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

[Chris Lattner]

Changes in directory llvm/docs:

ExtendingLLVM.html updated: 1.9 -> 1.10
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Log message:

Add information on adding a derived type to LLVM, patch contributed by 
Brad Jones!


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Diffs of the changes:  (+42 -2)

Index: llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html
diff -u llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html:1.9 llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html:1.10
--- llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html:1.9	Thu Jul 29 12:31:57 2004
+++ llvm/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html	Thu Aug 12 14:06:24 2004
@@ -215,7 +215,47 @@
 
 <div class="doc_text">
 
-<p>TODO</p>
+<ol>
+<li><tt>llvm/include/llvm/Type.def</tt>:
+    add enum for the type</li>
+
+<li><tt>llvm/include/llvm/Type.h</tt>:
+    add ID number for the new type; add a forward declaration of the type also</li>
+
+<li><tt>llvm/include/llvm/DerivedType.h</tt>:
+    add new class to represent new class in the hierarchy; add forward 
+    declaration to the TypeMap value type</li>
+
+<li><tt>llvm/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp</tt>:
+    add support for derived type to: 
+    std::string getTypeDescription(const Type &Ty,
+      std::vector<const Type *> &TypeStack)
+    bool TypesEqual(const Type* Ty, const Type *Ty2,
+      std::map<const Type *, const Type *> & EqTypes)
+    add necessary member functions for type, and factory
+    methods</li>
+
+<li><tt>llvm/lib/AsmReader/Lexer.l</tt>:
+    add ability to parse in the type from text assembly</li>
+
+<li><tt>llvm/lib/ByteCode/Writer/Writer.cpp</tt>:
+    modify void BytecodeWriter::outputType(const Type *T) to
+    serialize your type</li>
+
+<li><tt>llvm/lib/ByteCode/Reader/Reader.cpp</tt>:
+    modify const Type *BytecodeReader::ParseType() to
+    read your data type</li> 
+
+<li><tt>llvm/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp</tt>:
+    modify void calcTypeName(const Type *Ty,
+                             std::vector<const Type *> &TypeStack,
+                             std::map<const Type *,std::string> &TypeNames,
+                             std::string & Result)
+    to output the new derived type
+</li>  
+ 
+
+</ol>
 
 </div>
 
@@ -231,7 +271,7 @@
   <a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a><br>
   <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a>
   <br>
-  Last modified: $Date: 2004/07/29 17:31:57 $
+  Last modified: $Date: 2004/08/12 19:06:24 $
 </address>
 
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