* alist.c, arbiters.c, async.h, backtrace.h, boolean.c, chars.c,

[bpt/guile.git] / NEWS

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@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ The new configure option `--enable-deprecated=LEVEL' and the
 environment variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED control this mechanism.
 See INSTALL and README for more information.
 
+** New functions: setitimer and getitimer.
+
+These implement a fairly direct interface to the libc functions of the
+same name.
+
+** The #. reader extension is now disabled by default.
+
+For safety reasons, #. evaluation is disabled by default.  To
+re-enable it, set the fluid read-eval? to #t.  For example:
+
+  (fluid-set read-eval? #t)
+
+but make sure you realize the potential security risks involved.  With
+read-eval?  enabled, reading a data file from an untrusted source can
+be dangerous.
+
 ** New SRFI modules have been added:
 
 SRFI-0 `cond-expand' is now supported in Guile, without requiring
@@ -143,7 +159,7 @@ can be used for similar functionality.
 ** New module (ice-9 rw)
 
 This is a subset of the (scsh rw) module from guile-scsh.  Currently
-it defines two single procedures:
+it defines two procedures:
 
 *** New function: read-string!/partial str [port_or_fdes [start [end]]]
 
@@ -1028,7 +1044,7 @@ Made more compliant with the naming policy by adding a _t at the end.
 ** Deprecated functions: scm_mkbig, scm_big2num, scm_adjbig,
    scm_normbig, scm_copybig, scm_2ulong2big, scm_dbl2big, scm_big2dbl
 
-With the exception of the misterious scm_2ulong2big, they are still
+With the exception of the mysterious scm_2ulong2big, they are still
 available under new names (scm_i_mkbig etc).  These functions are not
 intended to be used in user code.  You should avoid dealing with
 bignums directly, and should deal with numbers in general (which can