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Libc++ 14.0.0 (In-Progress) Release Notes
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Written by the `Libc++ Team <https://libcxx.llvm.org>`_

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   These are in-progress notes for the upcoming libc++ 14 release.
   Release notes for previous releases can be found on
   `the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.

Introduction
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This document contains the release notes for the libc++ C++ Standard Library,
part of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 14.0.0. Here we describe the
status of libc++ in some detail, including major improvements from the previous
release and new feature work. For the general LLVM release notes, see `the LLVM
documentation <https://llvm.org/docs/ReleaseNotes.html>`_. All LLVM releases may
be downloaded from the `LLVM releases web site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.

For more information about libc++, please see the `Libc++ Web Site
<https://libcxx.llvm.org>`_ or the `LLVM Web Site <https://llvm.org>`_.

Note that if you are reading this file from a Git checkout or the
main Libc++ web page, this document applies to the *next* release, not
the current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please
see the `releases page <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.

What's New in Libc++ 14.0.0?
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New Features
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- There's initial support for the C++20 header ``<format>``. The implementation
  is incomplete. Some functions are known to be inefficient; both in memory
  usage and performance. The implementation is considered experimental and isn't
  considered ABI stable.
- There's a new CMake option ``LIBCXX_ENABLE_UNICODE`` to disable Unicode
  support in the ``<format>`` header. This only affects the estimation of the
  output width of the format functions.

API Changes
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- Support for building libc++ on top of a C Standard Library that does not support ``wchar_t`` was
  added. This is useful for building libc++ in an embedded setting, and it adds itself to the various
  freestanding-friendly options provided by libc++.

Build System Changes
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- Building the libc++ shared or static library requires a C++ 20 capable compiler.
  Use ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS='clang;compiler-rt' -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES='libcxx;libcxxabi'``
  to build libc++ using a fresh build of Clang.

- The functions ``std::atomic<T*>::fetch_(add|sub)`` and
  ``std::atomic_fetch_(add|sub)`` no longer accept a function pointer. While
  this is technically an API break, the invalid syntax isn't supported by
  libstc++ and MSVC STL.  See https://godbolt.org/z/49fvzz98d.

- The call of the functions ``std::atomic_(add|sub)(std::atomic<T*>*, ...)``
  with the explicit template argument ``T`` are now ill-formed. While this is
  technically an API break, the invalid syntax isn't supported by libstc++ and
  MSVC STL. See https://godbolt.org/z/v9959re3v.

  Due to this change it's now possible to call these functions with the
  explicit template argument ``T*``. This allows using the same syntax on the
  major Standard library implementations.
  See https://godbolt.org/z/oEfzPhTTb.

  Calls to these functions where the template argument was deduced by the
  compiler are unaffected by this change.