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

Matthew Nagy via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Nov 4 08:25:14 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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gbMattN wrote:

If we are always doing C style maybe it would make sense then to change "omnipotent char" to char as well? That or change the docs to state the name is permanent 

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


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