0.pre8.33

[sbcl.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1643,8 +1643,16 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.0 relative to sbcl-0.7.14
     ** the USE-VALUE, CONTINUE and STORE-VALUE functions now correctly
        exclude restarts of the same name associated with a different
        condition;
+  * Experimental native threads support, on x86 Linux.  This is not 
+    compiled in by default: you need to add :SB-THREAD to the target
+    features.  See the "Beyond ANSI" chapter of the manual for 
+    details.
+  * Due to rearrangement for threads, the control stack and binding stack
+    are now allocated at arbitrary 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
 
-planned incompatible changes in 0.7.x:
+planned incompatible changes in 0.8.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles
     down, maybe in 0.7.x, maybe later, it might impact TRACE. They both
     encapsulate functions, and it's not clear yet how e.g. UNPROFILE