0.7.7.26:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1251,6 +1251,10 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.7 relative to sbcl-0.7.6:
     bug fix involving the names of PCL MAKE-INSTANCE functions)
 
 changes in sbcl-0.7.8 relative to sbcl-0.7.7:
+  * A beta-quality port to the mips architecture running Linux,
+    based on the old CMUCL backend, has been made.  It has been tested
+    on a big-endian kernel, and works sufficiently well to be able to
+    rebuild itself; it has not been tested in little-endian mode.
   * fixed bug 120a: The compiler now deals correctly with IFs where
     the consequent is the same as the alternative, instead of
     misderiving the return type. (thanks to Alexey Dejneka)
@@ -1259,6 +1263,18 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.8 relative to sbcl-0.7.7:
     found).
   * fixed bug 174: FORMAT's error message is slightly clearer when a
     non-printing character is used in a format directive.
+  * fixed several bugs in compiler checking of type declarations, i.e.
+    violations of the Python "declarations are assertions" principle
+    (thanks to Alexey Dejneka)
+  * fixed several bugs in PCL's error checking (thanks to Gerd
+    Moellmann)
+  * fixed bug in printing of FILE-ERROR (thanks to Antonio
+    Martinez-Shotton)
+  * fixed bug in compilation of functions as first class values
+    (thanks to Antonio Martinez-Shotton)
+  * The compiler's handling TYPE-ERRORs which it can prove will
+    inevitably happen at runtime has been cleaned up and corrected.
+    (thanks to Alexey Dejneka)
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.7.x:
 * When the profiling interface settles down, maybe in 0.7.x, maybe