1 ====== Libfirm 1.13.0 (XXXX-XX-XX) ======
3 * VanDrunen's GVN-PRE implemented
4 * operator strength reduce fixed and improved
5 * fixed 64bit code generation for some rary compare cases
6 * better tailrecursion optimization: handles x * func() and x + func()
7 * improved inliner: better heuristic for inlining, can now inline recursive calls
8 * lowering of CopyB nodes
9 * better memory disambiguator
10 * float->64bit conversion fixed for x87
11 * removed old verbosity level based debugging: all modules ese the new debug facility
12 * Improved Confirm based optimization and conditional evaluation (using Confirm nodes)
13 * BugFixes: tail recursion, load/store optimization, lowering of structure return, conditional
15 * reduced numer of indirections for backend operation
16 * ia32 Backend: supports more CPU architectures
17 * ARM Backend: fixed frame access
19 ====== Libfirm 1.12.1 (2008-02-18) ======
21 * bugfixes for new style initializers with bitfield types
22 * make lowerer look at constant initializers too
24 ====== Libfirm 1.12.0 (2008-02-14) ======
26 * dependency on libcore and libobstack dropped
27 * there's an alternative easier to use way to construct compound initializers
29 * improved support for exceptions
31 * optimisation of known libc functions
33 ====== Libfirm 1.11.0 (2008-11-05) ======
36 * Compilation speed improved
37 * Completely improved and rewritten handling of x86 address mode
38 * Optimized Mul -> Lea,Shift,Add transformation
39 * 64bit operations fixed and improved
40 * More local optimisations
41 * New backend peephole optimisations
42 * Explicit status flag modeling (only for x86 for now)
43 * Improvements of Load/Store optimisation and alias analysis
45 -> All C benchmarks from Spec CINT2000 work now (with our edg frontend)