[llvm-dev] Must string literals be declared as a global variable in LLVM IR?

[Peng Yu via llvm-dev]

> If you want a pointer to a value, it has to be located somewhere in
> memory.  There are basically three places memory can be allocated in a
> program: on the stack (alloca),

Even I can alloca a chuck of memory, there is not a way to put the
string constant to it? Sounds likely there is not way to avoid the
initialization of the global variables. Is it?

> on the heap (malloc), or in program
> memory (a global variable/constant).

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Regards,
Peng