0.9.8.25:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6027689..9b03a93 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,8 +4,16 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.9 relative to sbcl-0.9.8:
     system has been added.  (thanks to Alastair Bridgewater)
   * fixed several bugs in and robustified the PPC FFI (including
     callbacks).  (thanks to Cyrus Harmon and Heiner Schwarte)
+  * bug fix: allow non-simple string symbol names (reported by Paul
+    Dietz)
+  * bug fix: interrupt handling on NetBSD (thanks to Richard M
+    Kreuter)
+  * bug fix: saving a core corrupted callbacks on x86/x86-64
+  * optimization: major improvements to GC efficiency on GENCGC platforms
   * optimization: faster implementation of EQUAL
-  * fixed segfaults on x86 FreeBSD 7-current (thanks to NIIMI Satoshi)
+  * optimization: emit more efficient opcodes for some common 
+    immediate->register MOV instructions on x86-64.  (thanks to Lutz Euler)
+  * fixed segfaults on x86 FreeBSD 7-current.  (thanks to NIIMI Satoshi)
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.8 relative to sbcl-0.9.7:
   * minor incompatible change: (SETF CLASS-NAME) and (SETF