[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html

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Changes in directory llvm/docs:

ProgrammersManual.html updated: 1.65 -> 1.66

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Log message:

bug 122: http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/PR122 :
Updated to remove references to ConstantPointerRef and reflect the change
in the inheritance hierarchy: GlobalValue now derives from Constant.


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Diffs of the changes:  (+19 -18)

Index: llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html
diff -u llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html:1.65 llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html:1.66
--- llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html:1.65	Thu Jul  8 12:49:37 2004
+++ llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html	Sun Jul 18 08:10:31 2004
@@ -89,15 +89,18 @@
 	      <li><a href="#GetElementPtrInst">The <tt>GetElementPtrInst</tt>
 		    class</a></li>
             </ul></li>
-          <li><a href="#GlobalValue">The <tt>GlobalValue</tt> class</a>
-            <ul>
-	      <li><a href="#BasicBlock">The <tt>BasicBlock</tt>class</a></li>
-	      <li><a href="#Function">The <tt>Function</tt> class</a></li>
-	      <li><a href="#GlobalVariable">The <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> class
-	        </a></li>
-            </ul></li>
           <li><a href="#Module">The <tt>Module</tt> class</a></li>
-          <li><a href="#Constant">The <tt>Constant</tt> class</a></li>
+          <li><a href="#Constant">The <tt>Constant</tt> class</a>
+	    <ul>
+	      <li><a href="#GlobalValue">The <tt>GlobalValue</tt> class</a>
+	      <ul>
+		<li><a href="#BasicBlock">The <tt>BasicBlock</tt>class</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#Function">The <tt>Function</tt> class</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#GlobalVariable">The <tt>GlobalVariable</tt> class
+		  </a></li>
+	      </ul></li>
+	    </ul>
+	  </li>
           <li><a href="#Type">The <tt>Type</tt> class</a> </li>
           <li><a href="#Argument">The <tt>Argument</tt> class</a></li>
         </ul></li>
@@ -1258,7 +1261,7 @@
 other globals defined in different translation units.  To control the linking
 process, <tt>GlobalValue</tt>s know their linkage rules. Specifically,
 <tt>GlobalValue</tt>s know whether they have internal or external linkage, as
-defined by the <tt>LinkageTypes</tt> enumerator.</p>
+defined by the <tt>LinkageTypes</tt> enumeration.</p>
 
 <p>If a <tt>GlobalValue</tt> has internal linkage (equivalent to being
 <tt>static</tt> in C), it is not visible to code outside the current translation
@@ -1353,6 +1356,9 @@
 href="#BasicBlock"><tt>BasicBlock</tt></a>s, or <a
 href="#Argument"><tt>Argument</tt></a>s in the function body.</p>
 
+<p>Note that <tt>Function</tt> is a <a href="#GlobalValue">GlobalValue</a>
+and therefore also a <a href="#Constant">Constant</a>. The value of the function
+is its address (after linking) which is guaranteed to be constant.</p>
 </div>
 
 <!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
@@ -1698,18 +1704,13 @@
 Returns a Vecotr of component constants that makeup this array. </li>
         </ul>
       </li>
-      <li>ConstantPointerRef : This represents a constant pointer value
-that is initialized to point to a global value, which lies at a
-constant fixed address.
-        <ul>
-          <li><tt>GlobalValue *getValue()</tt>: Returns the global
-value to which this pointer is pointing to. </li>
-        </ul>
+      <li>GlobalValue : This represents either a global variable or a
+      function. In either case, the value is a constant fixed address
+      (after linking). 
       </li>
     </ul>
   </li>
 </ul>
-
 </div>
 
 <!-- ======================================================================= -->
@@ -2045,7 +2046,7 @@
   <a href="mailto:dhurjati at cs.uiuc.edu">Dinakar Dhurjati</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: 2004/07/08 17:49:37 $
+  Last modified: $Date: 2004/07/18 13:10:31 $
 </address>
 
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