[LLVMdev] Floating point number format in .ll files changed?

Jan Rehders cmdkeen at gmx.de
Tue Oct 2 12:51:50 PDT 2007


>> Does LLVM
>> provide any help converting floats to hexadecimal representation?
>
> Sure, there are internal conversion routines.   Most constants are
> held in APFloat objects these days, you might want to look at that.
> What are you trying to do?

I'm writing a front-end for a custom language. Currently my compiler  
is implemented in OCaml and generates .ll files by emitting text. I  
notices floating point constants stopped working and will now need to  
upgrade. I guess I will have a look at the OCaml bindings in the SVN  
version now :)





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