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| author | rdivacky <rdivacky@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-07-13 17:19:57 +0000 |
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| committer | rdivacky <rdivacky@FreeBSD.org> | 2010-07-13 17:19:57 +0000 |
| commit | 9112829d76cbb8e0c8ef51bbc2d7d1be48cd7b74 (patch) | |
| tree | 9de1c5f67a98cd0e73c60838396486c984f63ac2 /docs/GetElementPtr.html | |
| parent | 1e3dec662ea18131c495db50caccc57f77b7a5fe (diff) | |
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Update LLVM to r108243.
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diff --git a/docs/GetElementPtr.html b/docs/GetElementPtr.html index 9e1c8b8..aa874ae 100644 --- a/docs/GetElementPtr.html +++ b/docs/GetElementPtr.html @@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ <div class="doc_text"> <p>This document seeks to dispel the mystery and confusion surrounding LLVM's - GetElementPtr (GEP) instruction. Questions about the wily GEP instruction are + <a href="LangRef.html#i_getelementptr">GetElementPtr</a> (GEP) instruction. + Questions about the wily GEP instruction are probably the most frequently occurring questions once a developer gets down to coding with LLVM. Here we lay out the sources of confusion and show that the GEP instruction is really quite simple. @@ -653,7 +654,8 @@ idx3 = (char*) &MyVar + 8 <li>Support C, C-like languages, and languages which can be conceptually lowered into C (this covers a lot).</li> <li>Support optimizations such as those that are common in - C compilers.</li> + C compilers. In particular, GEP is a cornerstone of LLVM's + <a href="LangRef.html#pointeraliasing">pointer aliasing model</a>.</li> <li>Provide a consistent method for computing addresses so that address computations don't need to be a part of load and store instructions in the IR.</li> @@ -728,7 +730,7 @@ idx3 = (char*) &MyVar + 8 <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer"><img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-html401-blue" alt="Valid HTML 4.01"></a> <a href="http://llvm.org">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br/> - Last modified: $Date: 2010-05-07 02:28:04 +0200 (Fri, 07 May 2010) $ + Last modified: $Date: 2010-07-06 17:26:33 +0200 (Tue, 06 Jul 2010) $ </address> </body> </html> |
