Jim M. R. =?utf-8?q?Teichgräber?=,Jim M. R. =?utf-8?q?Teichgräber?Message-ID:
In-Reply-To: <llvm.org/llvm/llvm-project/pull/91...@github.com>


AaronBallman wrote:

> > Please be sure to add a release note to clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst so 
> > users know about the fix.
> 
> Oh, sorry, I didn't find anything know how release notes were handled - will 
> do!

No worries!

> A question on that, would you classify this as a breaking change? 
> Technically, it could break the compilation of programs previously compiled 
> with Clang 17 that compile VLA type compound literals, but never execute the 
> code that they're used in; is that enough for it to be listed as a breaking 
> change? If so, would this go under the `C/C++ Language Potentially Breaking 
> Changes` header? Or should I create a new `C Language Potentially Breaking 
> Changes` header, as this does not affect Clang's C++ behavior itself in any 
> way?

Nope -- potentially breaking changes are ones that are likely to be 
significantly disruptive, but I suspect very few folks will have code suddenly 
rejected as a result of your fix.

> PS: I hope multiple commits in this PR are fine, they are squashed in the end 
> anyway, right?

Totally fine!


https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/91891
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