This document provides information on new and changed features for version 5.8 of the C and C++ application programming interface (API) used to read and write Cadence® Library Exchange Format (LEF) files.
This What's New document is organized into the following chapters:
This chapter describes features that were added since version 5.7 of the LEF API. New features are those that introduce new functionality into the LEF API. Any enhancements made to existing statements to support a new feature are also described in this chapter.
This chapter discusses features that were changed since version 5.7 of the LEF API. Changed features include such things as changes in default behavior, changes in whether keywords and statements are required, and any other changes that do not reflect new functionality.