Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80

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1 Release Notes For SoftBench

6.80

Announcements

SoftBench 6.X is the latest version of HP’s premier Integrated Development Environment for

C and C++ software developers. This version of SoftBench provides the same tight integration

(editing, building, debugging) that has always been available from SoftBench. SoftBench 6.X

also offers several innovative features:

• The SoftBench project model helps you group important information together and reduce

the overall complexity of your software projects.

• SoftBench 6.30 and later does not require or provide network licensing.

• The SoftBench code analysis tool (CodeAdvisor), the SoftBench Software Developer’s Kit

(SDK), and the SoftBench Conﬁguration Management tool (SoftBench CM) are now

bundled with SoftBench:

C SoftBench includes SoftBench CM.

C++ SoftBench includes SoftBench CM, CodeAdvisor, and the SoftBench SDK.

• Blinklink has been removed from SoftBench. It is no longer bundled with the SoftBench

compilers.

• The HP-PAK (Puma) performance analyzer has been removed from SoftBench.

• The WDB-GUI debugger is now bundled with SoftBench.

• Support for HP-UX 11i is included in SoftBench 6.60.01 and later.

• ClearCase is integrated into SoftBench 6.70 and later releases. See “Compatibility

Information and Installation Requirements” on page 11 for details.

• The Static Analyzer parser has been upgraded to match Version C.03.30 of the aC++

compiler.

• The Static Analyzer has been enhanced to display Public, Private, and Protected members

of all classes in a ﬁleset.