[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [mlir][Ptr] Init the Ptr dialect with the `!ptr.ptr` type. (PR #86860)

[Oleksandr Alex Zinenko]

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+//===- PtrDialect.td - Pointer dialect ---------------------*- tablegen -*-===//
+//
+// This file is licensed under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef PTR_DIALECT
+#define PTR_DIALECT
+
+include "mlir/Interfaces/DataLayoutInterfaces.td"
+include "mlir/IR/AttrTypeBase.td"
+include "mlir/IR/BuiltinTypeInterfaces.td"
+include "mlir/IR/OpBase.td"
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Pointer dialect definition.
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+def Ptr_Dialect : Dialect {
+  let name = "ptr";
+  let summary = "Pointer dialect";
+  let cppNamespace = "::mlir::ptr";
+  let useDefaultTypePrinterParser = 1;
+  let useDefaultAttributePrinterParser = 1;
+}
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Pointer type definitions
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+class Ptr_Type<string name, string typeMnemonic, list<Trait> traits = []>
+    : TypeDef<Ptr_Dialect, name, traits> {
+  let mnemonic = typeMnemonic;
+}
+
+def Ptr_PtrType : Ptr_Type<"Ptr", "ptr", [
+    MemRefElementTypeInterface,
+    DeclareTypeInterfaceMethods<DataLayoutTypeInterface, [
+      "areCompatible", "getIndexBitwidth", "verifyEntries"]>
+  ]> {
+  let summary = "pointer type";
+  let description = [{
+    The `ptr` type is an opaque pointer type. This type typically represents
+    a reference to an object in memory. Pointers are optionally parameterized
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ftynse wrote:

Nit: pointers and references are loaded terms. I'd rather say pointer is the address of an object in memory. 

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/86860