[PATCH] D101538: [GlobalISel][IRTranslator] Make translate() methods virtual.

[Jay Foad via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

foad added a comment.

>> Won't this problem go away when we introduce FP LLTs?
>
> I wouldn't be so sure about that. One particular usecase I need this for is a bitcast between pointer types:
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>   %1 = bitcast i8* %0 to %struct.ST*
>
> In our target they're both of p0 LLTs, so the default method eliminates this instruction while in our target it's necessary to keep it.

What are you going to do when IR switches to opaque pointers? https://llvm.org/docs/OpaquePointers.html


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