[LLVMdev] Question about SPARC target status

[Peter Shugalev]

Hi,

Chris Lattner wrote:
> Yes, not to mention stuff like:
> 
> #ifdef __i386__
> 
> or:
>   case sizeof(foo):
> 
> This is addressed here:
> http://llvm.org/docs/tutorial/LangImpl8.html#targetindep
> 
> Note that this doesn't affect cross compilation: you just need to  
> configure llvm-gcc as a proper cross compiler.  This just means that  
> llvm won't magically make your C code portable for you.  Real portable  
> languages don't suffer from these problems.

I'm not looking for magic, I'm just disappointed that sometimes LLVM 
turns portable C/C++ code into non-portable one.

The workaround is not easy.

   #define SIZE_OF(T) ((char *)((T*)0 + 1) - (char *)0))

works but it is not constant expression anymore.

"Lazy" calculation of sizeof expression would be great though I have to 
admit it would introduce many complexities to the bytecode including 
storing and calculation of arbitrary complex constant expressions.

Bytecode-level uintptr_t/intptr_t data types are needed too.


-- 
Best Regards
Peter Shugalev