[PATCH] D22488: [IR] Introduce a non-integral pointer type
Matt Arsenault via llvm-commits
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Fri Jul 22 13:26:58 PDT 2016
arsenm added inline comments.
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Comment at: docs/LangRef.rst:559-561
@@ +558,5 @@
+via the :ref:```datalayout`` string<langref_datalayout>`. Values of the
+non-integral pointer type represent pointers that don't have a *stable* bitwise
+representation; that is at runtime they may not be backed by a fixed unchanging
+pointer-width integer.
+
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What consequence does the changing pointer value have on the optimizer? I'm interested in this for fat pointers which will not change value during runtime
https://reviews.llvm.org/D22488
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