## ats2-postiats-0.3.6:

    This is the 43rd release of ATS2, the successor of the
    ATS programming language. The compiler for ATS2 is given
    the name ATS/Positats, ATS2/Postiats or simply Postiats.

    The official website for ATS is:

    http://www.ats-lang.org

    ATS-Postiats is hosted at github:

    https://github.com/githwxi/ATS-Postiats

    Major releases of ATS2 are available at:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/ats2-lang/

    Major releases of external packages for ATS2 are available at:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/ats2-lang-contrib/

    Here is a list of major additions and changes since the last release:

    1. Fixing a bug involving 'reassume': the bug is serious but the fix
       is very minor.
    2. Improving utils/atexting by merging atexting_all with atexting_mylib
       Many clients of atexting (e.g., atsccomp-compilers) have been updated
       with respect to the changes maded to atexting.
    3. Adding support for compiling a static file followed by a dynamic file
       into a single file consisting of the generated code:
       patsopt -o foo_all.c -s foo.sats -d foo.dats; patscc -o foo foo_all.c
       This support can be useful for distributing C code generated from ATS
       source. For instance, a file of C code generated as such can serve as
       a script of some sort.
    4. Adding support for -dd/--dynamics, which compiles a list given files
       in a combined manner.
       For instance, the following command-line:
    //
       patsopt -dd foo.dats bar1.dats bar2.dats bar3.dats
    //
       essentially compiles a program of the following structure:
    //
       local (*nothing*) in #include "foo.dats" end
       local #include "bar1.dats" in (*nothing*) end
       local #include "bar2.dats" in (*nothing*) end
       local #include "bar3.dats" in (*nothing*) end
    //
       This style of compilation can be used for the purpose of producing a
       single target containing all of the output generated from compiling a
       list of ATS source files.
    5. Disabling tail-call optimization temporarily when try-expression (in
       trywith-expression) is compiled
    6. Mandating that an else-clause be present in any ifcase-expression