[LLVMdev] Union type efforts and ComputeLinearIndex

[Dan Gohman]

Hello,

My understanding of the discussions about union types was that
there was trouble working out how unions should work. Have
the issues been resolved?  If so, could you post a summary?

Thanks,

Dan

On Aug 2, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Carter Cheng wrote:

> I am curious how the efforts were progressing in implementing a  
> union type. I am will to try to contribute somewhat to this even  
> though I am perhaps somewhat of a beginner with LLVM(so it might be  
> nice to collaborate with someone). I had a look at some of the  
> subsystems that would require changes though I may have missed some.
>
> I however have a few questions-
>
> 1) What is ComputeLinearIndex for specifically? I would expect that  
> perhaps the RTTI stuff in there might need to support a new case for  
> a union type.
>
> 2) The subsystems I have catalogued that probably need patching are  
> AsmParser, BitCode(Reader/Writer), Target, CodeGen and some stuff in  
> VMCore. Did I miss anything?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
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