From: Hans Wennborg Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 15:49:39 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update docs version and clear release notes for 7.0.0 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c25f1aa94871aa3d251e21f1067a24e2692baabd;p=clang Update docs version and clear release notes for 7.0.0 git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk@321728 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8 --- diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst index 56edfeaa72..749fd94282 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ======================================= -Clang 6.0.0 (In-Progress) Release Notes +Clang 7.0.0 (In-Progress) Release Notes ======================================= .. contents:: @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Written by the `LLVM Team `_ .. warning:: - These are in-progress notes for the upcoming Clang 6 release. + These are in-progress notes for the upcoming Clang 7 release. Release notes for previous releases can be found on `the Download Page `_. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Introduction ============ This document contains the release notes for the Clang C/C++/Objective-C -frontend, part of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 6.0.0. Here we +frontend, part of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 7.0.0. Here we describe the status of Clang in some detail, including major improvements from the previous release and new feature work. For the general LLVM release notes, see `the LLVM @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ main Clang web page, this document applies to the *next* release, not the current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the `releases page `_. -What's New in Clang 6.0.0? +What's New in Clang 7.0.0? ========================== Some of the major new features and improvements to Clang are listed @@ -51,86 +51,17 @@ Major New Features Improvements to Clang's diagnostics ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- ``-Wpragma-pack`` is a new warning that warns in the following cases: - - - When a translation unit is missing terminating ``#pragma pack (pop)`` - directives. - - - When leaving an included file that changes the current alignment value, - i.e. when the alignment before ``#include`` is different to the alignment - after ``#include``. - - - ``-Wpragma-pack-suspicious-include`` (disabled by default) warns on an - ``#include`` when the included file contains structures or unions affected by - a non-default alignment that has been specified using a ``#pragma pack`` - directive prior to the ``#include``. - -- ``-Wobjc-messaging-id`` is a new, non-default warning that warns about - message sends to unqualified ``id`` in Objective-C. This warning is useful - for projects that would like to avoid any potential future compiler - errors/warnings, as the system frameworks might add a method with the same - selector which could make the message send to ``id`` ambiguous. - -- ``-Wtautological-compare`` now warns when comparing an unsigned integer and 0 - regardless of whether the constant is signed or unsigned." - -- ``-Wtautological-compare`` now warns about comparing a signed integer and 0 - when the signed integer is coerced to an unsigned type for the comparison. - ``-Wsign-compare`` was adjusted not to warn in this case. - -- ``-Wtautological-constant-compare`` is a new warning that warns on - tautological comparisons between integer variable of the type ``T`` and the - largest/smallest possible integer constant of that same type. - -- For C code, ``-Wsign-compare``, ``-Wsign-conversion``, - ``-Wtautological-constant-compare`` and - ``-Wtautological-constant-out-of-range-compare`` were adjusted to use the - underlying datatype of ``enum``. - -- ``-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic`` now warns about performing pointer arithmetic - on a null pointer. Such pointer arithmetic has an undefined behavior if the - offset is nonzero. It also now warns about arithmetic on a null pointer - treated as a cast from integer to pointer (GNU extension). - -- ``-Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant`` was adjusted not to warn on null pointer - constants that originate from system macros, except ``NULL`` macro. +- ... Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release ------------------------------------------------- -- Bitrig OS was merged back into OpenBSD, so Bitrig support has been - removed from Clang/LLVM. - -- The default value of _MSC_VER was raised from 1800 to 1911, making it - compatible with the Visual Studio 2015 and 2017 C++ standard library headers. - Users should generally expect this to be regularly raised to match the most - recently released version of the Visual C++ compiler. - -- clang now defaults to ``.init_array`` if no gcc installation can be found. - If a gcc installation is found, it still prefers ``.ctors`` if the found - gcc is older than 4.7.0. - -- The new builtin preprocessor macros ``__is_target_arch``, - ``__is_target_vendor``, ``__is_target_os``, and ``__is_target_environment`` - can be used to to examine the individual components of the target triple. +- ... New Compiler Flags ------------------ -- --autocomplete was implemented to obtain a list of flags and its arguments. This is used for shell autocompletion. - -- The ``-fdouble-square-bracket-attributes`` and corresponding - ``-fno-double-square-bracket-attributes`` flags were added to enable or - disable [[]] attributes in any language mode. Currently, only a limited - number of attributes are supported outside of C++ mode. See the Clang - attribute documentation for more information about which attributes are - supported for each syntax. - -- Added the ``-std=c17``, ``-std=gnu17``, and ``-std=iso9899:2017`` language - mode flags for compatibility with GCC. This enables support for the next - version of the C standard, expected to be published by ISO in 2018. The only - difference between the ``-std=c17`` and ``-std=c11`` language modes is the - value of the ``__STDC_VERSION__`` macro, as C17 is a bug fix release. +- ... Deprecated Compiler Flags ------------------------- @@ -149,20 +80,6 @@ Clang now supports the ... Attribute Changes in Clang -------------------------- -- Clang now supports the majority of its attributes under both the GNU-style - spelling (``__attribute((name))``) and the double square-bracket spelling - in the ``clang`` vendor namespace (``[[clang::name]]``). Attributes whose - syntax is specified by some other standard (such as CUDA and OpenCL - attributes) continue to follow their respective specification. - -- Added the ``__has_c_attribute()`` builtin preprocessor macro which allows - users to dynamically detect whether a double square-bracket attribute is - supported in C mode. This attribute syntax can be enabled with the - ``-fdouble-square-bracket-attributes`` flag. - -- The presence of __attribute__((availability(...))) on a declaration no longer - implies default visibility for that declaration on macOS. - - ... Windows Support @@ -186,10 +103,7 @@ C11 Feature Support C++ Language Changes in Clang ----------------------------- -- Clang's default C++ dialect is now ``gnu++14`` instead of ``gnu++98``. This - means Clang will by default accept code using features from C++14 and - conforming GNU extensions. Projects incompatible with C++14 can add - ``-std=gnu++98`` to their build settings to restore the previous behaviour. +- ... C++1z Feature Support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -209,23 +123,12 @@ OpenCL C Language Changes in Clang OpenMP Support in Clang ---------------------------------- -- Added options `-f[no]-openmp-simd` that support code emission only foe OpenMP - SIMD-based directives, like `#pragma omp simd`, `#pragma omp parallel for simd` - etc. The code is emitted only for simd-based part of the combined directives - and clauses. - -- Added support for almost all target-based directives except for - `#pragma omp target teams distribute parallel for [simd]`. Although, please - note that `depend` clauses on target-based directives are not supported yet. - Clang supports offloading to X86_64, AArch64 and PPC64[LE] devices. - -- Added support for `reduction`-based clauses on `task`-based directives from - upcoming OpenMP 5.0. +- ... Internal API Changes -------------------- -These are major API changes that have happened since the 4.0.0 release of +These are major API changes that have happened since the 6.0.0 release of Clang. If upgrading an external codebase that uses Clang as a library, this section should help get you past the largest hurdles of upgrading. @@ -234,67 +137,12 @@ this section should help get you past the largest hurdles of upgrading. AST Matchers ------------ -The hasDeclaration matcher now works the same for Type and QualType and only -ever looks through one level of sugaring in a limited number of cases. - -There are two main patterns affected by this: - -- qualType(hasDeclaration(recordDecl(...))): previously, we would look through - sugar like TypedefType to get at the underlying recordDecl; now, we need - to explicitly remove the sugaring: - qualType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType(hasDeclaration(recordDecl(...)))) - -- hasType(recordDecl(...)): hasType internally uses hasDeclaration; previously, - this matcher used to match for example TypedefTypes of the RecordType, but - after the change they don't; to fix, use: - -:: - hasType(hasUnqualifiedDesugaredType( - recordType(hasDeclaration(recordDecl(...))))) - -- templateSpecializationType(hasDeclaration(classTemplateDecl(...))): - previously, we would directly match the underlying ClassTemplateDecl; - now, we can explicitly match the ClassTemplateSpecializationDecl, but that - requires to explicitly get the ClassTemplateDecl: - -:: - templateSpecializationType(hasDeclaration( - classTemplateSpecializationDecl( - hasSpecializedTemplate(classTemplateDecl(...))))) +- ... clang-format ------------ -* Option *IndentPPDirectives* added to indent preprocessor directives on - conditionals. - - +----------------------+----------------------+ - | Before | After | - +======================+======================+ - | .. code-block:: c++ | .. code-block:: c++ | - | | | - | #if FOO | #if FOO | - | #if BAR | # if BAR | - | #include | # include | - | #endif | # endif | - | #endif | #endif | - +----------------------+----------------------+ - -* Option -verbose added to the command line. - Shows the list of processed files. - -* Option *IncludeBlocks* added to merge and regroup multiple ``#include`` blocks during sorting. - - +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ - | Before (Preserve) | Merge | Regroup | - +=========================+=========================+=========================+ - | .. code-block:: c++ | .. code-block:: c++ | .. code-block:: c++ | - | | | | - | #include "b.h" | #include "a.h" | #include "a.h" | - | | #include "b.h" | #include "b.h" | - | #include "a.b" | #include | | - | #include | | #include | - +-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ +- ... libclang -------- @@ -305,18 +153,14 @@ libclang Static Analyzer --------------- -- Static Analyzer can now properly detect and diagnose unary pre-/post- - increment/decrement on an uninitialized value. +- ... ... Undefined Behavior Sanitizer (UBSan) ------------------------------------ -* A minimal runtime is now available. It is suitable for use in production - environments, and has a small attack surface. It only provides very basic - issue logging and deduplication, and does not support ``-fsanitize=vptr`` - checking. +* ... Core Analysis Improvements ========================== diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py index a12f99ad6d..b38c93af23 100644 --- a/docs/conf.py +++ b/docs/conf.py @@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ copyright = u'2007-%d, The Clang Team' % date.today().year # built documents. # # The short version. -version = '6' +version = '7' # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags. -release = '6' +release = '7' # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation # for a list of supported languages.