[llvm-dev] RFC: On removing magic numbers assuming 8-bit bytes

[David Greene via llvm-dev]

Jeroen Dobbelaere via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> writes:

> Hi Jesper,
>
>> Thanks, these are interesting differences. The CHAR_BIT and byte
>> relation is established in the C standard and I would prefer the byte
>> terminology. It means the same thing as addressable unit but is a bit
>> shorter and probably more widely known.
>
> Looking purely from a c/c++ language viewpoint, this makes sense.  We
> settled on using 'addressable unit size', but any abstraction will
> already be helpful.

Given that f18 has just been accepted as an LLVM project, we probably
shouldn't be using C/C++ or any specific language terminology in LLVM.
It seems useful to distinguish "addressable unit size" from "data size"
and talk about things using such abstract terminology.

                            -David