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@@ -3,6 +3,35 @@ *** Changes since GDB 7.1 +* C++ Improvements: + + ** Argument Dependent Lookup (ADL) + + In C++ ADL lookup directs function search to the namespaces of its + arguments even if the namespace has not been imported. + For example: + namespace A + { + class B { }; + void foo (B) { } + } + ... + A::B b + foo(b) + Here the compiler will search for `foo' in the namespace of 'b' + and find A::foo. GDB now supports this. This construct is commonly + used in the Standard Template Library for operators. + + ** Improved User Defined Operator Support + + In addition to member operators, GDB now supports lookup of operators + defined in a namespace and imported with a `using' directive, operators + defined in the global scope, operators imported implicitly from an + anonymous namespace, and the ADL operators mentioned in the previous + entry. + GDB now also supports proper overload resolution for all the previously + mentioned flavors of operators. + * Windows Thread Information Block access. On Windows targets, GDB now supports displaying the Windows Thread |