GCOOPE Version 1.0

                              July 24, 1994

            Several last minute upgrades have been added to the GCOOPE
        system and do not appear in the documentation.  There is a
        new kernel function defined in class.c.  This function is
        cpyGMas, it is used to effectively rename a generic function
        in order to eliminate generic name conflicts and/or rename
        a generic function to reflect a new context meaning.
            This function does not affect the original generic function
        but rather adds a new generic function which uses a particular
        method of the original generic function.  The prototype is:
                stat cpyGMas(object currentClassObjectHandle,
                             generic newGenericFunctionName,
                             object owningClassOfMethod,
                             generic originalGenericName);

            Examples of its use can be seen in the RENGM macro
        given in gcoope10.h and in the class definitions Dynmem and
        Collect(ion).
            Another modification is to the Puts and Gets generic
        functions, while they perform similarly to the ANSI C library
        functions fputs/fgets they take/return String objects rather than 
        character pointers.  Puts will attempt to translate the passed
        object into a String object.  
            In part because of the modifications to Puts and Gets,
        another new kernel function has been defined: bounceBack.

                object bounceBack(object,...);

            This function simply returns the first parameter, hence
        the name bounceBack.  It is provided so that any attempt to
        translate an object into its own class type can perform 
        successfully.  In other words, 
            
            g(asString)(anyStringObjectInstance)

                                will return a String class object given
        by anyStringObjectInstance.  This approach avoids the need for
        checks of class type in routines desiring type translation.