From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: NEWS entries -- user-visible? Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:32:01 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245004320 27561 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2009 18:32:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:32:00 +0000 (UTC) To: guile-devel Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 14 20:31:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MFuUm-0003nf-Dr for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:31:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46609 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFuUl-0007Lh-QE for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:31:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFuUj-0007Kl-6I for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:31:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFuUe-0007FY-O0 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:31:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40578 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFuUe-0007FT-Ie for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:31:48 -0400 Original-Received: from a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([207.106.133.19]:50548 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFuUe-0007Qp-7w for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:31:48 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC138BBE3F for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:31:45 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from unquote (unknown [88.17.204.243]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5B7D9BBE3E for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:31:45 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 9D74E090-5911-11DE-9B23-97731A10BFE7-02397024!a-sasl-fastnet.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:8681 Archived-At: Greets, It seems that some of the NEWS entries that are currently there for the 1.9.0 release reflect awesomeness, but not awesomeness which users can react to. Specifically, I am going to remove the following NEWS entries, which are great stuff but thankfully invisible to the user: ** Guile now uses Gnulib as a portability aid ** Primitive procedures (aka. "subrs") are now stored in double cells This removes the subr table and simplifies the code. ** Primitive procedures with more than 3 arguments (aka. "gsubrs") are no longer implemented using the "compiled closure" mechanism. This simplifies code and reduces both the storage and run-time overhead. Let me know any feedback you might have. I'll be working on compiling a more comprehensive NEWS tonight and in the coming days. Peace, Andy -- http://wingolog.org/