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+Changes in 1.9.0:
-* Changes to the distribution
-* Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
-* Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
-* Changes to the C interface
+* New modules (see the manual for details)
-\f
-Changes in 1.9.XXXXXXXX:
+** The `(ice-9 i18n)' module provides internationalization support
* Changes to the distribution
+
+** Guile now uses Gnulib as a portability aid
+
* Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
* Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
-** A new 'memoize-symbol evaluator trap has been added. This trap can
+** A new 'memoize-symbol evaluator trap has been added. This trap can
be used for efficiently implementing a Scheme code coverage.
+** Duplicate bindings among used modules are resolved lazily.
+This slightly improves program startup times.
+
* Changes to the C interface
-** Functions for handling scm_option now no longer require an argument
-indicating length of the scm_t_option array.
+** Functions for handling `scm_option' now no longer require an argument
+indicating length of the `scm_t_option' array.
+
+\f
+Changes in 1.8.3 (since 1.8.2)
+
+* New modules (see the manual for details)
+
+** `(srfi srfi-35)'
+** `(srfi srfi-37)'
+
+* Bugs fixed
+
+** Expressions like "(set! 'x #t)" no longer yield a crash
+
+* Implementation improvements
+
+** Procedures returned by `record-accessor' and `record-modifier' are faster
+
\f
Changes in 1.8.2 (since 1.8.1):
the core bindings got priority, preventing SRFI replacements or
extensions.)
** `regexp-exec' doesn't abort() on #\nul in the input or bad flags arg
-** `kill' on mingw throws an error for a pid other than oneself
+** `kill' on mingw throws an error for a PID other than oneself
** Procedure names are attached to procedure-with-setters
** Array read syntax works with negative lower bound
** `array-in-bounds?' fix if an array has different lower bounds on each index
** Small memory leaks have been fixed in `make-fluid' and `add-history'
** GOOPS: Fixed a bug in `method-more-specific?'
** Build problems on Solaris fixed
-** Build problems on Mingw fixed
+** Build problems on HP-UX IA64 fixed
+** Build problems on MinGW fixed
\f
Changes in 1.8.1 (since 1.8.0):