diff --git a/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/changes.txt b/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/changes.txt
index 20b3c0aa08b..01995afa3ce 100644
--- a/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/changes.txt
+++ b/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.29   (16 Mar 2001)
+- Side_of_bounded_circle_2 and Side_of_bounded_sphere_3.
+
 3.28   (6 Mar 2001)
 - Added Compute_squared_distance_2 and 3.
 - Remove references to point_vector_declarationsH2.h.
diff --git a/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h b/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
index 5b3b5a3e60f..62a4ee70614 100644
--- a/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
+++ b/Old_Packages/Kernel_basic/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
@@ -402,6 +402,11 @@ class Side_of_bounded_circle
   public:
     typedef Bounded_side   result_type;
 
+    template <class T>
+    Bounded_side
+    operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& t) const
+    { return side_of_bounded_circle(p,q,t); }
+
     template <class T>
     Bounded_side
     operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& r, const T& t) const
@@ -424,6 +429,16 @@ class Side_of_bounded_sphere
   public:
     typedef Bounded_side   result_type;
 
+    template <class T>
+    Bounded_side
+    operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& t) const
+    { return side_of_bounded_sphere(p,q,t); }
+
+    template <class T>
+    Bounded_side
+    operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& r, const T& t) const
+    { return side_of_bounded_sphere(p,q,r,t); }
+
     template <class T>
     Bounded_side
     operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& r, const T& s, const T& t) const
diff --git a/Packages/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h b/Packages/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
index 5b3b5a3e60f..62a4ee70614 100644
--- a/Packages/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
+++ b/Packages/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Kernel/function_objects.h
@@ -402,6 +402,11 @@ class Side_of_bounded_circle
   public:
     typedef Bounded_side   result_type;
 
+    template <class T>
+    Bounded_side
+    operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& t) const
+    { return side_of_bounded_circle(p,q,t); }
+
     template <class T>
     Bounded_side
     operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& r, const T& t) const
@@ -424,6 +429,16 @@ class Side_of_bounded_sphere
   public:
     typedef Bounded_side   result_type;
 
+    template <class T>
+    Bounded_side
+    operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& t) const
+    { return side_of_bounded_sphere(p,q,t); }
+
+    template <class T>
+    Bounded_side
+    operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& r, const T& t) const
+    { return side_of_bounded_sphere(p,q,r,t); }
+
     template <class T>
     Bounded_side
     operator()(const T& p, const T& q, const T& r, const T& s, const T& t) const