Loading clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +39 −69 Original line number Diff line number Diff line ===================================== Clang 3.3 (In-Progress) Release Notes ===================================== ======================= Clang 3.3 Release Notes ======================= .. contents:: :local: Loading @@ -8,41 +8,33 @@ Clang 3.3 (In-Progress) Release Notes Written by the `LLVM Team <http://llvm.org/>`_ .. warning:: These are in-progress notes for the upcoming Clang 3.3 release. You may prefer the `Clang 3.2 Release Notes <http://llvm.org/releases/3.2/docs/ClangReleaseNotes.html>`_. Introduction ============ This document contains the release notes for the Clang C/C++/Objective-C frontend, part of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 3.3. Here we describe the status of Clang in some detail, including major improvements from the previous release and new feature work. For the general LLVM release notes, see `the LLVM documentation <http://llvm.org/docs/ReleaseNotes.html>`_. All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the `LLVM releases web site <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_. For more information about Clang or LLVM, including information about 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/>`_. describe the status of Clang in some detail, including major improvements from the previous release and new feature work. For the general LLVM release notes, see `the LLVM documentation <http://llvm.org/docs/ReleaseNotes.html>`_. All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the `LLVM releases web site <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_. For more information about Clang or LLVM, including information about 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 3.3? ======================== Some of the major new features and improvements to Clang are listed here. Generic improvements to Clang as a whole or to its underlying infrastructure are described first, followed by language-specific sections with improvements to Clang's support for those languages. infrastructure are described first, followed by language-specific sections with improvements to Clang's support for those languages. Major New Features ------------------ Loading @@ -54,8 +46,6 @@ Clang's diagnostics are constantly being improved to catch more issues, explain them more clearly, and provide more accurate source information about them. The improvements since the 3.2 release include: - ... Extended Identifiers: Unicode Support and Universal Character Names ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Loading @@ -65,19 +55,9 @@ specified by the active language standard; these characters can be written directly in the source file using the UTF-8 encoding, or referred to using *universal character names* (``\u00E0``, ``\U000000E0``). New Compiler Flags ------------------ - ... C Language Changes in Clang --------------------------- C11 Feature Support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... C++ Language Changes in Clang ----------------------------- Loading @@ -87,16 +67,6 @@ C++ Language Changes in Clang with the unmangled name is still emitted if it is the only one and has the ``used`` attribute. C++11 Feature Support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... Objective-C Language Changes in Clang ------------------------------------- ... Internal API Changes -------------------- Loading Loading @@ -124,9 +94,16 @@ Storage Class For each variable and function Clang used to keep the storage class as written in the source, the linkage and a semantic storage class. This was a bit redundant and the semantic storage class has been removed. The method getStorageClass now returns what is written it the source code for that decl. getStorageClass now returns what is written in the source code for that decl. ... Wide Character Types ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The ASTContext class now keeps track of two different types for wide character types: WCharTy and WideCharTy. WCharTy represents the built-in wchar_t type available in C++. WideCharTy is the type used for wide character literals; in C++ it is the same as WCharTy, but in C99, where wchar_t is a typedef, it is an integer type. libclang -------- Loading @@ -149,36 +126,29 @@ Core Analysis Improvements ========================== - Support for interprocedural reasoning about constructors and destructors. - New false positive suppression mechanisms that reduced the number of false null pointer dereference warnings due to interprocedural analysis. - New false positive suppression mechanisms that reduced the number of false null pointer dereference warnings due to interprocedural analysis. - Major performance enhancements to speed up interprocedural analysis New Issues Found ================ - New memory error checks such as use-after-free with C++ 'delete'. - Detection of mismatched allocators and deallocators (e.g., using 'new' with 'free()', 'malloc()' with 'delete'). - Detection of mismatched allocators and deallocators (e.g., using 'new' with 'free()', 'malloc()' with 'delete'). - Additional checks for misuses of Apple Foundation framework collection APIs. Python Binding Changes ---------------------- The following methods have been added: - ... Significant Known Problems ========================== Additional Information ====================== A wide variety of additional information is available on the `Clang web page <http://clang.llvm.org/>`_. The web page contains versions of the API documentation which are up-to-date with the Subversion version of the source code. You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going into the "``clang/docs/``" directory in the Clang tree. A wide variety of additional information is available on the `Clang web page <http://clang.llvm.org/>`_. The web page contains versions of the API documentation which are up-to-date with the Subversion version of the source code. You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going into the "``clang/docs/``" directory in the Clang tree. If you have any questions or comments about Clang, please feel free to contact us via the `mailing list <http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev>`_. If you have any questions or comments about Clang, please feel free to contact us via the `mailing list <http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev>`_. Loading
clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +39 −69 Original line number Diff line number Diff line ===================================== Clang 3.3 (In-Progress) Release Notes ===================================== ======================= Clang 3.3 Release Notes ======================= .. contents:: :local: Loading @@ -8,41 +8,33 @@ Clang 3.3 (In-Progress) Release Notes Written by the `LLVM Team <http://llvm.org/>`_ .. warning:: These are in-progress notes for the upcoming Clang 3.3 release. You may prefer the `Clang 3.2 Release Notes <http://llvm.org/releases/3.2/docs/ClangReleaseNotes.html>`_. Introduction ============ This document contains the release notes for the Clang C/C++/Objective-C frontend, part of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 3.3. Here we describe the status of Clang in some detail, including major improvements from the previous release and new feature work. For the general LLVM release notes, see `the LLVM documentation <http://llvm.org/docs/ReleaseNotes.html>`_. All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the `LLVM releases web site <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_. For more information about Clang or LLVM, including information about 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/>`_. describe the status of Clang in some detail, including major improvements from the previous release and new feature work. For the general LLVM release notes, see `the LLVM documentation <http://llvm.org/docs/ReleaseNotes.html>`_. All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the `LLVM releases web site <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_. For more information about Clang or LLVM, including information about 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 3.3? ======================== Some of the major new features and improvements to Clang are listed here. Generic improvements to Clang as a whole or to its underlying infrastructure are described first, followed by language-specific sections with improvements to Clang's support for those languages. infrastructure are described first, followed by language-specific sections with improvements to Clang's support for those languages. Major New Features ------------------ Loading @@ -54,8 +46,6 @@ Clang's diagnostics are constantly being improved to catch more issues, explain them more clearly, and provide more accurate source information about them. The improvements since the 3.2 release include: - ... Extended Identifiers: Unicode Support and Universal Character Names ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Loading @@ -65,19 +55,9 @@ specified by the active language standard; these characters can be written directly in the source file using the UTF-8 encoding, or referred to using *universal character names* (``\u00E0``, ``\U000000E0``). New Compiler Flags ------------------ - ... C Language Changes in Clang --------------------------- C11 Feature Support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... C++ Language Changes in Clang ----------------------------- Loading @@ -87,16 +67,6 @@ C++ Language Changes in Clang with the unmangled name is still emitted if it is the only one and has the ``used`` attribute. C++11 Feature Support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... Objective-C Language Changes in Clang ------------------------------------- ... Internal API Changes -------------------- Loading Loading @@ -124,9 +94,16 @@ Storage Class For each variable and function Clang used to keep the storage class as written in the source, the linkage and a semantic storage class. This was a bit redundant and the semantic storage class has been removed. The method getStorageClass now returns what is written it the source code for that decl. getStorageClass now returns what is written in the source code for that decl. ... Wide Character Types ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The ASTContext class now keeps track of two different types for wide character types: WCharTy and WideCharTy. WCharTy represents the built-in wchar_t type available in C++. WideCharTy is the type used for wide character literals; in C++ it is the same as WCharTy, but in C99, where wchar_t is a typedef, it is an integer type. libclang -------- Loading @@ -149,36 +126,29 @@ Core Analysis Improvements ========================== - Support for interprocedural reasoning about constructors and destructors. - New false positive suppression mechanisms that reduced the number of false null pointer dereference warnings due to interprocedural analysis. - New false positive suppression mechanisms that reduced the number of false null pointer dereference warnings due to interprocedural analysis. - Major performance enhancements to speed up interprocedural analysis New Issues Found ================ - New memory error checks such as use-after-free with C++ 'delete'. - Detection of mismatched allocators and deallocators (e.g., using 'new' with 'free()', 'malloc()' with 'delete'). - Detection of mismatched allocators and deallocators (e.g., using 'new' with 'free()', 'malloc()' with 'delete'). - Additional checks for misuses of Apple Foundation framework collection APIs. Python Binding Changes ---------------------- The following methods have been added: - ... Significant Known Problems ========================== Additional Information ====================== A wide variety of additional information is available on the `Clang web page <http://clang.llvm.org/>`_. The web page contains versions of the API documentation which are up-to-date with the Subversion version of the source code. You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going into the "``clang/docs/``" directory in the Clang tree. A wide variety of additional information is available on the `Clang web page <http://clang.llvm.org/>`_. The web page contains versions of the API documentation which are up-to-date with the Subversion version of the source code. You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going into the "``clang/docs/``" directory in the Clang tree. If you have any questions or comments about Clang, please feel free to contact us via the `mailing list <http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev>`_. If you have any questions or comments about Clang, please feel free to contact us via the `mailing list <http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev>`_.
