X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=0e1e389a964ad9c704aee7c59297bbf215fb6d13;hb=8977ab898eab890a11eb9b4bab72c42561f0dc22;hp=bfa565a799178d06a6795103a1c5bfd7b96e97b8;hpb=f12f2c5a8ae794dc414dd6a42e0b25740d576aa1;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index bfa565a..0e1e389 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,48 @@ ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*- +changes in sbcl-0.9.6 relative to sbcl-0.9.5: + * bug fix: add a workaround to SBCL looping infinitely at startup on + Linux kernels with apparently buggy implementations of personality(). + (thanks to Svein Ove Aas) + * bug fix: Unicode symbols are correctly printed in LDB backtraces + (thanks to David Lichteblau) + * bug fix: local bindings shadow global symbol macros for + macroexpansion. (reported by Matthew D Swank on comp.lang.lisp) + * optimization: non-open coded uses of numeric comparison operators + (e.g. >) no longer cons when called with more than one parameter + on platforms supporting dynamic-extent allocation. + * enhancement: saving cores with foreign code loaded is now supported + on MIPS/Linux in addition to the previously supported platforms. + * bug fix: COMPUTE-RESTARTS returns all active restarts, including those + with :TEST, when called without a condition. (reported by Helmut Eller for + CMUCL) + * bug fix: division by zero in sb-sprof when no samples were collected + * bug fix: a race when a slow to arrive sigprof signal killed sbcl + * bug fix: asdf-install uses CRLF as required by the HTTP spec. + (thanks to Alexander Kjeldaas) + * new feature: ignoring the return values of destructive functions + like NREVERSE signals a compile-time style-warning. + (thanks to Kevin Reid) + * new feature: the alignment of alien structure fields can be + explicitly specified. (thanks to Cyrus Harmon) + * threads + ** bug fix: threads stacks belonging to dead threads are freed by the + next exiting thread, no need to gc to collect thread stacks anymore + ** minor incompatible change: INTERRUPT-THREAD-ERROR-ERRNO removed + ** WITH-RECURSIVE-LOCK can be nested in a WITH-MUTEX for the same lock + ** bug fix: dynamic variable and thread start related gc lossage + ** bug fix: job control (SIGSTOP/SIGCONT) no longer confuses threads + suspended for gc + * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite: + ** SUBTYPEP is slightly more accurate on heinously complicated + CONS types where some of the members have uncertain (in the + NIL, NIL sense) type relationships to each other. + * GENCGC + ** Cores produced by SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE on GENCGC platforms are + no longer purified unless :PURIFY T is explicitly specified. + ** Non-purified cores are significantly smaller than before + changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4: + * new feature: timers based on Zach Beane's excellent timer package * added support for the following external formats: koi8-u, x-mac-cyrillic, cp437, cp850, cp852, cp855, cp857, cp860, cp861, cp862, cp863, cp864, cp865, cp866, cp869, cp874, iso-8859-2, @@ -7,11 +50,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4: iso-8859-8, iso-8859-9, iso-8859-10, iso-8859-11, iso-8859-13, iso-8859-14, cp1250, cp1251, cp1252, cp1253, cp1254, cp1255,cp1256, cp1257, cp1258 (contributed by Ivan Boldyrev) - * incompatible change: a threaded SBCL will no longer revert to - non-threaded mode on non-NPTL systems, but refuse to start entirely. + * incompatible change: a threaded SBCL will no longer revert to + non-threaded mode on non-NPTL systems, but refuse to start entirely. * bug fix: interrupts are disabled until startup is complete; no more sigsegvs when receiving a signal to soon - * optimization: Faster 32-bit SB-ROTATE-BYTE:ROTATE-BYTE on non-x86/ppc + * optimization: faster 32-bit SB-ROTATE-BYTE:ROTATE-BYTE on non-x86/ppc platforms * bug fix: add a workaround for the memory randomization features in Linux kernels >= 2.6.12 that interfere with SBCL's memory maps. This @@ -20,11 +63,36 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.5 relative to sbcl-0.9.4: * bug fix: printing objects of type HASH-TABLE signals a PRINT-NOT-READABLE error when *READ-EVAL* is NIL. (reported by Faré Rideau) - * bug fix: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME now works even for processes that + * bug fix: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME now works even for processes that have been running for over 50 days. (reported by Gilbert Baumann) * bug fix: the logic for getting names of functions gets less confused when confronded with alternate-metaclass funcallable-instances. (reported by Cyrus Harmon) + * bug fix: FUNCTIONP and (LAMBDA (X) (TYPEP X 'FUNCTION)) are now + consistent, even on internal alternate-metaclass objects. + * bug fix: flush closure information collected by physical + environment analysis prepass before the main pass. (bug reported + by Vasile Rotaru) + * bug fix: compiler pack phase does not modify a hashtable, which is + iterated. (reported by Bryan O'Connor, fixed by Rob MacLachlan) + * bug fix: backquote does not optimize (LIST* x y) to CONS when x + may be expanded. (reported by Alexander on c.l.l) + * bug fix: no more style-warnings when compiling code using LAST + under high-SPEED low-SPACE settings. (reported by David Wallin + aka froog on #lisp) + * fixed some incompatibilities between SBCL's MOP and the MOP + specified by AMOP: + ** the METAOBJECT class is now implemented; + ** FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-OBJECT is now a subclass of + STANDARD-OBJECT, as required; + ** the classes STANDARD-CLASS and FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-CLASS are + now compatible (as required by VALIDATE-SUPERCLASS); there + remains a consistency requirement over the presence or absence + of the FUNCTION class in the superclass list of finalized + classes; see the manual for more details; + ** the :AROUND method for COMPUTE-SLOTS on + FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-CLASS now honours the primary method's + requested slot ordering. * threads ** bug fix: parent thread now can be gc'ed even with a live child thread