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diff --git a/ancient.mli b/ancient.mli
index 6bf689f..ed3e680 100644
--- a/ancient.mli
+++ b/ancient.mli
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-(** Mark objects as 'ancient' so they are taken out of the OCaml heap.
-  * $Id: ancient.mli,v 1.5 2006-10-06 15:03:47 rich Exp $
-  *)
+(** Mark objects as 'ancient' so they are taken out of the OCaml heap. *)
 
 type 'a ancient
 
@@ -30,6 +28,16 @@ val delete : 'a ancient -> unit
     * Forgetting to delete an ancient object results in a memory leak.
     *)
 
+val is_ancient : 'a -> bool
+  (** [is_ancient ptr] returns true if [ptr] is an object on the ancient
+    * heap.
+    *)
+
+val address_of : 'a -> nativeint
+  (** [address_of obj] returns the address of [obj], or [0n] if [obj]
+    * is not a block.
+    *)
+
 (** {6 Shared memory mappings} *)
 
 type md
@@ -72,10 +80,8 @@ val share : md -> int -> 'a -> 'a ancient
     * other OCaml processes which can access the underlying
     * file.  See {!Ancient.attach}, {!Ancient.detach}.
     *
-    * More than one object can be stored in a file.  They are
-    * indexed using integers in the range [0..1023] (the limit
-    * is hard-coded in [mmalloc/mmprivate.h]).  The [key] parameter
-    * controls which object is written/overwritten by [share].
+    * More than one object can be stored in a file.  The [key]
+    * parameter controls which object is written/overwritten by [share].
     * If you do not wish to use this feature, just pass [0]
     * as the key.
     *
@@ -96,9 +102,7 @@ val get : md -> int -> 'a ancient
   (** [get md key] returns the object indexed by [key] in the
     * attached file.
     *
-    * The key is in the range [0..1023] (the limit is hard-coded in
-    * [mmalloc/mmprivate.h]).  If you do not wish to use this feature,
-    * just pass [0] as the key when sharing / getting.
+    * For details of the [key] parameter see {!Ancient.share}.
     *
     * You need to annotate the returned object with the correct
     * type.  As with the Marshal module, there is no type checking,
@@ -108,3 +112,19 @@ val get : md -> int -> 'a ancient
     *
     * @raises [Not_found] if no object is associated with the key.
     *)
+
+(** {6 Additional information} *)
+
+type info = {
+  i_size : int;				(** Allocated size, bytes. *)
+}
+  (** Extra information fields.  See {!Ancient.mark_info} and
+    * {!Ancient.share_info}.
+    *)
+
+val mark_info : 'a -> 'a ancient * info
+  (** Same as {!Ancient.mark}, but also returns some extra information. *)
+
+val share_info : md -> int -> 'a -> 'a ancient * info
+  (** Same as {!Ancient.share}, but also returns some extra information. *)
+