[llvm-dev] [RFC] A new multidimensional array indexing intrinsic

Wed Jul 24 08:13:23 PDT 2019

Am Mi., 24. Juli 2019 um 10:21 Uhr schrieb Michael Kruse
<llvmdev at meinersbur.de>:
> > Implementing an intrinsic that later got promoted to a new instruction might be a possibility. Does anyone have a sense for how far out typeless pointers are?
>
> I haven't seen any discussion about this for a long time and I would
> not count on that this change will be made in the foreseeable future.
> Similar to the idea of basic block arguments instead of PHI nodes.

Mmmh, looks like Tim Northover is actively working on typeless/opaque
pointers, e.g. https://reviews.llvm.org/D64203

Michael