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| author | Austin Seipp <aseipp@pobox.com> | 2013-08-28 17:28:55 -0500 |
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| committer | Austin Seipp <aseipp@pobox.com> | 2013-08-28 20:15:47 -0500 |
| commit | 30697bfb3c1fac3fd7f8a8bca8f88e36ce4d9ed0 (patch) | |
| tree | 2ab919a3b8011644e60cb68dd016ade692682d8f | |
| parent | b94d55514871b874ab4b2e3d497e4563d4300f6c (diff) | |
| download | haskell-30697bfb3c1fac3fd7f8a8bca8f88e36ce4d9ed0.tar.gz | |
Mention iOS cross compilation in release notes.
Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <aseipp@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml | 23 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml index c651435574..c562c4bdf9 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml @@ -93,10 +93,12 @@ <listitem> <para> - The LLVM backend now supports 128bit SIMD operations. This is - now exploited in both the <literal>vector</literal> and - <literal>dph</literal> packages, exposing a high level - interface. + The LLVM backend now supports 128bit SIMD + operations. This is now exploited in both the + <literal>vector</literal> and <literal>dph</literal> + packages, exposing a high level interface. The LLVM + backend also saw a rather large rewrite, making it + much more maintainable. TODO FIXME: reference. </para> @@ -121,6 +123,17 @@ <listitem> <para> + GHC now has substantially better support for cross + compilation. In particular, GHC now has all the + necessary patches to support cross compilation to + Apple iOS, using the LLVM backend. + + TODO FIXME: reference. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> PrimOps for comparing unboxed values now return <literal>Int#</literal> instead of <literal>Bool</literal>. New PrimOps' names end with <literal>$#</literal> for operators and @@ -146,6 +159,8 @@ <literal>AutoDeriveTypeable</literal> </para> </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> </sect2> |