</li>
<li><a href="#t_derived">Derived Types</a>
<ol>
+ <li><a href="#t_integer">Integer Type</a></li>
<li><a href="#t_array">Array Type</a></li>
<li><a href="#t_function">Function Type</a></li>
<li><a href="#t_pointer">Pointer Type</a></li>
<p>A global variable may be declared to reside in a target-specifc numbered
address space. For targets that support them, address spaces may affect how
optimizations are performed and/or what target instructions are used to access
-the variable. The default address space is zero.</p>
+the variable. The default address space is zero. The address space qualifier
+must precede any other attributes.</p>
<p>LLVM allows an explicit section to be specified for globals. If the target
supports it, it will emit globals to the section specified.</p>
<h5>Examples:</h5>
<table class="layout">
- <tr class="layout">
- <td class="left">
- <tt>i1</tt><br/>
- <tt>i4</tt><br/>
- <tt>i8</tt><br/>
- <tt>i16</tt><br/>
- <tt>i32</tt><br/>
- <tt>i42</tt><br/>
- <tt>i64</tt><br/>
- <tt>i1942652</tt><br/>
- </td>
- <td class="left">
- A boolean integer of 1 bit<br/>
- A nibble sized integer of 4 bits.<br/>
- A byte sized integer of 8 bits.<br/>
- A half word sized integer of 16 bits.<br/>
- A word sized integer of 32 bits.<br/>
- An integer whose bit width is the answer. <br/>
- A double word sized integer of 64 bits.<br/>
- A really big integer of over 1 million bits.<br/>
- </td>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td><tt>i1</tt></td>
+ <td>a single-bit integer.</td>
+ </tr><tr>
+ <td><tt>i32</tt></td>
+ <td>a 32-bit integer.</td>
+ </tr><tr>
+ <td><tt>i1942652</tt></td>
+ <td>a really big integer of over 1 million bits.</td>
</tr>
+ </tbody>
</table>
</div>
<h5>Examples:</h5>
<table class="layout">
<tr class="layout">
- <td class="left">
- <tt>[40 x i32 ]</tt><br/>
- <tt>[41 x i32 ]</tt><br/>
- <tt>[40 x i8]</tt><br/>
- </td>
- <td class="left">
- Array of 40 32-bit integer values.<br/>
- Array of 41 32-bit integer values.<br/>
- Array of 40 8-bit integer values.<br/>
- </td>
+ <td class="left"><tt>[40 x i32]</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">Array of 40 32-bit integer values.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="layout">
+ <td class="left"><tt>[41 x i32]</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">Array of 41 32-bit integer values.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="layout">
+ <td class="left"><tt>[4 x i8]</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">Array of 4 8-bit integer values.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Here are some examples of multidimensional arrays:</p>
<table class="layout">
<tr class="layout">
- <td class="left">
- <tt>[3 x [4 x i32]]</tt><br/>
- <tt>[12 x [10 x float]]</tt><br/>
- <tt>[2 x [3 x [4 x i16]]]</tt><br/>
- </td>
- <td class="left">
- 3x4 array of 32-bit integer values.<br/>
- 12x10 array of single precision floating point values.<br/>
- 2x3x4 array of 16-bit integer values.<br/>
- </td>
+ <td class="left"><tt>[3 x [4 x i32]]</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">3x4 array of 32-bit integer values.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="layout">
+ <td class="left"><tt>[12 x [10 x float]]</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">12x10 array of single precision floating point values.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="layout">
+ <td class="left"><tt>[2 x [3 x [4 x i16]]]</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">2x3x4 array of 16-bit integer values.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<td class="left"><tt>< { i32, i32, i32 } ></tt></td>
<td class="left">A triple of three <tt>i32</tt> values</td>
</tr><tr class="layout">
- <td class="left"><tt>< { float, i32 (i32) * } ></tt></td>
+ <td class="left"><tt>< { float, i32 (i32)* } ></tt></td>
<td class="left">A pair, where the first element is a <tt>float</tt> and the
second element is a <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to a
<a href="#t_function">function</a> that takes an <tt>i32</tt>, returning
<h5>Examples:</h5>
<table class="layout">
<tr class="layout">
- <td class="left">
- <tt>[4x i32]*</tt><br/>
- <tt>i32 (i32 *) *</tt><br/>
- <tt>i32 addrspace(5)*</tt><br/>
- </td>
- <td class="left">
- A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to <a href="#t_array">array</a> of
- four <tt>i32</tt> values<br/>
- A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to a <a
+ <td class="left"><tt>[4x i32]*</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to <a
+ href="#t_array">array</a> of four <tt>i32</tt> values.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="layout">
+ <td class="left"><tt>i32 (i32 *) *</tt></td>
+ <td class="left"> A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to a <a
href="#t_function">function</a> that takes an <tt>i32*</tt>, returning an
- <tt>i32</tt>.<br/>
- A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to an <tt>i32</tt> value that resides
- in address space 5.<br/>
- </td>
+ <tt>i32</tt>.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="layout">
+ <td class="left"><tt>i32 addrspace(5)*</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to an <tt>i32</tt> value
+ that resides in address space #5.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<table class="layout">
<tr class="layout">
- <td class="left">
- <tt><4 x i32></tt><br/>
- <tt><8 x float></tt><br/>
- <tt><2 x i64></tt><br/>
- </td>
- <td class="left">
- Vector of 4 32-bit integer values.<br/>
- Vector of 8 floating-point values.<br/>
- Vector of 2 64-bit integer values.<br/>
- </td>
+ <td class="left"><tt><4 x i32></tt></td>
+ <td class="left">Vector of 4 32-bit integer values.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="layout">
+ <td class="left"><tt><8 x float></tt></td>
+ <td class="left">Vector of 8 32-bit floating-point values.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="layout">
+ <td class="left"><tt><2 x i64></tt></td>
+ <td class="left">Vector of 2 64-bit integer values.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<table class="layout">
<tr class="layout">
- <td class="left">
- <tt>opaque</tt>
- </td>
- <td class="left">
- An opaque type.<br/>
- </td>
+ <td class="left"><tt>opaque</tt></td>
+ <td class="left">An opaque type.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>malloc</tt>' instruction allocates memory from the system
-heap and returns a pointer to it.</p>
+heap and returns a pointer to it. The object is always allocated in the generic
+address space (address space zero).</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>alloca</tt>' instruction allocates memory on the stack frame of the
currently executing function, to be automatically released when this function
-returns to its caller.</p>
+returns to its caller. The object is always allocated in the generic address
+space (address space zero).</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
intrinsics to make use of the LLVM garbage collectors. For more details, see <a
href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage Collection with LLVM</a>.
</p>
+
+<p>The garbage collection intrinsics only operate on objects in the generic
+ address space (address space zero).</p>
+
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