1.0.37.8: add ATOMIC-DECF, fix WAIT-ON-SEMAPHORE-BUGLET

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5ce534b..c0d524e 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 changes relative to sbcl-1.0.36:
   * new feature: added SB-THREAD:TRY-SEMAPHORE, a non-blocking variant of
     SB-THREAD:WAIT-ON-SEMAPHORE.
+  * new feature: SB-EXT:ATOMIC-DECF has been added as a companion to
+    SB-EXT:ATOMIC-INCF.
   * enhancement: *STANDARD-OUTPUT*, *STANDARD-INPUT*, and *ERROR-OUTPUT* are
     now bivalent.
   * enhancement: errors from NO-APPLICABLE-METHOD and
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ changes relative to sbcl-1.0.36:
     generic function call.
   * bug fix: correct restart text for the continuable error in MAKE-PACKAGE.
   * bug fix: a rare case of startup-time page table corruption.
+  * bug fix: a semaphore with multiple waiters and some of them unwinding due
+    to timeouts could be left in an inconsistent state.
 
 changes in sbcl-1.0.37 relative to sbcl-1.0.36:
   * enhancement: Backtrace from THROW to uncaught tag on x86oids now shows