X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=d294148b6e337c55e85394c26924e8320d621ca4;hb=HEAD;hp=0605d50e5ddcfb96ec5c2bc4baafd04bb8b255e2;hpb=9b81111025d01fb7a708e1ab114646e7807d1b46;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0605d50..d294148 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,36 @@ ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*- -changes relative to sbcl-1.1.13: +changes relative to sbcl-1.1.14: + * new feature: the iterative spilling/coloring register allocator developed + by Alexandra Barchunova during Google Summer of Code 2013 is now merged + in. By default, it only activates for functions that optimize with + (speed 3) and (> speed compilation-speed), but setting + sb-regalloc:*register-allocation-method* to :iterative forces its + execution. The previous behaviour can be obtained by instead setting that + variable to :greedy. Thanks again to Google for their support, and, more + crucially, to Alexandra Barchunova for her hard work. + * optimization: make-array with known element-type and unknown dimensions is + much faster. + * optimization: make-array with unknown element-type is faster as well. + (lp#1004501) + * enhancement: sb-ext:save-lisp-and-die on Windows now accepts + :application-type argument, which can be :console or :gui. :gui allows + having GUI applications without an automatically appearing console window. + * enhancement: reduced conservativism on GENCGC platforms: + conservative roots must be valid-looking tagged pointers or point + within a code object, not merely point to within the allocated part + of a page, in order to pin a page. + * enhancement: support for "Mac Roman" external format. + * enhancement: encapsulation of named generic functions now happens without + altering the identity of the function bound to the name. + * bug fix: Windows applications without the console window no longer misbehave. + (patch by Wilfredo Velazquez, lp#1256034). + * bug fix: modular arithmetic optimizations do not stumble on dead branches + with bad constants. (reported by Douglas Katzman) + * bug fix: CLISP can be used again as a cross-compilation host. + (Thanks to Vasily Postnicov, lp#1261451) + * bug fix: run-program crashed with :directory nil. (lp#1265077) + +changes in sbcl-1.1.14 relative to sbcl-1.1.13: * optimization: complicated TYPEP tests are less opaque to the type propagation pass. (lp#1229340) * optimization: [N]BUTLAST perform a single pass over the list. (lp#1245697) @@ -9,9 +40,24 @@ changes relative to sbcl-1.1.13: Thanks to Jan Moringen. (lp#1249055) * enhancement: Top-level defmethod without defgeneric no longer causes undefined-function warnings in subsequent forms. (lp#503095) + * enhancement: Better error messages for system errors on Windows. + * enhancement: run-sbcl.sh is usefully handled by rlwrap. Thanks to William + Cushing. (lp#1249183) + * enhancement: new function SB-EXT:ASSERT-VERSION->= accepts a version + specification (multiple integer arguments) and signals a continuable error + if the current SBCL version is lower (older) than the specification. + (lp#674372) + * enhancement: better ARRAY-RANK result derivation. (lp#1252108) * bug fix: EQUALP now compares correctly structures with raw slots larger than a single word. * bug fix: contribs couldn't be built on Windows with MinGW. + * bug fix: Better pathname handling on Windows. (lp#922117) + * bug fix: OPEN reports a more meaningful error when an existing file is + opened for output with :if-exists :new-version. Thanks to Philip + Munksgaard. (lp#455381) + * bug fix: DEFSTRUCTs with NIL as a slot name no longer cause strange + CLOS-related errors. (lp#633911) + * bug fix: GC deadlocks caused by concurrent consing on Windows. changes in sbcl-1.1.13 relative to sbcl-1.1.12: * optimization: better distribution of SXHASH over small conses of related