delimiter_char removed. Function readc_stream and unreadc_stream renamed
to ecl_getc and ecl_ungetc. They now have a C-like behavior, do not
complain about EOF and return the special value EOF when the end of the
file is reached.
LAMBDA-PARAMETERS-LIMIT are both 64. Up to C-ARGUMENTS-LIMIT may be
passed to a function using C calling conventions. If the function is
to retrieve more arguments, (for instance through a &rest variable),
this can be done, but then the arguments have to be pushed on the lisp
stack. This method allows us to raise the CALL-ARGUMENTS-LIMIT up to
MOST-POSITIVE-FIXNUM. From a users point of view, there is no visible
change, excep the fact that a function may receive more arguments.
The function apply() has been replaced with cl_apply_from_stack().
The former took a pointer to the list of arguments. The latter assumes
that the last "narg" elements on the lisp stack are the arguments of
the function.
kept in a single array, "cl_symbols". The translator "dpp" and the
routine SI::MANGLE-NAME, output the right name for any symbol
which is in this array.
- The value of *package* is correctly set and restored while loading
compiled code. This way, 'ecls -eval "(print *package*)"' produces
the expected result #<"COMMON-LISP-USER" package>
- COMPILE-FILE now outputs three values.
- The value of si::*keep-definitions* determines whether the
interpreter keeps the source of defined functions, for later use
with COMPILE and DISASSEMBLE. For instance,
> (set si::*keep-definitions* t)
> (defun foo (x) (1+ x))
> (compile 'foo)
> (foo 2)
3
> (compile 'foo)
;;; Error ....
These definitions are lost once the function is compiled, hence
the second error message.
