0.8.2.37

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1947,9 +1947,15 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.3 relative to sbcl-0.8.2:
   * The compiler now performs limited argument count validation of
     constant format strings in FORMAT, and where appropriate in ERROR, 
     CERROR and WARN.  (thanks to Gerd Moellmann)
-  * bug fix: WITH-OUTPUT-TO-STRING (and MAKE-STRING-OUTPUT-STREAM) now
+  * New ASDF-INSTALL contrib can be used for automatic download and 
+    installation of third-party Lisp code from CCLAN or other sites
+    via CLiki
+  * Threaded builds (:SB-THREAD) now support SB-THREAD:INTERRUPT-THREAD,
+    which forces another thread to execute a function supplied by the
+    caller
+  * bug 75 fix: WITH-OUTPUT-TO-STRING (and MAKE-STRING-OUTPUT-STREAM) now
     accept and act upon their :ELEMENT-TYPE keyword argument.
-    (reported by Edi Weitz)
+    (reported by Martin Atzmueller, Edi Weitz)
   * bug fix: FILE-POSITION now accepts position designators up to
     ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT or the extreme of the off_t range, whichever
     is the greater.  (thanks to Patrik Nordebo)
@@ -1959,6 +1965,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.3 relative to sbcl-0.8.2:
     printable.  (reported by Eric Marsden)
   * bug fix in sb-posix: mmap() now works on systems with a 64-bit
     off_t, including Darwin and FreeBSD.  (thanks to Andreas Fuchs)
+  * x86 bug fix in control stack exhaustion checking: now shows backtrace
   * bug fix in WITH-TIMEOUT: now the body can have more than one form.
     (thanks to Stig Sandoe)
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite: