1.0.21.27: no more &OPTIONAL-DISPATCH debug names

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
 changes in sbcl-1.0.22 relative to 1.0.21:
+  * minor incompatible change: LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT no longer by default looks
+    for the shared object in the current directory, but passes the native
+    namestring of the designated pathname to the operation system's shared
+    object loading function as-it.
   * minor incompatible change: --disable-debugger toplevel option now takes
     effect before processing of initialization files and --eval or --load
     options.
@@ -33,6 +37,10 @@ changes in sbcl-1.0.22 relative to 1.0.21:
   * bug fix: COMPILE-FILE did not warn about undefined variable
     references at toplevel, and LOAD of the resulting fasl did
     not signal an error.
+  * bug fix: functions with non-required arguments used to end up with
+    (SB-C::&OPTIONAL-DISPATCH ...) as their name.
+  * bug fix: redefining a function with non-required arguments didn't
+    update the system's knowledge about its call signature properly.
 
 changes in sbcl-1.0.21 relative to 1.0.20:
   * new feature: the compiler is able to track the effective type of a