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[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
 changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4:
+  * new feature: timers based on Zach Beane's excellent timer package
   * added support for the following external formats: koi8-u,
     x-mac-cyrillic, cp437, cp850, cp852, cp855, cp857, cp860, cp861,
     cp862, cp863, cp864, cp865, cp866, cp869, cp874, iso-8859-2,
@@ -7,8 +8,8 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4:
     iso-8859-8, iso-8859-9, iso-8859-10, iso-8859-11, iso-8859-13,
     iso-8859-14, cp1250, cp1251, cp1252, cp1253, cp1254,
     cp1255,cp1256, cp1257, cp1258 (contributed by Ivan Boldyrev)
-  * incompatible change: a threaded SBCL will no longer revert to 
-    non-threaded mode on non-NPTL systems, but refuse to start entirely.    
+  * incompatible change: a threaded SBCL will no longer revert to
+    non-threaded mode on non-NPTL systems, but refuse to start entirely.
   * bug fix: interrupts are disabled until startup is complete; no
     more sigsegvs when receiving a signal to soon
   * optimization: Faster 32-bit SB-ROTATE-BYTE:ROTATE-BYTE on non-x86/ppc
@@ -20,11 +21,13 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4:
   * bug fix: printing objects of type HASH-TABLE signals a
     PRINT-NOT-READABLE error when *READ-EVAL* is NIL.  (reported by
     Faré Rideau)
-  * bug fix: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME now works even for processes that 
+  * bug fix: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME now works even for processes that
     have been running for over 50 days. (reported by Gilbert Baumann)
   * bug fix: the logic for getting names of functions gets less
     confused when confronded with alternate-metaclass
     funcallable-instances.  (reported by Cyrus Harmon)
+  * bug fix: FUNCTIONP and (LAMBDA (X) (TYPEP X 'FUNCTION)) are now
+    consistent, even on internal alternate-metaclass objects.
   * threads
     ** bug fix: parent thread now can be gc'ed even with a live
        child thread