[llvm-commits] [llvm-gcc-4.2] r41750 - /llvm-gcc-4.2/trunk/gcc/llvm-convert.cpp

[Dale Johannesen]

On Sep 6, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Duncan Sands wrote:

> Hi Dale,
>
>> +  return ConstantFP::get(Ty, Ty==Type::FloatTy ? APFloat((float)V)
>> +                                               : APFloat(V));
>
> what does having the conversion to float do here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Duncan.

There is a type in the APFloat and ConstantFP::get likes it to match  
the type passed in.
(It's undesirable to have to maintain them in parallel, of course,  
and I'm likely to get rid
of this when I think of a good way.)