* Changes to the distribution
+** A top-level TODO file is included.
+
** Guile now uses a versioning scheme similar to that of the Linux kernel.
Guile now always uses three numbers to represent the version,
environment variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED control this mechanism.
See INSTALL and README for more information.
+** New functions: setitimer and getitimer.
+
+These implement a fairly direct interface to the libc functions of the
+same name.
+
+** The #. reader extension is now disabled by default.
+
+For safety reasons, #. evaluation is disabled by default. To
+re-enable it, set the fluid read-eval? to #t. For example:
+
+ (fluid-set read-eval? #t)
+
+but make sure you realize the potential security risks involved. With
+read-eval? enabled, reading a data file from an untrusted source can
+be dangerous.
+
** New SRFI modules have been added:
SRFI-0 `cond-expand' is now supported in Guile, without requiring
using a module.
+(srfi srfi-1) is a library containing many useful pair- and list-processing
+ procedures.
+
(srfi srfi-2) exports and-let*.
+(srfi srfi-4) implements homogeneous numeric vector datatypes.
+
(srfi srfi-6) is a dummy module for now, since guile already provides
all of the srfi-6 procedures by default: open-input-string,
open-output-string, get-output-string.
** New module (ice-9 rw)
This is a subset of the (scsh rw) module from guile-scsh. Currently
-it defines two single procedures:
+it defines two procedures:
*** New function: read-string!/partial str [port_or_fdes [start [end]]]
for complete documentation.
-This module requires SLIB to be installed and available from Guile.
-
** New module (ice-9 buffered-input)
This module provides procedures to construct an input port from an
** Guile now always starts up in the `(guile-user)' module.
-Previously, script executed via the `-s' option would run in the
+Previously, scripts executed via the `-s' option would run in the
`(guile)' module and the repl would run in the `(guile-user)' module.
Now every user action takes place in the `(guile-user)' module by
default.
* Changes to the C interface
-** Deprecated feature have been removed.
+** Types have been renamed from scm_*_t to scm_t_*.
+
+This has been done for POSIX sake. It reserves identifiers ending
+with "_t". What a concept.
+
+The old names are still available with status `deprecated'.
+
+** scm_t_bits (former scm_bits_t) is now a unsigned type.
+
+** Deprecated features have been removed.
*** Macros removed
scm_tc_dblc - replaced by scm_tc16_complex.
scm_list_star - replaced by scm_cons_star.
+** Deprecated: scm_makfromstr
+
+Use scm_mem2string instead.
+
** Deprecated: scm_make_shared_substring
Explicit shared substrings will disappear from Guile.
Instead, use scm_c_memq or scm_memq, scm_memv, scm_member.
+** New functions: scm_call_0, scm_call_1, scm_call_2, scm_call_3
+
+Call a procedure with the indicated number of arguments.
+
+Example:
+
+ scm_call_1 (proc, arg1);
+
+** New functions: scm_apply_0, scm_apply_1, scm_apply_2, scm_apply_3
+
+Call a procedure with the indicated number of arguments and a list
+of arguments.
+
+Example:
+
+ scm_apply_1 (proc, arg1, args);
+
+** New functions: scm_list_1, scm_list_2, scm_list_3, scm_list_4, scm_list_5
+
+Create a list of the given number of elements.
+
+** Renamed function: scm_listify has been replaced by scm_list_n.
+
+** Deprecated macros: SCM_LIST0, SCM_LIST1, SCM_LIST2, SCM_LIST3, SCM_LIST4,
+SCM_LIST5, SCM_LIST6, SCM_LIST7, SCM_LIST8, SCM_LIST9.
+
+Use functions scm_list_N instead.
+
** New function: scm_c_read (SCM port, void *buffer, scm_sizet size)
Used by an application to read arbitrary number of bytes from a port.
** Deprecated functions: scm_mkbig, scm_big2num, scm_adjbig,
scm_normbig, scm_copybig, scm_2ulong2big, scm_dbl2big, scm_big2dbl
-With the exception of the misterious scm_2ulong2big, they are still
+With the exception of the mysterious scm_2ulong2big, they are still
available under new names (scm_i_mkbig etc). These functions are not
intended to be used in user code. You should avoid dealing with
bignums directly, and should deal with numbers in general (which can
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