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diff --git a/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml index e0b1622d19..c7faf733c7 100644 --- a/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/hipe/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -30,6 +30,124 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to HiPE.</p> +<section><title>Hipe 3.10.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fix compilation with 'no_remove_comments' (Thanks to + Johannes Weißl)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11564</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Application upgrade (appup) files are corrected for the + following applications: </p> + <p> + <c>asn1, common_test, compiler, crypto, debugger, + dialyzer, edoc, eldap, erl_docgen, et, eunit, gs, hipe, + inets, observer, odbc, os_mon, otp_mibs, parsetools, + percept, public_key, reltool, runtime_tools, ssh, + syntax_tools, test_server, tools, typer, webtool, wx, + xmerl</c></p> + <p> + A new test utility for testing appup files is added to + test_server. This is now used by most applications in + OTP.</p> + <p> + (Thanks to Tobias Schlager)</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11744</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + There is now a test suite for the Hipe application</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11748</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Support for a LLVM backend has been added in HiPE</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11801</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> The pre-defined types <c>array/0</c>, <c>dict/0</c>, + <c>digraph/0</c>, <c>gb_set/0</c>, <c>gb_tree/0</c>, + <c>queue/0</c>, <c>set/0</c>, and <c>tid/0</c> have been + deprecated. They will be removed in Erlang/OTP 18.0. </p> + <p> Instead the types <c>array:array/0</c>, + <c>dict:dict/0</c>, <c>digraph:graph/0</c>, + <c>gb_set:set/0</c>, <c>gb_tree:tree/0</c>, + <c>queue:queue/0</c>, <c>sets:set/0</c>, and + <c>ets:tid/0</c> can be used. (Note: it has always been + necessary to use <c>ets:tid/0</c>.) </p> <p> It is + allowed in Erlang/OTP 17.0 to locally re-define the types + <c>array/0</c>, <c>dict/0</c>, and so on. </p> <p> New + types <c>array:array/1</c>, <c>dict:dict/2</c>, + <c>gb_sets:set/1</c>, <c>gb_trees:tree/2</c>, + <c>queue:queue/1</c>, and <c>sets:set/1</c> have been + added. </p> <p> A compiler option, + <c>nowarn_deprecated_type</c>, has been introduced. By + including the attribute </p> <c> + -compile(nowarn_deprecated_type).</c> <p> in an Erlang + source file, warnings about deprecated types can be + avoided in Erlang/OTP 17.0. </p> <p> The option can also + be given as a compiler flag: </p> <c> erlc + +nowarn_deprecated_type file.erl</c> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-10342</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + EEP43: New data type - Maps</p> + <p> + With Maps you may for instance: <taglist> <item><c>M0 = + #{ a => 1, b => 2}, % create + associations</c></item> <item><c>M1 = M0#{ a := 10 }, % + update values</c></item> <item><c>M2 = M1#{ "hi" => + "hello"}, % add new associations</c></item> <item><c>#{ + "hi" := V1, a := V2, b := V3} = M2. % match keys with + values</c></item> </taglist></p> + <p> + For information on how to use Maps please see the + <seealso marker="doc/reference_manual:maps">Reference + Manual</seealso>.</p> + <p> + The current implementation is without the following + features: <taglist> <item>No variable keys</item> + <item>No single value access</item> <item>No map + comprehensions</item> </taglist></p> + <p> + Note that Maps is <em>experimental</em> during OTP 17.0.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11616</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> Parameterized opaque types have been introduced. </p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11625</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add support for the compilation of the is_map/1 and + map_size/1 guards to native code.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-11831</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Hipe 3.10.2.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |