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 # rxode2parse (development version)
 
+* As requested by CRAN remove the C code `SET_TYPEOF` which is no
+  longer part of the C R API.
+
 # rxode2parse 2.0.19
 
 * Added a evid suffix of 60 for cases where evid=2 adds an on event