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@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ Use `substring-move!' instead.
 
 * Changes to the C interface
 
+** The struct scm_cell has been renamed to scm_t_cell
+
+This is in accordance to Guile's naming scheme for types.  Note that
+the name scm_cell is now used for a function that allocates and
+initializes a new cell (see below).
+
 ** New functions for memory management
 
 A new set of functions for memory management has been added since the
@@ -94,11 +100,81 @@ SCM_SRFI4_IMPORT, for the corresponding libraries.
 
 ** SCM_NEWCELL and SCM_NEWCELL2 have been deprecated.
 
-Use the new functions scm_alloc_cell and scm_alloc_double_cell
-instead.  The old macros had problems because with them allocation and
-initialization was separated and the GC could sometimes observe half
-initialized cells.  Only careful coding by the user of SCM_NEWCELL and
-SCM_NEWCELL2 could make this safe and efficient.
+Use the new functions scm_cell and scm_double_cell instead.  The old macros
+had problems because with them allocation and initialization was separated and
+the GC could sometimes observe half initialized cells.  Only careful coding by
+the user of SCM_NEWCELL and SCM_NEWCELL2 could make this safe and efficient.
+
+** CHECK_ENTRY, CHECK_APPLY and CHECK_EXIT have been deprecated.
+
+Use the variables scm_check_entry_p, scm_check_apply_p and scm_check_exit_p
+instead.
+
+** SRCBRKP has been deprecated.
+
+Use scm_c_source_property_breakpoint_p instead.
+
+** Removed definitions:  scm_lisp_nil, scm_lisp_t, s_nil_ify, scm_m_nil_ify,
+s_t_ify, scm_m_t_ify, s_0_cond, scm_m_0_cond, s_0_ify, scm_m_0_ify, s_1_ify,
+scm_m_1_ify, scm_debug_newcell,        scm_debug_newcell2, scm_tc16_allocated,
+SCM_SET_SYMBOL_HASH, SCM_IM_NIL_IFY, SCM_IM_T_IFY, SCM_IM_0_COND,
+SCM_IM_0_IFY, SCM_IM_1_IFY, SCM_GC_SET_ALLOCATED, scm_debug_newcell,
+scm_debug_newcell2, scm_substring_move_left_x, scm_substring_move_right_x,
+long_long, ulong_long, scm_sizet, SCM_WNA, SCM_OUTOFRANGE, SCM_NALLOC,
+SCM_HUP_SIGNAL, SCM_INT_SIGNAL, SCM_FPE_SIGNAL,        SCM_BUS_SIGNAL,
+SCM_SEGV_SIGNAL, SCM_ALRM_SIGNAL, SCM_GC_SIGNAL, SCM_TICK_SIGNAL,
+SCM_SIG_ORD, SCM_ORD_SIG, SCM_NUM_SIGS, moddata, registered_mods,
+scm_register_module_xxx, scm_registered_modules,
+scm_clear_registered_modules, scm_wta, *top-level-lookup-closure*,
+scm_top_level_lookup_closure_var, scm_system_transformer, scm_eval_3,
+scm_eval2, SCM_SETAND_CAR, SCM_SETOR_CAR, SCM_SETAND_CDR, SCM_SETOR_CDR,
+SCM_FREEP, SCM_NFREEP, SCM_GC8MARKP, SCM_SETGC8MARK, SCM_CLRGC8MARK,
+SCM_GCTYP16, SCM_GCCDR, scm_remember, scm_protect_object,
+scm_unprotect_object, root_module_lookup_closure, scm_sym_app,
+scm_sym_modules, module_prefix, make_modules_in_var,
+beautify_user_module_x_var, try_module_autoload_var, scm_module_full_name,
+scm_the_root_module, scm_make_module, scm_ensure_user_module,
+scm_load_scheme_module, scm_port, scm_ptob_descriptor, scm_port_rw_active,
+scm_close_all_ports_except, scm_rstate, scm_rng, scm_i_rstate,
+SCM_SLOPPY_STRINGP, SCM_RWSTRINGP, SCM_STRING_UCHARS, SCM_STRING_CHARS,
+scm_read_only_string_p, scm_makstr, scm_makfromstr,
+scm_make_shared_substring, scm_tc7_substring, SCM_SLOPPY_CONSP,
+SCM_SLOPPY_NCONSP, scm_tc7_ssymbol, scm_tc7_msymbol, scm_tcs_symbols,
+sym_huh, scm_variable_set_name_hint, scm_builtin_variable, SCM_VARVCELL,
+SCM_UDVARIABLEP, SCM_DEFVARIABLEP, scm_internal_with_fluids,
+scm_make_gsubr, scm_make_gsubr_with_generic, scm_create_hook, list*,
+SCM_LIST0, SCM_LIST1, SCM_LIST2, SCM_LIST3, SCM_LIST4, SCM_LIST5,
+SCM_LIST6, SCM_LIST7, SCM_LIST8, SCM_LIST9, scm_listify, scm_sloppy_memq,
+scm_sloppy_memv, scm_sloppy_member, scm_end_of_file_key,
+scm_read_and_eval_x, scm_mkbig, scm_big2inum, scm_adjbig, scm_normbig,
+scm_copybig, scm_2ulong2big, scm_dbl2big, scm_big2dbl, SCM_FIXNUM_BIT,
+scm_subr_entry, SCM_SUBR_DOC, scm_make_subr_opt, scm_make_subr,
+scm_make_subr_with_generic, setjmp_type, setjmp_type,
+scm_call_catching_errors, scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, scm_set_smob_mfpe,
+scm_strprint_obj, scm_read_0str, scm_eval_0str, SCM_CHARS, SCM_UCHARS,
+SCM_SETCHARS, SCM_SLOPPY_SUBSTRP, SCM_SUBSTR_STR, SCM_SUBSTR_OFFSET,
+SCM_LENGTH_MAX, SCM_LENGTH, SCM_SETLENGTH, SCM_ROSTRINGP, SCM_ROLENGTH,
+SCM_ROCHARS, SCM_ROUCHARS, SCM_SUBSTRP, SCM_COERCE_SUBSTR, scm_strhash,
+scm_sym2vcell, scm_sym2ovcell_soft, scm_sym2ovcell,
+scm_intern_obarray_soft, scm_intern_obarray, scm_intern, scm_intern0,
+scm_sysintern, scm_sysintern0, scm_sysintern0_no_module_lookup,
+scm_symbol_value0, scm_string_to_obarray_symbol, scm_intern_symbol,
+scm_unintern_symbol, scm_symbol_binding, scm_symbol_interned_p,
+scm_symbol_bound_p, scm_symbol_set_x, scm_gentemp,
+scm_init_symbols_deprecated, s_vector_set_length_x, scm_vector_set_length_x,
+scm_contregs, scm_debug_info, scm_debug_frame, SCM_DSIDEVAL, SCM_OPDIRP,
+scm_fport, scm_option, SCM_CONST_LONG, SCM_VCELL, SCM_GLOBAL_VCELL,
+SCM_VCELL_INIT, SCM_GLOBAL_VCELL_INIT, scm_srcprops, scm_srcprops_chunk,
+scm_info_frame, scm_stack, scm_array, scm_array_dim, SCM_ARRAY_CONTIGUOUS,
+SCM_HUGE_LENGTH, SCM_FUNC_NAME, SCM_WTA, RETURN_SCM_WTA,
+SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_COPY, SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_DEF_COPY,
+SCM_VALIDATE_STRINGORSUBSTR, SCM_VALIDATE_ROSTRING,
+SCM_VALIDATE_ROSTRING_COPY, SCM_VALIDATE_NULLORROSTRING_COPY,
+SCM_VALIDATE_RWSTRING, SCM_VALIDATE_OPDIR, DIGITS, scm_small_istr2int,
+scm_istr2int, scm_istr2flo, scm_istring2number, scm_istr2int,
+scm_istr2flo, scm_istring2number, scm_vtable_index_vcell, scm_si_vcell,
+SCM_ECONSP, SCM_NECONSP, SCM_GLOC_VAR, SCM_GLOC_VAL, SCM_GLOC_SET_VAL,
+SCM_GLOC_VAL_LOC, scm_make_gloc, scm_gloc_p, scm_tc16_variable
 
 Changes since Guile 1.4: