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Update `NEWS'.

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Ludovic Courtès 2010-03-18 23:48:12 +01:00
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@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ The 1.9 series has had overly verbose backtraces, which showed frames
internal to the implementation of the REPL. This has been mostly fixed. internal to the implementation of the REPL. This has been mostly fixed.
Please report bugs to bug-guile@gnu.org. Please report bugs to bug-guile@gnu.org.
** Additions to the foreign function interface (FFI)
The `(system foreign)' module now provides additional foreign types
corresponding to C's `int', `long', `size_t', etc.
In addition, the `dynamic-link' procedure can now be called without any
argument, in which case it returns a "global symbol handle", allowing
symbols currently available to the program to be looked up.
** Documentation of `syntax-rules' macros
The documentation of macros in the manual is now separate from that of
procedures. A new section on `syntax-rules' macros has been added.
** Effective version bump to 2.0 ** Effective version bump to 2.0
Guile has had an "effective version" for some time, typically generated Guile has had an "effective version" for some time, typically generated