diff --git a/general-info/release-19a.txt b/general-info/release-19a.txt index 2ebbfed92a70fb49d6d0ac6518cfaf95771370cf..0a3069778ae7d575d2bbe64eb2b4b615e4161e17 100644 --- a/general-info/release-19a.txt +++ b/general-info/release-19a.txt @@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ New in this release: - Lisp binary will also look at the PATH envvar to find out it's own location which is used to find other needed files. - Byte-compiled code being executed ca. 1/3 faster. - + - Heap overflow checking for x86 and solaris with gencgc. When + the heap is close to overflowing, a heap-overflow condition is + signaled. If an overflow happens again while debugging the + condition, the user is returned to top-level without warning. + Use lisp::*reserved-heap-pages* to set the number of pages to + reserve. + * Numerous ANSI compliance fixes: - Many bugs in CMUCL's type system detected by Paul Dietz' ANSI test suite have been fixed.