* net_db.c: remove bogus "close" declaration.

[bpt/guile.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2db1398..e138e56 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -288,6 +288,21 @@ objects are usually permanent.
 ** Escape procedures created by call-with-current-continuation now
 accept any number of arguments, as required by R5RS.
 
+** New function `call-with-deprecation'
+
+Call a thunk, displaying a deprecation message at the first call:
+
+  (define (id x)
+    (call-with-deprecation "`id' is deprecated.  Use `identity' instead."
+      (lambda ()
+       (identity x))))
+
+  guile> (id 1)
+  ;; `id' is deprecated.  Use `identity' instead.
+  1
+  guile> (id 1)
+  1
+
 ** New function `make-object-property'
 
 This function returns a new `procedure with setter' P that can be used
@@ -487,6 +502,14 @@ The data can then be retrieved by `get-output-string'.
 
 Return the contents of an output string port.
 
+** New function: identity
+
+Return the argument.
+
+** Deprecated: id
+
+Use `identity' instead.
+
 ** Deprecated: close-all-ports-except.
 
 This was intended for closing ports in a child process after a fork,
@@ -656,7 +679,7 @@ SCM_SETGC8MARK, SCM_CLRGC8MARK, SCM_GCTYP16, SCM_GCCDR, SCM_SUBR_DOC,
 SCM_OPDIRP, SCM_VALIDATE_OPDIR, SCM_WTA, RETURN_SCM_WTA, SCM_CONST_LONG,
 SCM_WNA, SCM_FUNC_NAME, SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_COPY,
 SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_DEF_COPY, SCM_SLOPPY_CONSP, SCM_SLOPPY_NCONSP,
-SCM_SETAND_CDR, SCM_SETOR_CDR
+SCM_SETAND_CDR, SCM_SETOR_CDR, SCM_SETAND_CAR, SCM_SETOR_CAR
 
 Use SCM_ASSERT_RANGE or SCM_VALIDATE_XXX_RANGE instead of SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
 Use scm_memory_error instead of SCM_NALLOC.