Author: mevenson
Date: Sat May 15 14:56:59 2010
New Revision: 12687
Log:
Updates in preparation for abcl-0.20.
Modified:
trunk/abcl/CHANGES
Modified: trunk/abcl/CHANGES
==============================================================================
--- trunk/abcl/CHANGES (original)
+++ trunk/abcl/CHANGES Sat May 15 14:56:59 2010
@@ -7,60 +7,83 @@
Features
--------
-* [svn r12576] Support for CLOS METACLASS feature
+* [svn r12576] Support for CLOS METACLASS feature.
-* [svn r12591-602] Consolidation of copy/paste code in the readers
+* [svn r12591-602] Consolidation of copy/paste code in the readers.
-* [svn r12619] Update included ASDF (to ASDF2)
+* [svn r12619] Update to ASDF2 (specifically to ASDF 1.719).
-* [svn r12620] Use interpreted function in FASL when compilation fails
+* [svn r12620] Use interpreted function in FASL when compilation fails.
-* [ticket 95] Pathname functions work with URLs and JARs
+* [ticket #95] PATHNAME-JAR and PATHNAME-URL subtypes now handle jar
+ and URL references working for OPEN, LOAD, PROBE-FILE,
+ FILE-WRITE-DATE, DIRECTORY, et. al.
-* Many small speed improvements (by marking functions 'final')
+* Many small speed improvements (by marking functions 'final').
* [ticket #91] Threads started through MAKE-THREAD now have a
- thread-termination restart available in their debugger
+ thread-termination restart available in their debugger.
-* [svn r12663] JCLASS supports an optional class-loader argument
+* [svn r12663] JCLASS supports an optional class-loader argument.
-* [svn r12634] THREADS:THREAD-JOIN implemented
+* [svn r12634] THREADS:THREAD-JOIN implemented.
+
+* [svn r12671] Site specific initialization code can be included in
+ builds via the 'abcl.startup.file' Ant property.
Fixes
-----
-* [ticket 89] Inlining of READ-LINE broken when the return value
- is unused
+* [ticket #89] Inlining of READ-LINE broken when the return value
+ is unused.
* [svn r12636] Java class verification error when compiling PROGV
in a context wanting an unboxed return value (typically a
- logical expression)
+ logical expression).
* [svn r12635] ABCL loads stale fasls instead of updated source
- even when LOAD is called with a file name without extension
+ even when LOAD is called with a file name without extension.
* [ticket #92] Codepoints between #xD800 and #xDFFF are incorrectly
- returned as characters from CODE-CHAR
+ returned as characters from CODE-CHAR.
* [ticket #93] Reader doesn't handle zero returned values from
- macro functions correctly
+ macro functions correctly.
* [ticket #79] Different, yet similarly named, uninterned symbols
are incorrectly coalesced into the same object in a fasl.
* [ticket #86] No restarts available to kill a thread, if none
- bound by user code
+ bound by user code.
* [svn r12586] Increased function dispatch speed by eliminating
- FIND-CLASS calls (replacing them by constant references)
+ FIND-CLASS calls (replacing them by constant references).
+
+* [svn r12656] PATHNAME-JAR now properly uses HTTP/1.1 HEAD requests
+ to detect if remote resource has been changed.
+
+* [svn r12643] PATHNAME-JAR now properly references Windows drive
+ letters on DEVICE other than the default.
+
+* [svn r12621] Missing 'build-from-lisp.sh' referenced in README now
+ included in source release.
Other
-----
* [svn r12581] LispCharacter() constructors made private, in favor
- of getInstance() for better re-use of pre-constructed characters
+ of getInstance() for better re-use of pre-constructed characters.
-* [svn r12583] JAVA-CLASS reimplemented in Lisp
+* [svn r12583] JAVA-CLASS reimplemented in Lisp.
+
+* [svn r12673] Load 'system.lisp' moved later in boot sequence so
+ unhandled conditions drop to debugger.
+
+* [svn r12675] '--nosystem' commandline option inhibits loading of
+ 'system.lisp'.
+
+* [svn r12642] Under Windows, pathname TYPE components can now contain
+ embedded periods iff they end in '.lnk' to support shortcuts.
Version 0.19
@@ -543,3 +566,4 @@
* All static fields declared 'final'
* Add support for java.lang.Long based on Bignum to our FFI
+