[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/BytecodeFormat.html
Chris Lattner
lattner at cs.uiuc.edu
Mon Jul 5 12:56:02 PDT 2004
Changes in directory llvm/docs:
BytecodeFormat.html updated: 1.12 -> 1.13
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Log message:
Structures allow only uint
arrays allow int/uint/long/ulong
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Diffs of the changes: (+4 -5)
Index: llvm/docs/BytecodeFormat.html
diff -u llvm/docs/BytecodeFormat.html:1.12 llvm/docs/BytecodeFormat.html:1.13
--- llvm/docs/BytecodeFormat.html:1.12 Mon Jul 5 03:18:07 2004
+++ llvm/docs/BytecodeFormat.html Mon Jul 5 12:55:28 2004
@@ -767,10 +767,9 @@
for accessing a structure field and a long type index for accessing an array
element. Consequently, it was only possible to access structures of 255 or
fewer elements. Starting in version 1.3, this restriction was lifted.
- Structures must now be indexed with int or uint types. Arrays must now be
- indexed with long or ulong types. This requirement was needed so that LLVM
- could compile several test cases that used large numbers of fields in their
- structures. The consequence of this was that the bytecode format had to
+ Structures must now be indexed with uint constants. Arrays may now be
+ indexed with int, uint, long, or ulong typed values.
+ The consequence of this was that the bytecode format had to
change in order to accommodate the larger range of structure indices.</p>
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@@ -812,7 +811,7 @@
<a href="mailto:rspencer at x10sys.com">Reid Spencer</a> and
<a href="mailto:sabre at nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a><br>
<a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br>
- Last modified: $Date: 2004/07/05 08:18:07 $
+ Last modified: $Date: 2004/07/05 17:55:28 $
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