[clang] [compiler-rt] [llvm] [TySan] User-friendly (C style) pointer type names for error reports (PR #166381)

Florian Hahn via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Nov 4 08:01:04 PST 2025


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@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ brief dictionary of these terms.
 
 * ``omnipotent char``: This is a special type which can alias with anything. Its name comes from the C/C++ 
   type ``char``.
-* ``type p[x]``: This signifies pointers to the type. ``x`` is the number of indirections to reach the final value.
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fhahn wrote:

I'm not sure we need the flag. Given that we print the C type name for other cases, I think it would make sense to always print the pointer in C style, and remove the flag

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/166381


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