[clang] [Clang] Generate the GEP instead of adding AST nodes (PR #73730)

[Bill Wendling via cfe-commits]

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@@ -956,42 +956,72 @@ static llvm::Value *getArrayIndexingBound(CodeGenFunction &CGF,
   return nullptr;
 }
 
-const Expr *
+namespace {
+
+struct MemberExprBaseVisitor
+    : public StmtVisitor<MemberExprBaseVisitor, Expr *> {
+  MemberExprBaseVisitor() = default;
+
+  //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+  //                            Visitor Methods
+  //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+  Expr *Visit(Expr *E) {
+    return StmtVisitor<MemberExprBaseVisitor, Expr *>::Visit(E);
+  }
+
+  Expr *VisitArraySubscriptExpr(ArraySubscriptExpr *E) {
+    return Visit(E->getBase());
+  }
+  Expr *VisitCastExpr(CastExpr *E) { return Visit(E->getSubExpr()); }
+  Expr *VisitDeclRefExpr(DeclRefExpr *E) { return E; }
+  Expr *VisitMemberExpr(MemberExpr *E) { return Visit(E->getBase()); }
+  Expr *VisitParenExpr(ParenExpr *E) { return Visit(E->getSubExpr()); }
+  Expr *VisitUnaryOperator(UnaryOperator *E) { return Visit(E->getSubExpr()); }
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bwendling wrote:

Do you mean something using pointer arithmetic? Possibly, though it might be tricky. Do you have an example?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/73730