0.9.16.11:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+changes in sbcl-0.9.17 (0.9.99?) relative to sbcl-0.9.16:
+  * incompatible change: SB-EXT package no longer contains the
+    following unused symbols: *GC-NOTIFY-AFTER*, *GC-NOTIFY-BEFORE*,
+    *GC-NOTIFY-STREAM*, *ERROR-PRINT-LENGTH*, *ERROR-PRINT-LEVEL*,
+    *ERROR-PRINT-LINES*
+  * minor incompatible change: the direct superclasses of
+    SB-MOP:FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-OBJECT are (FUNCTION STANDARD-OBJECT),
+    not (STANDARD-OBJECT FUNCTION).  This makes the
+    class-precedence-lists of GENERIC-FUNCTION and
+    STANDARD-GENERIC-FUNCTION comply with the requirement of ANSI
+    1.4.4.5.
+  * bug fix: ENOUGH-NAMESTRING on pathnames with no name and a pattern
+    for a type now works.
+  * bug fix: loading of default sysinit file works. (thanks to Leonid
+    Slobodov)
+  * bug fix: better detection of circularities in the file-compiler.
+    (reported by Marco Monteiro)
+
 changes in sbcl-0.9.16 relative to sbcl-0.9.15:
   * feature: implemented the READER-METHOD-CLASS and
     WRITER-METHOD-CLASS portion of the Class Initialization Protocol
     as specified by AMOP.
+  * incompatible change: variable SB-EXT:*USE-IMPLEMENTATION-TYPES*
+    no longer exists.
   * optimization: faster LOGCOUNT implementation on x86 and x86-64
     (thanks to Lutz Euler)
   * optimization: hashing of general arrays and vectors has been
@@ -10,7 +30,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.16 relative to sbcl-0.9.15:
   * enhancement: SB-INTROSPECT is now able to find definitions of
     profiled functions. (thanks to Troels Henriksen)
   * enhancement: compiler-macro expansion applies now to FUNCALL forms
-    as well.
+    as well, allowing compiler-macros for SETF-functions to expand.
   * enhancement: step-instrumentation no longer wraps known
     single-value functions with multiple-value context, allowing
     better type inference.
@@ -54,8 +74,13 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.16 relative to sbcl-0.9.15:
     types in some cases.
   * bug fix: fixed input, output and error redirection in RUN-PROGRAM
     for win32. (thanks to Mike Thomas and Yaroslav Kavenchuk)
-  * bug fix: CONDITION-WAIT could return early on Linux, if the thread was
-    interrupted and subsequently continued with SIGCONT.
+  * bug fix: #368: incorrect use of expressed vs. upgraded array
+    element type.
+  * bug fix: #306a: more precise unions of array types.
+  * thread-safety improvements:
+    ** CONDITION-WAIT could return early on Linux, if the thread was
+       interrupted and subsequently continued with SIGCONT.
+    ** STABLE-SORT and ADJUST-ARRAY were not reentrant.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.15 relative to sbcl-0.9.14:
   * added support for the ucs-2 external format.  (contributed by Ivan