This release includes the following enhancements:

Release date: November 21, 2024

Enhanced Code Coverage

  • Coverage engine has been enhanced to better support modern C/C++ syntax.
  • Improved compatibility with Python 3.14.
  • Enhanced logging and diagnostics.

Support for Compilers

The following compilers are now supported:

Compiler NameCompiler Identifier
Clang C/C++ Compiler v 17.0 for x86_64
clang_17_0-x86_64
Clang C/C++ Compiler v 17.0 for aarch64/arm64clang_17_0-aarch64
Clang C/C++ Compiler v 18.0 for x86_64clang_18_0-x86_64
Clang C/C++ Compiler v 18.0 for aarch64/arm64
clang_18_0-aarch64
GNU GCC 11.x for PowerPC
gcc_11-powerpc
Green Hills Software Compiler for Tricore v. 2021.1.x
ghstri_2021_1
HighTec Clang C/C++ Compiler 8.1 for aarch32/armhightec-clang_8_1-aarch32

See Compilers.

Additional Updates

Updated in 2024.2.1

Deprecated and Removed Support

Compilers to Be Deprecated

Support for the following compilers will be deprecated in future releases:

  • ARM Compiler 6.9
  • Clang C/C++ Compiler v 10.0 (x86_64)
  • Hexagon Clang Compiler v. 8.4.x
  • QNX GCC 5.x
  • QNX GCC 5.x (x86-64)
  • QNX GCC 5.x (ARM)
  • QNX GCC 5.x (ARM64)
  • TI ARM C/C++ Compiler v18.1
  • TI ARM C/C++ Compiler GNU GCC 7.x

Deprecated Compilers

Support for the following compilers is deprecated and will be removed in future releases:

  • ARM Compiler 5.0
  • GNU GCC 6.x
  • GNU GCC 6.x (x86_64)

Removed Support for Compilers

The following compilers are no longer supported:

  • GNU GCC 5.x
  • GNU GCC 5.x (x86_64)
  • Green Hills Software Compiler for ARM64 v. 2014.1.x
  • Green Hills Software Compiler for V850 v. 2014.1.x
  • Wind River GCC 4.8.x

Resolved Bugs and FRs

Bug/FR ID

Description

CPP-55517

[compiler] Support for Green Hills compiler 2021.1.5 for TriCore

CPP-56807

[engine] Parsing fails on a Modern C++ function declaration with "const auto"

CPP-56814

[compiler] Support for HighTec C compiler for ARM 8.1 (runtime analysis)

CPP-57057

[engine] Static inline field parsing error when not initialized explicitly

CPP-57209

[engine] error: no instance of function template "std::construct_at"

CPP-57361

[engine] cpptestcc fails on __c11_atomic_is_lock_free

CPP-57389

[engine] Coverage instrumentation error: Mixing void and non-void results of the functor in for_each is not supported

CPP-57398

[engine] Instrumentation compile error: ambiguous call of overloaded Matrix...

CPP-57399

[engine] Coverage instrumentation error: TFixedBlockAllocator is not a template

CPP-57484

[engine] cpptestcc fails on __c11_atomic_load

CPP-57517

[engine] error: declaration is incompatible with "CInfraComArray<CMasterClass ...

CPP-57533

[compiler] Support for powerpc-eabi-gcc 11.2 compiler

CPP-57553

[engine] Variadic template stubs are ignored

CPP-57594

[engine] error: expected an expression static constexpr bool isComplex = ((QTypeInfo<Ts>::isComplex) || ...);

CPP-57609

[engine] Add option for disabling C/C++test instrumentation for functions with OpenMP code

CPP-57628

[engine] afxpanecontainer.h line 35: error: expected a ")"

CPP-57678

[engine] static assertion failed when running SCA, the original code compiles w/o issues

CPP-57679

[engine] Improve compiler configuration for vxtc_6_3 (--fp-model=1)

CPP-57734

[engine] Improve support for CLA mode of tic2000_18_1 compiler for Static Analysis

CPP-57744

[engine] xharness crash due to stack overflow during reconstruction

CPP-57770

[engine] error: incomplete type "A<void>" is not allowed

CPP-57778

[engine] Errors with QT brace-initialization

CPP-57796

[engine] error: expression must have a constant value

CPP-57835

[bazel] Add option to disable symlinks expansion (CPPTEST_COVERAGE_SRC_ROOT_RESOLVE_SYMLINKS)

CPP-57899

[engine] Instrumentation parse error: more than one operator "=" matches these operands

CPP-57919

[compiler] Improve support for -c99 option for TI compilers

CPP-57990

[compiler] Inconsistent handling of profiling flags with GNU GCC

CPP-58001

[engine] C++23 literal suffixes for floats cause parse errors

CPP-58053

[engine] 'static constexpr' array init error

CPP-58058

[engine] no instance of function template "printValue" matches the argument list

CPP-58070

[engine] Instrumentation problem when -ignore-const-decisions is enabled

CPP-58072

[engine] Class does not initialize correctly during instrumentation

CPP-58077

[engine] Instrumentation problem due to extra brackets

CPP-58251

[engine] I\O exception was caught - Unable to read XML file

CPP-58585

[engine] Instrumentation error: cannot deduce "auto" type

CPP-57674

[engine] Add option for disabling C/C++test instrumentation for functions with (clang) pragma loop directives

CPP-57832

[engine] Add option for disabling C/C++test instrumentation for functions with #pragma GCC ivdep

CPP-58600

[engine] STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION: The thread attempts to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have access

CPP-58629

[engine] Wrong type deduction for list-initialized auto-typed compound arguments

CPP-58658

[engine] error: nontype "Fei::Imaging::Spectrum::const_spectrum_data_ref<T>::iterator [with T=T]" is not a type name

CPP-58659

[engine] error: default constexpr comparison function calls non-constexpr function function 

CPP-58723

[engine] Parser errors when using atomics in VS 2022

CPP-58754

[engine] error: type name is not allowed

CPP-58776

[engine] Support for GCC array initializers

CPP-58781

[engine] error: more than one operator "<" matches these operands

CPP-58787

[engine] Support for GCC C++20 mixed initializers

CPP-58865

[engine] Parse errors in redeclaration of base class members



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