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@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ See `cancel-thread', `set-thread-cleanup!', and `thread-cleanup'.
 indicating length of the `scm_t_option' array.
 
 
+
+Changes in 1.8.6 (since 1.8.5)
+
+* Bugs fixed
+
+** Internal `scm_i_' functions now have "hidden" linkage with GCC/ELF
+
+This makes these internal functions technically not callable from
+application code.
+
 
 Changes in 1.8.5 (since 1.8.4)