1.0.19.9: elide runtime calls to %COERCE-CALLABLE-TO-FUN in more cases

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@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ changes in sbcl-1.0.20 relative to 1.0.19:
     SB-C::STACK-ALLOCATE-DYNAMIC-EXTENT, SB-C::STACK-ALLOCATE-VECTOR,
     and SB-C::STACK-ALLOCATE-VALUE-CELLS no longer exist. See documentation
     and SB-EXT:*STACK-ALLOCATE-DYNAMIC-EXTENT* for details.
+  * optimization: runtime lookup of function definitions can be
+    elided in more cases, eg: (let ((x 'foo)) (funcall foo)).
   * bug fix: fixed #427: unused local aliens no longer cause compiler
     breakage. (reported by Stelian Ionescu, Andy Hefner and Stanislaw
     Halik)