This is a bug fix release only. Please refer to the 0.17.0 changelog for the complete set of changes in this version.
Big news
- ARM platform is now a first class target for LDC. It passes most test cases (except 2 failures) and can successfully compile the D version of the compiler.
Platform support
- ARM platform is now fully supported. (#1283, #489)
- Preliminary support for AArch64.
- Preliminary support for LLVM 3.9.
Bug fixes
- Inline assembly regression with local variable references. (#1292)
- Compile error on Linux/PPC and Linux/PPC64 due to missing import in Phobos.
Building LDC
- Linking against LLVM shared library is now supported.