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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst index dd22954..337f938 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ Windows Support - Basic support for DWARF debug information in COFF files +- Support for Visual C++ '__super' keyword + C Language Changes in Clang --------------------------- @@ -118,10 +120,35 @@ C++ Language Changes in Clang - Clang will put individual ``.init_array/.ctors`` sections in comdats, reducing code duplication and speeding up startup. -C++11 Feature Support +C++17 Feature Support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -... +Clang has experimental support for some proposed C++1z (tentatively, C++17) +features. This support can be enabled using the `-std=c++1z` flag. + +New in Clang 3.6 is support for: + +- Fold expressions + +- `u8` character literals + +- Nested namespace definitions: `namespace A::B { ... }` as a shorthand for + `namespace A { namespace B { ... } }` + +- Attributes for namespaces and enumerators + +- Constant evaluation for all non-type template arguments + +Note that these features may be changed or removed in future Clang releases +without notice. + +Support for `for (identifier : range)` as a synonym for +`for (auto &&identifier : range)` has been removed as it is no longer currently +considered for C++17. + +For more details on C++ feature support, see +`the C++ status page <http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html>`_. + Objective-C Language Changes in Clang ------------------------------------- @@ -133,6 +160,19 @@ OpenCL C Language Changes in Clang ... +OpenMP Language Changes in Clang +-------------------------------- + +Clang 3.6 contains codegen for many individual pragmas for OpenMP but combinations are not completed as yet. +We plan to continue codegen code drop aiming for completion for 3.7. Please see this link for up-to-date +`status <https://github.com/clang-omp/clang/wiki/Status-of-supported-OpenMP-constructs>_` +LLVM’s OpenMP runtime library, originally developed by Intel, has been modified to work on ARM, PowerPC, +as well as X86. The Runtime Library's compatibility with GCC 4.9 is improved +- missed entry points added, Barrier and fork/join code improved, one more type of barrier enabled. +Support for ppc64le architecture is now available and automatically detected when using cmake system. +Using makefile the new "ppc64le" arch type is available. +Contributors to this work include AMD, Argonne National Lab., IBM, Intel, Texas Instruments, University of Houston and many others. + Internal API Changes -------------------- |
