New Features as of version 1.5.1

  March 2014

  Top-Level

   * Complete NumPy transition  (Python)
   * Move timeout send/recv code from child MidasTalker to parent MidasSocket 
     so MidasServers can have access to timed send/recv code.
     (only MidasTalkers had access to those routines before)
   * Updated VALPIPE primitive so wouldn't seg-fault upon exit
   * Updated documentation to fix spelling errors
   * Updated C++ so can compile with -Wextra for better warning coverage
       

  Details:

   * prettyopal.py :
     * fixed long-standing problem with opal tables having too much space by ,
     * fixed so works with numpy

   * pretty.py, xmlloader.py, xmldumper.py
     * prefer numpy (only import numpy even if Numeric is present)

   * midassocket.py
     * small doc update, using numpy instead

   * opalfile.py
     * added opalfile_numpy.py, opalfile_numeric.py
     * kept old modulem, with Numeric hard-coded and add
       new version with numpy hard-coded.  The opalfile.py
       simply chooses the right one.

   * midassocket.h, midassocket.cc
     * Moved the guts of send/recv (with the timeouts)
       up into MidasSocket so that MidasServers can 
       use the timeout code as well.  (No interface changes,
       just augmented MidasSocket with recvTimed_ and sendTimed_)

   * Files changed for get rid of -Wextra warnings
     M  +    opencontainers_1_7_7/include/ocproxy.h
     M  +    opencontainers_1_7_7/include/ocnumerictools.h
     M  +    opencontainers_1_7_7/include/occonvert.h
     M  +    opencontainers_1_7_7/include/ocval.h
     M  +    opencontainers_1_7_7/include/ocbiguint.h
     M  +    opencontainers_1_7_7/CHANGES
     M       m2convertrep.cc
     M       Makefile.Linux
     M       xmlload_test.cc
     M       httplib.h
     M       valprotocol2.cc
     M       sharedmem_test.cc
     M       fdtools.cc
     M       p2_test.cc
     M       pickleloader.h
     M       httptools.h
     M       xmlloader.h