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| lld 10.0.0 Release Notes |
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| These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 10.0.0 release. |
| Release notes for previous releases can be found on |
| `the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_. |
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| Introduction |
| ============ |
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| This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release 10.0.0. |
| Here we describe the status of lld, including major improvements |
| from the previous release. All lld releases may be downloaded |
| from the `LLVM releases web site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_. |
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| Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release |
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| ELF Improvements |
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| * Glob pattern, which you can use in linker scripts or version scripts, |
| now supports `\` and `[!...]`. Except character classes |
| (e.g. `[[:digit:]]`), lld's glob pattern should be fully compatible |
| with GNU now. (`r375051 |
| <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/48993d5ab9413f0e5b94dfa292a233ce55b09e3e>`_) |
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| COFF Improvements |
| ----------------- |
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| * ... |
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| MinGW Improvements |
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| * ... |
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| MachO Improvements |
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| * Item 1. |
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| WebAssembly Improvements |
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| * `__data_end` and `__heap_base` are no longer exported by default, |
| as it's best to keep them internal when possible. They can be |
| explicitly exported with `--export=__data_end` and |
| `--export=__heap_base`, respectively. |
