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| author | Corey Farwell <coreyf@rwell.org> | 2020-12-31 23:27:33 -0500 |
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| committer | Corey Farwell <coreyf@rwell.org> | 2020-12-31 23:27:33 -0500 |
| commit | d482de30ea70d537dced8ec04a3903e3264cf106 (patch) | |
| tree | 67d6cd380ef7a66e785a54993bb0ca93b07b43ec /compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs | |
| parent | 26cc060756d0456b17fdc53ac5d34e7f7bdc873d (diff) | |
| parent | 99ad5a1a2824fea1ecf60068fd3636beae7ea2da (diff) | |
| download | rust-d482de30ea70d537dced8ec04a3903e3264cf106.tar.gz rust-d482de30ea70d537dced8ec04a3903e3264cf106.zip | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into frewsxcv-san
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diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs index 7d01f6a5499..d5be3132dee 100644 --- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs +++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ -//! Codegen the completed AST to the LLVM IR. -//! -//! Some functions here, such as codegen_block and codegen_expr, return a value -- -//! the result of the codegen to LLVM -- while others, such as codegen_fn -//! and mono_item, are called only for the side effect of adding a -//! particular definition to the LLVM IR output we're producing. +//! Codegen the MIR to the LLVM IR. //! //! Hopefully useful general knowledge about codegen: //! -//! * There's no way to find out the `Ty` type of a Value. Doing so +//! * There's no way to find out the [`Ty`] type of a [`Value`]. Doing so //! would be "trying to get the eggs out of an omelette" (credit: -//! pcwalton). You can, instead, find out its `llvm::Type` by calling `val_ty`, -//! but one `llvm::Type` corresponds to many `Ty`s; for instance, `tup(int, int, -//! int)` and `rec(x=int, y=int, z=int)` will have the same `llvm::Type`. +//! pcwalton). You can, instead, find out its [`llvm::Type`] by calling [`val_ty`], +//! but one [`llvm::Type`] corresponds to many [`Ty`]s; for instance, `tup(int, int, +//! int)` and `rec(x=int, y=int, z=int)` will have the same [`llvm::Type`]. +//! +//! [`Ty`]: rustc_middle::ty::Ty +//! [`val_ty`]: common::val_ty use super::ModuleLlvm; |
