changes in sbcl-1.0.6 relative to sbcl-1.0.5:
* new contrib: sb-cover, an experimental code coverage tool, is included
as a contrib module.
+ * optimization: STRING-TO-OCTETS for unibyte encodings and UTF-8 is
+ significantly faster.
+ * optimization: calls of the form (AREF FOO (+ INDEX <constant>)) now
+ produce more efficient code on x86-64 if the compiler can determine
+ that (+ INDEX <constant>) does not require a bounds check and FOO
+ has an element type at least 8 bits wide.
* enhancement: a new, experimental synchronous timeout facility is
provided. Refer to SB-SYS:WITH-DEADLINE for details.
* enhancement: when a symbol name conflict error arises, the
* enhancement: stepping is now once again supported on the SPARC. (It is
also now more likely to work on CheneyGC builds on the PPC.)
* enhancement: Stepping support on MIPS.
+ * enhancement: sb-sprof can now also track and report accurate call
+ counts.
* incompatible change: PURIFY no longer copies the data from the
dynamic space into the static and read-only spaces on platforms
that use the generational garbage collector