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* The minimum required Visual Studio version for building LLVM is now 2013
Update 4.
-* A new documentation page, :doc:`Frontend/PerformanceTips`, contains a
- collection of tips for frontend authors on how to generate IR which LLVM is
+* A new documentation page, :doc:`Frontend/PerformanceTips`, contains a
+ collection of tips for frontend authors on how to generate IR which LLVM is
able to effectively optimize.
+* The DataLayout is no longer optional. All the IR level optimizations expects
+ it to be present and the API has been changed to use a reference instead of
+ a pointer to make it explicit. The Module owns the datalayout and it has to
+ match the one attached to the TargetMachine for generating code.
* ... next change ...
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