1.0.4.55: Optimized REPLACE and UB*-BASH-COPY routines

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@@ -12,11 +12,23 @@ changes in sbcl-1.0.5 relative to sbcl-1.0.4:
     in multithreaded application code.
   * optimization: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME has been optimized on POSIX
     platforms. (thanks to James Anderson for the optimization hint)
+  * optimization: REPLACE, SUBSEQ, and COPY-SEQ are now optimized in
+    more cases.
+  * enhancement: XREF information is now collected to references made
+    to global variables using SYMBOL-VALUE with a constant argument.
+  * bug fix: dead unbound variable references now signal an error.
+    (reported by Marco Monteiro)
+  * bug fix: / with an unused value was being deleted in safe code.
+    (thanks to Marco Monteiro and Kevin Reid)
   * bug fix: number of characters that can be written onto a single
     line in a file is unlimited.
-  * bug fix: GC deadlocks from asynchronous interrupts has been fixed
-    by disabling interrupts for the duration of any
-    SB-SYS:WITHOUT-GCING section.
+  * bug fix: some GC deadlocks caused by asynchronous interrupts have
+    been fixed by inhibiting interrupts for when GC is disbled.
+  * bug fix: GETHASH, PUTHASH, CLRHASH and REMHASH are now interrupt safe.
+  * bug fix: binding *BREAK-ON-SIGNALS* to a value that is not a type
+    specifier no longer causes infinite recursion.
+  * improvement: the x86-64/darwin port now passes all tests and
+    should be considered non-experimental.
 
 changes in sbcl-1.0.4 relative to sbcl-1.0.3:
   * new platform: experimental support for x86-64/darwin (MacOS).