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 # bayesianVARs (development version)
 
 * For consistency with other functions, from now on prior_intercept in bvar() specifies standard deviations instead of variances.
+* Bug fix concerning 'additional check' valgrind. Seems to pass the check now. Thanks to Brian Ripley for reporting the bug.
 
 # bayesianVARs 0.1.3