From: Duncan Sands Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:06:37 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Mention the different constant folders that IRBuilder X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9ba237990633f092385adc815d1f6cc4680eb9f7;p=oota-llvm.git Mention the different constant folders that IRBuilder can use. git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@57483 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8 --- diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html index 6479a270f53..f42df3bc812 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ tuples, dope vectors, etc as Value*'s instead of as a tuple of Value*'s or as memory values.

  • LLVM 2.4 also includes an initial port for the PIC16 microprocessor. This -is the LLVM targer that only has support for 8 bit registers, and a number of +is the LLVM target that only has support for 8 bit registers, and a number of other crazy constraints. While the port is still in early development stages, it shows some interesting things you can do with LLVM.

    • @@ -273,7 +273,13 @@ for any of these IR features though. easier for front-ends to create debug info descriptors, similar to the way that IRBuilder makes it easier to create LLVM IR. -
  • LLVM now supports "function attributes", which allows us to seperate return +
  • The IRBuilder class is now parametrized by a class responsible +for constant folding. The default ConstantFolder class does target independent +constant folding. The NoFolder class does no constant folding at all, which is +useful when learning how LLVM works. The TargetFolder class folds the most, +doing target dependent constant folding.
    • + +
  • LLVM now supports "function attributes", which allows us to separate return value attributes from function attributes. LLVM now supports attributes on a function itself, a return value, and its parameters. New supported function attributes include noinline/alwaysinline and the "opt-size" flag which says the