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authorHans Wennborg <hans@hanshq.net>2015-08-25 20:30:21 +0000
committerHans Wennborg <hans@hanshq.net>2015-08-25 20:30:21 +0000
commit9ddb256372e01ea158340aa4d491fe6d65b51909 (patch)
treec5f76b46f8e5194dc351bea657a682453d709b25
parentd1f50364377a5371f70ba97288c23c6eaf34ccd0 (diff)
ReleaseNotes: some touch-ups
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/branches/release_37@245973 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
-rw-r--r--docs/ReleaseNotes.rst154
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 112 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index af13c7549a..8d4191c650 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-=====================================
-Clang 3.7 (In-Progress) Release Notes
-=====================================
+=======================
+Clang 3.7 Release Notes
+=======================
.. contents::
:local:
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ the latest release, please check out the main please see the `Clang Web
Site <http://clang.llvm.org>`_ or the `LLVM Web
Site <http://llvm.org>`_.
-Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the
-main Clang web page, this document applies to the *next* release, not
-the current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please
-see the `releases page <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
-
What's New in Clang 3.7?
========================
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ Major New Features
Improvements to Clang's diagnostics
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+-----------------------------------
Clang's diagnostics are constantly being improved to catch more issues,
explain them more clearly, and provide more accurate source information
@@ -94,39 +89,6 @@ The sized deallocation feature of C++14 is now controlled by the
isn't yet widely deployed, so the user must supply an extra flag to get the
extra functionality.
-The option ....
-
-
-New Pragmas in Clang
------------------------
-
-Clang now supports the ...
-
-Windows Support
----------------
-
-Clang's support for building native Windows programs ...
-
-
-C Language Changes in Clang
----------------------------
-
-...
-
-C11 Feature Support
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-...
-
-C++ Language Changes in Clang
------------------------------
-
-- ...
-
-C++11 Feature Support
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-...
Objective-C Language Changes in Clang
-------------------------------------
@@ -134,13 +96,6 @@ Objective-C Language Changes in Clang
- ``objc_boxable`` attribute was added. Structs and unions marked with this attribute can be
used with boxed expressions (``@(...)``) to create ``NSValue``.
-...
-
-OpenCL C Language Changes in Clang
-----------------------------------
-
-...
-
Profile Guided Optimization
---------------------------
@@ -158,20 +113,20 @@ profile analysis.
OpenMP Support
--------------
OpenMP 3.1 is fully supported, but disabled by default. To enable it, please use
-``-fopenmp=libomp`` command line option. Your feedback (positive or negative) on
+the ``-fopenmp=libomp`` command line option. Your feedback (positive or negative) on
using OpenMP-enabled clang would be much appreciated; please share it either on
`cfe-dev <http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev>`_ or `openmp-dev
<http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/openmp-dev>`_ mailing lists.
-In addition to OpenMP 3.1, several important elements of 4.0 version of the
+In addition to OpenMP 3.1, several important elements of the 4.0 version of the
standard are supported as well:
+
- ``omp simd``, ``omp for simd`` and ``omp parallel for simd`` pragmas
- atomic constructs
- ``proc_bind`` clause of ``omp parallel`` pragma
- ``depend`` clause of ``omp task`` pragma (except for array sections)
- ``omp cancel`` and ``omp cancellation point`` pragmas
- ``omp taskgroup`` pragma
-...
Internal API Changes
--------------------
@@ -180,19 +135,14 @@ These are major API changes that have happened since the 3.6 release of
Clang. If upgrading an external codebase that uses Clang as a library,
this section should help get you past the largest hurdles of upgrading.
-- Some of the `PPCallbacks` interface now deals in `MacroDefinition`
- objects instead of `MacroDirective` objects. This allows preserving
+- Some of the ``PPCallbacks`` interface now deals in ``MacroDefinition``
+ objects instead of ``MacroDirective`` objects. This allows preserving
full information on macros imported from modules.
-- `clang-c/Index.h` no longer `#include`\s `clang-c/Documentation.h`.
- You now need to explicitly `#include "clang-c/Documentation.h"` if
+- ``clang-c/Index.h`` no longer ``#include``\s ``clang-c/Documentation.h``.
+ You now need to explicitly ``#include "clang-c/Documentation.h"`` if
you use the libclang documentation API.
-libclang
---------
-
-...
-
Static Analyzer
---------------
@@ -248,71 +198,51 @@ clang-tidy
----------
Added new checks:
- * google-global-names-in-headers: flag global namespace pollution in header
- files.
-
- * misc-assert-side-effect: detects `assert()` conditions with side effects
- which can cause different behavior in debug / release builds.
-
- * misc-assign-operator-signature: finds declarations of assign operators with
- the wrong return and/or argument types.
-
- * misc-inaccurate-erase: warns when some elements of a container are not
- removed due to using the `erase()` algorithm incorrectly.
-
- * misc-inefficient-algorithm: warns on inefficient use of STL algorithms on
- associative containers.
-
- * misc-macro-parentheses: finds macros that can have unexpected behavior due
- to missing parentheses.
-
- * misc-macro-repeated-side-effects: checks for repeated argument with side
- effects in macros.
-
- * misc-noexcept-move-constructor: flags user-defined move constructors and
- assignment operators not marked with `noexcept` or marked with
- `noexcept(expr)` where `expr` evaluates to `false` (but is not a `false`
- literal itself).
-
- * misc-static-assert: replaces `assert()` with `static_assert()` if the
- condition is evaluatable at compile time.
+* google-global-names-in-headers: flag global namespace pollution in header
+ files.
- * readability-container-size-empty: checks whether a call to the `size()`
- method can be replaced with a call to `empty()`.
+* misc-assert-side-effect: detects ``assert()`` conditions with side effects
+ which can cause different behavior in debug / release builds.
- * readability-else-after-return: flags conditional statements having the
- `else` branch, when the `true` branch has a `return` as the last statement.
+* misc-assign-operator-signature: finds declarations of assign operators with
+ the wrong return and/or argument types.
- * readability-redundant-string-cstr: finds unnecessary calls to
- `std::string::c_str()`.
+* misc-inaccurate-erase: warns when some elements of a container are not
+ removed due to using the ``erase()`` algorithm incorrectly.
- * readability-shrink-to-fit: replaces copy and swap tricks on shrinkable
- containers with the `shrink_to_fit()` method call.
+* misc-inefficient-algorithm: warns on inefficient use of STL algorithms on
+ associative containers.
- * readability-simplify-boolean-expr: looks for boolean expressions involving
- boolean constants and simplifies them to use the appropriate boolean
- expression directly (`if (x == true) ... -> if (x)`, etc.)
+* misc-macro-parentheses: finds macros that can have unexpected behavior due
+ to missing parentheses.
+* misc-macro-repeated-side-effects: checks for repeated argument with side
+ effects in macros.
-Core Analysis Improvements
-==========================
+* misc-noexcept-move-constructor: flags user-defined move constructors and
+ assignment operators not marked with ``noexcept`` or marked with
+ ``noexcept(expr)`` where ``expr`` evaluates to ``false`` (but is not a
+ ``false`` literal itself).
-- ...
+* misc-static-assert: replaces ``assert()`` with ``static_assert()`` if the
+ condition is evaluable at compile time.
-New Issues Found
-================
+* readability-container-size-empty: checks whether a call to the ``size()``
+ method can be replaced with a call to ``empty()``.
-- ...
+* readability-else-after-return: flags conditional statements having the
+ ``else`` branch, when the ``true`` branch has a ``return`` as the last statement.
-Python Binding Changes
-----------------------
+* readability-redundant-string-cstr: finds unnecessary calls to
+ ``std::string::c_str()``.
-The following methods have been added:
+* readability-shrink-to-fit: replaces copy and swap tricks on shrinkable
+ containers with the ``shrink_to_fit()`` method call.
-- ...
+* readability-simplify-boolean-expr: looks for boolean expressions involving
+ boolean constants and simplifies them to use the appropriate boolean
+ expression directly (``if (x == true) ... -> if (x)``, etc.)
-Significant Known Problems
-==========================
Additional Information
======================