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@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ space" for Guile headers.  This means that the compiler only is given
 
 * Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
 
+** New help facility
+
+Typing (help) prints helpful information.
+Typing (help NAME) gives documentation about NAME.
+
 ** Dynamic linking now uses libltdl from the libtool package.
 
 The old system dependent code for doing dynamic linking has been
@@ -193,6 +198,12 @@ only characters, for compatibility with R5RS.
 ** New procedure: port-closed? PORT
 Returns #t if PORT is closed or #f if it is open.
 
+* Changes to the gh_ interface
+
+** Deprecated: gh_int2scmb
+
+Use gh_bool2scm instead.
+
 * Changes to the scm_ interface
 
 ** Guile primitives now carry docstrings!
@@ -212,14 +223,15 @@ the readability of argument checking.
 
 ** All (nearly?) K&R prototypes for functions replaced with ANSI C equivalents.
 
-** New macros: SCM_PACK, SCM_UNPACK, SCM_UNPACK_CAR
+** New macros: SCM_PACK, SCM_UNPACK
 
 Compose/decompose an SCM value.
 
-The SCM type is now defined as void * on most architectures.  This
-makes it easier to find several types of bugs, for example when SCM
-values are treated as integers without conversion.  Values of the SCM
-type should be treated as "atomic" values.  These macros are used when
+The SCM type is now treated as an abstract data type and may be defined as a
+long, a void* or as a struct, depending on the architecture and compile time
+options. This makes it easier to find several types of bugs, for example when
+SCM values are treated as integers without conversion.  Values of the SCM type
+should be treated as "atomic" values.  These macros are used when
 composing/decomposing an SCM value, either because you want to access
 individual bits, or because you want to treat it as an integer value.
 
@@ -227,11 +239,16 @@ E.g., in order to set bit 7 in an SCM value x, use the expression
 
   SCM_PACK (SCM_UNPACK (x) | 0x80)
 
-SCM_UNPACK_CAR (X) is defined as SCM_UNPACK (SCM_CAR (X))
+** The name property of hooks is deprecated.
+Thus, the use of SCM_HOOK_NAME and scm_make_hook_with_name is deprecated.
+
+You can emulate this feature by using object properties.
 
-** Deprecated macros: SCM_INPORTP, SCM_OUTPORTP
+** Deprecated macros: SCM_INPORTP, SCM_OUTPORTP, SCM_CRDY, SCM_ICHRP, 
+SCM_ICHR, SCM_MAKICHR, SCM_SETJMPBUF, SCM_NSTRINGP, SCM_NRWSTRINGP,
+SCM_NVECTORP
 
-These macros will be removed in next release of Guile.
+These macros will be removed in a future release of Guile.
 
 ** Port internals: the rw_random variable in the scm_port structure
 must be set to non-zero in any random access port.  In recent Guile
@@ -254,6 +271,10 @@ although to actually avoid resetting the buffers and discard unread
 chars requires further hacking that depends on the characteristics
 of the ptob.
 
+** Deprecated functions: scm_fseek, scm_tag
+
+These functions are no longer used and will be removed in a future version.
+
 ** The scm_sysmissing procedure is no longer used in libguile.
 Unless it turns out to be unexpectedly useful to somebody, it will be
 removed in a future version.