[llvm] r230581 - [GC docs] More minor word tweaks to make the GC bits clearer

Philip Reames listmail at philipreames.com
Wed Feb 25 15:52:06 PST 2015


Author: reames
Date: Wed Feb 25 17:52:06 2015
New Revision: 230581

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=230581&view=rev
Log:
[GC docs] More minor word tweaks to make the GC bits clearer


Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.rst

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.rst?rev=230581&r1=230580&r2=230581&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.rst (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.rst Wed Feb 25 17:52:06 2015
@@ -7109,12 +7109,15 @@ arbitrarily complex and require, for exa
 Accurate Garbage Collection Intrinsics
 --------------------------------------
 
-LLVM support for `Accurate Garbage Collection <GarbageCollection.html>`_
-(GC) requires the implementation and generation of these intrinsics.
+LLVM's support for `Accurate Garbage Collection <GarbageCollection.html>`_
+(GC) requires the frontend to generate code containing appropriate intrinsic 
+calls and select an appropriate GC strategy which knows how to lower these 
+intrinsics in a manner which is appropriate for the target collector.
+
 These intrinsics allow identification of :ref:`GC roots on the
 stack <int_gcroot>`, as well as garbage collector implementations that
 require :ref:`read <int_gcread>` and :ref:`write <int_gcwrite>` barriers.
-Front-ends for type-safe garbage collected languages should generate
+Frontends for type-safe garbage collected languages should generate
 these intrinsics to make use of the LLVM garbage collectors. For more
 details, see `Garbage Collection with LLVM <GarbageCollection.html>`_.
 





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