[LLVMdev] How to force the creation of arrays with zeroes?

[Anton Korobeynikov]

> you can't, you can only get a ConstantAggregateZero.  This is actually kind of
> annoying, and means that places expecting a ConstantArray have to remember to
> also check for ConstantAggregateZero.  Perhaps there's a good reason for the
> current design, but if not it would be great to eliminate this wart.
Well, I think the main reason it so reduce the size of .ll / .bc when
all operands are zero.
If the array / struct is really big then this can save a lot of space.

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With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University