[LLVMdev] question about GetElementPtr Instruction

[Brian R. Gaeke]

Dear LLVMdev,

As far as I can tell, what the "ubyte 2" value really means is the
2+1'th member of the structure...regardless of whether that structure's
3rd element actually starts at (pointer to structure) + 3*sizeof(ubyte)
or not.  So, is there any semantic connection between "ubyte" as
used in structure accesses and what getelementptr actually interprets
it as?  Or is it just called ubyte for fun?

-"Confused in Urbana", Brian 

> I have a question about GetElementPtr. 
> 
> Suppose I have an GetElementPtr Instruction GI:
> 
> %reg = getelementptr %ST* %s, uint 1, ubyte 2, ubyte 1, uint
> 5, uint 13

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