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authorReid Spencer <rspencer@reidspencer.com>2004-12-07 08:39:08 +0000
committerReid Spencer <rspencer@reidspencer.com>2004-12-07 08:39:08 +0000
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* Eliminate redundancies
* Fix grammaro's * HTML 4.01 Strict compliance git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@18604 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
index d75a6f3..16066c2 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/releases/">releases page</a>.</p>
<p>This is the fifth public release of the LLVM compiler infrastructure.</p>
-<p> At this time, LLVM is known to correctly compile and a broad range of
+<p> At this time, LLVM is known to correctly compile on a broad range of
C and C++ programs, including the SPEC CPU95 &amp; 2000 suite. This release
includes several major enhancements to the LLVM system, including a new
PowerPC JIT, enhancements to the C/C++ front-end to provide source line number
@@ -97,8 +97,9 @@ builds tools into llvm/Debug/bin by default instead of llvm/tools/Debug.</p>
<ol>
<li>LLVM now includes a Just-In-Time compiler for the PowerPC target.</li>
<li>llvmgcc and llvmg++ now emit source line number information when '-g' is
- passed in. This information can be used with llvm-db or other tools and
- passes.</li>
+ passed in, making it possible to map from LLVM code back to source.
+ This information is currently used by llvm-db and can be used with other
+ tools and passes.</li>
<li>The test/Programs hierarchy <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR257">has
been moved out of the main LLVM tree</a> into a separate CVS repository and
tarball. This shrinks the distribution size of LLVM itself significantly.
@@ -128,8 +129,8 @@ builds tools into llvm/Debug/bin by default instead of llvm/tools/Debug.</p>
<li>The <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR263">dependent libraries</a>
feature has been implemented. This allows front end compilers to indicate in
the bytecode which libraries the bytecode needs to be linked with. Both the
- C/C++ front end and Stacker support generating the required libraries. The
- linker now supports using this information to ensure required libaries are
+ C/C++ and Stacker front ends support generating the required dependencies.
+ The linker now supports using this information to ensure required libaries are
linked into the module. This minimizes the need to use the <tt>-l</tt> option
when using <a href="CommandGuide/html/llvmc.html"><tt>llvmc</tt></a>
</li>
@@ -154,10 +155,7 @@ builds tools into llvm/Debug/bin by default instead of llvm/tools/Debug.</p>
<li>The LLVM code generator now automatically generates assembly code writers
from an abstract target descriptions, eliminating the need to write
assembly printers manually.</li>
- <li>LLVM regression and feature tests can now be run with DejaGNU.</li>
- <li>llvmgcc and llvmg++ now emit source-level line number information, making
- it possible to map from LLVM code back to source. This is currently used
- by llvm-db.</li>
+ <li>LLVM regression and feature tests now use DejaGNU instead of QMTest.</li>
</ol>
</div>
@@ -195,11 +193,11 @@ issues were fixed:</a>
<ol>
<li>The linker no longer <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR426">emits many
- useless warnings</a> when linking C++ programs.</a>
+ useless warnings</a> when linking C++ programs.
</li>
<li>The LLVM <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR352">#include namespace</a>
has been made consistent. Files in <tt>llvm/include/{Support,Config}</tt>
- are now located in <tt>llvm/include/llvm/{Support,Config}</tt>.</a>
+ are now located in <tt>llvm/include/llvm/{Support,Config}</tt>.
</li>
<li>The names of the libraries generated by compiling LLVM source have been
changed to ensure they do not conflict with other packages upon installation.
@@ -565,7 +563,7 @@ lists, please let us know (also including whether or not they work).</p>
<div class="doc_text">
-<p>For this release, the C++ front-end is considered to be fully. It has been
+<p>For this release, the C++ front-end is considered to be fully
tested and works for a number of non-trivial programs, including LLVM
itself.</p>