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Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | <title>LLVM 2.2 Release Notes</title> |
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Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | <div class="doc_title">LLVM 2.2 Release Notes</div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | |
| 13 | <ol> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li> |
| 15 | <li><a href="#whatsnew">What's New?</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 4b538b9 | 2004-04-30 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">Installation Instructions</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | <li><a href="#portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | <li><a href="#knownproblems">Known Problems</a> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | <li><a href="#additionalinfo">Additional Information</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | </ol> |
| 21 | |
Chris Lattner | 7911ce2 | 2004-05-23 21:07:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | <div class="doc_author"> |
Chris Lattner | c463b27 | 2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | <p>Written by the <a href="http://llvm.org">LLVM Team</a><p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | |
Chris Lattner | 052bae6 | 2008-02-06 18:00:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 26 | <h1><font color="red">THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR THE LLVM 2.2 |
| 27 | RELEASE</font</h1> |
| 28 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 31 | <a name="intro">Introduction</a> |
| 32 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 34 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 36 | |
| 37 | <p>This document contains the release notes for the LLVM compiler |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | infrastructure, release 2.2. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | major improvements from the previous release and any known problems. All LLVM |
Chris Lattner | caf0634 | 2007-05-09 04:58:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | releases may be downloaded from the <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | releases web site</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 1909261 | 2003-10-02 16:38:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | |
Chris Lattner | 7506b1d | 2004-12-07 08:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | <p>For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest |
Chris Lattner | c463b27 | 2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | release, please check out the <a href="http://llvm.org/">main LLVM |
Chris Lattner | 47ad72c | 2003-10-07 21:38:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | web site</a>. If you have questions or comments, the <a |
| 46 | href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM developer's mailing |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | list</a> is a good place to send them.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | |
Reid Spencer | 669ed45 | 2007-07-09 08:04:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | <p>Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | main LLVM web page, this document applies to the <i>next</i> release, not the |
| 51 | current one. To see the release notes for a specific releases, please see the |
| 52 | <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page</a>.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | |
| 54 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | |
| 56 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 58 | <a name="whatsnew">What's New?</a> |
| 59 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 61 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 63 | |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | <p>This is the thirteenth public release of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure. |
| 65 | It includes many features and refinements from LLVM 2.1.</p> |
Chris Lattner | a509996 | 2003-12-06 20:22:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | |
Chris Lattner | 80453c9 | 2004-05-24 04:50:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | </div> |
| 68 | |
Chris Lattner | a509996 | 2003-12-06 20:22:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
Chris Lattner | 8a45876 | 2005-05-15 05:44:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | <a name="frontends">llvm-gcc 4.0, llvm-gcc 4.2, and clang</a> |
Chris Lattner | 44c933e | 2006-04-18 06:18:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | </div> |
| 73 | |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 60893e5 | 2007-05-18 06:33:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | <p>LLVM 2.2 fully supports both the llvm-gcc 4.0 and llvm-gcc 4.2 front-ends (in |
| 77 | LLVM 2.1, llvm-gcc 4.2 was beta). Since LLVM 2.1, the llvm-gcc 4.2 front-end |
| 78 | has made leaps and bounds and is now at least as good as 4.0 in virtually every |
| 79 | area, and is better in several areas (for example, exception handling |
| 80 | correctness). We strongly recommend that you migrate from llvm-gcc 4.0 to |
| 81 | llvm-gcc 4.2 in this release cycle because <b>LLVM 2.2 is the last release |
| 82 | that will support llvm-gcc 4.0</b>: LLVM 2.3 will only support the llvm-gcc |
| 83 | 4.2 front-end.</p> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | <p>The <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">clang project</a> is an effort to build |
| 86 | a set of new 'llvm native' front-end technologies for the LLVM optimizer |
| 87 | and code generator. Currently, its C and Objective-C support is maturing |
| 88 | nicely, and it has advanced source-to-source analysis and transformation |
| 89 | capabilities. If you are interested in building source-level tools for C and |
| 90 | Objective-C (and eventually C++), you should take a look. However, note that |
| 91 | clang is not an official part of the LLVM 2.2 release. If you are interested in |
| 92 | this project, please see the web site.</p> |
| 93 | |
| 94 | </div> |
| 95 | |
| 96 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 97 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 98 | <a name="majorfeatures">Major New Features</a> |
| 99 | </div> |
| 100 | |
| 101 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 102 | |
| 103 | <p>Dale contributed full support for long double on x86/x86-64 (where it is 80 |
| 104 | bits) and on Darwin PPC/PPC64 (where it is 128 bits).</p> |
| 105 | |
| 106 | <p>Ada, gfortran</p> |
| 107 | |
| 108 | <p> |
| 109 | debug improvements -O0 |
| 110 | EH. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | Gordon: GC Revamp. docs/GarbageCollection.html |
| 113 | |
| 114 | Kaleidescope: docs/tutorial |
| 115 | |
| 116 | Gordon: C and Ocaml Bindings |
Chris Lattner | 60893e5 | 2007-05-18 06:33:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | </div> |
| 119 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 121 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 122 | <a name="optimizer">Optimizer Improvements</a> |
| 123 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | |
Chris Lattner | d429871 | 2007-09-26 05:44:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | <p>Some of the most noticable feature improvements this release have been in the |
| 128 | optimizer, speeding it up and making it more aggressive. For example:</p> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | |
| 130 | <ul> |
Tanya Lattner | b6ec3a9 | 2007-05-16 23:25:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | <li>Daniel Berlin and (?) rewrote Andersen's alias analysis (which is not |
| 133 | enabled by default) to be several orders of magnitude faster, implmented Offline |
| 134 | Variable Substitution.</li> |
Tanya Lattner | b6ec3a9 | 2007-05-16 23:25:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | |
| 137 | Devang: LoopIndexSplit is enabled by default. |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | </div> |
| 141 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 143 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 144 | <a name="codegen">Code Generator Improvements</a> |
| 145 | </div> |
| 146 | |
| 147 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 148 | |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | <p>foci of this release was performance tuning and bug |
Chris Lattner | d429871 | 2007-09-26 05:44:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | fixing. In addition to these, several new major changes occurred:</p> |
| 151 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 152 | <ul> |
| 153 | |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 154 | <li>Owen contributed Machine Loop info, domintors, etc.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 156 | <li>Dan added support for emitting debug information with .file and .loc on |
| 157 | targets that support it</li> |
| 158 | |
| 159 | <li>Evan physical register dependencies in the BURR scheduler</li> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | </ul> |
| 161 | |
| 162 | </div> |
| 163 | |
| 164 | |
| 165 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 166 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 167 | <a name="targetspecific">Target Specific Improvements</a> |
| 168 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 60893e5 | 2007-05-18 06:33:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | |
Chris Lattner | 738bd30 | 2006-04-18 06:32:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | <p>New features include: |
| 172 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 173 | |
| 174 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | <li>Evan X86 now models EFLAGS in instructions.</li> |
| 176 | <li>Evan: If conversion on by default for ARM.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 177 | </ul> |
| 178 | |
| 179 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 182 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 183 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 184 | <a name="llvmgccimprovements">llvm-gcc Improvements</a> |
| 185 | </div> |
Tanya Lattner | b6ec3a9 | 2007-05-16 23:25:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 186 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 187 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 188 | <p>New features include: |
| 189 | </p> |
Tanya Lattner | b6ec3a9 | 2007-05-16 23:25:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | <li>.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 193 | </ul> |
| 194 | |
Chris Lattner | 738bd30 | 2006-04-18 06:32:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | </div> |
| 196 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 197 | |
| 198 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 199 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 200 | <a name="coreimprovements">LLVM Core Improvements</a> |
| 201 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 202 | |
Chris Lattner | 1c1a85c | 2006-04-19 04:02:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 203 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 204 | <p>New features include: |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 205 | </p> |
| 206 | |
| 207 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | <li>.</li> |
Chris Lattner | bfb17ab | 2007-05-17 21:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 209 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 210 | |
Chris Lattner | bfb17ab | 2007-05-17 21:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 211 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | c5d658a | 2006-03-03 00:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 212 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 214 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 215 | <a name="otherimprovements">Other Improvements</a> |
| 216 | </div> |
| 217 | |
| 218 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 219 | <p>New features include: |
| 220 | </p> |
| 221 | |
| 222 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | <li>.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | </ul> |
| 225 | |
| 226 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | c5d658a | 2006-03-03 00:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 227 | |
Chris Lattner | 1909261 | 2003-10-02 16:38:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 228 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 229 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 230 | <a name="portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a> |
| 231 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 1909261 | 2003-10-02 16:38:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 233 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 235 | |
John Criswell | 0b5b5e9 | 2004-12-08 20:35:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | <p>LLVM is known to work on the following platforms:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 4654bdb | 2004-06-01 18:22:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | |
| 238 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 239 | <li>Intel and AMD machines running Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core and FreeBSD |
Reid Spencer | 00812e2 | 2005-05-17 02:47:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 240 | (and probably other unix-like systems).</li> |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 241 | <li>PowerPC and X86-based Mac OS X systems, running 10.3 and above in 32-bit and |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 242 | 64-bit modes.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | <li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 using MinGW libraries (native).</li> |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 244 | <li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 with the Cygwin libraries (limited |
| 245 | support is available for native builds with Visual C++).</li> |
| 246 | <li>Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 8.</li> |
John Criswell | 9321fa8 | 2005-05-13 20:28:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 247 | <li>Alpha-based machines running Debian GNU/Linux.</li> |
| 248 | <li>Itanium-based machines running Linux and HP-UX.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 4654bdb | 2004-06-01 18:22:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 249 | </ul> |
| 250 | |
Brian Gaeke | b0fd761 | 2004-05-09 05:28:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 251 | <p>The core LLVM infrastructure uses |
| 252 | <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/">GNU autoconf</a> to adapt itself |
| 253 | to the machine and operating system on which it is built. However, minor |
| 254 | porting may be required to get LLVM to work on new platforms. We welcome your |
| 255 | portability patches and reports of successful builds or error messages.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 258 | |
| 259 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 260 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 261 | <a name="knownproblems">Known Problems</a> |
| 262 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 263 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 264 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 265 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 266 | |
| 267 | <p>This section contains all known problems with the LLVM system, listed by |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 268 | component. As new problems are discovered, they will be added to these |
Chris Lattner | 5eccca4 | 2003-12-12 21:22:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 269 | sections. If you run into a problem, please check the <a |
Chris Lattner | c463b27 | 2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 270 | href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if |
Chris Lattner | 5eccca4 | 2003-12-12 21:22:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | there isn't already one.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 274 | |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 275 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 276 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 277 | <a name="experimental">Experimental features included with this release</a> |
| 278 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 279 | |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 280 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 281 | |
Misha Brukman | 6df9e2c | 2004-05-12 21:46:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 282 | <p>The following components of this LLVM release are either untested, known to |
| 283 | be broken or unreliable, or are in early development. These components should |
| 284 | not be relied on, and bugs should not be filed against them, but they may be |
| 285 | useful to some people. In particular, if you would like to work on one of these |
Chris Lattner | 49e693e | 2006-08-09 04:08:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 286 | components, please contact us on the <a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev list</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 287 | |
| 288 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 289 | <li>The <tt>-cee</tt> pass is known to be buggy and will be removed in |
| 290 | LLVM 2.3.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | <li>The MSIL, IA64, Alpha, and MIPS backends are experimental.</li> |
| 292 | <li>The LLC "<tt>-filetype=asm</tt>" (the default) is the only supported |
| 293 | value for this option.</li> |
| 294 | <li>The llvmc tool is not supported.</li> |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 295 | </ul> |
| 296 | |
| 297 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 300 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | <a name="x86-be">Known problems with the X86 back-end</a> |
John Criswell | c0c186d | 2005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 302 | </div> |
| 303 | |
| 304 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 305 | |
| 306 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 307 | <li>The X86 backend does not yet support <a href="http://llvm.org/PR879">inline |
Chris Lattner | caf0634 | 2007-05-09 04:58:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 308 | assembly that uses the X86 floating point stack</a>.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 725a0d8 | 2007-09-26 06:01:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 309 | <li>The X86 backend occasionally has <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1649">alignment |
| 310 | problems</a> on operating systems that don't require 16-byte stack alignment |
| 311 | (including most non-darwin OS's like linux).</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | </ul> |
| 313 | |
| 314 | </div> |
| 315 | |
| 316 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 317 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 318 | <a name="ppc-be">Known problems with the PowerPC back-end</a> |
| 319 | </div> |
| 320 | |
| 321 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 322 | |
| 323 | <ul> |
Nicolas Geoffray | e4285dc | 2007-05-15 09:21:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 324 | <li>The Linux PPC32/ABI support needs testing for the interpreter and static |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 325 | compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | </ul> |
| 327 | |
| 328 | </div> |
| 329 | |
| 330 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 331 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 332 | <a name="arm-be">Known problems with the ARM back-end</a> |
| 333 | </div> |
| 334 | |
| 335 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 336 | |
| 337 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | <li>Thumb mode works only on ARMv6 or higher processors. On sub-ARMv6 |
Duncan Sands | c90d68b | 2007-09-26 15:59:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 339 | processors, thumb programs can crash or produce wrong |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 340 | results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 341 | <li>Compilation for ARM Linux OABI (old ABI) is supported, but not fully tested. |
| 342 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 343 | <li>There is a bug in QEMU-ARM (<= 0.9.0) which causes it to incorrectly execute |
| 344 | programs compiled with LLVM. Please use more recent versions of QEMU.</li> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 345 | </ul> |
| 346 | |
| 347 | </div> |
| 348 | |
| 349 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 350 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 351 | <a name="sparc-be">Known problems with the SPARC back-end</a> |
| 352 | </div> |
| 353 | |
| 354 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 355 | |
| 356 | <ul> |
| 357 | <li>The SPARC backend only supports the 32-bit SPARC ABI (-m32), it does not |
| 358 | support the 64-bit SPARC ABI (-m64).</li> |
| 359 | </ul> |
| 360 | |
| 361 | </div> |
| 362 | |
| 363 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 364 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 365 | <a name="alpha-be">Known problems with the Alpha back-end</a> |
| 366 | </div> |
| 367 | |
| 368 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 369 | |
| 370 | <ul> |
| 371 | |
| 372 | <li>On 21164s, some rare FP arithmetic sequences which may trap do not have the |
| 373 | appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.</li> |
| 374 | |
John Criswell | c0c186d | 2005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 375 | </ul> |
| 376 | </div> |
| 377 | |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 379 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 380 | <a name="ia64-be">Known problems with the IA64 back-end</a> |
| 381 | </div> |
| 382 | |
| 383 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 384 | |
| 385 | <ul> |
| 386 | |
| 387 | <li>C++ programs are likely to fail on IA64, as calls to <tt>setjmp</tt> are |
| 388 | made where the argument is not 16-byte aligned, as required on IA64. (Strictly |
| 389 | speaking this is not a bug in the IA64 back-end; it will also be encountered |
| 390 | when building C++ programs using the C back-end.)</li> |
| 391 | |
| 392 | <li>The C++ front-end does not use <a href="http://llvm.org/PR406">IA64 |
| 393 | ABI compliant layout of v-tables</a>. In particular, it just stores function |
| 394 | pointers instead of function descriptors in the vtable. This bug prevents |
| 395 | mixing C++ code compiled with LLVM with C++ objects compiled by other C++ |
| 396 | compilers.</li> |
| 397 | |
| 398 | <li>There are a few ABI violations which will lead to problems when mixing LLVM |
| 399 | output with code built with other compilers, particularly for floating-point |
| 400 | programs.</li> |
| 401 | |
| 402 | <li>Defining vararg functions is not supported (but calling them is ok).</li> |
| 403 | |
Chris Lattner | caf0634 | 2007-05-09 04:58:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 404 | <li>The Itanium backend has bitrotted somewhat.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 405 | </ul> |
| 406 | |
| 407 | </div> |
| 408 | |
| 409 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 410 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 411 | <a name="c-be">Known problems with the C back-end</a> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 412 | </div> |
| 413 | |
| 414 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 415 | |
| 416 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 417 | <li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR802">The C backend does not support inline |
| 418 | assembly code</a>.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 725a0d8 | 2007-09-26 06:01:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 419 | <li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR1126">The C backend does not support vectors |
| 420 | yet</a>.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 725a0d8 | 2007-09-26 06:01:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 421 | <li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR1658">The C backend violates the ABI of common |
| 422 | C++ programs</a>, preventing intermixing between C++ compiled by the CBE and |
| 423 | C++ code compiled with LLC or native compilers.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 424 | </ul> |
| 425 | |
| 426 | </div> |
John Criswell | c0c186d | 2005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 427 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 428 | |
| 429 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 430 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 431 | <a name="c-fe">Known problems with the C front-end</a> |
| 432 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 47588f9 | 2003-10-02 05:07:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 433 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 434 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
Chris Lattner | b40efb3 | 2003-12-14 05:03:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 435 | <div class="doc_subsubsection">Bugs</div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 436 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 437 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | c5d658a | 2006-03-03 00:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 438 | |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 439 | <p>llvm-gcc does not currently support <a href="http://llvm.org/PR869">Link-Time |
| 440 | Optimization</a> on most platforms "out-of-the-box". Please inquire on the |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 441 | llvmdev mailing list if you are interested.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d9ea017 | 2006-08-08 17:27:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 442 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 443 | </div> |
| 444 | |
| 445 | <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> |
| 446 | <div class="doc_subsubsection"> |
| 447 | Notes |
| 448 | </div> |
| 449 | |
| 450 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 451 | <ul> |
| 452 | |
Chris Lattner | d09c4ec | 2007-05-17 22:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 453 | <li><p>llvm-gcc does <b>not</b> support <tt>__builtin_apply</tt> yet. |
| 454 | See <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Constructing-Calls.html#Constructing%20Calls">Constructing Calls</a>: Dispatching a call to another function.</p> |
| 455 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 456 | |
Duncan Sands | 32a8344 | 2007-05-18 09:04:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 457 | <li><p>llvm-gcc <b>partially</b> supports these GCC extensions:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 458 | <ol> |
Duncan Sands | c90d68b | 2007-09-26 15:59:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 459 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Nested-Functions.html#Nested%20Functions">Nested Functions</a>: |
| 460 | |
| 461 | As in Algol and Pascal, lexical scoping of functions. |
| 462 | Nested functions are supported, but llvm-gcc does not support |
Duncan Sands | 0869f4a | 2007-09-26 16:24:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 463 | taking the address of a nested function (except on the X86-32 target) |
Duncan Sands | c90d68b | 2007-09-26 15:59:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 464 | or non-local gotos.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 465 | |
| 466 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html#Function%20Attributes">Function Attributes</a>: |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 467 | |
John Criswell | d000e1d | 2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 468 | Declaring that functions have no side effects or that they can never |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 469 | return.<br> |
| 470 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | be6fe28 | 2007-11-16 11:12:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 471 | <b>Supported:</b> <tt>alias</tt>, <tt>always_inline</tt>, <tt>cdecl</tt>, |
| 472 | <tt>const</tt>, <tt>constructor</tt>, <tt>destructor</tt>, |
Anton Korobeynikov | 9413de3 | 2006-11-18 08:04:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 473 | <tt>deprecated</tt>, <tt>fastcall</tt>, <tt>format</tt>, |
Anton Korobeynikov | be6fe28 | 2007-11-16 11:12:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 474 | <tt>format_arg</tt>, <tt>non_null</tt>, <tt>noinline</tt>, |
| 475 | <tt>noreturn</tt>, <tt>pure</tt>, <tt>regparm</tt> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 8cea37b | 2007-01-23 12:35:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 476 | <tt>section</tt>, <tt>stdcall</tt>, <tt>unused</tt>, <tt>used</tt>, |
| 477 | <tt>visibility</tt>, <tt>warn_unused_result</tt>, <tt>weak</tt><br> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 478 | |
Anton Korobeynikov | be6fe28 | 2007-11-16 11:12:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 479 | <b>Ignored:</b> <tt>nothrow</tt>, <tt>malloc</tt>, |
| 480 | <tt>no_instrument_function</tt></li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 481 | </ol> |
Chris Lattner | d09c4ec | 2007-05-17 22:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 482 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 483 | |
Chris Lattner | d09c4ec | 2007-05-17 22:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 484 | <li><p>llvm-gcc supports the vast majority of GCC extensions, including:</p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 485 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 486 | <ol> |
Chris Lattner | d09c4ec | 2007-05-17 22:02:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 487 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Pragmas.html#Pragmas">Pragmas</a>: Pragmas accepted by GCC.</li> |
| 488 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Local-Labels.html#Local%20Labels">Local Labels</a>: Labels local to a block.</li> |
| 489 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html#Other%20Builtins">Other Builtins</a>: |
| 490 | Other built-in functions.</li> |
| 491 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variable-Attributes.html#Variable%20Attributes">Variable Attributes</a>: |
| 492 | Specifying attributes of variables.</li> |
| 493 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Type-Attributes.html#Type%20Attributes">Type Attributes</a>: Specifying attributes of types.</li> |
| 494 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Thread_002dLocal.html">Thread-Local</a>: Per-thread variables.</li> |
| 495 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variable-Length.html#Variable%20Length">Variable Length</a>: |
| 496 | Arrays whose length is computed at run time.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 7fe97dd | 2004-03-16 08:54:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 497 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Labels-as-Values.html#Labels%20as%20Values">Labels as Values</a>: Getting pointers to labels and computed gotos.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 498 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Statement-Exprs.html#Statement%20Exprs">Statement Exprs</a>: Putting statements and declarations inside expressions.</li> |
| 499 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Typeof.html#Typeof">Typeof</a>: <code>typeof</code>: referring to the type of an expression.</li> |
Tanya Lattner | ca26c3e | 2004-06-22 03:48:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 500 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.0/gcc/Lvalues.html#Lvalues">Lvalues</a>: Using <code>?:</code>, "<code>,</code>" and casts in lvalues.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 501 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Conditionals.html#Conditionals">Conditionals</a>: Omitting the middle operand of a <code>?:</code> expression.</li> |
| 502 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Long-Long.html#Long%20Long">Long Long</a>: Double-word integers.</li> |
| 503 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Complex.html#Complex">Complex</a>: Data types for complex numbers.</li> |
| 504 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Hex-Floats.html#Hex%20Floats">Hex Floats</a>:Hexadecimal floating-point constants.</li> |
| 505 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html#Zero%20Length">Zero Length</a>: Zero-length arrays.</li> |
| 506 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Empty-Structures.html#Empty%20Structures">Empty Structures</a>: Structures with no members.</li> |
| 507 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variadic-Macros.html#Variadic%20Macros">Variadic Macros</a>: Macros with a variable number of arguments.</li> |
| 508 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Escaped-Newlines.html#Escaped%20Newlines">Escaped Newlines</a>: Slightly looser rules for escaped newlines.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 509 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Extended-Asm.html#Extended%20Asm">Extended Asm</a>: Assembler instructions with C expressions as operands.</li> |
| 510 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Constraints.html#Constraints">Constraints</a>: Constraints for asm operands.</li> |
| 511 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Asm-Labels.html#Asm%20Labels">Asm Labels</a>: Specifying the assembler name to use for a C symbol.</li> |
| 512 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Explicit-Reg-Vars.html#Explicit%20Reg%20Vars">Explicit Reg Vars</a>: Defining variables residing in specified registers.</li> |
| 513 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Vector-Extensions.html#Vector%20Extensions">Vector Extensions</a>: Using vector instructions through built-in functions.</li> |
| 514 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Target-Builtins.html#Target%20Builtins">Target Builtins</a>: Built-in functions specific to particular targets.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 515 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Subscripting.html#Subscripting">Subscripting</a>: Any array can be subscripted, even if not an lvalue.</li> |
Misha Brukman | c4b7bee | 2003-12-12 04:37:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 516 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Pointer-Arith.html#Pointer%20Arith">Pointer Arith</a>: Arithmetic on <code>void</code>-pointers and function pointers.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 517 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Initializers.html#Initializers">Initializers</a>: Non-constant initializers.</li> |
John Criswell | d000e1d | 2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 518 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Compound-Literals.html#Compound%20Literals">Compound Literals</a>: Compound literals give structures, unions, |
| 519 | or arrays as values.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 520 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Designated-Inits.html#Designated%20Inits">Designated Inits</a>: Labeling elements of initializers.</li> |
Misha Brukman | c4b7bee | 2003-12-12 04:37:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 521 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Cast-to-Union.html#Cast%20to%20Union">Cast to Union</a>: Casting to union type from any member of the union.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 522 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Case-Ranges.html#Case%20Ranges">Case Ranges</a>: `case 1 ... 9' and such.</li> |
| 523 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Mixed-Declarations.html#Mixed%20Declarations">Mixed Declarations</a>: Mixing declarations and code.</li> |
| 524 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Prototypes.html#Function%20Prototypes">Function Prototypes</a>: Prototype declarations and old-style definitions.</li> |
Tanya Lattner | 78537e4 | 2004-12-08 18:29:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 525 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C_002b_002b-Comments.html#C_002b_002b-Comments">C++ Comments</a>: C++ comments are recognized.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 526 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Dollar-Signs.html#Dollar%20Signs">Dollar Signs</a>: Dollar sign is allowed in identifiers.</li> |
| 527 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Character-Escapes.html#Character%20Escapes">Character Escapes</a>: <code>\e</code> stands for the character <ESC>.</li> |
| 528 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Alignment.html#Alignment">Alignment</a>: Inquiring about the alignment of a type or variable.</li> |
| 529 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Inline.html#Inline">Inline</a>: Defining inline functions (as fast as macros).</li> |
| 530 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Alternate-Keywords.html#Alternate%20Keywords">Alternate Keywords</a>:<code>__const__</code>, <code>__asm__</code>, etc., for header files.</li> |
| 531 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Incomplete-Enums.html#Incomplete%20Enums">Incomplete Enums</a>: <code>enum foo;</code>, with details to follow.</li> |
| 532 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Names.html#Function%20Names">Function Names</a>: Printable strings which are the name of the current function.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 25795bc | 2004-02-14 04:08:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 533 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Return-Address.html#Return%20Address">Return Address</a>: Getting the return or frame address of a function.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 534 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Unnamed-Fields.html#Unnamed%20Fields">Unnamed Fields</a>: Unnamed struct/union fields within structs/unions.</li> |
| 535 | <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Attribute-Syntax.html#Attribute%20Syntax">Attribute Syntax</a>: Formal syntax for attributes.</li> |
Misha Brukman | e0c891c | 2003-11-22 01:00:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 536 | </ol></li> |
| 537 | |
| 538 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 539 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 540 | <p>If you run into GCC extensions which have not been included in any of these |
| 541 | lists, please let us know (also including whether or not they work).</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 542 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 543 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 544 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 545 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 546 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 547 | <a name="c++-fe">Known problems with the C++ front-end</a> |
| 548 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 549 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 550 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 551 | |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 552 | <p>The C++ front-end is considered to be fully |
Chris Lattner | 7506b1d | 2004-12-07 08:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 553 | tested and works for a number of non-trivial programs, including LLVM |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 554 | itself, Qt, Mozilla, etc.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 555 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 556 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 557 | <li>Exception handling only works well on the X86 and PowerPC targets.</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 558 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | fcc54b3 | 2003-10-07 22:14:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 559 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 560 | </div> |
| 561 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 562 | |
Chris Lattner | 98a493c | 2005-05-15 16:01:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 563 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 564 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 565 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 566 | <a name="additionalinfo">Additional Information</a> |
| 567 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 568 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 569 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 570 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 571 | |
Chris Lattner | 416db10 | 2005-05-16 17:13:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 572 | <p>A wide variety of additional information is available on the <a |
Chris Lattner | b4b0ce7 | 2007-05-18 00:44:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 573 | href="http://llvm.org">LLVM web page</a>, in particular in the <a |
| 574 | href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section. The web page also |
Reid Spencer | 669ed45 | 2007-07-09 08:04:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 575 | contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the |
| 576 | Subversion version of the source code. |
Misha Brukman | 109d9e8 | 2005-03-30 19:14:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 577 | You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going |
| 578 | into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>" directory in the LLVM tree.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 579 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 580 | <p>If you have any questions or comments about LLVM, please feel free to contact |
Chris Lattner | c463b27 | 2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 581 | us via the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/#maillist"> mailing |
Chris Lattner | 5eccca4 | 2003-12-12 21:22:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 582 | lists</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 583 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 584 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 585 | |
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Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 588 | <hr> |
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