-do no longer download the latest library version from ECMWF, to prevent
breakage in case they redesign their website or software package,
just use the packed tar file (the option to download can still be used though)
-updated to build and use the new BUFRDC series of the ECMWF library
including the latest versions 000400 and 000401.
-add reading, writing and using the C-BUFR tables which allows expanding
numerical flag values to the corresponding text values.
-fix a bug that happens if multiple bufr files using different templates
from different bufr table files are used in the same script.
-fase out the singletom trick since it made things too complicated
(and was only experimental anyway)