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diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index d38b95e81c1..e1301d611d2 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -1148,9 +1148,14 @@ be used to verify some algorithms. LLVM API changes are:</p> <ul> - <li>The biggest and most pervasive change is that llvm::Types are no longer - returned or accepted as 'const' values. Instead, just pass around - non-const Types.</li> + <li>The biggest and most pervasive change is that the type system has been + rewritten: <code>PATypeHolder</code> and <code>OpaqueType</code> are gone, + and all APIs deal with <code>Type*</code> instead of <code>const + Type*</code>. If you need to create recursive structures, then create a + named structure, and use <code>setBody()</code> when all its elements are + built. Type merging and refining is gone too: named structures are not + merged with other structures, even if their layout is identical. (of + course anonymous structures are still uniqued by layout).</li> <li><code>PHINode::reserveOperandSpace</code> has been removed. Instead, you must specify how many operands to reserve space for when you create the @@ -1225,15 +1230,6 @@ be used to verify some algorithms. use <code>DIBuilder::finalize()</code> at the end of translation unit to complete debugging information encoding.</li> - <li>The way the type system works has been - rewritten: <code>PATypeHolder</code> and <code>OpaqueType</code> are gone, - and all APIs deal with <code>Type*</code> instead of <code>const - Type*</code>. If you need to create recursive structures, then create a - named structure, and use <code>setBody()</code> when all its elements are - built. Type merging and refining is gone too: named structures are not - merged with other structures, even if their layout is identical. (of - course anonymous structures are still uniqued by layout).</li> - <li>TargetSelect.h moved to Support/ from Target/</li> <li>UpgradeIntrinsicCall no longer upgrades pre-2.9 intrinsic calls (for |
