HP aC++/HP C A.06.25 Release Notes
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- 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

-AA -D_HP_NONSTD_FAST_IOSTREAM Performance Improvement Macro
A new performance improvement preprocessor macro, _HP_NONSTD_FAST_IOSTREAM
can be used to improve -AA iostream performance.
This macro enables the following non-standard features:
• Sets std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false), which disables the default
synchronization with stdio.
• Sets std::cin.tie(0), which unties the cin from other streams.
• Replaces all occurrences of "std::endl" with "\n".
Enabling this macro might result in noticeable performance improvement if the
application uses iostreams often.
NOTE: Do not enable the macro in any of the following cases:
• If the application assumes a C++ stream to be in sync with a C stream.
• If the application depends on stream flushing behavior with endl.
• If the user uses "std::cout.unsetf(ios::unitbuf)" to unit buffer the output
stream.
New Function Attributes
__attribute__ is a language feature that allows you to add attributes to functions.
The capabilities are similar to those of #pragma. It is more integrated into the language
syntax than pragmas and its placement in the source code depends on the construct to
which the attribute is being applied.
The new function attributes in this release are "malloc", "non-exposing", "noreturn",
and "format". Refer to the Pragmas and Attributes online help topic for additional
information.
Improved Diagnostics
Diagnostic messages now include more context to aid in tracing their root causes,
including an improved template instantiation traceback.
C++ Standard Library Change
Technical Corrigenda 1 has changed the STL function make_pair to take their
arguments by value instead of const reference. This change brings the HP library into
compliance if the enabling macro -D__HP_TC1_MAKE_PAIR is specified at compile
time. For binary compatibility reasons, the default behavior is unchanged.
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