add SB-UNIX:UNIX-EXIT back, use the deprecation framwork for it and SB-EXT:QUIT

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*-
 changes relative to sbcl-1.0.56:
+  * enhancement: redesigned protocol for quitting SBCL. SB-EXT:EXIT is the new
+    main entry point, SB-EXT:QUIT is deprecated.
+  * enhancement: additions to the SB-THREAD API: RETURN-FROM-THREAD,
+    ABORT-THREAD, MAIN-THREAD-P, and MAIN-THREAD.
+  * enhancement: FASL loading no longer grabs the world-lock.
   * enhancement: GENCGC reclaims space more aggressively when objects being
     allocated are a large fraction of the total available heap space.
     (lp#936304)
+  * enhancement: backtraces show the correct number of arguments for frames
+    called with too many arguments.
+  * optimization: fewer uses of full calls to signed modular functions.
+    (lp#903821)
+  * optimization: typechecking alien values is typically 5 x faster.
+  * optimization: FDEFINITION, SYMBOL-FUNCTION, MACRO-FUNCTION, and FBOUNDP
+    are 20% faster.
+  * bug fix: fixed disassembly of some SSE instructions on x86-64.
   * bug fix: SB-SIMPLE-STREAMS signals an error for bogus :CLASS arguments in
     OPEN. (lp#969352, thanks to Kambiz Darabi)
   * bug fix: CASE normal-clauses do not allow T and OTHERWISE as keys.
@@ -18,6 +31,18 @@ changes relative to sbcl-1.0.56:
   * bug fix: run-program with existent or non-existent files for :output or
     :input when :if-output-exists or :if-input-does-not-exist are NIL properly
     returns NIL instead of signalling an obscure error.
+  * bug fix: fix miscompilation of some logand forms with large constant
+    arguments.  (lp#974406)
+  * bug fix: account for funcallable-instance objects properly in ROOM.
+  * bug fix: incorrect octets reported for c-string decoding errors.
+    (lp#985505)
+  * bug fix: miscompilation of LDB on the PowerPC platform.  (thanks to Bruce
+    O'Neel)
+  * bug fix: better input error reporting for COMPILE-FILE. (lp#493380)
+  * bug fix: default size of non-nursery generations has been shrunk on GENCGC,
+    allowing faster release of memory back to the OS. (lp#991293)
+  * bug fix: WITH-DEADLINE (:SECONDS NIL :OVERRIDE T) now drops any
+    existing deadline for the dynamic scope of its body.
   * documentation:
     ** improved docstrings: REPLACE (lp#965592)