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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/hipe/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml | 46 |
2 files changed, 57 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml b/lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml index 63bc6ea2d7..5ac445ac58 100644 --- a/lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml +++ b/lib/hipe/doc/src/hipe_app.xml @@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ and the runtime system that have limited or no support for HiPE compiled modules. </p> <taglist> + <tag>Binary matching</tag> + <item><p>The HiPE compiler will crash on modules containing binary + matching.</p> + </item> + <tag>try/catch</tag> + <item><p>The HiPE compiler will crash on modules containing 'try' or + 'catch'.</p> + </item> + <tag>Stack traces</tag> <item><p>Stack traces returned from <seealso marker="erts:erlang#get_stacktrace/0"> <c>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</c></seealso> or as part of <c>'EXIT'</c> terms @@ -78,12 +87,12 @@ </item> <tag>NIFs</tag> - <item><p>Modules compiled with HiPE can not call <seealso marker="erts:erlang#load_nif-2"> + <item><p>Modules compiled with HiPE cannot call <seealso marker="erts:erlang#load_nif-2"> <c>erlang:load_nif/2</c></seealso> to load NIFs.</p> </item> <tag>-on_load</tag> - <item><p>Modules compiled with HiPE can not use + <item><p>Modules compiled with HiPE cannot use <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:code_loading#on_load"><c>-on_load()</c></seealso> directives.</p> </item> diff --git a/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml index 9a803cb9df..a2e0766bb7 100644 --- a/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,52 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to HiPE.</p> +<section><title>Hipe 3.19</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add function <c>hipe:erllvm_is_supported</c> to check for + the presences of a suitable version of the LLVM tool + chain as well as supported hardware architecture. The old + <c>hipe:llvm_support_available</c> has been removed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15385 Aux Id: PR-1986 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix hipe LLVM for FreeBSD and other non-linux unix to use + /tmp/ instead of /dev/shm/.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15386 Aux Id: PR-1963 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>In OTP 22, HiPE (the native code compiler) is not + fully functional. The reasons for this are:</p> + <p>There are new BEAM instructions for binary matching + that the HiPE native code compiler does not support.</p> + <p>The new optimizations in the Erlang compiler create + new combination of instructions that HiPE currently does + not handle correctly.</p> + <p>If erlc is invoked with the <c>+native</c> option, and + if any of the new binary matching instructions are used, + the compiler will issue a warning and produce a BEAM file + without native code.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-15596</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Hipe 3.18.3</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |