new scoping rules for 'if' now active

compiler/options.nim

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const
   hasTinyCBackend* = defined(tinyc)
   useEffectSystem* = true
   hasFFI* = defined(useFFI)
-  newScopeForIf* = false      # XXX activate for 0.9.4
+  newScopeForIf* = true
 
 type                          # please make sure we have under 32 options
                               # (improves code efficiency a lot!)

doc/manual.txt

@@ -1920,8 +1920,6 @@ the corresponding *then* block:
 
 In the example the scopes have been enclosed in ``{|  |}``. 
 
-**Note**: These scoping rules will be active in 0.9.4.
-
 
 Case statement
 --------------

todo.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version 0.9.4
 =============
 
 - make 'bind' default for templates and introduce 'mixin';
-  special rule for ``[]=``
+- special rule for ``[]=``
 - ``=`` should be overloadable; requires specialization for ``=``; general
   lift mechanism in the compiler is already implemented for 'fields'
 - mocking support with ``tyProxy`` that does: fallback for ``.`` operator

web/news.txt

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Library Additions
 Changes affecting backwards compatibility
 -----------------------------------------
 
+- The scoping rules for the ``if`` statement changed for better interaction 
+  with the new syntactic construct ``(;)``.
+
+
 
 Compiler Additions
 ------------------