diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9eacedbf82..47f53d6cea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Fri Apr 26 09:35:47 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
+
+	* eval.c (rb_proc_new): make Proc from C function. [new]
+
+	* intern.h (rb_proc_new): prototype.
+
 Wed Apr 24 14:56:46 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
 
 	* eval.c (proc_to_proc): return self. [new]
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 48f844c506..b72b70fdd8 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -6998,6 +6998,14 @@ umcall(args, method)
     return umethod_call(0, 0, method);
 }
 
+VALUE
+rb_proc_new(func, val)
+    VALUE (*func)(ANYARGS);	/* VALUE yieldarg[, VALUE procarg] */
+    VALUE val;
+{
+    return rb_iterate((VALUE(*)_((VALUE)))mproc, 0, func, val);
+}
+
 static VALUE
 method_proc(method)
     VALUE method;
diff --git a/intern.h b/intern.h
index 733f1c1029..86c3c24477 100644
--- a/intern.h
+++ b/intern.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ VALUE rb_f_require _((VALUE, VALUE));
 void rb_obj_call_init _((VALUE, int, VALUE*));
 VALUE rb_class_new_instance _((int, VALUE*, VALUE));
 VALUE rb_f_lambda _((void));
+VALUE rb_proc_new _((VALUE (*)(.../* VALUE yieldarg[, VALUE procarg] */), VALUE));
 VALUE rb_protect _((VALUE (*)(VALUE), VALUE, int*));
 void rb_set_end_proc _((void (*)(VALUE), VALUE));
 void rb_mark_end_proc _((void));
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 7874029acf..d1e3e71633 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "1.7.2"
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2002-04-25"
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2002-04-26"
 #define RUBY_VERSION_CODE 172
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20020425
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20020426