* Changes to the C interface
+** The GH interface (deprecated in version 1.6, 2001) was removed.
+
+** Internal `scm_i_' functions now have "hidden" linkage with GCC/ELF
+
+This makes these internal functions technically not callable from
+application code.
+
** Functions for handling `scm_option' now no longer require an argument
indicating length of the `scm_t_option' array.
`C-u' to indicate that you want to single step through that code. See
`Evaluating Scheme Code' in the manual for more details.
-* Bugs fixed
+** New "guile(1)" man page!
-** Internal `scm_i_' functions now have "hidden" linkage with GCC/ELF
+* Changes to the distribution
-This makes these internal functions technically not callable from
-application code.
+** Automake's `AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' is no longer used
+
+Thus, the `--enable-maintainer-mode' configure option is no longer
+available: Guile is now always configured in "maintainer mode".
+
+* Bugs fixed
+** `symbol->string' now returns a read-only string, as per R5RS
+** Fix incorrect handling of the FLAGS argument of `fold-matches'
** `guile-config link' now prints `-L$libdir' before `-lguile'
** Fix memory corruption involving GOOPS' `class-redefinition'
+** Fix possible deadlock in `mutex-lock'
** Fix build issue on Tru64 and ia64-hp-hpux11.23 (`SCM_UNPACK' macro)
** Fix build issue on mips, mipsel, powerpc and ia64 (stack direction)
** Fix build issue on hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11 (`dirent64' and `readdir64_r')
+** Fix build issue on i386-unknown-freebsd7.0 ("break strict-aliasing rules")
** Fix misleading output from `(help rationalize)'
** Fix build failure on Debian hppa architecture (bad stack growth detection)
+** Fix `gcd' when called with a single, negative argument.
+** Fix `Stack overflow' errors seen when building on some platforms
+** Fix bug when `scm_with_guile ()' was called several times from the
+ same thread
+** The handler of SRFI-34 `with-exception-handler' is now invoked in the
+ dynamic environment of the call to `raise'
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Changes in 1.8.5 (since 1.8.4)