darling-libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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It turns out that llvmorg-14.0.6 might be too new for dyld (the vector base class no longer exist in that release).
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Libc++ 13.0.0 Release Notes
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Written by the `Libc++ Team <https://libcxx.llvm.org>`_
Introduction
============
This document contains the release notes for the libc++ C++ Standard Library,
part of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 13.0.0. Here we describe the
status of libc++ in some detail, including major improvements from the previous
release and new feature work. For the general LLVM release notes, see `the LLVM
documentation <https://llvm.org/docs/ReleaseNotes.html>`_. All LLVM releases may
be downloaded from the `LLVM releases web site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
For more information about libc++, please see the `Libc++ Web Site
<https://libcxx.llvm.org>`_ or the `LLVM Web Site <https://llvm.org>`_.
Note that if you are reading this file from a Git checkout or the
main Libc++ 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 <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
What's New in Libc++ 13.0.0?
============================
- Support for older compilers has been removed. Several additional platforms
are now officially supported. :ref:`platform_and_compiler_support` contains
the complete overview of platforms and compilers supported by libc++.
- The large headers ``<algorithm>``, ``<iterator>``, and ``<utility>`` have
been split in more granular headers. This reduces the size of included code
when using libc++. This may lead to missing includes after upgrading to
libc++13.
New Features
------------
- ``std::filesystem`` is now feature complete for the Windows platform using
MinGW. MSVC isn't supported since it lacks 128-bit integer support.
- The implementation of the C++20 concepts library has been completed.
- Several C++20 ``constexpr`` papers have been completed:
- `P0879R0 <https://wg21.link/P0879R0>`_ ``constexpr`` for ``std::swap()``
and swap related functions
- `P1032R1 <https://wg21.link/P1032R1>`_ Misc ``constexpr`` bits
- `P0883 <https://wg21.link/P0883>`_ Fixing Atomic Initialization
- More C++20 features have been implemented. :doc:`Status/Cxx20` has the full
overview of libc++'s C++20 implementation status.
- More C++2b features have been implemented. :doc:`Status/Cxx2b` has the
full overview of libc++'s C++2b implementation status.
- The CMake option ``LIBCXX_ENABLE_INCOMPLETE_FEATURES`` has been added. This
option allows libc++ vendors to disable headers that aren't production
quality yet. Currently, turning the option off disables the headers
``<format>`` and ``<ranges>``.
- The documentation conversion from html to restructured text has been
completed.
API and ABI Changes
-------------------
- There has been several changes in the tuple constructors provided by libc++.
Those changes were made as part of an effort to regularize libc++'s tuple
implementation, which contained several subtle bugs due to these extensions.
If you notice a build breakage when initializing a tuple, make sure you
properly initialize all the tuple elements - this is probably the culprit.
In particular, the extension allowing tuples to be constructed from fewer
elements than the number of elements in the tuple (in which case the remaining
elements would be default-constructed) has been removed. See https://godbolt.org/z/sqozjd.
Also, the extension allowing a tuple to be constructed from an array has been
removed. See https://godbolt.org/z/5esqbW.
- The ``std::pointer_safety`` utility and related functions are not available
in C++03 anymore. Furthermore, in other standard modes, it has changed from
a struct to a scoped enumeration, which is an ABI break. Finally, the
``std::get_pointer_safety`` function was previously in the dylib, but it
is now defined as inline in the headers.
While this is technically both an API and an ABI break, we do not expect
``std::pointer_safety`` to have been used at all in real code, since we
never implemented the underlying support for garbage collection.
- The `LIBCXXABI_ENABLE_PIC` CMake option was removed. If you are building your
own libc++abi from source and were using `LIBCXXABI_ENABLE_PIC`, please use
`CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON` instead.
- When the header <variant> is included, it will no longer include <array> transitively.
- The ``std::result_of`` and ``std::is_literal_type`` type traits have been removed in
C++20 mode.
- The C++20 type ``std::counted_semaphore<N>`` is now based on ``std::atomic``
on all platforms, and does not use "native" semaphores such as pthreads
``sem_t`` even on platforms that would support them. This changes the layout
of ``counted_semaphore<N>`` notably on Linux, so it is an ABI break on that
platform. This change is needed to conform to the Standard, which requires
``counted_semaphore``'s constructor to be constexpr.