0.9.16.27:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
 changes in sbcl-0.9.17 (0.9.99?) relative to sbcl-0.9.16:
+  * incompatible change: External-format support for FFI calls.  The
+    SB-ALIEN:C-STRING no longer implies an ASCII
+    external-format. Instead the string is subject to external-format
+    conversion. Additionally return values of type SB-ALIEN:C-STRING
+    are by default of type (SIMPLE-ARRAY CHARACTER), not
+    SIMPLE-BASE-STRING. For an alien type that behaves like the old
+    SB-ALIEN:C-STRING type, use (SB-ALIEN:C-STRING :EXTERNAL-FORMAT
+    :ASCII :ELEMENT-TYPE BASE-CHAR).  (thanks to Yaroslav Kavenchuk)
   * 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*,
@@ -10,15 +18,27 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.17 (0.9.99?) relative to sbcl-0.9.16:
     class-precedence-lists of GENERIC-FUNCTION and
     STANDARD-GENERIC-FUNCTION comply with the requirement of ANSI
     1.4.4.5.
+  * new feature: Add a version of evaluator that uses an interpreter instead
+    of the compiler. EVAL still uses the compiler by default, to switch it
+    to use the interpreter, set the value of the variable 
+    SB-EXT:*EVALUATOR-MODE* to :INTERPRET.
   * 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)
+  * bug fix: the CL pathname functions now work with files that have
+    non-ASCII characters in their names (thanks to Yaroslav Kavenchuk)
   * bug fix: The :PTY argument for RUN-PROGRAM will now work on 
     systems with Unix98 pty semantics.
+  * bug fix: arguments to RUN-PROGRAM are escaped correctly on win32
+    (thanks to Yaroslav Kavenchuk)
   * bug fix: ASDF-INSTALL will now work with bsd tar.
+  * bug fix: ASDF-INSTALL uses GNU tar on Solaris (thanks to Josip
+    Gracin).
+  * bug fix: timers expiring in dead threads no longer cause a
+    type-error (reported by Paul "Nonny Mouse"). 
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.16 relative to sbcl-0.9.15:
   * feature: implemented the READER-METHOD-CLASS and
@@ -192,6 +212,8 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.13 relative to sbcl-0.9.12:
     faster
   * optimization: added a limited bytecode compiler for simple toplevel
     forms, speeding up compilation and FASL loading
+  * bug fix: the statistical profiler now properly distinguishes anonymous
+    functions
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.12 relative to sbcl-0.9.11:
   * minor incompatible change: in sbcl-0.9.11 (but not earlier