HP aC++/HP C A.06.25 Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- HP aC++/HP ANSI C Release Notes
- Table of Contents
- 1 HP aC++/HP ANSI C Release Notes
- 2 What’s New in This Version
- New Features in Version A.06.25
- C99 default C compilation mode (Changed)
- Full -AA default C++ compilation mode (Changed)
- -Ax option enables support for several C++0x extensions (New)
- C99 features added to C++0x (New)
- extern template
- Decimal Floating Point supported in C++ mode (New)
- #pragma STDC FLOAT_CONST_DECIMAL64 (New)
- #pragma omp task (New)
- #pragma omp taskwait (New)
- Performance enhancements for +O1 (Changed)
- Non-template static data members initialized outside the class no longer treated as constants in strict mode (Changed)
- Enhancements to allow code to run well on current platforms and future multi-core processors (New)
- New diagnostic messages (New)
- Improved diagnostic messages (Changed)
- Enhanced +wendian warnings (New/Changed)
- New runtime abort messages (New)
- New Features in Version A.06.20
- Decimal floating-point arithmetic (HP-UX 11.31 only) (New)
- +annotate=structs (New)
- +check=lock (New)
- +check=thread (New)
- +O[no]autopar now supported in C++ Mode (New)
- +O[no]dynopt (HP-UX 11.31 only) (New)
- +inline_level num (Enhanced)
- -dumpversion (New)
- #include_next (New)
- #pragma diag_push (New)
- #pragma diag_pop (New)
- +Oinlinebudget is deprecated (Change)
- In next release, default C compilation mode will change from C89 to C99
- In next release, default C++ compilation mode will change to full -AA
- New Features in Version A.06.15
- printf, fprintf Optimization (New)
- +Wmacro Option (New)
- +Wcontext_limit Option (New)
- +wperfadvice Option (New)
- +Wv Option (New)
- +wlock Option (New)
- +O[no]autopar Option (New)
- +O[no]loop_block Option (New)
- +O[no]loop_unroll_jam (Default Change)
- +Olit=all (Default Change for HP C)
- +macro_debug= (New)
- +pathtrace (New)
- +check Suboptions (New)
- -Bhidden_def (New)
- -dM (New)
- #pragma OPT_LEVEL INITIAL (New)
- #pragma OPTIMIZE (Deprecated)
- #pragma [NO]INLINE (New for C++ Mode)
- _Asm_ld, _Asm_ldf, _Asm_st, _Asm_stf Intrinsics (New)
- Debugging Code Compiled with Opt Levels above +O1 Is Supported
- __attribute__ ((visibility("default"|"protected"|"hidden"))) Added (New)
- __attribute__ ((warn_unused_result)) Added (New)
- Change in treatment of cv-qualified assignment operators
- New Features in Version A.06.12
- New Features in Version A.06.10
- HP Code Advisor
- +cond_rodata Option (Obsoleted)
- +[no]dep_name Option (New)
- +expand_types_in_diag Option (New)
- +FPmode Option (Enhanced)
- +Ointeger_overflow (Default Changed)
- +Onolibcalls= Option (New)
- +wendian Option (New)
- +wlint Option (Enhanced)
- +wsecurity= Option (Enhanced)
- System-wide Option Configuration
- [NO]PTRS_TO_GLOBALS Pragma
- -AA -D_HP_NONSTD_FAST_IOSTREAM Performance Improvement Macro
- New Function Attributes
- Improved Diagnostics
- C++ Standard Library Change
- Earlier Versions
- New Features in Version A.06.25
- 3 Installation Information
- 4 Compatibility Information
- 5 Known Problems and Workarounds
- Obsolete LANG-STARTUP Files
- codecvt_byname Facet Needed for C Locale Conversions
- Using +check= Options and Running on Test and Deployment Systems
- GPREL22 Relocation Error
- Object Files Generated at +O4 or -ipo
- Incompatibilities Between the Standard C++ Library Ver. 1.2.1 and the Draft Standard
- Conflict Between macros.h and numeric_limits Class (min and max)
- Known Limitations
- 6 Related Documentation

+wlint Option (Enhanced)
New diagnostic features have been added for this option. New checks have been added
for memory leaks, out-of-scope memory access, null pointer dereference, and
out-of-bounds access.
+wsecurity= Option (Enhanced)
The +wsecurity option now optionally takes a argument to control how verbosely
the security messages are emitted:
+wsecurity=[1|2|3|4]
The default level is 2.
System-wide Option Configuration
There is a new ability to configure compiler options on a system-wide basis. The
compiler now reads the configuration file:
/var/aCC/share/aCC.conf (aC++), or
/var/ansic/share/cc.conf(ANSI C), if present.
The options in the configuration file can be specified in the same manner as that for
CCOPTS and CXXOPTS, namely:
[options-list-1][| [options-list-2]]
where options in options-list-1 are applied before the options in the command
line, and options in options-list-2 are applied after the options in the command
line.
The final option ordering would be:
<file-options-1><envvar-options-1><command-line-options>
<envvar-options-2><file-options-2>
The config file options before the "|" character set the defaults for compilations, and
the options after the character override the user’s command line settings.
NOTE: No configuration files are shipped along with aC++, but can be installed by
the system administrator, if required.
[NO]PTRS_TO_GLOBALS Pragma
#pragma [NO]PTRS_TO_GLOBALS <name>
This pragma aids alias analysis. It must be specified at global scope and immediately
precede the declaration of the variable or entry named. The pragma tells the optimizer
whether the global variable or entry "name" is accessed [is not accessed] through
pointers.
New Features in Version A.06.10 39