[LLVMdev] Adding fields in a already built type? (2)

[Stéphane Letz]

> Nope, types are immutable once created.  The only thing you can do is "refine" opaque types to other types.  There is a section in the programmer's manual on this:
> http://llvm.org/docs/ProgrammersManual.html#TypeResolve
> 
> -Chris


So I succeeded  in using a "PATypeHolder" for the "opaque" type, define a Type* with PointerType::getUnqual, prepare a field,  then use " refineAbstractTypeTo " to built the real type with this added field.

The thing is that I would need to do that repeatedly, that is progressively adding fields, generates code that access those ready fields, and "refine" the type step by step.

Is that even possible?

Thanks

Stéphane Letz