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 ?? ?? ????, Version 4.0 Beta 4
+- Added socket_get_status() function. Renamed:
+  set_socket_timeout() -> socket_set_timeout()
+- set_socket_blocking() -> socket_set_blocking(). (Andrei)
+- Added realpath() function. (Andrei)
 - mktime interprets years in the range 0-70 now as 2000-2070. You can
   continue to specify the complete year (i.e. 1920) (Sascha)
 - Added the ability to control the environment variables the user is allowed