X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=e70ebe77a2809322d77bfcc8ea7befe7da263357;hb=57bf8a7e65a81a8cff946a65e7e33e3f9b948ac6;hp=ab7314180be41aa942424dd139ba23cd8fd5dc22;hpb=cb427254703b615dc5d1e46a3dd8db7a8a9e6d55;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ab73141..e70ebe7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,37 @@ ;;;; -*- 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) + +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