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2LLVM 8.0.0 Release Notes
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9   These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 8 release.
10   Release notes for previous releases can be found on
11   `the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
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14Introduction
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17This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure,
18release 8.0.0.  Here we describe the status of LLVM, including major improvements
19from the previous release, improvements in various subprojects of LLVM, and
20some of the current users of the code.  All LLVM releases may be downloaded
21from the `LLVM releases web site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
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23For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest
24release, please check out the `main LLVM web site <https://llvm.org/>`_.  If you
25have questions or comments, the `LLVM Developer's Mailing List
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27them.
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29Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the main
30LLVM web page, this document applies to the *next* release, not the current
31one.  To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the `releases
32page <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
33
34Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
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38   this list. If your description won't fit comfortably in one bullet
39   point (e.g. maybe you would like to give an example of the
40   functionality, or simply have a lot to talk about), see the `NOTE` below
41   for adding a new subsection.
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43* Note..
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45.. NOTE
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50   Special New Feature
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53   Makes programs 10x faster by doing Special New Thing.
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55Changes to the LLVM IR
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59Changes to the ARM Backend
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65Changes to the MIPS Target
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71Changes to the PowerPC Target
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76Changes to the X86 Target
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81Changes to the AMDGPU Target
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86Changes to the AVR Target
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91Changes to the OCaml bindings
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96Changes to the C API
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100Changes to the DAG infrastructure
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103External Open Source Projects Using LLVM 8
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106* A project...
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109Additional Information
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111
112A wide variety of additional information is available on the `LLVM web page
113<https://llvm.org/>`_, in particular in the `documentation
114<https://llvm.org/docs/>`_ section.  The web page also contains versions of the
115API documentation which is up-to-date with the Subversion version of the source
116code.  You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by
117going into the ``llvm/docs/`` directory in the LLVM tree.
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119If you have any questions or comments about LLVM, please feel free to contact
120us via the `mailing lists <https://llvm.org/docs/#mailing-lists>`_.
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