scm_gc_protect_object (make_bytevector (0, SCM_ARRAY_ELEMENT_TYPE_VU8));
#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
- scm_i_native_endianness = scm_permanent_object (scm_from_locale_symbol ("big"));
+ scm_i_native_endianness = scm_from_locale_symbol ("big");
#else
- scm_i_native_endianness = scm_permanent_object (scm_from_locale_symbol ("little"));
+ scm_i_native_endianness = scm_from_locale_symbol ("little");
#endif
scm_c_register_extension ("libguile", "scm_init_bytevectors",