X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=5b50cf3054f2489658d3be5e44aa4e062dc5537a;hb=6049dd2bf3dfe37080a30a4a751076c1254030bd;hp=2b7fcc9c2af8a5afc208ffe42cd73034c9c3ba2b;hpb=fb8e5ded0b56f50de2024efbcc9ce68b401415f5;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2b7fcc9..5b50cf3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,12 +1,28 @@ ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; -*- changes in sbcl-0.9.19 (1.0.0?) relative to sbcl-0.9.18: + * improvement: runtime option --dynamic-space-size can be used + to set the size of the dynamic space reserved on startup. * improvement: floating point modes in effect are now saved in core, and restored on startup. * improvement: GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME now reports the time since startup, not time since first call to GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME. + * improvement: SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE explicitly checks that multiple + threads are not running after *SAVE-HOOKS* have run. + * improvement: floating-point exception handling should work on all + POSIX platforms (thanks to NIIMI Satoshi) * bug fix: compiler bug triggered by a (non-standard) VALUES - declaration in a LET* was fixed. - * improvements to the Windows port: + declaration in a LET* was fixed. (reported by Kaersten Poeck) + * bug fix: file compiler no longer confuses validated and already + dumped structurres. (reported by Kaersten Poeck) + * bug fix: ADJUST-ARRAY :FILL-POINTER T on an array without a + fill-pointer signals a type-error as required. (thanks to + Lars Brinkhoff) + * bug fix: disassemly of funcallable instances works. + * bug fix: single stepping on PPC. + * bug fix: fix thread-safety problems in the type system (generally + manifesting as nonsensical errors like "STRING is a bad type specifier + for sequences" or "The value 1 is not of type FIXNUM") + * Improvements to the Windows port: ** floating point exceptions are now reported correctly. ** stack exhaustion detection works partially. ** more accurate GET-INTERNAL-REAL-TIME. @@ -14,6 +30,9 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.19 (1.0.0?) relative to sbcl-0.9.18: process. ** PROBE-FILE now simplifies pathnames correctly. ** DIRECTORY now works correctly with :WILD-INFERIORS. + ** DECODE-UNIVERSAL-TIME works on times before 00:00:00 January + 1st 1970 (although time timezone data will be unreliable). + ** Hyperbolic functions TANH, ASINH, ACOSH, and ATANH work. changes in sbcl-0.9.18 (1.0.beta?) relative to sbcl-0.9.17: * enhancement: SB-POSIX now supports cfsetispeed(3), cfsetospeed(3),