[LLVMdev] Proposal: intp type

Talin viridia at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 18:45:16 PST 2009


Chris Lattner wrote:
> I'm going to be away on vacation for two weeks so I won't be able to 
> keep up to date with this thread, if you're interested in pursuing 
> this work, please write up something in the form of an 'llvmnote' 
> (e.g. http://nondot.org/sabre/LLVMNotes/IndirectGoto.txt) which 
> explains in prose the problem it is trying to solve, the tradeoffs, 
> and a proposed implementation approach (like you have above).  Whether 
> or not you get time to start implementing it, it is a good idea to 
> document the design tradeoffs considered and the effects of various 
> decisions (such as neutering constant folding when TD isn't around).  
> This is also a good way to get others to help out,
Just to let you know what's going on, I communicated privately with 
Kenneth and he said that he was interested in writing up the llvmnote 
that you requested.

-- Talin




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