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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst index 2bd435ca9d29..9e2ee95c6519 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -40,6 +40,22 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release functionality, or simply have a lot to talk about), see the `NOTE` below for adding a new subsection. +* As `discussed on the mailing list + <https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2019-January/129452.html>`_, + building LLVM will soon require more recent toolchains as follows: + + ============= ==== + Clang 3.5 + Apple Clang 6.0 + GCC 5.1 + Visual Studio 2017 + ============= ==== + + A new CMake check when configuring LLVM provides a soft-error if your + toolchain will become unsupported soon. You can opt out of the soft-error by + setting the ``LLVM_TEMPORARILY_ALLOW_OLD_TOOLCHAIN`` CMake variable to + ``ON``. + * The **llvm-cov** tool can now export lcov trace files using the `-format=lcov` option of the `export` command. @@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ Changes to the ARM Backend Changes to the Hexagon Target --------------------------- +----------------------------- * Added support for Hexagon/HVX V66 ISA. @@ -156,6 +172,21 @@ Changes to the DAG infrastructure External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 8 ========================================== +LDC - the LLVM-based D compiler +------------------------------- + +`D <http://dlang.org>`_ is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It +pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and +programmer productivity. D supports powerful concepts like Compile-Time Function +Execution (CTFE) and Template Meta-Programming, provides an innovative approach +to concurrency and offers many classical paradigms. + +`LDC <http://wiki.dlang.org/LDC>`_ uses the frontend from the reference compiler +combined with LLVM as backend to produce efficient native code. LDC targets +x86/x86_64 systems like Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and Windows and also Linux on ARM +and PowerPC (32/64 bit). Ports to other architectures like AArch64 and MIPS64 +are underway. + Zig Programming Language ------------------------ |