[llvm] 7ef15c8 - [NFC] Make ConstantVector/ConstantDataVector::getType() return a FixedVectorType

[Christopher Tetreault via llvm-commits]

Author: Christopher Tetreault
Date: 2020-04-29T14:23:40-07:00
New Revision: 7ef15c869a551084a111a718e897954cad6ddcde

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/7ef15c869a551084a111a718e897954cad6ddcde
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/7ef15c869a551084a111a718e897954cad6ddcde.diff

LOG: [NFC] Make ConstantVector/ConstantDataVector::getType() return a FixedVectorType

Reviewers: efriedma, huihuiz, dexonsmith, spatel

Reviewed By: efriedma

Subscribers: llvm-commits

Tags: #llvm

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D79122

Added: 
    

Modified: 
    llvm/include/llvm/IR/Constants.h

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Constants.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Constants.h
index c41d1582a834..b31bcb751ab7 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Constants.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Constants.h
@@ -516,12 +516,13 @@ class ConstantVector final : public ConstantAggregate {
 
 public:
   /// Return a ConstantVector with the specified constant in each element.
+  /// Note that this might not return an instance of ConstantVector
   static Constant *getSplat(ElementCount EC, Constant *Elt);
 
-  /// Specialize the getType() method to always return a VectorType,
+  /// Specialize the getType() method to always return a FixedVectorType,
   /// which reduces the amount of casting needed in parts of the compiler.
-  inline VectorType *getType() const {
-    return cast<VectorType>(Value::getType());
+  inline FixedVectorType *getType() const {
+    return cast<FixedVectorType>(Value::getType());
   }
 
   /// If all elements of the vector constant have the same value, return that
@@ -801,10 +802,10 @@ class ConstantDataVector final : public ConstantDataSequential {
   /// same value, return that value. Otherwise return NULL.
   Constant *getSplatValue() const;
 
-  /// Specialize the getType() method to always return a VectorType,
+  /// Specialize the getType() method to always return a FixedVectorType,
   /// which reduces the amount of casting needed in parts of the compiler.
-  inline VectorType *getType() const {
-    return cast<VectorType>(Value::getType());
+  inline FixedVectorType *getType() const {
+    return cast<FixedVectorType>(Value::getType());
   }
 
   /// Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast: