0.pre8.70

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1613,8 +1613,8 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.14 relative to sbcl-0.7.13:
 
 changes in sbcl-0.8.0 relative to sbcl-0.7.14
   * The old distinction between CL:CLASS objects and SB-PCL:CLASS
-    objects has been removed.  The return value from CL:FIND-CLASS is
-    now a CLOS class, and likewise that of CL:CLASS-OF;
+    objects has been eliminated.  The return value from CL:FIND-CLASS
+    is now a CLOS class, and likewise that of CL:CLASS-OF;
     CL:BUILT-IN-CLASS, CL:STRUCTURE-CLASS and CL:STANDARD-CLASS name
     CLOS classes.
   * An interface to the MetaObject Protocol, as described in Kiczales,
@@ -1628,9 +1628,18 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.0 relative to sbcl-0.7.14
     addresses instead of being hardcoded per-port.  Users affected by
     this probably have to be doing advanced things with shared
     libraries, and will know who they are.
+  * minor incompatible change: Previously, all --eval forms used were
+    processed with READ before any of them were processed with EVAL.
+    Now each --eval form is processed with both READ and EVAL before
+    the next --eval form is processed. (Thus package operations like
+    sbcl --eval "(defpackage :foo)" --eval "(print 'foo::bar)" now work
+    as the user might reasonably expect.)
   * minor incompatible change: *STANDARD-INPUT* is now only an
-    INPUT-STREAM, not a BIDIRECTIONAL-STREAM. (thanks to Antonio 
+    INPUT-STREAM, not a BIDIRECTIONAL-STREAM.  (thanks to Antonio 
     Martinez)
+  * minor incompatible change: Y-OR-N-P is now character-oriented, not
+    line oriented.  Also, YES-OR-NO-P now works without errors.
+    (thanks to Antonio Martinez)
   * known functions, which cannot be open coded by backend, are
     considered to be able to check types of their arguments.
     (reported by Nathan J. Froyd)
@@ -1641,6 +1650,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.0 relative to sbcl-0.7.14
     Baumann)
   * SB-MOP:ENSURE-CLASS-USING-CLASS now takes its arguments in the
     specified-by-AMOP order of (CLASS NAME &REST ARGS &KEY).
+  * SB-MOP:COMPUTE-EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITION now takes the
+    required-by-AMOP NAME argument, as well as CLASS and
+    DIRECT-SLOT-DEFINITIONS.  (thanks to Kevin Rosenberg)
   * fixed bug 20: DEFMETHOD can define methods using names that are
     not the proper names of classes to designate class specializers.
   * bug fix: INTERACTIVE-STREAM-P now works on streams associated with
@@ -1663,6 +1675,8 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.0 relative to sbcl-0.7.14
     ** DEFCLASS of forward-referenced classes with another
        forward-referenced class in the superclasses list no longer
        causes an error;
+    ** condition slots are now initialized once each, not multiple
+       times;  (thanks to Gerd Moellmann)
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.8.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles