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< div class = "doc_title" > LLVM 1.7 Release Notes< / div >
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< li > < a href = "#intro" > Introduction< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "#whatsnew" > What's New?< / a > < / li >
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< li > < a href = "GettingStarted.html" > Installation Instructions< / a > < / li >
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< li > < a href = "#portability" > Portability and Supported Platforms< / a > < / li >
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< li > < a href = "#knownproblems" > Known Problems< / a >
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< li > < a href = "#additionalinfo" > Additional Information< / a > < / li >
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< p > Written by the < a href = "http://llvm.org" > LLVM Team< / a > < p >
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< a name = "intro" > Introduction< / a >
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< p > This document contains the release notes for the LLVM compiler
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infrastructure, release 1.7. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including any
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known problems and major improvements from the previous release. The most
up-to-date version of this document can be found on the < a
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href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM releases web site< / a > . If you are
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not reading this on the LLVM web pages, you should probably go there because
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this document may be updated after the release.< / p >
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< p > For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest
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release, please check out the < a href = "http://llvm.org/" > main LLVM
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web site< / a > . If you have questions or comments, the < a
href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM developer's mailing
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list< / a > is a good place to send them.< / p >
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< p > Note that if you are reading this file from CVS or the main LLVM web page,
this document applies to the < i > next< / i > release, not the current one. To see
the release notes for the current or previous releases, see the < a
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href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page< / a > .< / p >
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< a name = "whatsnew" > What's New?< / a >
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< p > This is the seventh public release of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure. This
release incorporates a large number of enhancements and additions (primarily in
the code generator), which combine to improve the quality of the code generated
by LLVM by up to 30% in some cases. This release is also the first release to
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have first-class support for Mac OS X: all of the major bugs have been shaken
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out and it is now as well supported as Linux on X86.< / p >
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< a name = "newfeatures" > New Features in LLVM 1.7cvs< / a >
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< a name = "portability" > Portability and Supported Platforms< / a >
< / div >
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< p > LLVM is known to work on the following platforms:< / p >
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< ul >
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< li > Intel and AMD machines running Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core and FreeBSD
(and probably other unix-like systems).< / li >
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< li > Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 8.< / li >
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< li > Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 with the Cygwin libraries (limited
support is available for native builds with Visual C++).< / li >
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< li > PowerPC and X86-based Mac OS X systems, running 10.2 and above.< / li >
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< li > Alpha-based machines running Debian GNU/Linux.< / li >
< li > Itanium-based machines running Linux and HP-UX.< / li >
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< / ul >
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< p > The core LLVM infrastructure uses
< a href = "http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/" > GNU autoconf< / a > to adapt itself
to the machine and operating system on which it is built. However, minor
porting may be required to get LLVM to work on new platforms. We welcome your
portability patches and reports of successful builds or error messages.< / p >
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< a name = "knownproblems" > Known Problems< / a >
< / div >
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< p > This section contains all known problems with the LLVM system, listed by
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component. As new problems are discovered, they will be added to these
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sections. If you run into a problem, please check the < a
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href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database< / a > and submit a bug if
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there isn't already one.< / p >
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< a name = "experimental" > Experimental features included with this release< / a >
< / div >
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< p > The following components of this LLVM release are either untested, known to
be broken or unreliable, or are in early development. These components should
not be relied on, and bugs should not be filed against them, but they may be
useful to some people. In particular, if you would like to work on one of these
components, please contact us on the llvmdev list.< / p >
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< ul >
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< li > The following passes are incomplete or buggy, and may be removed in future
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releases: < tt > -cee, -pre< / tt > < / li >
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< li > The < tt > llvm-db< / tt > tool is in a very early stage of development, but can
be used to step through programs and inspect the stack.< / li >
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< li > The SparcV8 and IA64 code generators are experimental.< / li >
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< li > The Alpha JIT is experimental.< / li >
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< a name = "build" > Known problems with the Build System< / a >
< / div >
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< ul >
< li > The < a href = "http://llvm.org/PR656" > configure script sometimes fails on Solaris/Sparc< / a > . A work around is documented in < a href = "http://llvm.org/PR656" > PR656.< / a > < / li >
< / ul >
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< a name = "core" > Known problems with the LLVM Core< / a >
< / div >
< div class = "doc_text" >
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< ul >
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< li > In the JIT, < tt > dlsym()< / tt > on a symbol compiled by the JIT will not
work.< / li >
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< a name = "c-fe" > Known problems with the C front-end< / a >
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< div class = "doc_subsubsection" > Bugs< / div >
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< ul >
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< li > C99 Variable sized arrays do not release stack memory when they go out of
scope. Thus, the following program may run out of stack space:
< pre >
for (i = 0; i != 1000000; ++i) {
int X[n];
foo(X);
}
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< li > Initialization of global union variables can only be done < a
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href="http://llvm.org/PR162">with the largest union member< / a > .< / li >
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Notes
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< li > Inline assembly is not yet supported.< / li >
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< li > "long double" is transformed by the front-end into "double". There is no
support for floating point data types of any size other than 32 and 64
bits.< / li >
< li > The following Unix system functionality has not been tested and may not
work:
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< ol >
< li > < tt > sigsetjmp< / tt > , < tt > siglongjmp< / tt > - These are not turned into the
appropriate < tt > invoke< / tt > /< tt > unwind< / tt > instructions. Note that
< tt > setjmp< / tt > and < tt > longjmp< / tt > < em > are< / em > compiled correctly.
< li > < tt > getcontext< / tt > , < tt > setcontext< / tt > , < tt > makecontext< / tt >
- These functions have not been tested.
< / ol > < / li >
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< li > Although many GCC extensions are supported, some are not. In particular,
the following extensions are known to < b > not be< / b > supported:
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Local-Labels.html#Local%20Labels" > Local Labels< / a > : Labels local to a block.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Nested-Functions.html#Nested%20Functions" > Nested Functions< / a > : As in Algol and Pascal, lexical scoping of functions.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Constructing-Calls.html#Constructing%20Calls" > Constructing Calls< / a > : Dispatching a call to another function.< / li >
< 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 >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Constraints.html#Constraints" > Constraints< / a > : Constraints for asm operands.< / li >
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< 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 >
< 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 >
< 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 >
< 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 >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Thread_002dLocal.html" > Thread-Local< / a > : Per-thread variables.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Pragmas.html#Pragmas" > Pragmas< / a > : Pragmas accepted by GCC.< / li >
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< / ol >
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< p > The following GCC extensions are < b > partially< / b > supported. An ignored
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attribute means that the LLVM compiler ignores the presence of the attribute,
but the code should still work. An unsupported attribute is one which is
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ignored by the LLVM compiler and will cause a different interpretation of
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the program.< / p >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variable-Length.html#Variable%20Length" > Variable Length< / a > :
Arrays whose length is computed at run time.< br >
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Supported, but allocated stack space is not freed until the function returns (noted above).< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html#Function%20Attributes" > Function Attributes< / a > :
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Declaring that functions have no side effects or that they can never
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return.< br >
< b > Supported:< / b > < tt > format< / tt > , < tt > format_arg< / tt > , < tt > non_null< / tt > ,
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< tt > noreturn< / tt > , < tt > constructor< / tt > , < tt > destructor< / tt > ,
< tt > unused< / tt > ,
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< tt > deprecated< / tt > , < tt > warn_unused_result< / tt > , < tt > weak< / tt > < br >
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< b > Ignored:< / b > < tt > noinline< / tt > ,
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< tt > always_inline< / tt > , < tt > pure< / tt > , < tt > const< / tt > , < tt > nothrow< / tt > ,
< tt > malloc< / tt > , < tt > no_instrument_function< / tt > , < tt > cdecl< / tt > < br >
< b > Unsupported:< / b > < tt > used< / tt > , < tt > section< / tt > , < tt > alias< / tt > ,
< tt > visibility< / tt > , < tt > regparm< / tt > , < tt > stdcall< / tt > ,
< tt > fastcall< / tt > , all other target specific attributes< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variable-Attributes.html#Variable%20Attributes" > Variable Attributes< / a > :
Specifying attributes of variables.< br >
< b > Supported:< / b > < tt > cleanup< / tt > , < tt > common< / tt > , < tt > nocommon< / tt > ,
< tt > deprecated< / tt > , < tt > transparent_union< / tt > ,
< tt > unused< / tt > , < tt > weak< / tt > < br >
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< b > Unsupported:< / b > < tt > aligned< / tt > , < tt > mode< / tt > , < tt > packed< / tt > ,
< tt > section< / tt > , < tt > shared< / tt > , < tt > tls_model< / tt > ,
< tt > vector_size< / tt > , < tt > dllimport< / tt > ,
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< tt > dllexport< / tt > , all target specific attributes.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Type-Attributes.html#Type%20Attributes" > Type Attributes< / a > : Specifying attributes of types.< br >
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< b > Supported:< / b > < tt > transparent_union< / tt > , < tt > unused< / tt > ,
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< tt > deprecated< / tt > , < tt > may_alias< / tt > < br >
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< b > Unsupported:< / b > < tt > aligned< / tt > , < tt > packed< / tt > ,
all target specific attributes.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html#Other%20Builtins" > Other Builtins< / a > :
Other built-in functions.< br >
We support all builtins which have a C language equivalent (e.g.,
< tt > __builtin_cos< / tt > ), < tt > __builtin_alloca< / tt > ,
< tt > __builtin_types_compatible_p< / tt > , < tt > __builtin_choose_expr< / tt > ,
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< tt > __builtin_constant_p< / tt > , and < tt > __builtin_expect< / tt >
(currently ignored). We also support builtins for ISO C99 floating
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point comparison macros (e.g., < tt > __builtin_islessequal< / tt > ),
< tt > __builtin_prefetch< / tt > , < tt > __builtin_popcount[ll]< / tt > ,
< tt > __builtin_clz[ll]< / tt > , and < tt > __builtin_ctz[ll]< / tt > .< / li >
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< / ol >
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< p > The following extensions < b > are< / b > known to be supported:< / p >
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< ol >
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< 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 >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Statement-Exprs.html#Statement%20Exprs" > Statement Exprs< / a > : Putting statements and declarations inside expressions.< / li >
< 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 >
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< 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 >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Conditionals.html#Conditionals" > Conditionals< / a > : Omitting the middle operand of a < code > ?:< / code > expression.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Long-Long.html#Long%20Long" > Long Long< / a > : Double-word integers.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Complex.html#Complex" > Complex< / a > : Data types for complex numbers.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Hex-Floats.html#Hex%20Floats" > Hex Floats< / a > :Hexadecimal floating-point constants.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Zero-Length.html#Zero%20Length" > Zero Length< / a > : Zero-length arrays.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Empty-Structures.html#Empty%20Structures" > Empty Structures< / a > : Structures with no members.< / li >
< 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 >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Escaped-Newlines.html#Escaped%20Newlines" > Escaped Newlines< / a > : Slightly looser rules for escaped newlines.< / li >
< 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 >
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< 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 >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Initializers.html#Initializers" > Initializers< / a > : Non-constant initializers.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Compound-Literals.html#Compound%20Literals" > Compound Literals< / a > : Compound literals give structures, unions,
or arrays as values.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Designated-Inits.html#Designated%20Inits" > Designated Inits< / a > : Labeling elements of initializers.< / li >
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< 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 >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Case-Ranges.html#Case%20Ranges" > Case Ranges< / a > : `case 1 ... 9' and such.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Mixed-Declarations.html#Mixed%20Declarations" > Mixed Declarations< / a > : Mixing declarations and code.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Prototypes.html#Function%20Prototypes" > Function Prototypes< / a > : Prototype declarations and old-style definitions.< / li >
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< 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 >
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< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Dollar-Signs.html#Dollar%20Signs" > Dollar Signs< / a > : Dollar sign is allowed in identifiers.< / li >
< 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 >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Alignment.html#Alignment" > Alignment< / a > : Inquiring about the alignment of a type or variable.< / li >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Inline.html#Inline" > Inline< / a > : Defining inline functions (as fast as macros).< / li >
< 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 >
< 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 >
< 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 >
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< 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 >
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< 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 >
< li > < a href = "http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Attribute-Syntax.html#Attribute%20Syntax" > Attribute Syntax< / a > : Formal syntax for attributes.< / li >
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< p > If you run into GCC extensions which have not been included in any of these
lists, please let us know (also including whether or not they work).< / p >
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< a name = "c++-fe" > Known problems with the C++ front-end< / a >
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< p > For this release, the C++ front-end is considered to be fully
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tested and works for a number of non-trivial programs, including LLVM
itself.< / p >
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< div class = "doc_subsubsection" > Bugs< / div >
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< ul >
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< li > The C++ front-end inherits all problems afflicting the < a href = "#c-fe" > C
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front-end< / a > .< / li >
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< / ul >
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Notes
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< ul >
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< li > The C++ front-end is based on a pre-release of the GCC 3.4 C++ parser. This
parser is significantly more standards compliant (and picky) than prior GCC
versions. For more information, see the C++ section of the < a
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href="http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.4/changes.html">GCC 3.4 release notes< / a > .< / li >
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< li > Destructors for local objects are not always run when a < tt > longjmp< / tt > is
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performed. In particular, destructors for objects in the < tt > longjmp< / tt > ing
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function and in the < tt > setjmp< / tt > receiver function may not be run.
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Objects in intervening stack frames will be destroyed, however (which is
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better than most compilers).< / li >
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< li > The LLVM C++ front-end follows the < a
href="http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi">Itanium C++ ABI< / a > .
This document, which is not Itanium specific, specifies a standard for name
mangling, class layout, v-table layout, RTTI formats, and other C++
representation issues. Because we use this API, code generated by the LLVM
compilers should be binary compatible with machine code generated by other
Itanium ABI C++ compilers (such as G++, the Intel and HP compilers, etc).
< i > However< / i > , the exception handling mechanism used by LLVM is very
different from the model used in the Itanium ABI, so < b > exceptions will not
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interact correctly< / b > . < / li >
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< a name = "c-be" > Known problems with the C back-end< / a >
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< div class = "doc_text" >
< ul >
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< li > The C back-end produces code that violates the ANSI C Type-Based Alias
Analysis rules. As such, special options may be necessary to compile the code
(for example, GCC requires the < tt > -fno-strict-aliasing< / tt > option). This
problem probably cannot be fixed.< / li >
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< li > < a href = "http://llvm.org/PR56" > Zero arg vararg functions are not
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supported< / a > . This should not affect LLVM produced by the C or C++
frontends.< / li >
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< a name = "x86-be" > Known problems with the X86 back-end< / a >
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< div class = "doc_text" >
< ul >
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< li > < a href = "http://llvm.org/PR566" > Memory Mapped I/O Intrinsics do not fence
memory< / a > < / li >
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< a name = "ppc-be" > Known problems with the PowerPC back-end< / a >
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< div class = "doc_text" >
< ul >
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< li > None yet< / li >
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< / div >
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< a name = "sparcv9-be" > Known problems with the SparcV9 back-end< / a >
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< div class = "doc_text" >
< ul >
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< li > < a href = "http://llvm.org/PR60" > [sparcv9] SparcV9 backend miscompiles
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several programs in the LLVM test suite< / a > < / li >
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< a name = "alpha-be" > Known problems with the Alpha back-end< / a >
< / div >
< div class = "doc_text" >
< ul >
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< li > On 21164s, some rare FP arithmetic sequences which may trap do not have the
appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.< / li >
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< a name = "ia64-be" > Known problems with the IA64 back-end< / a >
< / div >
< div class = "doc_text" >
< ul >
< li > C++ programs are likely to fail on IA64, as calls to < tt > setjmp< / tt > are
made where the argument is not 16-byte aligned, as required on IA64. (Strictly
speaking this is not a bug in the IA64 back-end; it will also be encountered
when building C++ programs using the C back-end.)< / li >
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< li > The C++ front-end does not use < a href = "http://llvm.org/PR406" > IA64
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ABI compliant layout of v-tables< / a > . In particular, it just stores function
pointers instead of function descriptors in the vtable. This bug prevents
mixing C++ code compiled with LLVM with C++ objects compiled by other C++
compilers.< / li >
< li > There are a few ABI violations which will lead to problems when mixing LLVM
output with code built with other compilers, particularly for floating-point
programs.< / li >
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< li > Defining vararg functions is not supported (but calling them is ok).< / li >
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< / ul >
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< a name = "sparcv8" > Known problems with the SPARC-V8 back-end< / a >
< / div >
< div class = "doc_text" >
< ul >
< li > Many features are still missing (e.g. support for 64-bit integer
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arithmetic). This back-end is in pre-beta state.< / li >
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href="http://llvm.org">LLVM web page< / a > , including < a
href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation< / a > and < a
href="http://llvm.org/pubs/">publications describing algorithms and
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components implemented in LLVM< / a > . The web page also contains versions of the
API documentation which is up-to-date with the CVS version of the source code.
You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going
into the "< tt > llvm/doc/< / tt > " directory in the LLVM tree.< / p >
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lists< / a > .< / p >
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