0.8.12:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -2522,8 +2522,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.12 relative to sbcl-0.8.11:
   * minor incompatible change: the system no longer provides
     optimization hints (conditions which are TYPEP
     SB-EXT:COMPILER-NOTE) for conforming code in default compilation
-    mode; these hints are emitted when higher SPEED optimization is
-    requested, as before.
+    mode; these hints are still emitted when higher SPEED optimization
+    is requested.
+  * new contrib module: a sampling profiler (profiling by statistical
+    sampling, rather than by instrumenting functions) is available as
+    the SB-SPROF contrib.  (thanks to Gerd Moellmann and Juho Snellman)
   * the behaviour of the standard function ED is now customizeable by
     third parties through a hook variable: see ED's documentation
     string for information on the protocol.
@@ -2543,6 +2546,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.12 relative to sbcl-0.8.11:
   * fixed another bug in backquote printing: no more destructive
     modification of the form's list structure.  (reported by Brian
     Downing)
+  * fixed bug in INTERRUPT-THREAD: pin the function, so that it cannot
+    move between its address being taken and the call to
+    interrupt_thread, fixing a crashing race condition.
   * the SB-POSIX contrib implementation has been adjusted so that it
     no longer exhibits ridiculously poor performance when constructing
     instances corresponding to C structs.