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[seventh moon]

I have a question about inserting instructions into the LLVM IR.  I can insert instructions, but my operands do not have the right type, so it fails an assertion at runtime.

I am trying to insert an immediate load instructions, as a means of claiming a new register.

Here is what I do:
    Builder.SetInsertPoint(LLVMBB, I);

// The following line looks to me like it would have a chance of loading either
// address 5, or else immediate value 5. Unfortunately, it does neither. It compiles
// but crashes at runtime, that the type of the operand is incompatible
        Instruction *newI=Builder.CreateLoad(5,"");

// I also tested this, just to do a little sanity check. It also compiles then
// crashes, for the obvious reason that the operand is a register, but an address
// or an immediate value is expected.
        //Instruction *newI=Builder.CreateLoad(I->getOperand(1),""); // also wrong

So to say it simply, my question is, "How can I create a new Value*, which indicates
an immediate value, such as immediate value 5?"

Thank you for your assistance,
Kao Chang
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