0.7.12.36:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1502,6 +1502,19 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.12 relative to sbcl-0.7.11:
     ** CONSTANTP now returns true for all self-evaluating objects.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.7.13 relative to sbcl-0.7.12:
+  * incompatible packaging change: in line with Unix convention, 
+    SBCL now looks for its core file in /usr/{local/,}lib/sbcl/sbcl.core 
+    if it's not in $SBCL_HOME.  It also sets SBCL_HOME to match.
+  * REQUIRE and PROVIDE are now optionally capable of doing something
+    useful: see the documentation string for REQUIRE
+  * infrastructure for a managed SBCL contrib system: contributed 
+    modules in this release include:
+    ** the ASDF system definition facility;
+    ** an interface to the BSD Sockets API;
+    ** an ACL-like convenience interface to the repl; 
+       (thanks to Kevin Rosenberg)
+    ** an implementation of ROTATE-BYTE, with efficient implementation
+       on x86 hardware;
   * fixed a bug in LOG, so that LOG of a rational argument near 1 now
     gives a closer approximation to the right answer than previously.
     (thanks to Raymond Toy)
@@ -1521,7 +1534,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.13 relative to sbcl-0.7.12:
   * fixed a bug in DEFCLASS: classes named by symbols with no or
     unprintable packages can now be defined.
   * fixed a bug in RESTART-BIND: The :TEST-FUNCTION option had been
-    carelessly renamed to :TEST-FUN. (thanks to Robert E. Brown)
+    carelessly renamed to :TEST-FUN.  (thanks to Robert E. Brown)
   * fixed compiler failure related to checking types of functions.
     (reported by Robert E. Brown)
   * the compiler is now much more consistent in its error-checking
@@ -1531,6 +1544,13 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.13 relative to sbcl-0.7.12:
     by ANSI to operate on sequences.
   * fixed a bug in the build procedure: documentation of SBCL-specific
     packages is now preserved and available in the final Lisp image.
+  * lifted FDEFINITION lookup out of loops in the implementation of
+    many list operations.  (thanks to Robert E. Brown)
+  * fixed a bug in the reader: the #n# reader macro now works for
+    objects of type STANDARD-OBJECT.  (reported by Tony Martinez)
+  * the compiler is now aware that SYMBOL-FUNCTION returns a FUNCTION
+    and that READ-DELIMITED-LIST returns a LIST.  (thanks to Robert
+    E. Brown and Tony Martinez respectively)
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** ARRAY-IN-BOUNDS-P now allows arbitrary integers as arguments,
        not just nonnegative fixnums;
@@ -1539,6 +1559,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.7.13 relative to sbcl-0.7.12:
        freshly-consed result bit-array);
     ** ELT now signals an error on an invalid sequence index in safe
        code;
+    ** the type system is now cleverer about negations of numeric
+       types, and consequently understands the BIGNUM and RATIO types
+       better;
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.7.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles