0.pre8.16:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1624,8 +1624,18 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.0 relative to sbcl-0.7.14
     private implementation detail, and no longer a semi-private MOP
     interface.
   * known functions, which cannot be open coded by backend, are
-    considered to be able to check types of their arguments. (reported
-    by Nathan J. Froyd)
+    considered to be able to check types of their arguments.
+    (reported by Nathan J. Froyd)
+  * fixed a bug in computing method discriminating functions: it is
+    now possible to define methods specialized on classes which have
+    forward-referenced superclasses.  (thanks to Gerd Moellmann)
+  * fixed evaluation order in optional entries.  (reported by Gilbert
+    Baumann)
+  * SB-MOP:ENSURE-CLASS-USING-CLASS now takes its arguments in the
+    specified-by-AMOP order of (CLASS NAME &REST ARGS &KEY).
+  * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
+    ** COPY-ALIST now signals an error if its argument is a dotted
+       list;
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.7.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles