0.pre7.120:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.0 relative to sbcl-0.6.13:
   ** bug in the optimization of ARRAY-ELEMENT-TYPE
   ** argument ordering in FIND with :TEST option
   ** mishandled package designator argument in APROPOS-LIST
   ** bug in the optimization of ARRAY-ELEMENT-TYPE
   ** argument ordering in FIND with :TEST option
   ** mishandled package designator argument in APROPOS-LIST

+  ** various problems in the backquote readmacro

   He also pointed out some bogus old entries in BUGS, and fixed 
   a number of bugs which came into existence in the pre7 branch
   (internal to the CVS repository), so that they never showed
   He also pointed out some bogus old entries in BUGS, and fixed 
   a number of bugs which came into existence in the pre7 branch
   (internal to the CVS repository), so that they never showed

@@ -925,6 +926,12 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.0 relative to sbcl-0.6.13:
   DEFINE-CONDITION, DEFINE-MODIFY-MACRO..). This mostly affects
   internal symbols, but a few supported extensions like
   SB-ALIEN:DEF-ALIEN-FUNCTION are also affected.
   DEFINE-CONDITION, DEFINE-MODIFY-MACRO..). This mostly affects
   internal symbols, but a few supported extensions like
   SB-ALIEN:DEF-ALIEN-FUNCTION are also affected.

+* minor incompatible change (part of a bug fix by Christophe Rhodes
+  to DIRECTORY behavior): DIRECTORY no longer implicitly promotes
+  NIL slots of its pathname argument to :WILD, and in particular
+  asking for the contents of a directory, which you used to be able
+  to do without explicit wildcards, e.g. (DIRECTORY "/tmp/"), 
+  now needs explicit wildcards, e.g. (DIRECTORY "/tmp/*.*").

 * minor incompatible change: DEFINE-ALIEN-FUNCTION (also known by 
   the old deprecated name DEF-ALIEN-FUNCTION) now does DECLAIM FTYPE
   for the defined function, since declaiming return types involving
 * minor incompatible change: DEFINE-ALIEN-FUNCTION (also known by 
   the old deprecated name DEF-ALIEN-FUNCTION) now does DECLAIM FTYPE
   for the defined function, since declaiming return types involving