[LLVMdev] variable sized structs in LLVM

[Chris Lattner]

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Carl Friedrich Bolz wrote:
> Reid Spencer wrote:
>> Yes, for that you need TargetData:
>> 
>> http://illuvium.net/docs/doxygen/classllvm_1_1TargetData.html
>
> I feared that that would be the answer :-). We're not using the LLVM-API at 
> the moment. We're just generating a .ll file 'by hand', e.g. via simple 
> string operations.

This is just fine.  The only advantage to using the llvm C++ API's are 
compile time speed and integration with the JIT.  If neither of those is a 
priority yet, emitting text is a great way to go!

> I guess we get what we deserve :-).

Not at all, this is a great way to go.

-Chris

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