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Introduction

This document contains the release notes for the interactive C++ interpreter Cling, release 0.9. Cling is built on top of Clang and LLVM compiler infrastructure. Here we describe the status of Cling in some detail, including major improvements from the previous release and new feature work.

Note that if you are reading this file from a git checkout or the main Cling web page, this document applies to the next release, not the current one.

What's New in Cling 0.9?

Some of the major new features and improvements to Cling are listed here. Generic improvements to Cling as a whole or to its underlying infrastructure are described first.

External Dependencies

  • Upgrade to LLVM 9. LLVM 9 brings to cling better stability, full C++17 support and CUDA 10 support.

Misc

  • Improve CUDA device compiler such as enabling sm level configuration and and add --cuda-path option.
  • Improve the DefinitionShadower with respect to C++ Modules
  • Embed Vc modulemap file
  • Build the available cling plugins by default.
  • Reduce dependence on custom clang patches.

Fixed Bugs

ROOT-10962
ROOT-7775
ROOT-10703
ROOT-10962
ROOT-GH-7021
ROOT-GH-7090
ROOT-GH-7657
CLING-GH-399

Special Kudos

This release wouldn't have happened without the efforts of our contributors,
listed in the form of Firstname Lastname (#contributions):

FirstName LastName (#commits)

Vassil Vassilev (80)
Axel Naumann (29)
Simeon Ehrig (9)
Pratyush Das (7)
Jonas Hahnfeld (7)
Javier Lopez-Gomez (1)
Enrico Guiraud (1)
David (1)
Bertrand Bellenot (1)

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