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@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 Guile NEWS --- history of user-visible changes.
 Guile NEWS --- history of user-visible changes.

-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 See the end for copying conditions.
 

-Please send Guile bug reports to bug-guile@gnu.org.  Note that you
-must be subscribed to this list first, in order to successfully send a
-report to it.
+Please send Guile bug reports to bug-guile@gnu.org.

 
 \f
 Changes in 1.9.0:
 
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 Changes in 1.9.0:


@@ -42,6 +40,40 @@ application code.
 ** Functions for handling `scm_option' now no longer require an argument
 indicating length of the `scm_t_option' array.
 
 ** Functions for handling `scm_option' now no longer require an argument
 indicating length of the `scm_t_option' array.
 

+** Primitive procedures (aka. "subrs") are now stored in double cells
+This removes the subr table and simplifies the code.
+
+** Primitive procedures with more than 3 arguments (aka. "gsubrs") are
+no longer implemented using the "compiled closure" mechanism.  This
+simplifies code and reduces both the storage and run-time overhead.
+
+\f
+Changes in 1.8.7 (since 1.8.6)
+
+* New modules (see the manual for details)
+
+** `(srfi srfi-98)', an interface to access environment variables
+
+* Bugs fixed
+
+** Fix compilation with `--disable-deprecated'
+** Fix %fast-slot-ref/set!, to avoid possible segmentation fault
+** Fix MinGW build problem caused by HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC confusion
+** Fix build problem when scm_t_timespec is different from struct timespec
+** Fix build when compiled with -Wundef -Werror
+** More build fixes for `alphaev56-dec-osf5.1b' (Tru64)
+** With GCC, always compile with `-mieee' on `alpha*' and `sh*'
+** Better diagnose broken `(strftime "%z" ...)' in `time.test' (bug #24130)
+** Fix parsing of SRFI-88/postfix keywords longer than 128 characters
+
+** Allow @ macro to work with (ice-9 syncase)
+
+Previously, use of the @ macro in a module whose code is being
+transformed by (ice-9 syncase) would cause an "Invalid syntax" error.
+Now it works as you would expect (giving the value of the specified
+module binding).
+
+** Have `scm_take_locale_symbol ()' return an interned symbol (bug #25865)

 
 \f
 Changes in 1.8.6 (since 1.8.5)
 
 \f
 Changes in 1.8.6 (since 1.8.5)


@@ -56,6 +88,8 @@ When you use GDS to evaluate Scheme code from Emacs, you can now use
 `C-u' to indicate that you want to single step through that code. See
 `Evaluating Scheme Code' in the manual for more details.
 
 `C-u' to indicate that you want to single step through that code. See
 `Evaluating Scheme Code' in the manual for more details.
 

+** New "guile(1)" man page!
+

 * Changes to the distribution
 
 ** Automake's `AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' is no longer used
 * Changes to the distribution
 
 ** Automake's `AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' is no longer used


@@ -63,6 +97,12 @@ When you use GDS to evaluate Scheme code from Emacs, you can now use
 Thus, the `--enable-maintainer-mode' configure option is no longer
 available: Guile is now always configured in "maintainer mode".
 
 Thus, the `--enable-maintainer-mode' configure option is no longer
 available: Guile is now always configured in "maintainer mode".
 

+** `ChangeLog' files are no longer updated
+
+Instead, changes are detailed in the version control system's logs.  See
+the top-level `ChangeLog' files for details.
+
+

 * Bugs fixed
 
 ** `symbol->string' now returns a read-only string, as per R5RS
 * Bugs fixed
 
 ** `symbol->string' now returns a read-only string, as per R5RS


@@ -77,6 +117,14 @@ available: Guile is now always configured in "maintainer mode".
 ** 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 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'
+** Fix potential deadlock in `make-struct'
+** Fix compilation problem with libltdl from Libtool 2.2.x
+** Fix sloppy bound checking in `string-{ref,set!}' with the empty string

 
 \f
 Changes in 1.8.5 (since 1.8.4)
 
 \f
 Changes in 1.8.5 (since 1.8.4)


@@ -229,7 +277,6 @@ Changes in 1.8.3 (since 1.8.2)
 ** The reader is now faster, which reduces startup time
 ** Procedures returned by `record-accessor' and `record-modifier' are faster
 
 ** The reader is now faster, which reduces startup time
 ** Procedures returned by `record-accessor' and `record-modifier' are faster
 

-

 \f
 Changes in 1.8.2 (since 1.8.1):
 
 \f
 Changes in 1.8.2 (since 1.8.1):
 


@@ -238,6 +285,16 @@ Changes in 1.8.2 (since 1.8.1):
 ** set-program-arguments
 ** make-vtable
 
 ** set-program-arguments
 ** make-vtable
 

+* Incompatible changes
+
+** The body of a top-level `define' no longer sees the binding being created
+
+In a top-level `define', the binding being created is no longer visible
+from the `define' body.  This breaks code like
+"(define foo (begin (set! foo 1) (+ foo 1)))", where `foo' is now
+unbound in the body.  However, such code was not R5RS-compliant anyway,
+per Section 5.2.1.
+

 * Bugs fixed
 
 ** Fractions were not `equal?' if stored in unreduced form.
 * Bugs fixed
 
 ** Fractions were not `equal?' if stored in unreduced form.


@@ -282,8 +339,6 @@ Changes in 1.8.1 (since 1.8.0):
 ** scm_exp - [C]
 ** scm_sqrt - [C]
 
 ** scm_exp - [C]
 ** scm_sqrt - [C]
 

-* New `(ice-9 i18n)' module (see the manual for details)
-

 * Bugs fixed
 
 ** Build problems have been fixed on MacOS, SunOS, and QNX.
 * Bugs fixed
 
 ** Build problems have been fixed on MacOS, SunOS, and QNX.