X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ec026342f2118e0b286c1e935bc80b7490684fa3;hb=5f0bd05a15aaf93f46baf9b8aa3e9b0bfbca26ab;hp=e4aa65e1501ca38ad62d9cdfc78a2fefd827e6bf;hpb=77acf5b7dce7ecfcc8a66b5f3d527b10cdd74dc1;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e4aa65e..ec02634 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,61 @@ ;;;; -*- coding: utf-8; fill-column: 78 -*- -changes relative to sbcl-1.1.2: +changes relative to sbcl-1.1.4: + * new feature: package local nicknames. See manual for details. + * enhancement: easier to use restarts for resolving name-conflicts + resulting from IMPORT, EXPORT, or USE-PACKAGE. + * enhancement: variant DEFPACKAGE forms now signal a full error with + restarts provided for resolving the situation. (lp#891351) + * enhancement: by setting SB-EXT:*ON-PACKAGE-VARIANCE* appropriately variant + DEFPACKAGE forms can now signal a full error with restarts provided for + resolving the situation. See manual for details. (lp#891351) + * enhancement: make-random-state now uses CryptGenRandom as a seed on Windows. + (Thanks to Anton Kovalenko.) (lp#1102748) + * bug fix: secondary CLOS dispatch functions have better debug names. + (lp#503081) + * bug fix: deleting a package removes it from implementation-package + lists of other packages. + +changes in sbcl-1.1.4 relative to sbcl-1.1.3: + * optimization: LOOP expressions using "of-type character" have slightly + more efficient expansions. + * bug fix: very long (or infinite) constant lists in DOLIST do not result + in very long compile times or heap exhaustion anymore. (lp#1095488) + * bug fix: `#3(1) is read as #(1 1 1), not as #(1). (lp#1095918) + * bug fix: adjust-array ignored :initial-element for simple-vectors. + (lp#1096359) + * bug fix: optimizations to MAKE-INSTANCE with literal list initargs no + longer cause infinite loops (on circular data) or violate eqlity + constraints. (lp#1099708) + * bug fix: FIRST was not being open coded. (regression from 1.1.0) + +changes in sbcl-1.1.3 relative to sbcl-1.1.2: * enhancement: warnings about bad locale settings, LANG, LC_CTYPE, etc. (lp#727625) + * enhancement: support for C-c to interrupt the foreground thread + on Windows. (Thanks to Anton Kovalenko.) + * enhancement: STDCALL alien callbacks. (Thanks to Anton Kovalenko.) + * enhancement: Safepoint builds on POSIX platforms can now optionally be + built without pseudo-atomic sequences and their run-time overhead. + * enhancement: Threads created outside of Lisp can enter Lisp through + alien callbacks and appear as Lisp threads for the duration of that + function invocation. On safepoint builds only. + * enhancement: Miscellaneous improvements to namestrings and underlying + calls to OS functions for file system access on Windows. (Thanks to + Anton Kovalenko.) + * enhancement: The MSI installer support for Windows now uses Windows + Installer XML at least version 3.5 and includes various usability + improvements. (Thanks to Dmitry Kalyanov and Anton Kovalenko.) + * enhancement: The sb-bsd-sockets contrib now supports non-blocking-mode + on Windows. (Thanks to Anton Kovalenko.) + * enhancement: The Windows backend now supports the x86-64 platform. + (Thanks to Anton Kovalenko.) * bug fix: fasls are now once again directly executable (on platforms supporting shebang lines, with a suitably-installed sbcl). + * bug fix: make.sh --help no longer runs clean.sh. (lp#937001) + * bug fix: Fix CAS access to slots of direct instances of structure classes + in the presence of subclasses sharing the same conc-name. + * bug fix: Logical pathname namestrings on Windows have been changed to + be lower-case, to minimize differences between POSIX and Windows. changes in sbcl-1.1.2 relative to sbcl-1.1.1: * notice: System requirements for SBCL on Microsoft Windows: Windows NT 5.1