From 499d33b78d2e6a80e7428e329030be18935a91ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Blandy Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:29:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- NEWS | 13 ------------- 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 684a29074..67c68ac15 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -126,19 +126,6 @@ file. * Changes to Scheme functions and syntax -** Syntax-case, present in the snapshots, is absent from this release. - -syntax-case is a powerful hygenic macro-expansion facility designed -and implemented by R. Kent Dybvig, Oscar Waddell, Bob Hieb, Carl -Bruggeman at Indiana University. Some Guile snapshots included this -macro expander as a Guile module, but we cannot distribute it, because -the authors have not assigned the code's copyright to the Free -Software Foundation. - -However, it would be fine to distribute this as a separate package, -which users can download and install separately. I hope someone -produces such a package. - ** Multi-byte strings have been removed, as have multi-byte and wide ports. We felt that these were the wrong approach to internationalization support.