0.8.12.54:

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -5,15 +5,23 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.13 relative to sbcl-0.8.12:
     if no major problems are found then it is likely that they will be
     compiled in unconditionally.
   * major incompatible change: LOAD-FOREIGN and LOAD-1-FOREIGN are now
-    unsupported operators. To load a shared library into SBCL, use
-    SB-ALIEN:LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT. To load a non-shared object file,
-    link it into a shared library outside of SBCL and load it using
-    SB-ALIEN:LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT.
+    unsupported operators on all platforms.  To load a shared library
+    into SBCL, use SB-ALIEN:LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT.  To load a non-shared
+    object file, link it into a shared library outside of SBCL and
+    load it using SB-ALIEN:LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT.  (incidentally fixes
+    bug #79)
+  * bug workaround: ROOM T and the GC were not working together
+    reliably, because invariants expected by the SB!VM:INSTANCE-USAGE
+    reporting facility aren't preserved. That reporting has been
+    disabled, so now until and unless someone figures out how to make it
+    work reliably with the current GC, (ROOM T) is equivalent to (ROOM).
   * minor incompatible change: as threatened around sbcl-0.8.0, the
     home package of MOP-related symbols is now SB-MOP, not SB-PCL.
     The symbols are also exported from SB-PCL for backwards
     compatibility, but more so than before SB-PCL should be treated as
     an implementation-internal package.
+  * fasl format changed: SBCL 0.8.13 fasls are incompatible with those
+    of earlier versions
   * the SB-SPROF contrib now works on (most) non-x86 architectures.
     It is known as of this release not to work on the Alpha, however.
   * fixed bug #167: errors signalled due to illegal syntax in method 
@@ -44,6 +52,10 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.13 relative to sbcl-0.8.12:
     user-defined methods on SLOT-BOUNDP-USING-CLASS and (SETF
     SLOT-VALUE-USING-CLASS), and no longer causes errors with
     non-standard SLOT-DEFINITION-ALLOCATION values.
+  * fixed bugs: various race conditions handling exiting threads.  
+    CL-PPCRE's thread torture test now passes.
+  * fixed arguably-a-bug: GC time proportional to number of threads in 
+    system even when most of them are idle
   * optimization: improved performance of BIT and SBIT on bit-vectors.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.8.12 relative to sbcl-0.8.11: