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PostGIS 1.5.8 Manual301 / 310A.26.4Bug fixesFixed memory leak in polygonize()Fixed bug in lwgeom_as_anytype cast functionsFixed USE_GEOS, USE_PROJ and USE_STATS elements of postgis_version() output to always reflect library state.A.26.5Function semantic changesSnapToGrid doesn’t discard higher dimensionsChanged Z() function to return NULL if requested dimension is not availableA.26.6Performance improvementsMuch faster transform() function, caching proj4 objectsRemoved automatic call to fix_geometry_columns() in AddGeometryColumns() and update_geometry_stats()A.26.7JDBC2 worksMakefile improvementsJTS support improvementsImproved regression test systemBasic consistency check method for geometry collectionsSupport for (Hex)(E)wkbAutoprobing DriverWrapper for HexWKB / EWKT switchingfix compile problems in ValueSetter for ancient jdk releases.fix EWKT constructors to accept SRID=4711; representationadded preliminary read-only support for java2d geometriesA.26.8Other new thingsFull autoconf-based configuration, with PostgreSQL source dependency reliefGEOS C-API support (2.2.0 and higher)Initial support for topology modellingDebian and RPM specfilesNew lwpostgis_upgrade.sql scriptA.26.9Other changesJTS support improvementsStricter mapping between DBF and SQL integer and string attributesWider and cleaner regression test suiteold jdbc code removed from releaseobsoleted direct use of postgis_proc_upgrade.plscripts version unified with release version