0.9.6.22:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     least permitted and maybe required by AMOP).  As a consolation,
     however, the SBCL implementation of these functions now calls
     REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE as specified by AMOP.
+  * bug fix: REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE on generic functions calls
+    COMPUTE-DISCRIMINATING-FUNCTION (almost) unconditionally, as
+    specified by AMOP.
   * bug fix: it is now possible to have more than one subclass of
     STANDARD-GENERIC-FUNCTION without causing stack overflow.
     (reported by Bruno Haible, Pascal Costanza and others)
@@ -14,8 +17,15 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     and Pascal Costanza)
   * bug fix: *COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME* now contains the user's pathname
     merged with *DEFAULT-PATHNAME-DEFAULTS*.
+  * enhancement: the x86-64 disassembler is much better at
+    disassembling SSE instructions.  (thanks to Lutz Euler)
+  * optimization: improved performance of EUC-JP external format.
+    (thanks to NIIMI Satoshi)
   * optimization: performance improvements to IO on file streams of
     :ELEMENT-TYPE CHARACTER
+  * optimization: much faster memory allocation on x86-64
+  * optimization: faster garbage collections (latency and throughput)
+    on gencgc
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.6 relative to sbcl-0.9.5:
   * bug fix: add a workaround to SBCL looping infinitely at startup on
@@ -777,7 +787,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.16 relative to sbcl-0.8.15:
     (thanks to Richard Kreuter)
   * bug fix: defining classes whose accessors are methods on existing
     generic functions in other (locked) packages no longer signals
-    bogus package lock violations. (reported by François-René Rideau)
+    bogus package lock violations. (reported by François-René Rideau)
   * bug fix: special variables as DEFMETHOD parameters no longer have
     associated bogus type declarations. (reported by David Wragg and
     Bruno Haible)