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lld |release| Release Notes
===========================
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These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM |release| 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 lld linker, release |release|.
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/>`_.
Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
=================================================
ELF Improvements
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Breaking changes
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* The GNU ld incompatible ``--no-define-common`` has been removed.
* The obscure ``-dc``/``-dp`` options have been removed.
* ``-d`` is now ignored.
COFF Improvements
-----------------
* Added autodetection of MSVC toolchain, a la clang-cl. Also added /winsysroot
support for explicit specification of MSVC toolchain location.
(`D118070 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D118070>`_)
* ...
MinGW Improvements
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* ...
MachO Improvements
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* Item 1.
WebAssembly Improvements
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