From cfc64c87cf8bce2fd2a6ad9a2955260baef6d666 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toy <toy> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:39:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note heap overflow checking. --- general-info/release-19a.txt | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/general-info/release-19a.txt b/general-info/release-19a.txt index 2ebbfed92..0a3069778 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. -- GitLab