[llvm-dev] TableGen assertion mechanism

[Jan Svoboda via llvm-dev]

Sounds good, thanks for the suggestion, Paul.

I think !substr and assertions are the only things I miss in TableGen.

Cheers,
Jan

> On Dec 15, 2020, at 6:46 PM, Paul C. Anagnostopoulos <paul at windfall.com> wrote:
> 
> Oh, it's definitely nasty. But you could use it temporarily while I cook up a real assertion facility. I already had !substr() on my list.
> 
> At 12/15/2020 12:36 PM, Jan Svoboda wrote:
>> Yes, I've been thinking about this mechanism.
>> 
>> Technically it works, but doesn't provide any context as to which definition and (multi-)class instantiation caused the assertion failure.
>> A proper assertion mechanism could be more helpful in this regard.
>> 
>> Anyways, assertions are not essential, but they could be helpful in certain situations.
>