1.0.28.74: SHARED-INITIALIZE should initialize unbound :CLASS slots

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
     allowed to return, which causes SBCL to quit with exit status 0. Previously
     if the function returned with a small integer return value, that value
     was accidentally reused as the exit status.
+  * new feature: SB-EXT:DEFINE-HASH-TABLE-TEST allows defining new arguments
+    to MAKE-HASH-TABLE :TEST, and MAKE-HASH-TABLE has been extended with
+    :HASH-FUNCTION argument. Refer to user manual for details.
   * new feature: SB-EXT:DEFGLOBAL macro allows defining global non-special
     variables.
+  * new feature: SB-EXT:GET-TIME-OF-DAY provides access to seconds and
+    microseconds since the Unix epoch on all platforms.
   * new feature: SB-EXT:ALWAYS-BOUND proclamation inhibits MAKUNBOUND, and
     allows the compiler to safely elide boundedness checks for special
     variables.
@@ -14,6 +19,7 @@
     the symbol, prohibits both lexical and dynamic binding. This is mainly an
     efficiency measure for threaded platforms, but also valueable in
     expressing intent.
+  * new feature: UNC pathnames are now understood by the system on Windows.
   * optimization: the compiler uses a specialized version of FILL when the
     element type is know in more cases, making eg. (UNSIGNED-BYTE 8) case
     almost 90% faster.
@@ -44,6 +50,9 @@
   * improvement: pretty-printing loop has been implemented properly. (thanks
     to Tobias Rittweiler)
   * documentation: CLOS slot typechecing policy has been documented.
+  * bug fix: FILE-AUTHOR no longer signals an error on Windows.
+  * bug fix: SB-SPROF could be foiled by foreign code not have a frame
+    pointer, leading to memory faults. (thanks to Bart Botta)
   * bug fix: better floating point exception handling on x86/OpenBSD.
     (thanks to Josh Elsasser)
   * bug fix: exit status from QUIT when called under --script was lost