0.9.6.16:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     least permitted and maybe required by AMOP).  As a consolation,
     however, the SBCL implementation of these functions now calls
     REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE as specified by AMOP.
+  * bug fix: REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE on generic functions calls
+    COMPUTE-DISCRIMINATING-FUNCTION (almost) unconditionally, as
+    specified by AMOP.
   * bug fix: it is now possible to have more than one subclass of
     STANDARD-GENERIC-FUNCTION without causing stack overflow.
     (reported by Bruno Haible, Pascal Costanza and others)
@@ -14,8 +17,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     and Pascal Costanza)
   * bug fix: *COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME* now contains the user's pathname
     merged with *DEFAULT-PATHNAME-DEFAULTS*.
+  * enhancement: the x86-64 disassembler is much better at
+    disassembling SSE instructions.  (thanks to Lutz Euler)
   * optimization: performance improvements to IO on file streams of
     :ELEMENT-TYPE CHARACTER
+  * optimization: much faster memory allocation on x86-64
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.6 relative to sbcl-0.9.5:
   * bug fix: add a workaround to SBCL looping infinitely at startup on