[LLVMdev] Is bitcast now needed in LLVM?

[Dave Pitsbawn]

I always thought that bitcast was a no-op internal llvm thing to fit the IR
type system.

I currently use sitofp, but I see your point.

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:04 AM, James Molloy <james at jamesmolloy.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> You can still bitcast between i32 and float, for example.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 at 09:03 Dave Pitsbawn <dpitsbawn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Seems like a new change in LLVM has made it so that bitcast of bitcast
>> i8* %1 to %Foo* meaningless?
>>
>> If I'm correct is there any need for the bitcast anymore?
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