Update draft release notes to 2.2

diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 4e36669a71d70f106d1e5bdca6039fe5117c408c..ca9d790f4d2b0f30ff585df7a6f8edf515e40a20 100644 (file)
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -33,13 +33,20 @@ const char *typename(unsigned int type)
        return object_type_strings[type];
 }
 
-int type_from_string(const char *str)
+int type_from_string_gently(const char *str, ssize_t len, int gentle)
 {
        int i;
 
+       if (len < 0)
+               len = strlen(str);
+
        for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(object_type_strings); i++)
-               if (!strcmp(str, object_type_strings[i]))
+               if (!strncmp(str, object_type_strings[i], len))
                        return i;
+
+       if (gentle)
+               return -1;
+
        die("invalid object type \"%s\"", str);
 }