@your.company.com"


see ./INSTALL for installation instructions
see ./TODO for list of things to do
see ./CHANGES for a historical perspective


### RECENT CHANGES ###


** Released 1.03

- Investigated schema evolution.  Will provide a database evolver
going forward.

- Can't wait for reasonable tied arrays!  Added array-based Sacks.
They're not tied, but at least they're inefficient.

- Found and fixed problems with reference counting.  Now the tests
can be run and the database does not grow.

- Blessings are now persistent!  (Untested)

- Re-designed the make system again.

- Started writing documentation.  (Yawn.)


** Released 1.02

- Improved make file.  Fixed blib.  Usage now looks like this:

perl ./be [-nop] [-silent] [-verbose] <cmd>
   checked      - verify that the package is complete
   made         - run the compiler, toast the pop-tarts, etc.
   installed    - copy files to final install area
   uninstalled  - delete any files that were installed
   cleaned      - delete all temporary files
   manifest     - update the MANIFEST file
   dist         - create a tar.gz distribution file

- Fixed version numbering for Exporter.  1.2 => 1.02

- Added ObjStore::peek($var) - like Data::Dumper except that it will work better
on gigantic databases.  Only three elements are printed from large hashes,
while small hashes are printed completely.  The meaning of 'large' can be
customized (not yet).

- Installs the PoweredByOS.gif and publishes the path.