[LLVMdev] An explanation to ConstantInt

[Varun Agrawal]

Hi,

I am new to LLVM mailing list! Am I right in adding [LLVMdev] to the
subject? Or is it for some other purpose, I just saw that everyone does
that.

Here is my problem. I am running my program using JIT. Once the
program execution is complete, the control goes back to the program
which initiated the JIT. I want to know the value of one of the global
variables in my program.
Since the variable is a global variable, I can get the pointer to it using
the ExecutionEngine, and then obtain the value.

I see the hierarchy as:
GlobalVariable -> GlobalValue -> Constant
and
ConstantInt -> Constant

I can actually get the value of a ConstantInt variable using getValue().
I am getting confused with the nomenclature of Constant. Any
explanation for why it is called Constant?

Thanks
Varun Agrawal
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