X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=9ddaaeb29c479140babfdddd17877bbd7e3c6312;hb=dca20740848a3e316371460a25be29fd574850ed;hp=7a8f727b73f55e41ebfa512b3523ed1d1d20461d;hpb=203588ae04dc3d3a7f45a0e0ef461d4430c2f26f;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7a8f727..9ddaaeb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,60 @@ ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*- -changes relative to sbcl-1.9.38: +changes relative to sbcl-1.0.41 + * build changes + ** Cross-compilation host is now specified to make.sh using + command-line argument --xc-host= instead of a positional + argument. (thanks to Daniel Herring) + ** Install location can be specified to make.sh using command-line + argument --prefix=. (lp#550889s, thanks to Daniel Herring) + * optimization: The default implementation of + COMPUTE-DISCRIMINATING-FUNCTION does much less wasted work. + * enhancement: Explicit memory barrier operations are now available for use + by multithreaded code. See documentation for details. + * enhancement: Experimental support for threading on Linux/PPC. + * bug fix: RENAME-PACKAGE returns the package. (Thanks to Eric Marsden) + * bug fix: EXPT signals an error if first argument is a zero and second + argument is a floating point zero. (lp#571581, thanks to Roman Marynchak) + * bug fix: DEFTYPE signals an error for non-list lambda-lists. + (lp#576594, thanks to Roman Marynchak) + +changes in sbcl-1.0.41 relative to sbcl-1.0.40: + * optimization: validity of observed keyword initargs to MAKE-INSTANCE is + cached, leading to many fewer expensive calls to + COMPUTE-APPLICABLE-METHODS. + * optimization: in the (unoptimized) general method for MAKE-INSTANCE on a + CLASS argument, search for and call an appropriate optimized ctor function + if it exists. + * bug fix: WRITE always returns the correct value. + +changes in sbcl-1.0.40 relative to sbcl-1.0.39: + * bug fix: readdir now works on :inode64 darwin builds (lp#592897) + * bug fix: Name conflicts between symbols passed as arguments to a single + call to IMPORT no longer add multiple symbols with the same name to the + package (detectable via DO-SYMBOLS). + * bug fix: support building without the dlshim on darwin x86 and x86-64 + (lp#533470). + * bug fix: TRACE :ENCAPSULATE NIL now works on ppc/linux. + +changes in sbcl-1.0.39 relative to sbcl-1.0.38: * bug fix: Backtrace from undefined function on x86 and x86-64 now show the calling frame. + * bug fix: linkage-table entries on PPC now no longer overflow their + space allocation (potentially causing crashes if they are written out + of order). + * bug fix: Scrub control stack after scavenging in gencgc on non-x86oid + platforms, preventing the GC from seeing stale pointers on the control + stack in subsequent GCs (which would, and does, break invariants). + * bug fix: 32-bit unicode external formats now work on big-endian systems. + * bug fix: Literal characters with code points greater than about 32767 + now work on PPC UNICODE builds. + * bug fix: Any noise left by SSE operations (sqrt and conversions) in the + high order bits are explicitly cleared out. In some contrived situations, + this could lead to wrong results in mixed real/complex float arithmetic. + * bug fix: Fix function/macro redefinition warnings when building with + clisp. (lp#576787, thanks to Josh Elsasser) + * new platform: experimental support for ppc/openbsd (thanks to Josh + Elsasser). + * bug fix: Floating-point traps now work on ppc/linux. changes in sbcl-1.0.38 relative to sbcl-1.0.37: * incompatible change: Thread names are now restricted to SIMPLE-STRINGs