* RESTCONF PUT/POST erroneously returned 200 OK. Instead restconf now returns:

* `201 Created` for created resources
  * `204 No Content` for replaced resources.
  * See [RESTCONF: HTTP return codes are not according to RFC 8040](https://github.com/clicon/clixon/issues/56)

* HTTP `Location:` fields added in RESTCONF POST replies
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### Major New features
* Restconf RFC 8040 increased feature compliance
* Cache-Control: no-cache added in HTTP responses (RFC Section 5.5)
* RESTCONF PUT/POST erroneously returned 200 OK. Instead restconf now returns:
* `201 Created` for created resources
* `204 No Content` for replaced resources.
* See [RESTCONF: HTTP return codes are not according to RFC 8040](https://github.com/clicon/clixon/issues/56)
* Implementation detail: due to difference between RESTCONF and NETCONF semantics, a PUT first to make en internal netconf edit-config create operation; if that fails, a replace operation is tried.
* HTTP `Location:` fields added in RESTCONF POST replies
* HTTP `Cache-Control: no-cache` fields added in HTTP responses (RFC Section 5.5)
* Restconf monitoring capabilities (RFC Section 9.1)
* Added support for Yang extensions
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* Yang extensions support
* New plugin callback: ca_extension
* Main backend example includes example code on how to implement a Yang extension in a plugin.
### API changes on existing features (you may need to change your code)
* RESTCONF PUT/POST erroneously returned 200 OK. Instead restconf now returns:
* `201 Created` for created resources
* `204 No Content` for replaced resources.
* JSON changes
* Non-pretty-print output removed all extra spaces.
* Example: `{"nacm-example:x": 42}` --> {"nacm-example:x":42}`
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* pseudo-plugin added, to enable callbacks also for main programs. Useful for extensions
### Corrected Bugs
* See [RESTCONF: HTTP return codes are not according to RFC 8040](https://github.com/clicon/clixon/issues/56)
* Yang Unique statements with multiple schema identifiers did not work on some platforms due to memory error.
## 4.0.0 (13 July 2019)