This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'RC_1_29_0'.
some bug fixes
some small fixes
applied () workaround for basic_string constructor
made from_block_range a non-member
added test for from_block_range
added this-> in more places
added from_block_range
fixed friend issue in dump_to_string and added this-> in set_block_
Removed __BORLANDC__ from the #if around the basic_string
constructor. Luckily the fix by GP for g++ also fixes Borland. [JGS]