[llvm-dev] TableGen terminology

[David Greene via llvm-dev]

"Paul C. Anagnostopoulos via llvm-dev" <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> writes:

> I'd like to get involved with LLVM and I'm thinking of doing a little
> editing of the TableGen documents. After reading the Introduction and
> Reference documents, I see that there is no consistent term for the
> fields of the records that TableGen creates. They are referred to as
> fields, values, definitions, etc.
>
> I propose to make this consistent with the term "field." Is that the
> best choice? Other possibilities are "slot" and "item." I think it's
> clear that "value" and "definition" are confusing.

+1 for "field."  I don't know if "field" is used in other contexts
though.

"A record-level let expression is used to change the value of a value
definition in a record."

lolwat

                       -David