sbcl-0.8.18 has been released -- enjoy.
from the NEWS file in the distribution:
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.
* new feature: references to foreign variables and functions
can now be compiled and loaded before the corresponding shared
object file is loaded, as long as the foreign definitions are
available at runtime.
* Solaris 10 (aka SunOS 5.10) on the SPARC platform is now
supported. (thanks to Dan Debertin)
* SB-ALIEN enums can now be represented in Lisp by any symbols, not
just keywords. (thanks to Vincent Arkesteijn)
* fixed bug #331: structure-class instances corresponding to
DEFSTRUCT forms are now created eagerly.
* fixed bug #345: backtraces from calls to undefined functions work
on x86 as well. Related bug #61 is now also partially fixed on x86
(backtraces from throws to unknown catch tags.)
* bug fix: lambda-list parsing is now stricter vrt. order and number
of lambda-list keywords.
* bug fix: as specified by AMOP, an error is signalled if a
class-option appears multiple times in a DEFCLASS form. (reported
by Bruno Haible)
* bug fix: RANDOM can be compiled when the compiler derives the type
of its numeric argument as a disjoint set of small integers.
(reported by Paul Dietz)
* bug fix: starting a core saved with shared objects loaded when
those objects are not available no longer causes threaded SBCL to
hang. (reported by Sean Ross)
* bug fix: evaluated FUNCTION no longer bypasses encapsulation (eg.
TRACE).
* bug fix: (SETF MACRO-FUNCTION) now accepts an optional environment
argument, which must always be NIL. (reported by Kalle Niemitalo)
* bug fix: printing 1.0d+23 no longer results in an error.
(reported by Rolf Wester for CMUCL; bug fix from Raymond Toy)
* bug fix: structure slot setters preserve evaluation order. (thanks
to Gabor Melis)
* fixed some bugs related to Unicode integration:
** RUN-PROGRAM can allow its child to take input from a Lisp
stream. (reported by Stefan Scholl)
** ASDF-INSTALL successfully downloads .tar.gz files in all
locales. (reported by Ken Causey)
* fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
** INCF, DECF and REMF evaluate their place form as specified in
CLtS 5.1.3.
** FORMATTER expands ~{ ~} iteration directives with V or #
parameters correctly.
** FORMATTER deals with the ~@[ ~] conditional directive where the
consequent uses no arguments correctly.
** the system has a partial understanding of the (COMPLEX RATIO)
type specifier.
** UPGRADED-COMPLEX-PART-TYPE obeys the lattice upgrading rules
required.
--
William Harold Newman <william.newman@...>
still trying to remember to update version.lisp-expr
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