[llvm-dev] Complex proposal v3 + roundtable agenda

[Florian Hahn via llvm-dev]

Hi,

> On Nov 25, 2020, at 09:44, Simon Moll <Simon.Moll at EMEA.NEC.COM> wrote:
> 
> Here is completely immature idea that may at least serve as food for
> thought:
> 
> Why force complex intrinsics to commit to any specific datalayout at all?
> 

In the short-term I think to get things rolling it would be good to focus on the layout as defined by frontends (e.g. Clang/C++).

 But when thinking about the longer-term, I think it could be very helpful to have versiosn that do not commit to any specific data layout. Going with the intrinsics route initially should allow us to work on those in parallel, if there are people who would like to use the extra flexibility ASAP.

Cheers,
Florian