Are arenas internal to sbcl only or do user programs have access? The current sbcl manual (v2.3.9) doesn't mention arenas.
That being said, I suppose if you're developing an internal API for a compiler/interpreter, your "users" could be other parts of the project rather than language users.
https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/commit/7f65522a16d857e41aa61cd0...