More implementation of the event listener interface (by Vlad Losev); Reduces the stack space usage of assertions by moving AssertHelper's fields to the heap (by Jorg Brown); Makes String faster, smaller, and simpler (by Zhanyong Wan); Fixes a bug in String::Format() (by Chandler); Adds the /MD version of VC projects to the distribution (by Vlad Losev).

test/gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc

@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+// TODO(vladl@google.com): Remove this include when the event listener API is
+// published and GetUnitTestImpl is no longer needed.
+//
+// Indicates that this translation unit is part of Google Test's
+// implementation.  It must come before gtest-internal-inl.h is
+// included, or there will be a compiler error.  This trick is to
+// prevent a user from accidentally including gtest-internal-inl.h in
+// his code.
+#define GTEST_IMPLEMENTATION_ 1
+#include "src/gtest-internal-inl.h"
+#undef GTEST_IMPLEMENTATION_
+
+using ::testing::InitGoogleTest;
+
 class SuccessfulTest : public testing::Test {
 };
 
@@ -118,3 +132,17 @@ TEST(NoFixtureTest, ExternalUtilityThatCallsRecordIntValuedProperty) {
 TEST(NoFixtureTest, ExternalUtilityThatCallsRecordStringValuedProperty) {
   ExternalUtilityThatCallsRecordProperty("key_for_utility_string", "1");
 }
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+
+  if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "--shut_down_xml") == 0) {
+    // TODO(vladl@google.com): Replace GetUnitTestImpl()->listeners() with
+    // UnitTest::GetInstance()->listeners() when the event listener API is
+    // published.
+    ::testing::internal::EventListeners& listeners =
+        *::testing::internal::GetUnitTestImpl()->listeners();
+    delete listeners.Release(listeners.default_xml_generator());
+  }
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}