From f6553c9dfb5f7cf30a6f9f7a386b054ebfb8909e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wlott <wlott> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1992 23:58:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2/18/92 to 2/23/92 --- general-info/alpha-notes-thru-92.txt | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) diff --git a/general-info/alpha-notes-thru-92.txt b/general-info/alpha-notes-thru-92.txt index 8a2a04bb8..dc15f903b 100644 --- a/general-info/alpha-notes-thru-92.txt +++ b/general-info/alpha-notes-thru-92.txt @@ -1,3 +1,43 @@ +2/18/92 to 2/23/92 + +Code: + +Several bug fixes to the new alien stuff. + +All SAP-REF-mumble functions now uniformly take the offset argument in +bytes. + +Changed *LOAD-VERBOSE* initial value to T. + +Added *GC-RUN-TIME* accounting. Added some declarations, primarily for the +benefit of GET-BYTES-CONSED. + +Changed TIME to use *GC-RUN-TIME* to print the amount of time spent in GC. + +Allow search-lists to expand into relative pathnames by quietly merging +them with ``default:''. + + +Compiler: + +Added a new DEFTRANSFORM keyword, :IMPORTANT, which means an failed +transform efficiency note should be generated when brevity<=speed, not just +brevity<speed. + +Added an assertion that we don't join components with random kinds. + +Bind *PRINT-LINES* around compiler error output to *ERROR-PRINT-LINES*. + +Make DELETE-COMPONENT set COMPONENT-KIND to :DELETED so that we can detect +inconsistencies more easily. + +When checking if the call we are about to convert is going to be deleted, look +at the block holding the combination, not the ref, since the combination may be +deleted when the ref isn't. + + + + 2/12/92 to 2/18/92 Aliens and the foreign function call interface have been totally -- GitLab