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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for the note. I think it captures
what we discussed before, except that you have not explicitly detailed the 4
(or in the case of 64-bit architectures, 8) attributes:</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>> sign_ext_from_i8,
sign_ext_from_i16<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Could you please add that stuff to your
proposal as well? Defining the textual syntax of how these attrs would be used
will eliminate many ambiguities in the discussion.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> llvmdev-bounces@cs.uiuc.edu
[mailto:llvmdev-bounces@cs.uiuc.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Chris Lattner<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 31, 2009
11:55 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> LLVM Developers Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [LLVMdev] promotion
of return value.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:46 AM, <a
href="mailto:Alireza.Moshtaghi@microchip.com">Alireza.Moshtaghi@microchip.com</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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jumping into the nuts and bolts of it….</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Did you see this Ali?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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