[LLVMdev] memory lifetime and invariance

[Nick Lewycky]

Chris Lattner wrote:
> On May 23, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Nick Lewycky wrote:
>>> That sounds like a serious bug then: {} should be a first class value
>>> just like {i32}.
>> Okay then. I've just posted a patch to llvm-commits which would do  
>> that:
>> http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20090518/077934.html
> 
> Why not separate the two patches: making {} legal shouldn't be tied to  
> the new MD type switchover.

That would allow people to use metadata in their instructions.

Nick