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authorBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2017-11-07 09:58:59 -0500
committerBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2017-11-07 12:41:19 -0500
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relnotes: Note enabling of -fllvm-pass-vectorse-in-regs
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@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ Compiler
``configure`` flag, which can be used to build a GHC using compilers on your
``PATH`` instead of using the bundled bindist. See :ghc-ticket:`13792`
+- GHC now enables :ghc-flag:`-fllvm-pass-vectors-in-regs` by default. This means
+ that GHC will now use native vector registers to pass vector arguments across
+ function calls.
+
- The optional ``instance`` keyword is now usable in type family instance
declarations. See :ghc-ticket:`13747`