0.9.18.21:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -4,9 +4,21 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.19 (1.0.0?) relative to sbcl-0.9.18:
     core, and restored on startup.
   * improvement: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME now reports the time since
     startup, not time since first call to GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME.
+  * improvement: SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE explicitly checks that multiple
+    threads are not running after *SAVE-HOOKS* have run.
   * bug fix: compiler bug triggered by a (non-standard) VALUES
-    declaration in a LET* was fixed.
-  * improvements to the Windows port:
+    declaration in a LET* was fixed. (reported by Kaersten Poeck)
+  * bug fix: file compiler no longer confuses validated and already
+    dumped structurres. (reported by Kaersten Poeck)
+  * bug fix: ADJUST-ARRAY :FILL-POINTER T on an array without a
+    fill-pointer signals a type-error as required. (thanks to
+    Lars Brinkhoff)
+  * bug fix: disassemly of funcallable instances works.
+  * bug fix: single stepping on PPC.
+  * bug fix: fix thread-safety problems in the type system (generally 
+    manifesting as nonsensical errors like "STRING is a bad type specifier 
+    for sequences" or "The value 1 is not of type FIXNUM")
+  * Improvements to the Windows port:
     ** floating point exceptions are now reported correctly.
     ** stack exhaustion detection works partially.
     ** more accurate GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME.
@@ -14,6 +26,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.19 (1.0.0?) relative to sbcl-0.9.18:
        process.
     ** PROBE-FILE now simplifies pathnames correctly.
     ** DIRECTORY now works correctly with :WILD-INFERIORS.
+    ** DECODE-UNIVERSAL-TIME works on times before 00:00:00 January
+       1st 1970 (although time timezone data will be unreliable).
+    ** Hyperbolic functions TANH, ASINH, ACOSH, and ATANH work.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.18 (1.0.beta?) relative to sbcl-0.9.17:
   * enhancement: SB-POSIX now supports cfsetispeed(3), cfsetospeed(3),