[LLVMdev] Casting a Value

[Chris Lattner]

On Jun 21, 2010, at 4:35 AM, Chayan Sarkar wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have Value V of Type i32*. How can I convert/set it's Type to i32?

You can use the ptrtoint instruction.

> Or How can I create another Value of Type i32 and with same name as V.
> I have tried
> 
> Value *NewV = new Value(Type,scid);
> NewV->setName(V->getNameStr());
> 
> It causes stack dump. I am not sure as second argument in the Value
> constructor as scid (SubClassID). So I have mentioned 0.
> 
> Any Idea how to do this?

Value is an abstract class, you're not supposed to be able to new it directly.  Please make a subclass.  I'll make the Value ctor protected.

-Chris