LLVM Version

[Joakim]

On Sunday, 26 November 2017 at 19:55:20 UTC, JMRyan wrote:
> Is there a preferred LLVM version to use with LDC?  Is there 
> any reason not to use the latest.  Version 5.0.0 came out in 
> Sept.  Okay, the fact that it's an x.0.0 might be a reason not 
> to use it. :-)  But do I have to worry about breaking changes 
> that would apply to LDC?  Thank you.

The official releases since ldc 1.5 are all built with llvm 5.0:

https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases

There was an issue on Android/ARM where you now have to specify 
the CPU you're building for, but other than small stuff like 
that, I see no reason not to use the latest llvm:

https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues/2406