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@@ -2003,9 +2003,32 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.3 relative to sbcl-0.8.2:
 
 changes in sbcl-0.8.4 relative to sbcl-0.8.3:
   * fixed compiler performance when processing loops with a step >1;
-  * optimization: restored some effective method precomputation
-    (turned off by an ANSI fix in sbcl-0.8.3); the amount of
+  * bug fix: DOCUMENTATION now retrieves generic function
+    documentation.  Also, DOCUMENTATION and (SETF DOCUMENTATION)
+    support has been systematized, and now supports the methods
+    specified by ANSI, along with a default method and a method for
+    slot documentation.  (reported by Nathan Froyd)
+  * bug fix: effective methods associated with a generic function are
+    no longer cached over a change of that generic function's method
+    combination.  (reported by Andreas Fuchs)
+  * bug fix: RUN-PROGRAM now does not fail if some element in $PATH
+    names a non-existent directory.  (thanks to Andreas Fuchs)
+  * optimization: restored some effective method precomputation in
+    CLOS (turned off by an ANSI fix in sbcl-0.8.3); the amount of
     precomputation is now tunable.
+  * optimization: compiler-internal data structure use has been
+    reviewed, and changes have been made that should improve the
+    performance of the compiler by about 20%.
+  * microoptimization: the compiler is better able to make use of the
+    x86 LEA instruction for multiplication by constants.
+  * bug fix: in some situations compiler did not report usage of
+    generic arithmetic in (SPEED 3) policy.
+  * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
+    ** the RETURN clause in LOOP is now equivalent to DO (RETURN ...).
+    ** ROUND and FROUND now give the right answer when given very
+       small float arguments.
+    ** (FLOAT X) for X of type DOUBLE-FLOAT now returns X in all
+       circumstances.
 
 planned incompatible changes in 0.8.x:
   * (not done yet, but planned:) When the profiling interface settles