NEWS for method combination redefinition

gsorbier · May 2, 2018 · cba762f · cba762f
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+changes relative to sbcl-1.4.7:
+ * bug fix: redefinition of method combinations now does the expected thing;
+ generic functions using that method combination have their effective
+ methods lazily recomputed according to the new definition of the method
+ combination. (Reported by Didier Verna at ELS 2018)
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 changes in sbcl-1.4.7 relative to sbcl-1.4.6:
  * enhancement: better handling of unknown keyword arguments (lp#1750466)
  * enhancement: namestrings can now be computed for certain pathnames that