[LLVMdev] Inconsistency in the LLVM docs

[Nadav Rotem]

Hi Micah, 

We need to fix the documentation here.  We want to be able to convert vectors of integers to vectors of pointers and back.

There are a few tests such as (/InstCombine/vector_gep1.ll) that check for these conversions. 

Nadav

On Oct 10, 2012, at 11:11 AM, "Villmow, Micah" <Micah.Villmow at amd.com> wrote:

> http://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#i_inttoptr
>  
> The 'inttoptr' instruction takes an integer value to cast, and a type to cast it to, which must be a pointer type.
>  
> The final example is:
> %Z = inttoptr <4 x i32> %G to <4 x i8*>; yields truncation of vector G to four pointers
>  
>  
> The result is not a pointer type, but a vector of pointer types. This violates the restriction of the arguments.
>  
> Is this an overview, or should this instruction type be illegal?
>  
> Micah
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