[LLVMdev] Why function pointer is different from other data type?

[SHEN Hao]

I'm sorry that I should remove the comment.

In fact my question is about the "float (i32)* (float (i32)*)*", why
we use this kind of return type instead of just "float (i32)*".

Thanks a lot.
Hao

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Duncan Sands <baldrick at free.fr> wrote:
> Hi Hao Shen,
>
>> %4 = call float (i32)* (float (i32)*)* @get_ptr(float (i32)* @a1)
>> nounwind ;<float (i32)*>  [#uses=1]
>>                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  VERY STRANGE RETURN TYPE !!!
>
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>
> Ciao,
>
> Duncan.
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Hao Shen