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@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*-
+  * IMPORTANT: bug database has moved from the BUGS file to Launchpad
+        https://bugs.launchpad.net/sbcl
+    Bugs can be reported directly there, or by sending email to
+        sbcl-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net
+    (no subscription required.)
   * minor incompatible change: under weak type checking policy integer
     types are weakened less aggressively.
   * minor incompatible change: SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE :TOPLEVEL function is now
     allowed to return, which causes SBCL to quit with exit status 0. Previously
     if the function returned with a small integer return value, that value
     was accidentally reused as the exit status.
+  * new feature: SB-EXT:DEFINE-HASH-TABLE-TEST allows defining new arguments
+    to MAKE-HASH-TABLE :TEST, and MAKE-HASH-TABLE has been extended with
+    :HASH-FUNCTION argument. Refer to user manual for details.
   * new feature: SB-EXT:DEFGLOBAL macro allows defining global non-special
     variables.
+  * new feature: SB-EXT:GET-TIME-OF-DAY provides access to seconds and
+    microseconds since the Unix epoch on all platforms.
   * new feature: SB-EXT:ALWAYS-BOUND proclamation inhibits MAKUNBOUND, and
     allows the compiler to safely elide boundedness checks for special
     variables.
@@ -14,6 +24,10 @@
     the symbol, prohibits both lexical and dynamic binding. This is mainly an
     efficiency measure for threaded platforms, but also valueable in
     expressing intent.
+  * new feature: UNC pathnames are now understood by the system on Windows.
+  * optimization: the compiler uses a specialized version of FILL when the
+    element type is know in more cases, making eg. (UNSIGNED-BYTE 8) case
+    almost 90% faster.
   * optimization: accesses to potentially non-simple arrays where element type
     is known are 50% faster.
   * optimization: compiler now generates faster array typechecking code.
@@ -25,12 +39,25 @@
   * optimization: result of (FILL (MAKE-ARRAY ...) ...) and (REPLACE
     (MAKE-ARRAY ...) ...) can be stack allocated if the result of MAKE-ARRAY
     form can be.
+  * optimization: result of call to VECTOR can now be stack allocated.
+  * optimization: MAKE-ARRAY with :INITIAL-CONTENTS is now vastly faster
+    as long as the resulting array is one-dimensional and has a known
+    element type. In particular, :INITIAL-CONTENTS (LIST ...) where the
+    length of the list matches the known length of the vector does not
+    allocate the list as an intermediate step. Ditto for VECTOR and simple
+    backquoted forms.
+  * optimization: MAKE-ARRAY can now stack allocate in the presence of
+    :INITIAL-CONTENTS and :INITIAL-ELEMENT as long as the result has a
+    known element type, and is known to be simple and one dimensional.
   * improvement: SBCL now emits a compiler note where stack allocation was
-    requested but could not be provided.
+    requested but could not be provided (not in all cases, unfortunately)
   * improvement: better MACHINE-VERSION responses. (thanks to Josh Elsasser)
   * improvement: pretty-printing loop has been implemented properly. (thanks
     to Tobias Rittweiler)
   * documentation: CLOS slot typechecing policy has been documented.
+  * bug fix: FILE-AUTHOR no longer signals an error on Windows.
+  * bug fix: SB-SPROF could be foiled by foreign code not have a frame
+    pointer, leading to memory faults. (thanks to Bart Botta)
   * bug fix: better floating point exception handling on x86/OpenBSD.
     (thanks to Josh Elsasser)
   * bug fix: exit status from QUIT when called under --script was lost