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Diffstat (limited to 'compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/base.rs | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs | 1 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
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; diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs index 34e1b7a6045..58af9d4cd04 100644 --- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs +++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs @@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ impl ConstMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx> { } } +/// Get the [LLVM type][Type] of a [`Value`]. pub fn val_ty(v: &Value) -> &Type { unsafe { llvm::LLVMTypeOf(v) } } |
