for accessing a structure field and a long type index for accessing an array
element. Consequently, it was only possible to access structures of 255 or
fewer elements. Starting in version 1.3, this restriction was lifted.
- Structures must now be indexed with int or uint types. Arrays must now be
- indexed with long or ulong types. This requirement was needed so that LLVM
- could compile several test cases that used large numbers of fields in their
- structures. The consequence of this was that the bytecode format had to
+ Structures must now be indexed with uint constants. Arrays may now be
+ indexed with int, uint, long, or ulong typed values.
+ The consequence of this was that the bytecode format had to
change in order to accommodate the larger range of structure indices.</p>
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