[Sbcl-commits] CVS: sbcl NEWS,1.601,1.602 version.lisp-expr,1.1752,1.1753

[Christophe R. <cr...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv9740

Modified Files:
	NEWS version.lisp-expr 
Log Message:
0.8.13.24:
	MORE FASTER BIGNUMS
	... merge Juho Snellman's bignum-gcd improvement (sbcl-devel
		2004-08-02)
	... don't wait for sparc numbers since accidents occurred with
		source trees.


Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.601
retrieving revision 1.602
diff -u -d -r1.601 -r1.602
--- NEWS	4 Aug 2004 10:54:17 -0000	1.601
+++ NEWS	4 Aug 2004 12:18:12 -0000	1.602
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
     left shifts.
   * bug fix: provide default methods for INPUT-STREAM-P and
     OUTPUT-STREAM-P specialized on SB-GRAY:FUNDAMENTAL-STREAM.
+  * optimization: in taking the GCD of bignums, reduce the two bignums
+    to approximately the same size (using Euclid's algorithm) before
+    applying the more sophisticated binary GCD.  (thanks to Juho
+    Snellman)
 
 changes in sbcl-0.8.13 relative to sbcl-0.8.12:
   * new feature: SB-PACKAGE-LOCKS. See the "Package Locks" section of

Index: version.lisp-expr
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl/version.lisp-expr,v
retrieving revision 1.1752
retrieving revision 1.1753
diff -u -d -r1.1752 -r1.1753
--- version.lisp-expr	4 Aug 2004 11:45:19 -0000	1.1752
+++ version.lisp-expr	4 Aug 2004 12:18:13 -0000	1.1753
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 ;;; checkins which aren't released. (And occasionally for internal
 ;;; versions, especially for internal versions off the main CVS
 ;;; branch, it gets hairier, e.g. "0.pre7.14.flaky4.13".)
-"0.8.13.23"
+"0.8.13.24"