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@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ sections with improvements to Clang's support for those languages.
Major New Features
------------------
+- Enhanced devirtualization with `-fstrict-vtable-pointers`. Clang devirtualizes
+across different basic blocks, like loops:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+ struct A {
+ virtual void foo() {}
+ };
+ void indirect(A &a, int n) {
+ for (int i = 0 ; i < n; i++)
+ a.foo();
+
+ }
+ void test(int n) {
+ A a;
+ indirect(a);
+ }
+
+
- ...
Improvements to Clang's diagnostics
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