[cfe-dev] The confusing types resulting from compiling STL list

[Anton Korobeynikov]

Hello

> As we see, there is only one entry starting with
> %"class.std::list". This indicates that the list class does not
> distinguish between various type arguments.
This is correct. In LLVM world types which are structurally identical
are the same.

> So, I am wondering why the type information is so?
The names are purely arbitrary. You can easily get e.g. names like "ty1",
"ty2" and so on.

> Such type
> information makes it hard to figure out the type hierarchies in some
> cases.
You should not use (arbitrary) type names for this. Use debug information.

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With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University