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@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+changes in sbcl-0.8.18 relative to sbcl-0.8.17:
+  * new feature: reloading changed shared object files with
+    LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT now causes the new definitions to take effect.
+  * Solaris 10 (aka SunOS 5.10) on the SPARC platform is now
+    supported.  (thanks to Dan Debertin)
+  * fixed bug #331: structure-class instances corresponding to
+    DEFSTRUCT forms are now created eagerly.
+  * bug fix: lambda-list parsing is now stricter vrt. order and number
+    of lambda-list keywords.
+  * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
+    ** INCF, DECF and REMF evaluate their place form as specified in
+       CLtS 5.1.3.
+
 changes in sbcl-0.8.17 relative to sbcl-0.8.16:
   * new feature: a build-time option (controlled by the :SB-UNICODE
     keyword feature, enabled by default) for building the system with
@@ -25,6 +38,17 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.17 relative to sbcl-0.8.16:
     types.
   * fixed bug #308: non-graphic characters now all have names, as
     required.  (reported by Bruno Haible)
+  * bug fix: redefining a class with different superclasses now correctly
+    removes it from the direct-subclasses of its previous superclasses.
+    (reported by David Morse)
+  * bug fix: (SETF FIND-CLASS) using a FORWARD-REFERENCED-CLASS as the
+    new value now works. (reported by Bruno Haible)
+  * bug fix: correct canonicalization of multiple non-standard slot
+    options in DEFCLASS as per AMOP 5.4.2. (reported by Bruno Haible)
+  * bug fix: SB-MOP:CLASS-PROTOTYPE now signals an error if the class
+    is not yet finalized, as required by AMOP. (reported by Bruno Haible)
+  * bug fix: SB-MOP:ALLOCATE-INSTANCE method for instances of BUILT-IN-CLASS
+    now exists, an signals an error.
   * bug fix: duplicate LOOP variable bindings now signal PROGRAM-ERROR
     during macroexpansion for non-iteration variables as well. (reported 
     by Bruno Haible for CMUCL)
@@ -46,8 +70,14 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.17 relative to sbcl-0.8.16:
   * bug fix: EQUAL compiler optimizations is less aggressive on
     strings which can potentially compare true despite having distinct
     specialized array element types.
+  * bug fix: unit enumerations can be defined without dividing by
+    zero.  (thanks to Vincent Arkesteijn)
   * FORMAT compile-time argument count checking has been enhanced.
     (report from Bruno Haible for CMUCL)
+  * a partial workaround for the bug 262: the compiler does not try to
+    inline-expand a local function doing RETURN-FROM from a deleted
+    BLOCK. (thanks to Peter Denno for the bug report and to David
+    Wragg for the simple test case)
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** RENAME-PACKAGE allows all package designators as new package
        names.
@@ -65,6 +95,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.17 relative to sbcl-0.8.16:
        references to global functions.
     ** NIL parameter to the FORMAT directive ~^ means `unsupplied
        parameter'.
+    ** FORMAT ~R treats a nil value for its first parameter correctly.
 
 changes in sbcl-0.8.16 relative to sbcl-0.8.15:
   * enhancement: saving cores with foreign code loaded is now