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Qt Creator IDE to Receive Version 4.7.0

Popular cross-platform C++, JavaScript and QML integrated development environment received new version with interesting functions
19 July 2018   1557

Qt Development Frameworks updated Qt Creator to version 4.7.0. Now the plugin of the C ++ code model on the basis of Clang will be used by default.

According to the developers, Clang 6.0 provides full information about the problems in the code and works faster than the built-in model. The user can choose which Clang-Tidy and Clazy checks the platform should perform. If necessary, the plugin can be disabled.

In addition, new Run Test Under Cursor option allows to fast function testing. To do this, the cursor must be inside the function.

Developers have fixed several problems that programmers encountered running Qt Creator under Windows. Improved scanning MSVC compilers, which previously could block the work of the IDE.

Eliminated delays when connected to a common troubleshooting thread. In addition, it was possible to save data on network media, regardless of configuration.

Several convenient options added when working with the file system, for example, in the corresponding window you can show the folders on top. You can connect the auto-scaling function for HiDPI screens.

Programmers already using Qt Creator can get a new version by updating an already installed one. Source code and installer are available on the official website.

The creators of Qt are actively developing their development environment. In version 5.11, they plan to connect the support for Python modules.

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LLVM 10.0.0 to be Released

New version of the popular development toolkit brings, among other things, support for the C++ Concepts
26 March 2020   897

After six months of development, the release of the LLVM 10.0 project, a GCC-compatible toolkit (compilers, optimizers, and code generators), compiling programs into an intermediate bitcode of RISC-like virtual instructions (a low-level virtual machine with a multi-level optimization system), is presented. The generated pseudo-code can be converted using the JIT compiler into machine instructions directly at the time of program execution.

Among the new features of LLVM 10.0, there are support for C ++ Concepts (C ++ Concepts), termination of the launch of Clang in the form of a separate process, support for CFG checks (control flow guard) for Windows, and support for new CPU features.

The main innovations of LLVM 10.0:

  • New interprocedural optimizations and analyzers have been added to the Attributor framework. The prediction of the state of 19 different attributes, including 12 attributes of 12 LLVM IR and 7 abstract attributes such as liveness, is provided.
  • New built-in compiler matrix mathematical functions (Intrinsics) have been added, which, when compiled, are replaced by effective vector instructions.
  • Numerous improvements to the backends for the X86, AArch64, ARM, SystemZ, MIPS, AMDGPU, and PowerPC architectures. Added support for Cortex-A65, Cortex-A65AE, Neoverse E1 and Neoverse N1 CPUs. For ARMv8.1-M, ​​the code generation process has been optimized (for example, support for loops with minimal overhead has appeared) and support for auto-vectorization using the MVE extension has been added. Improved support for CPU MIPS Octeon. PowerPC includes vectorization of mathematical routines using the MASSV (Mathematical Acceleration SubSystem) library, improved code generation, and optimized memory access from loops. For x86, the processing of vector types v2i32, v4i16, v2i16, v8i8, v4i8 and v2i8 has been changed.
  • Improved code generator for WebAssembly. Added support for TLS (Thread-Local Storage) and atomic.fence instructions. Significantly expanded support for SIMD. WebAssembly object files added the ability to use function signatures with multiple values.
  • When processing cycles, the MemorySSA analyzer is used to determine the dependencies between different memory operations. MemorySSA can reduce compilation and execution time, or can be used instead of AliasSetTracker without sacrificing performance.
  • The LLDB debugger has significantly improved support for the DWARF v5 format. Improved build support with MinGW and added the initial ability to debug Windows executable files for ARM and ARM64 architectures. Added descriptions of options offered when autocompleting input by pressing tabs.
  • Enhanced LLD Linker Features. Improved support for the ELF format, including full compatibility of glob templates with the GNU linker, added support for the compressed debug sections ".zdebug", added the PT_GNU_PROPERTY property to determine the .note.gnu.property section (can be used in future Linux kernels), implemented modes "-z noseparate-code", "-z separate-code" and "-z separate-loadable-segments". Improved support for MinGW and WebAssembly.

Get more at the release notes.