+** 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)
+
+* Bugs fixed
+
+** 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
+
+** 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)
+
+* New features (see the manual for details)
+
+** New convenience function `scm_c_symbol_length ()'
+
+** Single stepping through code from Emacs
+
+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.
+
+** New "guile(1)" man page!
+
+* Changes to the distribution
+
+** 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".
+
+** `ChangeLog' files are no longer updated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
+** 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'
+** 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
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