NEWS: add some more relevant items [ci skip]

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Elizabeth Myers 2016-04-07 04:47:31 -05:00
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files have been renamed and shuffled around to be more consistent.
### code
- `common.h` is gone. Everything useful in it was moved to `ircd_defs.h`.
- `config.h` is gone; the few remaining knobs in it were not for configuration
by mere mortals, and mostly existed as a 2.8 relic. Most of the knobs live in
`defaults.h`, but one is well-advised to stay away unless they know exactly
what they are doing.
- A new module API has been introduced, known as AV2. It includes things such as
module datecodes (to ensure modules don't fall out of sync with the code),
module descriptions, and other fun things.
- Alias and module commands are now in m_alias and m_modules, respectively, and
can be reloaded if need be. For sanity reasons, m_modules is a core module,
and cannot be unloaded.
- irc_dictionary and irc_radixtree related functions are now in librb, and
prefixed accordingly. Typedefs have been added for consistency with existing
data structures. For example, now you would write `rb_dictionary *foo` and
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- C99 bools are now included and used in the code. Don't use ints as simple true
or false flags anymore. In accordance with this change, the `YES`/`NO` and
`TRUE`/`FALSE` macros have been removed.
- Return types from command handlers have been axed, as they have been useless
for years.
- libratbox has been renamed to librb, as we have diverged from upstream long
ago.
- Almost all 2.8-style hashtable structures have been moved to dictionaries or
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servicing clients will remain in use, but not service new connections, and
are garbage collected when they are no longer servicing connections.
- Support for ratbox-style 'iodebug' hooks has been removed.
- Alias and module commands are now in m_alias and m_modules, respectively, and
can be reloaded if need be. For sanity reasons, m_modules is a core module,
and cannot be unloaded.
## charybdis-3.5.0