[m-dev.] for review: merge main branch changes into alias branch

[Fergus Henderson]

On 23-Nov-1998, David Overton <dmo at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Merge main branches changes up to tag `version-0_8' into the alias
> branch.

Those changes look fine.

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