Version 1.2.1
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http//abcl.org/svn/tags/abcl/1.2.1/CHANGES
27 June 2013
http://abcl.org/releases/1.2.1
* Tested: orcl-jdk-1.7.0_21 orcl-jdk-1.6.0_43
** ansi tests rc-2 failing 11-13 of 21708 total.
Some regressions since 1.1.1
* Stablility fixes; additional Quicklisp compatibility
** Fix (make-instance 'standard-generic-function)
Version 1.2.0
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http//abcl.org/svn/tags/1.2.0/abcl/CHANGES
released at ECLM 2013 Madrid, ES // 01 June 2013
* Package local nicknames to behave like SBCL
* ASDF 3.0.1 is now shipped with the implementation
* a more robust MOP implementation
* Common cases of creating purely synthetic JAVA:JNEW-RUNTIME-CLASS
now (mostly) work. Please report corner cases for fixing.
* the system autoloader has been extended to cover functions bound to
symbol properties
Issues Resolved
---------------
[#200] ABCL compiler fails to produce loadable fasl for XPATH
[#321] ASDF 3.01
[#256] Compilation failure in com.informatimago
[#274] compiling "com.informatimago.common-lisp.cesarum") hangs [> 10 minutes]
[#153]
[#32] Modify the currently disabled runtime-class.lisp code to not require ASM
[#152] ql:closer-mop doesn't work
[#203] Failure as build host for SBCL
[#300] Gray streams aren't streams
[#302] Symbols fail to autoload
[#303] CL:LOAD ignores :EXTERNAL-FORMAT argument
[#304] Stack abstraction inconsistency between Java and Lisp frames
[#308] Compiled FLET exhausts the stack
[#309] Printer should obey package-local nicknames
[#310] Invocation of tests from from build.xml broken
[#311] UIOP fails to upgrade
[#312] BORDEAUX-THREADS-TEST::CONDITION-VARIABLE hangs
[#282] Spurious macros redefinition warnings
Changes in ABCL 1.1.1:
* (A)MOP
All reported errors with the MOP implementation have been addressed.
* SETF autoloader
An autoloader for SETF expansion functions has been implemented,
eliminating the errors associated with not being able to use (SETF
SYMBOL) without first invoking SYMBOL as a function.
* ANSI Tests
All outstanding regressions in the ANSI test suite with respect to
abcl-1.0.1 have been fixed.
* ABCL-ASDF
The ability to resolve Maven components in ASDF system definitions has
been restored.
Version 1.1.0
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svn.uri=:"http//common-lisp.net/project/armedbear/svn/trunk/abcl/"
(22 November 2012)
Features
--------
* A functioning (A)MOP implementation through the hard work of Rudi
Schlatte (@rudi)
* The implementation can be used across many more Quicklisp systems
through a process of extensive testing. Thanks @xach!
Nota bene: all of the following systems need patches to work as
of the 2012-10-13 Quicklisp. All patches have been accepted in
at least an initial form by the upstream maintainers.
** CLOSER-MOP
Quite possible with local patches
** CFFI
Needs patches to 2012-10-13 Quicklisp. [!!?]
*** Dynamic interfaces idempotent across process -- no more reloading
** HUNCHENTOOT
*** some bugs with underlying streams to be fixed in abcl-1.2-dev
** CXML
Basic XML parsing works. XPath still borked. [???]
* Java 5 bytecode Compiler
The internal Lisp-to-Java bytecode compiler has been hardened by
regression testing across Quicklisp libraries.
** Extensive interpreter/compiler bug fixes due to access to cl-test-suite [???] @antov
** large objects (?!?)
* The facility to construct runtime classes via JNEW-RUNTIME-CLASS (@astalla)
Pretty close to full coverage of primtives for creating synthethic
java classes at runtime. Easy to extend with your needs; sensible
defaults.
** Fields
*** getter/setters
** Annotations
* ASDF
** Stock ASDF-2.26 with conditional patches for the URL-PATHAME and
JAR-PATHNAME implementation extensions to ANSI.
* ABCL-CONTRIB
** ABCL-ASDF
Network installation of binary artifacts named by Maven POM uris.
*** checks at runtime if a given class is present in the
accessible classloaders
*** If the check for the presence of a class fails, find a
maven-3.0.4 binary locally, execute its Aether connector
to retrieve its transitive dependencies from the network.
** JSS
Java Syntax Sucks. q.v [lsw2]
Extensive bugfixing wrt. method resolution [#229]
** JFLI
A "captured from the wild" version of what @rich.hickey did before Clojure.
Changes
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* [#249] PATHNAME merge semantics DWIMs on an inferred type
Extends ANSI PATHNAME in a non-conforming manner, which was probably
already the case.
* [r13695] Reimplementation of global symbol macros to avoid using
the symbol's value slot.
* [r13696] DEFMACRO now supports documentation strings as per the
ANSI specification.
* [r13700] ABCL loads under the Weblogic 10.3 application server.
* [r13768] [#193] Allow zero-length symbols
* [r13785] JNEW-RUNTIME-CLASS gets fields and annotations
* [r13790] JNEW-RUNTIME-CLASS getters/setters for fields
* [r13796] [r13797] N3 DOAP description for ABCL
* [r13803] Build target 'abcl-contrib.jar' packages ABCL-CONTRIB
Fixes
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* ANSI [#241]
** &AUX parameters fixes RESTAS
* [#221] Stack exhaustsion on funcall in non-existing package
* [#113] DEFSTRUCT concurrency
* [#216][#211] Compiler
** stack inconsistency
* [#187] Better SORT and STABLE-SORT via Jorge Tavares [???]
Armed Bear Common Lisp (ABCL) is a full implementation of
the Common Lisp language featuring both an interpreter and
a compiler, running in the JVM. Originally started to be
a scripting language for the J editor, it now supports JSR-223
(Java scripting API): it can be a scripting engine in any Java
application. Additionally, it can be used to implement (parts of)
the application using Java to Lisp integration APIs.
