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+Changes from 0.4 to 0.5
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+
+* Complete rewrite of the Encoding class to allow for
+  1. On-the-fly changing of the encoding while en-/decoding
+  2. Ability to en-/decode from/to any data structure
+
 Changes from 0.3 to 0.4
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