0.9.13.46: GET-INTERNAL-RUN-TIME on Windows, + Windows cleanups

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -12,9 +12,18 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.14 relative to sbcl-0.9.13:
     additionally it just doesn't work in SBCL as currently
     implemented, thanks to optimizations (that are always valid for
     the other three SLOT-VALUEish functions, but not for the setter).
-  * minor incompatibale change: the :SB-LDB feature is now enabled by
+  * minor incompatible change: the :SB-LDB feature is now enabled by
     default, and DISABLE-DEBUGGER and ENABLE-DEBUGGER also affect
     the low-level debugger.
+  * enchancement: RUN-PROGRAM is now able to extract the file-descriptor
+    from SYNONYM-STREAM and TWO-WAY-STEAMS provided they can be decomposed
+    down to an SB-SYS:FD-STREAM, allowing direct communication in
+    more cases. Temporary files and pipes are still used as a fallback
+    strategy.
+  * bug fix: global optimization policy was not visible in LOCALLY and 
+    MACROLET forms.
+  * bug fix: class objects can be used as specializers in methods.
+    (reported by Pascal Costanza)
   * bug fix: native unparsing of pathnames with :DIRECTORY NIL failed
     with a type error. (reported by blitz_ on #lisp)
   * bug fix: unparsing logical pathnames with :NAME :WILD :TYPE NIL
@@ -22,17 +31,24 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.14 relative to sbcl-0.9.13:
   * bug fix: merging pathnames against defaults with :DIRECTORY
     starting with '(:RELATIVE :BACK) should preserve the :BACK.
     (reported by James Y Knight)
-  * improved SB-BSD-SOCKETS support on Windows. (thanks to Timothy
-    Ritchey)
   * bug fix: saving large (>2GB) cores on x86-64 now works
   * bug fix: a x86-64 backend bug when compiling (setf aref) with a 
     constant index and a (simple-array (signed-byte 32)) array
   * bug fix: NAME-CHAR on an invalid symbol no longer signals an
     error (patch by Robert J. Macomber)
   * feature: TIME now displays the amount of run-time spent in GC
+  * bug fix: The debugger now does a better job of respecting 
+    (PUSH '(*PRINT-CIRCLE* . T) SB-DEBUG:*DEBUG-PRINT-VARIABLE-ALIST*)
+    when printing SB-DEBUG:*DEBUG-CONDITION*. (This is a debugger-only
+    workaround for bug 403.) 
+  * bug fix: floating point exception handling now works on FreeBSD
+    (thanks to NIIMI Satoshi)
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** MISC.641: LET-conversion were not supposed to work in late
        compilation stages.
+  * improvements to the Win32/x86 port:
+    ** GET-INTERNAL-RUN-TIME implemented, thanks to Frank Buss.
+    ** improved SB-BSD-SOCKETS support, thanks to Timothy Ritchey.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.13 relative to sbcl-0.9.12:
   * new feature: source path information is generated for macro-expansion