<li>Unnamed values are represented as an unsigned numeric value with a '%'
prefix. For example, %12, %2, %44.</li>
- <li>Constants, which are described in <a href="#constants">section about
- constants</a></li>
+ <li>Constants, which are described in a <a href="#constants">section about
+ constants</a>, below.</li>
</ol>
<p>LLVM requires that values start with a '%' sign for two reasons: Compilers
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-<div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="simpleconstants">Simple Constants</a>
-</div>
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="simpleconstants">Simple Constants</a></div>
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<dt><b>Integer constants</b></dt>
- <dd>Standard integers (such as '4') are constants of <a
+ <dd>Standard integers (such as '4') are constants of the <a
href="#t_integer">integer</a> type. Negative numbers may be used with signed
integer types.
</dd>
<dd>Floating point constants use standard decimal notation (e.g. 123.421),
exponential notation (e.g. 1.23421e+2), or a more precise hexadecimal
- notation. etc. Floating point constants have an optional hexadecimal
+ notation. Floating point constants have an optional hexadecimal
notation (see below). Floating point constants must have a <a
href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type. </dd>
of floating point constants. For example, the form '<tt>double
0x432ff973cafa8000</tt>' is equivalent to (but harder to read than) '<tt>double
4.5e+15</tt>'. The only time hexadecimal floating point constants are required
-(and the only time that they are generated by the disassembler) is when an FP
-constant has to be emitted that is not representable as a decimal floating point
-number exactly. For example, NaN's, infinities, and other special cases are
-represented in their IEEE hexadecimal format so that assembly and disassembly do
-not cause any bits to change in the constants.</p>
+(and the only time that they are generated by the disassembler) is when a
+floating point constant must be emitted but it cannot be represented as a
+decimal floating point number. For example, NaN's, infinities, and other
+special values are represented in their IEEE hexadecimal format so that
+assembly and disassembly do not cause any bits to change in the constants.</p>
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