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diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html index 5aa8d010f7e..60c0c4019a0 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html +++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes-2.6.html @@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ it run faster:</p> commutable operations, various spiller peephole optimizations, and can now coalesce cross-register-class copies.</li> <li>Tblgen now supports multiclass inheritance and a number of new string and - list operations like !(subst), !(foreach), !car, !cdr, !null, !if, !cast. + list operations like <tt>!(subst)</tt>, <tt>!(foreach)</tt>, <tt>!car</tt>, + <tt>!cdr</tt>, <tt>!null</tt>, <tt>!if</tt>, <tt>!cast</tt>. These make the .td files more expressive and allow more aggressive factoring of duplication across instruction patterns.</li> <li>Target-specific intrinsics can now be added without having to hack VMCore to @@ -656,12 +657,13 @@ it run faster:</p> from the compiler. It works well for many simple C testcases, but doesn't support exception handling, debug info, inline assembly, etc.</li> <li>Targets can now specify register allocation hints through - MachineRegisterInfo::setRegAllocationHint. A regalloc hint consists of hint - type and physical register number. A hint type of zero specifies a register - allocation preference. Other hint type values are target specific which are - resolved by TargetRegisterInfo::ResolveRegAllocHint. An example is the ARM - target which uses register hints to request that the register allocator - provide an even / odd register pair to two virtual registers.</li> + <tt>MachineRegisterInfo::setRegAllocationHint</tt>. A regalloc hint consists + of hint type and physical register number. A hint type of zero specifies a + register allocation preference. Other hint type values are target specific + which are resolved by <tt>TargetRegisterInfo::ResolveRegAllocHint</tt>. An + example is the ARM target which uses register hints to request that the + register allocator provide an even / odd register pair to two virtual + registers.</li> </ul> </div> @@ -804,12 +806,13 @@ branched.</p> make operations on character ranges and string concatenation to be more efficient. StringRef is just a <tt>const char*</tt> with a length, Twine is a light-weight rope.</li> -<li>LLVM has new WeakVH, AssertingVH and CallbackVH classes, which make it - easier to write LLVM IR transformations. WeakVH is automatically drops to - null when the referenced Value is deleted, and is updated across a - replaceAllUsesWith operation. AssertingVH aborts the program if the - referenced value is destroyed while it is being referenced. CallbackVH is - a customizable class for handling value references. See <a +<li>LLVM has new <tt>WeakVH</tt>, <tt>AssertingVH</tt> and <tt>CallbackVH</tt> + classes, which make it easier to write LLVM IR transformations. <tt>WeakVH</tt> + is automatically drops to null when the referenced <tt>Value</tt> is deleted, + and is updated across a <tt>replaceAllUsesWith</tt> operation. + <tt>AssertingVH</tt> aborts the program if the + referenced value is destroyed while it is being referenced. <tt>CallbackVH</tt> + is a customizable class for handling value references. See <a href="http://llvm.org/doxygen/ValueHandle_8h-source.html">ValueHandle.h</a> for more information.</li> <li>The new '<a href="http://llvm.org/doxygen/Triple_8h-source.html">Triple @@ -823,9 +826,9 @@ branched.</p> and <a href="http://llvm.org/doxygen/RWMutex_8h-source.html">reader/writer locks</a>.</li> <li>LLVM has new <a href="http://llvm.org/doxygen/SourceMgr_8h-source.html"> - SourceMgr and SMLoc classes</a> which implement caret diagnostics and basic - include stack processing for simple parsers. It is used by tablegen, - llvm-mc, the .ll parser and FileCheck.</li> + <tt>SourceMgr</tt> and <tt>SMLoc</tt> classes</a> which implement caret + diagnostics and basic include stack processing for simple parsers. It is + used by tablegen, llvm-mc, the .ll parser and FileCheck.</li> </ul> @@ -859,7 +862,7 @@ CPU2000).</li> <ul> <li>Dynamic plugins now work on Windows.</li> <li>New option property: init. Makes possible to provide default values for - options defined in plugins (interface to cl::init).</li> + options defined in plugins (interface to <tt>cl::init</tt>).</li> <li>New example: Skeleton, shows how to create a standalone LLVMC-based driver.</li> <li>New example: mcc16, a driver for the PIC16 toolchain.</li> |
