1.0.31.23: OAOOize external-format support

[sbcl.git] / doc / manual / beyond-ansi.texinfo

diff --git a/doc/manual/beyond-ansi.texinfo b/doc/manual/beyond-ansi.texinfo
index 78aa623..4a30020 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/manual/beyond-ansi.texinfo
+++ b/doc/manual/beyond-ansi.texinfo
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ ANSI standard. SBCL doesn't support as many extensions as CMUCL, but
 it still has quite a few.  @xref{Contributed Modules}.
 
 @menu
-* Garbage Collection::          
-* Metaobject Protocol::         
-* Support For Unix::            
-* Customization Hooks for Users::  
-* Tools To Help Developers::    
-* Resolution of Name Conflicts::  
-* Stale Extensions::            
-* Efficiency Hacks::            
+* Garbage Collection::
+* Metaobject Protocol::
+* Support For Unix::
+* Customization Hooks for Users::
+* Tools To Help Developers::
+* Resolution of Name Conflicts::
+* Hash Table Extensions::
+* Miscellaneous Extensions::
+* Stale Extensions::
+* Efficiency Hacks::
 @end menu
 
 @node  Garbage Collection
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ specified by ANSI. Weak pointers allow references to objects to be
 maintained without keeping them from being garbage collected, and
 ``finalization'' hooks are available to cause code to be executed when
 an object has been garbage collected. Additionally users can specify
-their own cleanup actions to be executed with garbage collection.
+their own cleanup actions to be executed with garbage collection. See
+also @code{make-hash-table} for information on weak hash tables.
 
 @include fun-sb-ext-finalize.texinfo
 @include fun-sb-ext-cancel-finalization.texinfo
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ with AMOP; present exceptions to this (as distinct from current bugs)
 are:
 
 @itemize
-  
+
 @item
 @findex compute-effective-method
 @findex sb-mop:compute-effective-method
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ the standardized classes before @code{t} appearing in the class
 precedence list of @code{generic-function} and
 @code{standard-generic-function}, as required by section 1.4.4.5 of the
 ANSI specification.
-  
+
 @item
 @findex ensure-generic-function
 @findex generic-function-declarations
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ between classes and proper names and between lists of the form
 @vindex *posix-argv*
 
 The UNIX command line can be read from the variable
-@code{sb-ext:*posix-argv*}. 
+@code{sb-ext:*posix-argv*}.
 
 @node Querying the process environment
 @subsection Querying the process environment
@@ -375,6 +378,29 @@ the @code{sb-ext:resolve-conflict} restart should be invoked with one
 argument, which should be a member of the list returned by the condition
 accessor @code{sb-ext:name-conflict-symbols}.
 
+@node    Hash Table Extensions
+@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
+@section Hash Table Extensions
+
+Hash table extensions supported by SBCL are all controlled by keyword
+arguments to @code{make-hash-table}.
+
+@include fun-common-lisp-make-hash-table.texinfo
+
+@include macro-sb-ext-define-hash-table-test.texinfo
+
+@include macro-sb-ext-with-locked-hash-table.texinfo
+
+@include fun-sb-ext-hash-table-synchronized-p.texinfo
+
+@include fun-sb-ext-hash-table-weakness.texinfo
+
+@node    Miscellaneous Extensions
+@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
+@section Miscellaneous Extensions
+
+@include fun-sb-ext-array-storage-vector.texinfo
+
 @node Stale Extensions
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
 @section Stale Extensions
@@ -423,13 +449,3 @@ not checked. In short: don't use it.
 The @code{sb-ext:freeze-type} declaration declares that a
 type will never change, which can make type testing
 (@code{typep}, etc.) more efficient for structure types.
-
-The @code{sb-ext:constant-function} declaration specifies
-that a function will always return the same value for the same
-arguments, which may allow the compiler to optimize calls
-to it. This is appropriate for functions like @code{sqrt}, but
-is @emph{not} appropriate for functions like @code{aref},
-which can change their return values when the underlying data are
-changed.
-@c <!-- FIXME: This declaration does not seem to be supported in the 
-@c      current compiler. -->