From: David Blaikie <dblaikie@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:58:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add release notes for the typeless pointer work.
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Add release notes for the typeless pointer work.


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_37@245534 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index f1ee5626029..d4860c9a20c 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
   own bitcode records and assembly syntax (documented in LangRef).  The debug
   info verifier has been merged with the main verifier.
 
+* LLVM IR and APIs are in a period of transition to aid in the removal of
+  pointer types (the end goal being that pointers are typeless/opaque - void*,
+  if you will). Some APIs and IR constructs have been modified to take
+  explicit types that are currently checked to match the target type of their
+  pre-existing pointer type operands. Further changes are still needed, but the
+  more you can avoid using PointerType::getPointeeType, the easier the
+  migration will be.
+
 * ... next change ...
 
 .. NOTE