[llvm-dev] constant string as an assembly operand

[Tom Stellard via llvm-dev]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 04:43:35PM +0100, Sky Flyer wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Thanks.
> It should be always ABC.
> What should be the iops? just (ins i8imm:$val)? what would be the
> placeholder for a constant string in "ins"?
> 

You shouldn't need to add anything to ins for this.

-Tom

> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Tom Stellard <tom at stellard.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 03:20:45PM +0100, Sky Flyer via llvm-dev wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > how can one can describe a constant string as an operand in the assembly
> > > instruction?
> > >
> > > for example imagine this instruction:
> > >
> > > xyz 14 ABC
> > >
> > > where "xyz" is the operator, 14 is an immediate value, and because of
> > > assembly dialect, there should be a constant string with the value of ABC
> > > follow the immediate value. How is this possible?
> > >
> > > What should be the dat describing the instruction?
> > >
> > > string asm = "xyz $val ABC"
> >
> > Can this be an arbitrary string or will it always be ABC?  If it's the
> > later,
> > then what you've posted above should work for the asm string.
> >
> > -Tom
> >
> > > dag iops = (ins i8imm:val, ... )
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > ES
> >
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