Other enhancements

This section describes other features and enhancements in IBM® XL C/C++ for Linux, V13.1.4.

Support for Clang plug-ins to run extra user-defined actions during compilation

To use Clang plug-ins, you must build your plug-ins by using Clang 3.8. For more information, see Running user-defined actions by using Clang plug-ins.

New fundamental or built-in types

The GCC integer scalar type __int128 is supported in IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V13.1.4. Use __int128 or signed __int128 as the type specifier for a signed 128-bit integer variable. Use unsigned __int128 as the type specifier for an unsigned 128-bit integer variable.


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