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   use these prefixed token names, although the grammar itself still
   uses the short names (as in the sample rule given above).
 
+** Variable api.namespace
+
+  The "namespace" variable is renamed "api.namespace".  Backward
+  compatibility is ensured, but upgrading is recommended.
+
+** Variable parse.error
+
+  The variable error controls the verbosity of error messages.  The
+  use of the %error-verbose directive is deprecated in favor of
+  %define parse.error "verbose".
+
 * Changes in version 2.5 (????-??-??):
 
 ** IELR(1) and Canonical LR(1) Support
@@ -122,8 +133,23 @@ Bison News
   about a missing semicolon where it did not before.  Future releases of
   Bison will cease to append semicolons entirely.
 
+** Character literals not of length one.
+
+  Previously, Bison quietly converted all character literals to length
+  one.  For example, without warning, Bison interpreted the operators in
+  the following grammar to be the same token:
+
+    exp: exp '++'
+       | exp '+' exp
+       ;
+
+  Bison now warns when a character literal is not of length one.  In
+  some future release, Bison will report an error instead.
+
 * Changes in version 2.4.2 (????-??-??):
 
+** Detection of GNU M4 1.4.6 or newer during configure is improved.
+
 ** %code is now a permanent feature.
 
   A traditional Yacc prologue directive is written in the form: