[Sbcl-commits] CVS: sbcl NEWS,1.958,1.959 version.lisp-expr,1.2701,1.2702

[Nikodemus S. <de...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv27116

Modified Files:
	NEWS version.lisp-expr 
Log Message:
0.9.10.3: Faster function calls via constant symbols
 * Compile (FUNCALL 'FOO) as (FUNCALL (SB-C::GLOBAL-FUNCTION FOO))
    which is like (FUNCALL (FUNCTION FOO)) except that inline
    functions are not expanded and the lexical functions are ignored.


Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.958
retrieving revision 1.959
diff -u -d -r1.958 -r1.959
--- NEWS	27 Feb 2006 11:02:11 -0000	1.958
+++ NEWS	27 Feb 2006 11:07:31 -0000	1.959
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   * bug fix: as implied by AMOP, standardized classes no longer have
     slots named by external symbols of public packages.  (reported by
     Pascal Costanza)
+  * optimization: calling functions via constant symbols -- as in 
+    (FUNCALL 'FOO) -- is now roughly as efficient as calling them
+    via the function object as in (FUNCALL #'FOO).
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.10 relative to sbcl-0.9.9:
   * new feature: new SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE keyword argument :EXECUTABLE can

Index: version.lisp-expr
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/sbcl/sbcl/version.lisp-expr,v
retrieving revision 1.2701
retrieving revision 1.2702
diff -u -d -r1.2701 -r1.2702
--- version.lisp-expr	27 Feb 2006 11:02:12 -0000	1.2701
+++ version.lisp-expr	27 Feb 2006 11:07:31 -0000	1.2702
@@ -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".)
-"0.9.10.2"
+"0.9.10.3"