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lld 9.0.0 Release Notes
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.. contents::
    :local:

.. warning::
   These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 9.0.0 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 9.0.0.
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
----------------

* ...

COFF Improvements
-----------------

* lld-link now correctly reports duplicate symbol errors for obj files
  that were compiled with /Gy.

* ...

MinGW Improvements
------------------

* lld now correctly links crtend.o as the last object file, handling
  terminators for the sections such as .eh_frame properly, fixing
  DWARF exception handling with libgcc and gcc's crtend.o.

MachO Improvements
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* Item 1.

WebAssembly Improvements
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* ...

=======================
lld 9.0.0 Release Notes
=======================

.. contents::
    :local:

.. warning::
   These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 9.0.0 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 9.0.0.
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
----------------

* ...

COFF Improvements
-----------------

* lld-link now correctly reports duplicate symbol errors for obj files
  that were compiled with /Gy.

* lld-link now correctly reports duplicate symbol errors when several res
  input files define resources with the same type, name, and language.

* Undefined symbols are now printed only in demangled form. Pass
  ``/demangle:no`` to see raw symbol names instead.

* The following flags have been added: ``/functionpadmin``, ``/swaprun:``,
  ``/threads:no``

* Several speed and memory usage improvements.

* ...

MinGW Improvements
------------------

* lld now correctly links crtend.o as the last object file, handling
  terminators for the sections such as .eh_frame properly, fixing
  DWARF exception handling with libgcc and gcc's crtend.o.

MachO Improvements
------------------

* Item 1.

WebAssembly Improvements
------------------------

* ...

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