[llvm-commits] [llvm] r57416 - /llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

[Chris Lattner]

Author: lattner
Date: Sun Oct 12 13:30:33 2008
New Revision: 57416

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=57416&view=rev
Log:
add some notes

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html?rev=57416&r1=57415&r2=57416&view=diff

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--- llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.html Sun Oct 12 13:30:33 2008
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@
 
 <li>... Attributes changes ... </li>
 
-<li>The <tt>DbgStopPointInst</tt> methods <tt>getDirectory</tt> and <tt>getFileName</tt> now return <tt>Value*</tt> instead of strings. These can be converted to strings using <tt>llvm::GetConstantStringInfo</tt> defined via "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h".
+<li>The <tt>DbgStopPointInst</tt> methods <tt>getDirectory</tt> and
+<tt>getFileName</tt> now return <tt>Value*</tt> instead of strings. These can be
+converted to strings using <tt>llvm::GetConstantStringInfo</tt> defined via
+"llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h".</li>
 
+<li>API change: BinaryOperator::create -> Create (CmpInst, CastInst too)</li>
 </ul>
 </div>
 
@@ -174,13 +178,19 @@
 
 <ul>
 <li>
- <p>MRVs got generalized to FCAs.</p>
+ <p>MRVs got generalized to FCAs.  getresult is gone, ret with multiple values
+ is gone.</p>
  </li>
 
 <li><p>fast isel, -O0 compile times</p></li>
     
 <li><p>Attrs changes?</p></li>
 
+
+<li><p>Initial PIC16 port</p></li>
+
+<li><p> builtin sync_compare_and_swap builtins + intrinsics</p></li>
+
 <li><p>...</p></li>
 
 </ul>
@@ -217,6 +227,10 @@
 </p>
 
 <ul>
+<li>use diet patch landed: saved 15% IR memory footprint</li>
+<li>LLVM IR now directly represents "common" linkage, instead of
+    representing it as a form of weak linkage.</li>
+
 <li>...</li>
 </ul>
   
@@ -234,8 +248,16 @@
 
 <ul>
 
-<li>.</li>
-  
+<li>Old-ADCE used control dependence and deleted output-free infinite loops.
+Added a new Loop deletion pass (for deleting output free provably-finite loops)
+and rewrote ADCE to be simpler faster, and not need control dependence.</li>
+
+<li>SparsePropagation framework for lattice-based dataflow solvers.</li>
+
+<li>LoadVN and GCSE finally bit the dust?</li>
+
+<li>Tail duplication was is removed from the standard optimizer sequence.</li>
+
 </ul>
 
 </div>