News for scm_call_N and scm_apply_N.

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@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ See INSTALL and README for more information.
 SRFI-0 `cond-expand' is now supported in Guile, without requiring
 using a module.
 
+(srfi srfi-1) is a library containing many useful pair- and list-processing
+  procedures.
+
 (srfi srfi-2) exports and-let*.
 
 (srfi srfi-6) is a dummy module for now, since guile already provides
@@ -161,8 +164,6 @@ ice-9/match.scm for brief description or
 
 for complete documentation.
 
-This module requires SLIB to be installed and available from Guile.
-
 ** New module (ice-9 buffered-input)
 
 This module provides procedures to construct an input port from an
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ guile> (string-pad "bla" 20)
 
 ** Guile now always starts up in the `(guile-user)' module.
 
-Previously, script executed via the `-s' option would run in the
+Previously, scripts executed via the `-s' option would run in the
 `(guile)' module and the repl would run in the `(guile-user)' module.
 Now every user action takes place in the `(guile-user)' module by
 default.
@@ -654,7 +655,16 @@ return.
 
 * Changes to the C interface
 
-** Deprecated feature have been removed.
+** Types have been renamed from scm_*_t to scm_t_*.
+
+This has been done for POSIX sake.  It reserves identifiers ending
+with "_t".  What a concept.
+
+The old names are still available with status `deprecated'.
+
+** scm_t_bits (former scm_bits_t) is now a unsigned type.
+
+** Deprecated features have been removed.
 
 *** Macros removed
 
@@ -671,6 +681,10 @@ return.
   scm_tc_dblc - replaced by scm_tc16_complex.
   scm_list_star - replaced by scm_cons_star.
 
+** Deprecated: scm_makfromstr
+
+Use scm_mem2string instead.
+
 ** Deprecated: scm_make_shared_substring
 
 Explicit shared substrings will disappear from Guile.
@@ -687,6 +701,23 @@ Guile.
 
 Instead, use scm_c_memq or scm_memq, scm_memv, scm_member.
 
+** New functions: scm_call_0, scm_call_1, scm_call_2, scm_call_3
+
+Call a procedure with the indicated number of arguments.
+
+Example:
+
+  scm_call_1 (proc, arg1);
+
+** New functions: scm_apply_0, scm_apply_1, scm_apply_2, scm_apply_3
+
+Call a procedure with the indicated number of arguments and a list
+of arguments.
+
+Example:
+
+  scm_apply_1 (proc, arg1, args);
+
 ** New function: scm_c_read (SCM port, void *buffer, scm_sizet size)
 
 Used by an application to read arbitrary number of bytes from a port.