[PATCH] D19932: [OpenCL] Add to_{global|local|private} builtin functions.

[Jan Vesely via cfe-commits]

jvesely added a comment.

In http://reviews.llvm.org/D19932#465807, @yaxunl wrote:

> > this is not true. as I pointed out earlier, take a look at libclc headers. a lot functions are defined for multiple types while maintaining type safety.
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> >  there is no problem having TYPE * to_global(TYPE *), for every permissible CLC type, declared in headers without any builtin.
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> This function allows user defined types. How do you declare that in a header file?


ah, now it makes sense, thanks. the void* argument let me astray.
I'd say you can still do it using //typeof//, but I see how builtin would be preferable to that.


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http://reviews.llvm.org/D19932