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Changes in 2.37:

* New features

** Add ctf_lookup_by_symbol name and ctf_arc_lookup_symbol_name, analogues of
   existing ctf_lookup_by_symbol and ctf_arc_lookup_symbol, but looking up
   symbols by name rather than symbol number.  This also works in places where no
   symbol number is known, like in object files and dynamic dicts created by
   ctf_create.

** libctf supports compilers that encode unrepresentable types via a special
   kind (CTF_K_UNKNOWN) as well as via type ID 0.

* Bugfixes

** Avoid duplicating or losing types of data object symbols when
   ld -r is used

** Prohibit typedefs with no name; prevent the linker/deduplicator
   producing such typedefs

* Bugfixes, also on 2.36 branch

** Prevent ctf_lookup_by_name returning success when
   looking up nonexistent pointer types

** Fix ctf_type_add copying of structs with unnamed members
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03c65309 NA	1	-- text --
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	3	Changes in 2.37:
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	5	* New features
	6
	7	** Add ctf_lookup_by_symbol name and ctf_arc_lookup_symbol_name, analogues of
	8	existing ctf_lookup_by_symbol and ctf_arc_lookup_symbol, but looking up
	9	symbols by name rather than symbol number. This also works in places where no
	10	symbol number is known, like in object files and dynamic dicts created by
	11	ctf_create.
	12
49da556c NA	13	** libctf supports compilers that encode unrepresentable types via a special
	14	kind (CTF_K_UNKNOWN) as well as via type ID 0.
	15
03c65309 NA	16	* Bugfixes
	17
	18	** Avoid duplicating or losing types of data object symbols when
	19	ld -r is used
	20
	21	** Prohibit typedefs with no name; prevent the linker/deduplicator
	22	producing such typedefs
	23
	24	* Bugfixes, also on 2.36 branch
	25
	26	** Prevent ctf_lookup_by_name returning success when
	27	looking up nonexistent pointer types
	28
	29	** Fix ctf_type_add copying of structs with unnamed members