Fill 17.x/ReleaseNotes with my works #789
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| * ``Intrinsics.td`` is able to emit definitions of | ||
| ``TypeSig``. ``IntrinsicEmitter`` doesn't depend on |
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Suggestion:
IntrinsicEmitterno longer depends onMachineValueTypes.h
The sentence you wrote is correct. But the suggestion is more idiomatic.
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Looking at this again, I think this should be split into 3 bullet points:
Intrinsics.tdnow emitsTypeSigdefinitionsIntrinsicEmitterno longer depends onTypeSigIntrinsicEmitterno longer depends onMachineValueTypes.h
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| ``TypeSig``. ``IntrinsicEmitter`` doesn't depend on | ||
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| * ``llvm/CodeGen/MachineValueType.h`` is moved from ``llvm/Support``. |
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is moved from
Do you mean removed from? Were the types in llvm/CodeGen/MachineValueType.h moved to ValueTypes.td?
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Oh, I see now. I think this would be clearer:
MachineValueType.his moved fromllvm/Supporttollvm/CodeGen.
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| * ``llvm-min-tblgen`` is internally introduced to build LLVM public | ||
| headers. Note that ``llvm-tblgen`` depends on `GenVT.inc` that is | ||
| generated by ``llvm-min-tblgen``. Specify the external |
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How about
Builds using
LLVM_TABLEGENto specify a pre-built tablegen executable should usellvm-tblgen.
I think you can drop the part about llvm-tblgen being a superset of llvm-min-tblgen. It is implied above.
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"introduced internally" seems more natural than "internally introduced"
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| * Named arguments are supported. Arguments can be specified in the form of | ||
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| * Each tablegen backend can declare itself as self-contained with | ||
| ``llvm::TableGen::Emitter`` as the registry. You don't need to |
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Prefer "users" to "you" in documentation.
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| * Named arguments are supported. Arguments can be specified in the form of | ||
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| * Each tablegen backend can declare itself as self-contained with | ||
| ``llvm::TableGen::Emitter`` as the registry. You don't need to | ||
| append entries and options to ``TableGen.cpp``. For now, It is |
Feel free to correct, rephrase, and revise this. Thank you,.