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** New GDB extension to support Guile
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** New GDB extension to support Guile
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[XXX elaborate. Maybe also mention the addition of 'gdbinit' to the
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Guile now comes with an extension for GDB 7.8 or later (unreleased at
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distribution.]
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the time of writing) that simplifies debugging of C code that uses
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Guile. See "GDB Support" in the manual.
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** Improved integration between R6RS and native Guile exceptions
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** Improved integration between R6RS and native Guile exceptions
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** Custom binary input ports now support 'setvbuf'.
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** Custom binary input ports now support 'setvbuf'.
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[XXX elaborate?]
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Until now, ports returned by 'make-custom-binary-input-port' were always
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full-buffered. Now, their buffering mode can be changed using 'setvbuf'.
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** SRFI-4 predicates and length accessors no longer accept arrays.
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** SRFI-4 predicates and length accessors no longer accept arrays.
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modules were imported from Gnulib: copysign, fsync, isfinite, link,
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modules were imported from Gnulib: copysign, fsync, isfinite, link,
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lstat, mkdir, mkstemp, readlink, rename, rmdir, and unistd.
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lstat, mkdir, mkstemp, readlink, rename, rmdir, and unistd.
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* Manual updates
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** Improve docs for 'eval-when'.
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Each 'eval-when' condition is now explained in detail, including
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'expand' which was previously undocumented. (expand load eval) is now
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the recommended set of conditions, instead of (compile load eval).
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See "Eval When" in the manual, for details.
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** Update the section on SMOBs and memory management.
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[XXX elaborate, and cite manual]
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** Fixes
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[XXX Do these belong here or in the bug fixes section?]
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*** GOOPS: #:dsupers is the init keyword for the dsupers slot.
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*** 'unfold-right' takes a tail, not a tail generator.
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*** Clarify that 'append!' and 'reverse!' might not mutate.
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*** Fix doc that incorrectly claimed (integer? +inf.0) => #t.
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/16356)
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*** Document that we support SRFI-62 (S-expression comments).
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*** Document that we support SRFI-87 (=> in case clauses).
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*** Document 'equal?' in the list of R6RS incompatibilities.
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*** Remove outdated documentation of LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH.
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*** Fix 'weak-vector?' doc: Weak hash tables are not weak vectors.
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*** [XXX too minor?] Fix 'my-or' examples to use let-bound variable.
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/14203)
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*** [XXX too minor?] Fix nested block comment example.
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* New deprecations
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** General 'uniform-vector' interface
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This interface lacked both generality and specificity. The general
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replacements are 'array-length', 'array-ref', and friends on the scheme
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side, and the array handle interface on the C side. On the specific
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side of things, there are the specific bytevector, SRFI-4, and bitvector
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interfaces.
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** Use of the vector interface on arrays
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** 'vector-length', 'vector-ref', and 'vector-set!' on weak vectors
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** 'vector-length', 'vector-ref', and 'vector-set!' as primitive-generics
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Making the vector interface operate only on a single representation will
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allow future versions of Guile to compile loops involving vectors to
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more efficient native code.
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** 'htons', 'htonl', 'ntohs', 'ntohl'
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[XXX add justification]. Please use binary I/O with bytevectors,
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together with the procedures described in "Interpreting Bytevector
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Contents as Integers" in the manual.
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** 'gc-live-object-stats'
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It hasn't worked in the whole 2.0 series. There is no replacement,
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unfortunately.
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** 'scm_c_program_source'
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[XXX add justification]. Please use 'scm_program_source' instead.
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* New interfaces
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* New interfaces
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[XXX Should some of these be moved to the "Notable Changes" section?]
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** Cooperative REPL servers
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** Cooperative REPL servers
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This new facility supports REPLs that run at specified times within an
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This new facility supports REPLs that run at specified times within an
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These should now be used to access weak vectors, instead of
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These should now be used to access weak vectors, instead of
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'vector-length', 'vector-ref', and 'vector-set!'.
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'vector-length', 'vector-ref', and 'vector-set!'.
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* Manual updates
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** Improve docs for 'eval-when'.
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Each 'eval-when' condition is now explained in detail, including
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'expand' which was previously undocumented. (expand load eval) is now
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the recommended set of conditions, instead of (compile load eval).
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See "Eval When" in the manual, for details.
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** Update the section on SMOBs and memory management.
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See "Defining New Types (Smobs)" in the manual.
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** Fixes
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*** GOOPS: #:dsupers is the init keyword for the dsupers slot.
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*** 'unfold-right' takes a tail, not a tail generator.
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*** Clarify that 'append!' and 'reverse!' might not mutate.
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*** Fix doc that incorrectly claimed (integer? +inf.0) => #t.
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/16356)
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*** Document that we support SRFI-62 (S-expression comments).
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*** Document that we support SRFI-87 (=> in case clauses).
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*** Document 'equal?' in the list of R6RS incompatibilities.
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*** Remove outdated documentation of LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH.
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*** Fix 'weak-vector?' doc: Weak hash tables are not weak vectors.
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*** Fix 'my-or' examples to use let-bound variable.
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/14203)
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* New deprecations
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** General 'uniform-vector' interface
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This interface lacked both generality and specificity. The general
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replacements are 'array-length', 'array-ref', and friends on the scheme
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side, and the array handle interface on the C side. On the specific
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side of things, there are the specific bytevector, SRFI-4, and bitvector
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interfaces.
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** Use of the vector interface on arrays
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** 'vector-length', 'vector-ref', and 'vector-set!' on weak vectors
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** 'vector-length', 'vector-ref', and 'vector-set!' as primitive-generics
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Making the vector interface operate only on a single representation will
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allow future versions of Guile to compile loops involving vectors to
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more efficient native code.
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** 'htons', 'htonl', 'ntohs', 'ntohl'
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These procedures, like their C counterpart, were used to convert numbers
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to/from network byte order, typically in conjunction with the
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now-deprecated uniform vector API.
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This functionality is now covered by the bytevector and binary I/O APIs.
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See "Interpreting Bytevector Contents as Integers" in the manual.
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** 'gc-live-object-stats'
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It hasn't worked in the whole 2.0 series. There is no replacement,
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unfortunately.
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** 'scm_c_program_source'
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[XXX add justification]. Please use 'scm_program_source' instead.
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* Build fixes
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* Build fixes
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** Fix build with clang 3.4.
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** Fix build with Clang 3.4.
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** MinGW build fixes
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** MinGW build fixes
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*** Do not add $(EXEEXT) to guild or guile-tools.
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*** Do not add $(EXEEXT) to guild or guile-tools.
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** Fix computation of LIBLOBJS so dependencies work properly.
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** Fix computation of LIBLOBJS so dependencies work properly.
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/14193)
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/14193)
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** Link 'test-unwind.c' against libgnu.la.
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[XXX rewrite title; not sure where this belongs]
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* Bug fixes
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* Bug fixes
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** Web: Fix web client with methods other than GET.
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** Web: Fix web client with methods other than GET.
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** Fix optional end argument in `uniform-vector-read!'.
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** Fix optional end argument in `uniform-vector-read!'.
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/15370)
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/15370)
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** Fix brainfuck->scheme compiler.
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** Fix brainfuck->scheme compiler.
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[XXX was this broken in 2.0.9?]
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** texinfo: Fix newline preservation in @example with lines beginning with @
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** C standards conformance improvements
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** C standards conformance improvements
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[XXX Consider putting most of these in a different section, possibly
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Improvements and bug fixes were made to the C part of Guile's run-time
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with a general overview of the improvements rather than individual
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bullet items]
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*** Don't use the identifier 'noreturn'.
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*** Don't use the identifier 'noreturn'.
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/15798)
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(http://bugs.gnu.org/15798)
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