[llvm-dev] Is LLVM IR stable?

Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Wed Feb 3 23:03:03 PST 2016


Hello,

> On Feb 3, 2016, at 10:49 PM, Mahdi Mohammadi via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Are you going to change LLVM IR language further or it can be considered more or less to be stable now?

If you’re talking about the textual IR, it is not stable and there is no plan for it to be.
If you’re concerned about the bitcode, the guarantee is stated here: http://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#ir-backwards-compatibility

Hope this help.

— 
Mehdi

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