[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

[Chris Lattner]

Changes in directory llvm/docs:

ReleaseNotes.html updated: 1.319 -> 1.320
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Log message:

edits to the simplify-libcalls element, move it higher in the list.


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Diffs of the changes:  (+7 -7)

 ReleaseNotes.html |   14 +++++++-------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)


Index: llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
diff -u llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html:1.319 llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html:1.320
--- llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html:1.319	Sun May 15 01:07:40 2005
+++ llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html	Sun May 15 01:09:55 2005
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@
 <li>The -globalopt pass now promotes non-address-taken static globals that are
 only accessed in main to SSA registers.</li>
 
+<li>The new -simplify-libcalls pass improves code generated for well-known
+library calls. The pass optimizes calls to many of the string, memory, and
+standard I/O functions (e.g. replace the calls with simpler/faster calls) when
+possible, given information known statically about the arguments to the call.
+</li>
+
 <li>Loops with trip counts based on array pointer comparisons (e.g. "<tt>for (i
 = 0; &A[i] != &A[100]; ++i) ...</tt>") are optimized better than before,
 which primarily helps iterator-intensive C++ codes.</li>
@@ -229,12 +235,6 @@
 <li>The code generator now uses information about takes advantage of commutative
 two-address instructions when performing register allocation.</li>
 
-<li>A new pass has been added to gccas to simplify well-known library calls. The
-pass will short circuit calls to many of the string, memory, and printf type 
-functions or replace the calls with simpler/faster calls, where possible given
-information known statically about the arguments to the call. To use the
-pass, specify <tt>-simplify-libcalls</tt> to the <tt>opt</tt> tool.</li>
-
    
 </ol>
 </div>
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@
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   <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br>
-  Last modified: $Date: 2005/05/15 06:07:40 $
+  Last modified: $Date: 2005/05/15 06:09:55 $
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