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@vgvassilev vgvassilev released this 12 Jan 15:38
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Introduction

This document contains the release notes for the interactive C++ interpreter Cling, release 0.8. 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 0.8?

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-5.

Major New Features

Misc

  • Improve in the C++ modules support
  • Fix issues in the definition shadowing
  • Improve the integration with clad

Fixed Bugs

ROOT-10886 ROOT-7199

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 (7)
Pratyush Das (4)
Javier Lopez-Gomez (4)
Axel Naumann (4)
Philippe Canal (2)
Vaibhav Garg (1)
Sylvain Corlay (1)
Henry Schreiner (1)