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 * Changes in version ?.? (????-??-??):
 
-** Java skeleton improvements:
+** Additional yylex/yyparse arguments
+
+  The new directive %param declare additional argument to both yylex
+  and yyparse.  The %lex-param, %parse-param, and %param directive
+  support one or more arguments.  Instead of
+
+      %lex-param   {arg1_type *arg1}
+      %lex-param   {arg2_type *arg2}
+      %parse-param {arg1_type *arg1}
+      %parse-param {arg2_type *arg2}
+
+  one may now declare
+
+      %param {arg1_type *arg1} {arg2_type *arg2}
+
+** Java skeleton improvements
 
   The constants for token names were moved to the Lexer interface.
   Also, it is possible to add code to the parser's constructors using
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   These features are experimental.  More user feedback will help to
   stabilize them.
 
+** Unrecognized %code qualifiers are now an error not a warning.
+
 ** %define improvements.
 
+*** Unrecognized variables are now an error not a warning.
+
 *** Multiple invocations for any variable is now an error not a warning.
 
 *** Can now be invoked via the command line.
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   Bison's Java feature as a whole including its current usage of %code
   is still considered experimental.
 
+** Internationalization.
+
+  Fix a regression introduced in Bison 2.4: Under some circumstances,
+  message translations were not installed although supported by the
+  host system.
+
 * Changes in version 2.4.1 (2008-12-11):
 
 ** In the GLR defines file, unexpanded M4 macros in the yylval and yylloc