0.9.6.30:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     least permitted and maybe required by AMOP).  As a consolation,
     however, the SBCL implementation of these functions now calls
     REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE as specified by AMOP.
+  * bug fix: slot-definition documentation is propagated as per ANSI
+    7.6.2 to EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITIONS.
+    COMPUTE-EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITION now receives a :DOCUMENTATION
+    argument, as do eslotd initialization methods.  (from Pascal
+    Costanza's "Closer" project)
   * bug fix: REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE on generic functions calls
     COMPUTE-DISCRIMINATING-FUNCTION (almost) unconditionally, as
     specified by AMOP.
@@ -17,8 +22,12 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     and Pascal Costanza)
   * bug fix: *COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME* now contains the user's pathname
     merged with *DEFAULT-PATHNAME-DEFAULTS*.
+  * bug fix: callbacks on OS X now preserve stack-alignment.
+    (thanks to Cyrus Harmon)
   * enhancement: the x86-64 disassembler is much better at
     disassembling SSE instructions.  (thanks to Lutz Euler)
+  * enhancement: CHECK-TYPE on a variable now allows type-inference
+    (thanks to Vincent Arkesteijn)
   * optimization: improved performance of EUC-JP external format.
     (thanks to NIIMI Satoshi)
   * optimization: performance improvements to IO on file streams of
@@ -26,6 +35,8 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
   * optimization: much faster memory allocation on x86-64
   * optimization: faster garbage collections (latency and throughput)
     on gencgc
+  * optimization: faster bignum subtraction and division on x86 and x86-64 
+    (thanks to Lutz Euler)
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.6 relative to sbcl-0.9.5:
   * bug fix: add a workaround to SBCL looping infinitely at startup on