0.8.3.83:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -2041,6 +2041,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.4 relative to sbcl-0.8.3:
     performance of the compiler by about 20%.
   * optimization: performance of FILL (and :INITIAL-ELEMENT) on
     simple-base-strings and simple-bit-vectors is improved.
+  * optimization: the optimization of 32-bit logical and arithmetic
+    functions introduced in version 0.8.3 on the x86 has been
+    implemented on the mips, ppc and sparc platforms; an
+    implementation of the same facility, but for 64-bit arithmetic,
+    has been added for the alpha.
   * microoptimization: the compiler is better able to make use of the
     x86 LEA instruction for multiplication by constants.
   * bug fix: in some situations compiler did not report usage of
@@ -2049,6 +2054,25 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.4 relative to sbcl-0.8.3:
     MEMBER-types to numeric.
   * bug fix: COMPILE-FILE must bind *READTABLE*. (reported by Doug
     McNaught)
+  * bug fix: (SETF AREF) on byte-sized-element arrays with constant index
+    argument now works properly on the Alpha platform.
+  * bug fix: floating point exception treatment on the Alpha platform
+    is improved.
+  * bug fix: FILE-POSITION works much better on string input and output
+    streams.  (thanks to Nikodemus Siivola)
+  * bug fix: many threading/garbage collection symptoms sorted.  
+    SB-THREAD:INTERRUPT-THREAD now safe to call on a thread that might
+    be pseudo-atomic  
+  * internal change: Stopping for GC is now done with signals not ptrace.
+    GC is now done in whichever thread wanted it, instead of in the parent.  
+    This permits a
+  * bug fix: GC hooks (missing since 0.8) reinstated, so finalizers 
+    work again.
+  * bug fix: result form in DO is not contained in the implicit
+    TAGBODY.
+  * incompatible change: ICR structure is changed; the value part of
+    CONTINUATION is now called LVAR; corresponding functions are
+    renamed (e.g. SB-C::CONTINUATION-TYPE has become SB-C::LVAR-TYPE).
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** the RETURN clause in LOOP is now equivalent to DO (RETURN ...).
     ** ROUND and FROUND now give the right answer when given very
@@ -2073,6 +2097,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.4 relative to sbcl-0.8.3:
        an error during type derivation.
     ** bignum multiplication on the Alpha platform now returns the
        right answer.
+  * builds on SuSE AMD64, although still generates a 32-bit binary.
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.8.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles