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

[Tim Northover via llvm-dev]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 00:14, Jeff Hammond <jeff.science at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Apart from all that, I'm pretty disappointed to see this as an
>> intrinsic though. GEP is such a fundamental part of addressing in LLVM
>> that bifurcating it into an intrinsic for either a language or an
>> analysis seems like we'd be papering over a language deficiency.
>
> I'm sorry if I am missing the joke, but multidimensional array support is a profound and well-known deficiency in the C and C++ languages.

I was referring to LLVM IR as the language. Sorry, too much time spent
in the backends (C? What's that?).

Cheers.

Tim.