[m-rev.] diff: add multi_map.{to,from}_flat_assoc_list

[Fergus Henderson]

On 01-Dec-2003, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 
> Index: NEWS
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/NEWS,v
> retrieving revision 1.320
> diff -u -u -r1.320 NEWS
> --- NEWS	31 Oct 2003 03:27:13 -0000	1.320
> +++ NEWS	30 Nov 2003 14:56:29 -0000
> @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
>  * exception.m now contains a predicate finally/6 which can be used to
>    ensure that resources are released whether a called closure exits
>    normally or throws an exception.
> +* We've added predicates multi_map.to_flat_assoc_list/2 and
> +  multi_map.from_flat_assoc_list/2. 
>  
>  Portability improvements:
>  * Nothing yet.
> @@ -144,6 +146,9 @@
>  * exception.m now contains a predicate finally/6 which can be used to
>    ensure that resources are released whether a called closure exits
>    normally or throws an exception.
> +
> +* We've added predicates multi_map.to_flat_assoc_list/2 and
> +  multi_map.from_flat_assoc_list/2. 

The "highlights" section of the NEWS file ought to contain, well,
highlights, not verbatim copies of the stuff in the details section.

I don't think this change is sufficiently important to be worth
mentioning in the highlights section.

IMHO library changes should only be mentioned in the highlights section
if they provide significant functionality that is not easy to duplicate.
This should includes new interfaces to OS functionality (e.g. the
support for symlinks in io.m), or large chunks of new functionality,
e.g. new modules such as array2d or cord, but not every new function
or predicate.

-- 
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