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[oota-llvm.git] / include / llvm / CodeGen / ISDOpcodes.h

diff --git a/include/llvm/CodeGen/ISDOpcodes.h b/include/llvm/CodeGen/ISDOpcodes.h
index eb922e99744daadf92e59747278b7ece4125c95d..ba554d335d8817bd39a18b65602e996ace82826c 100644 (file)
--- a/include/llvm/CodeGen/ISDOpcodes.h
+++ b/include/llvm/CodeGen/ISDOpcodes.h
@@ -95,8 +95,11 @@ namespace ISD {
     // execution to HANDLER. Many platform-related details also :)
     EH_RETURN,
 
-    // TargetConstant* - Like Constant*, but the DAG does not do any folding or
-    // simplification of the constant.
+    // TargetConstant* - Like Constant*, but the DAG does not do any folding,
+    // simplification, or lowering of the constant. They are used for constants
+    // which are known to fit in the immediate fields of their users, or for
+    // carrying magic numbers which are not values which need to be materialized
+    // in registers.
     TargetConstant,
     TargetConstantFP,