(check_SCRIPTS): add test-require-extension.

[bpt/guile.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 31054ac..ba983e4 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Guile NEWS --- history of user-visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send Guile bug reports to bug-guile@gnu.org.
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ SCM_VELTS_AS_STACKITEMS, SCM_SETVELTS, SCM_GC_WRITABLE_VELTS.
 
 Migrate according to the following table:
 
-    scm_make_uve        -> scm_make_typed_aray, scm_make_u8vector etc.
+    scm_make_uve        -> scm_make_typed_array, scm_make_u8vector etc.
     scm_make_ra         -> scm_make_array
     scm_shap2ra         -> scm_make_array
     scm_cvref           -> scm_c_generalized_vector_ref
@@ -1078,6 +1078,11 @@ the C variables that control garbage collection.  The environment
 variables GUILE_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE, GUILE_INIT_SEGMENT_SIZE_2,
 GUILE_INIT_SEGMENT_SIZE_1, and GUILE_MIN_YIELD_2 should be used.
 
+For understanding the memory usage of a GUILE program, the routine
+gc-live-object-stats returns an alist containing the number of live
+objects for every type.
+
+
 ** The function scm_definedp has been renamed to scm_defined_p
 
 The name scm_definedp is deprecated.