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

[Victor Zverovich]

"float (i32)* (float (i32)*)*" is not a return type.
According to the description of the 'call' instruction in LLVM Assembly
Language Reference Manual (http://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#i_call) this
is a signature of the pointer to function value being invoked (which
includes the return type). In your case the full signature is printed
because get_ptr returns a pointer to function (read item 5 in the Arguments
section of the 'call' Instruction section).

Victor


On 12 April 2010 16:58, SHEN Hao <hao.shen at imag.fr> wrote:

> 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 !!!
> >
> > this is a comment, and only exists to help the human reader.  Comments
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> >
> > Ciao,
> >
> > Duncan.
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