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Libc++ 15.0.0 (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++ 15 release.
Release notes for previous releases can be found on
`the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
Introduction
============
This document contains the release notes for the libc++ C++ Standard Library,
part of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure, release 15.0.0. 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++ 15.0.0?
============================
New Features
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- Implemented P0627R6 (Function to mark unreachable code)
- Implemented P1165R1 (Make stateful allocator propagation more consistent for ``operator+(basic_string)``)
- `pop_heap` now uses an algorithm known as "bottom-up heapsort" or
"heapsort with bounce" to reduce the number of comparisons, and rearranges
elements using move-assignment instead of `swap`.
API Changes
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- The ``_LIBCPP_ABI_UNSTABLE`` macro has been removed in favour of setting
``_LIBCPP_ABI_VERSION=2``. This should not have any impact on users because
they were not supposed to set ``_LIBCPP_ABI_UNSTABLE`` manually, however we
still feel that it is worth mentioning in the release notes in case some users
had been doing it.
- The header ``<experimental/filesystem>`` has been removed. Instead, use
``<filesystem>`` header. The associated macro
``_LIBCPP_DEPRECATED_EXPERIMENTAL_FILESYSTEM`` has also been removed.
- Some libc++ headers no longer transitively include all of ``<algorithm>``and ``<chrono>``.
If, after updating libc++, you see compiler errors related to missing declarations in
namespace ``std``, it might be because one of your source files now needs to
``#include <algorithm>`` and/or ``#include <chrono>``.
- The integer distributions ``binomial_distribution``, ``discrete_distribution``,
``geometric_distribution``, ``negative_binomial_distribution``, ``poisson_distribution``,
and ``uniform_int_distribution`` now conform to the Standard by rejecting
template parameter types other than ``short``, ``int``, ``long``, ``long long``,
(as an extension) ``__int128_t``, and the unsigned versions thereof.
In particular, ``uniform_int_distribution<int8_t>`` is no longer supported.
- The C++14 function ``std::quoted(const char*)`` is no longer supported in
C++03 or C++11 modes.
ABI Changes
-----------
- The ``_LIBCPP_ABI_USE_CXX03_NULLPTR_EMULATION`` macro controlling whether we use an
emulation for ``std::nullptr_t`` in C++03 mode has been removed. After this change,
``_LIBCPP_ABI_USE_CXX03_NULLPTR_EMULATION`` will not be honoured anymore and there
will be no way to opt back into the C++03 emulation of ``std::nullptr_t``.
Build System Changes
--------------------
- Support for standalone builds have been entirely removed from libc++, libc++abi and
libunwind. Please use :ref:`these instructions <build instructions>` for building
libc++, libc++abi and/or libunwind.
- The ``{LIBCXX,LIBCXXABI,LIBUNWIND}_TARGET_TRIPLE``, ``{LIBCXX,LIBCXXABI,LIBUNWIND}_SYSROOT`` and
``{LIBCXX,LIBCXXABI,LIBUNWIND}_GCC_TOOLCHAIN`` CMake variables have been removed. Instead, please
use the ``CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET``, ``CMAKE_SYSROOT`` and ``CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN``
variables provided by CMake.
- When building for Windows, vendors who want to avoid dll-exporting symbols from the static libc++abi
library should set ``LIBCXXABI_HERMETIC_STATIC_LIBRARY=ON`` when configuring CMake. The current
behavior, which tries to guess the correct dll-export semantics based on whether we're building
the libc++ shared library, will be removed in LLVM 16.