[LLVMdev] understanding of getelementptr with a const string

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I'm working through some very basic IR code and got a bit confused by
the string printing example. In particular, if you have a constant
string like:

	@.str = private unnamed_addr constant [4 x i8] c"%d\0A\00"

To pass this as a pointer to a C-function like printf you need to use 2
indexes in getelementptr:

	%sp = getelementptr [4 x i8]* @.str, i32 0, i32 0

I think I understand now, but would be gracious if somebody could
correct/clarify for me:

1. "@.str" represents a pointer to the data when it is used
2. the first 0 index to getelementptr is thus of type [4 x i18], if I
stopped here the type of %sp would b e [4 x i8]*
3. the second 0 index is to the first i8 of that array, by doing this
the resulting type is now i8* (suitable for printf)


Are the following two forms, to get the one-past-end pointer, also
equivalent: they result in the same pointer value and type and are correct:

	%sp = getelementptr [4 x i8]* @.str, i32 1, i32 0
	%sp = getelementptr [4 x i8]* @.str, i32 0, i32 4


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