* Known issues
- In Windows ECL comes with bytecodes compiler by default, because C
- compilers are normally not avaiable. Unfortunately several libraries
+ compilers are normally not available. Unfortunately several libraries
out there are not prepared for this. If you plan to use quicklisp
and have a C compiler accessible to ECL, you may use
(ext:install-c-compiler) to switch back to the Lisp-to-C compiler.
** API changes
- There is no UFFI nickname for FFI package - we piggyback on
- cffi-uffi-compat for UFFI dependant systems (our UFFI wasn't version
+ cffi-uffi-compat for UFFI dependent systems (our UFFI wasn't version
2.0 compatible and there were problems with ADSF dependencies on
UFFI - it wasn't a system)
- - CLOS has new nickname "MOP"
+ - CLOS has the new nickname "MOP"
- - ext:run-program :error argument can be freshly created separate stream
- if provided with :stream keyword, structure external-process has new
- field holding that stream
+ - The new ext:run-program :error argument can automatically create a
+ separate stream if provided with the :stream keyword.
+ The external-process structure also has a new field to hold that
+ stream.
- ext:run-program accepts new arguments - :if-input-does-not-exist,
:if-error-exists and :external-format
- - ext:system ignores input and output, instead of bounding them to
- *standard-input* and *standard-output*
+ - ext:system no longer binds *standard-input* and *standard-output* and
+ now ignores input and output (use ext:run-program for more control)
- - methods can be specilized on both single- and double-float (added
- built-in class for them)
+ - methods can be specialized on both single-float and double-float
+ (built-in classes were added for them)
-** Enchantments:
- - Veryfication if manual is up-to-date, providing corrections for
+** Enhancements:
+ - Verification if manual is up-to-date, providing corrections for
outdated parts
- - Documentation is now included in main repository under toplevel
- directory `doc'
+ - Documentation is now included in the main repository under the
+ toplevel directory `doc'
- Update libffi to version 3.2.1
- Update asdf to version 3.1.4
- - Update bdwgc to version 7.4.2
+ - Update Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector to version 7.4.2
- - Pathname string-parts internal representation is character, not
+ - Pathname string-parts internal representation is now character, not
base-char
- - Dead code removals, untiabifying sources
+ - Dead code removal, tabulators were replaced by spaces
- Better quality of generated code (explicit casting when necessary)
- Remove deprecated GC calls
- - ROTATEF, SHIFTF, PSETF reworked to conform ANSI standard. Places were
- handled improperly in regard of multiple values
+ - ROTATEF, SHIFTF, PSETF reworked to conform to the ANSI standard.
+ Places were handled improperly in regard of multiple values.
- Improved unicode support in character handling
- Closures put in mapcar work as expected in both compiled and
interpreted code
- - Improved readtable-case handling (:invert and character literals work
- now conformingly)
+ - Improved readtable-case handling (:invert and character literals now
+ conform)
- Library initialization functions have unique names - no risk of
clashing symbol names in object files
- - Format float bug, when width and fdigits aren't set, but k is
+ - Format float bug fixed, when width and fdigits were not set, but k
+ was
- - `logical-pathname-translations' throws an error if logical pathname
- wasn't defined yet. Until now it non-conformingly returned nil
+ - `logical-pathname-translations' now throws an error if logical
+ pathname wasn't defined yet, to conform with ANSI (it used to return
+ NIL)
- Other minor tweaks
** Issues fixed:
- DEFUN functions not defined as toplevel forms were also directly
- referenced other code in the same file.
+ referenced by other code in the same file.
- STABLE-SORT works as desired (bogus optimization for strings
fixed).
- broken --with-sse=yes configure flag works once again.
-** Enchantments
+** Enhancements:
- autoconf scripts are rewritten to support version 2.69 stack.
- - direction is now correctly determined, fixing gcc 5.x builds.
+ - stack direction is now correctly determined, fixing gcc 5.x builds.
- compilation of ECL under MSVC (2008/2010/2012) even with custom
code pages.
type such as in (declare (:double a)) and then the variable is
enforced to be unboxed to such type.
- - New form EXT:C-PROGN used to interleave C statements with lisp
+ - New form FFI:C-PROGN used to interleave C statements with lisp
code, where the lisp code may refer to any number of
variables. Example:
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp
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