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[18.x][Docs] Add release note about Clang-defined target OS macros #80044

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25 changes: 25 additions & 0 deletions clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
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"qualType": "foo"
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Clang Frontend Potentially Breaking Changes
-------------------------------------------
- Target OS macros extension
A new Clang extension (see :ref:`here <target_os_detail>`) is enabled for
Darwin (Apple platform) targets. Clang now defines ``TARGET_OS_*`` macros for
these targets, which could break existing code bases with improper checks for
the ``TARGET_OS_`` macros. For example, existing checks might fail to include
the ``TargetConditionals.h`` header from Apple SDKs and therefore leaving the
macros undefined and guarded code unexercised.

Affected code should be checked to see if it's still intended for the specific
target and fixed accordingly.

The extension can be turned off by the option ``-fno-define-target-os-macros``
as a workaround.

What's New in Clang |release|?
==============================
Some of the major new features and improvements to Clang are listed
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(like other functions) with respect to visibility attributes, pragmas and
options (e.g ``--fvisibility=``).

.. _target_os_detail:

* ``-fdefine-target-os-macros`` and its complement
``-fno-define-target-os-macros``. Enables or disables the Clang extension to
provide built-in definitions of a list of ``TARGET_OS_*`` macros based on the
target triple.

The extension is enabled by default for Darwin (Apple platform) targets.

Deprecated Compiler Flags
-------------------------

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