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2 LLVM 6.0.0 Release Notes
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5 .. contents::
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9 These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 6 release.
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10 Release notes for previous releases can be found on
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11 `the Download Page <http://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
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14 Introduction
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15 ============
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17 This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure,
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