0.7.12.35

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1502,6 +1502,17 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.12 relative to sbcl-0.7.11:
     ** CONSTANTP now returns true for all self-evaluating objects.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.7.13 relative to sbcl-0.7.12:
     ** CONSTANTP now returns true for all self-evaluating objects.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.7.13 relative to sbcl-0.7.12:

+  * incompatible packaging change: in line with Unix convention, 
+    SBCL now looks for its core file in /usr/{local/,}lib/sbcl/sbcl.core 
+    if it's not in $SBCL_HOME.  It also sets SBCL_HOME to match.
+  * REQUIRE and PROVIDE are now optionally capable of doing something
+    useful: see the documentation string for REQUIRE
+  * infrastructure for a managed SBCL contrib system: contributed 
+    modules in this release include:
+    ** the ASDF system definition facility;
+    ** an interface to the BSD Sockets API;
+    ** an ACL-like convenience interface to the repl; 
+       (thanks to Kevin Rosenberg)

   * fixed a bug in LOG, so that LOG of a rational argument near 1 now
     gives a closer approximation to the right answer than previously.
     (thanks to Raymond Toy)
   * fixed a bug in LOG, so that LOG of a rational argument near 1 now
     gives a closer approximation to the right answer than previously.
     (thanks to Raymond Toy)

@@ -1521,7 +1532,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.13 relative to sbcl-0.7.12:
   * fixed a bug in DEFCLASS: classes named by symbols with no or
     unprintable packages can now be defined.
   * fixed a bug in RESTART-BIND: The :TEST-FUNCTION option had been
   * fixed a bug in DEFCLASS: classes named by symbols with no or
     unprintable packages can now be defined.
   * fixed a bug in RESTART-BIND: The :TEST-FUNCTION option had been

-    carelessly renamed to :TEST-FUN. (thanks to Robert E. Brown)
+    carelessly renamed to :TEST-FUN.  (thanks to Robert E. Brown)

   * fixed compiler failure related to checking types of functions.
     (reported by Robert E. Brown)
   * the compiler is now much more consistent in its error-checking
   * fixed compiler failure related to checking types of functions.
     (reported by Robert E. Brown)
   * the compiler is now much more consistent in its error-checking

@@ -1529,12 +1540,26 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.13 relative to sbcl-0.7.12:
     (SAFETY 3) code, errors will be signalled in almost all cases if
     invalid sequence bounding indices are passed to functions defined
     by ANSI to operate on sequences.
     (SAFETY 3) code, errors will be signalled in almost all cases if
     invalid sequence bounding indices are passed to functions defined
     by ANSI to operate on sequences.

+  * fixed a bug in the build procedure: documentation of SBCL-specific
+    packages is now preserved and available in the final Lisp image.
+  * lifted FDEFINITION lookup out of loops in the implementation of
+    many list operations.  (thanks to Robert E. Brown)
+  * fixed a bug in the reader: the #n# reader macro now works for
+    objects of type STANDARD-OBJECT.  (reported by Tony Martinez)
+  * the compiler is now aware that SYMBOL-FUNCTION returns a FUNCTION
+    and that READ-DELIMITED-LIST returns a LIST.  (thanks to Robert
+    E. Brown and Tony Martinez respectively)

   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** ARRAY-IN-BOUNDS-P now allows arbitrary integers as arguments,
        not just nonnegative fixnums;
     ** the logical bit-array operators such as BIT-AND now accept an
        explicit NIL for their "opt-arg" argument (to indicate a
        freshly-consed result bit-array);
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** ARRAY-IN-BOUNDS-P now allows arbitrary integers as arguments,
        not just nonnegative fixnums;
     ** the logical bit-array operators such as BIT-AND now accept an
        explicit NIL for their "opt-arg" argument (to indicate a
        freshly-consed result bit-array);

+    ** ELT now signals an error on an invalid sequence index in safe
+       code;
+    ** the type system is now cleverer about negations of numeric
+       types, and consequently understands the BIGNUM and RATIO types
+       better;

 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.7.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.7.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles