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 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
 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
+    conflicting symbols are always printed with a package prefix.
+    (thanks to Kevin Reid)
+  * 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
   * bug fix: GETHASH, (SETF GETHASH), CLRHASH and REMHASH are now
     interrupt safe.
   * bug fix: GC race condition occasionally resulting in crashes with
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     declared ignored.
   * bug fix: DEFSETF lambda lists without &ENVIRONMENT no longer cause
     a STYLE-WARNING to be signalled (regression from 1.0.4.)
+  * bug fix: an asynchronous interrupt could previously leave the
+    system running with GC inhibited.
+  * bug fix: a DECLARE form evaluated at top-level now causes an error
+    rather than silently (or verbosely) returning NIL.
+  * bug fix: trying to dissassemble functions compiled at high DEBUG could
+    result in a error being signalled due to source form lookup errors.
+    (reported by Peter Graves)
 
 changes in sbcl-1.0.5 relative to sbcl-1.0.4:
   * incompatible change: removed writer methods for host-ent-name,