* v3.2 - March 12, 1998

TWO VERY IMPORTANT CHANGES:

    * Columns are no longer returned as a null-delimited string,
      but as an array reference. However, you have the option of
      asking Sprite to return the _records_ either as an array or
      a reference.

    * A relaxed copyright notice.

Fixed some major bugs in all aspects of parsing queries, especially
in the parse_expression method. I bet it's _almost_ bug free now :-) 
Also added the ability to specify !~ when performing queries that 
involve regular expressions. 

Added the 'add column' statement. Also added support for 8-bit
chars. in field names and also in the database path.

Added the 'set_db_dir' method, which allows you to set a default
directory where Sprite will look for database files. Please see
the documentation for more information. 

Specifying a platform with the set_os method is optional, but
recommended. Sprite determines the platform by looking at $^O.

Modified the update method so that columns are modified (or updated) 
in the order you specify. This allows you to pass queries like so:

    update my_db
    set AllStar = (AllStar + 1),
        Years   = (AllStar)
    where (Player =~ /Jordan\$/);

where the second reference to 'AllStar' reflects the updated 
(incremented) value.

In prior versions, database locking wasn't implemented properly,
causing occasional race conditions. This is fixed! In addition, 
Sprite now creates a 'loose' locking mechanism for systems that 
don't support flock, namely the Mac, Windows 95 and VMS. However, 
this mechanism is NOT fully reliable, but is better than no lock 
at all. BTW, Windows NT _does_ support flock!

Sprite is approximately 25-30% faster than previous versions when 
dealing with larger databases because the parsing and evaluation has
been optimized.

Benchmark, FWIW: Sprite processed a relatively complex query on
a 1000 record database with 6 fields on a lightly loaded Sparc 20
with 64 MB RAM in 2.3 seconds!

... and more.