0.9.7.3:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+changes in sbcl-0.9.8 relative to sbcl-0.9.7:
+  * fixed bug #390: :CHARACTER-SET pathname components now work as
+    expected.  (reported by Tim Daly Jr)
+  * fixed bug #391: complicated :TYPE intersections in slot
+    definitions no longer cause an error in PCL internals.
+  * bug fix: FILE-STRING-LENGTH is now external-format sensitive,
+    returning the number of octets which would be written to the
+    file-stream.  (thanks to Robert J. Macomber)
+
 changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
   * minor incompatible change: (SETF CLASS-NAME) and (SETF
     GENERIC-FUNCTION-NAME) are no longer generic functions, and
@@ -6,6 +15,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     least permitted and maybe required by AMOP).  As a consolation,
     however, the SBCL implementation of these functions now calls
     REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE as specified by AMOP.
+  * bug fix: slot-definition documentation is propagated as per ANSI
+    7.6.2 to EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITIONS.
+    COMPUTE-EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITION now receives a :DOCUMENTATION
+    argument, as do eslotd initialization methods.  (from Pascal
+    Costanza's "Closer" project)
   * bug fix: REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE on generic functions calls
     COMPUTE-DISCRIMINATING-FUNCTION (almost) unconditionally, as
     specified by AMOP.
@@ -15,10 +29,19 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
   * bug fix: the dependent update protocol now works for generic
     functions.  (thanks to Gerd Moellmann; reported by Bruno Haible
     and Pascal Costanza)
+  * bug fix: condition-class instances corresponding to
+    DEFINE-CONDITION forms are now created eagerly.  (reported by
+    Kalle Olavi Niemitalo on comp.lang.lisp)
+  * bug fix: floating point printing is more accurate in some
+    circumstances.  (thanks to Simon Alexander)
   * bug fix: *COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME* now contains the user's pathname
     merged with *DEFAULT-PATHNAME-DEFAULTS*.
+  * bug fix: callbacks on OS X now preserve stack-alignment.
+    (thanks to Cyrus Harmon)
   * enhancement: the x86-64 disassembler is much better at
     disassembling SSE instructions.  (thanks to Lutz Euler)
+  * enhancement: CHECK-TYPE on a variable now allows type-inference
+    (thanks to Vincent Arkesteijn)
   * optimization: improved performance of EUC-JP external format.
     (thanks to NIIMI Satoshi)
   * optimization: performance improvements to IO on file streams of
@@ -28,6 +51,8 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     on gencgc
   * optimization: faster bignum subtraction and division on x86 and x86-64 
     (thanks to Lutz Euler)
+  * optimization: more accurate type-inference for loops that use a
+    floating point index variable or a negative step.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.6 relative to sbcl-0.9.5:
   * bug fix: add a workaround to SBCL looping infinitely at startup on