| Issue |
136663
|
| Summary |
Documentation inconsistency for aliases
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| Labels |
new issue
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| Assignees |
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| Reporter |
camilstaps
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The documentation for aliases (GlobalAlias) says (emphasis mine):
> Aliases have a name and **an aliasee that is either a global value or a constant _expression_**.
The syntax, however, seems to allow for global values but not constant expressions, because of the `@` in front of `<Aliasee>`:
```llvm
@<Name> = [Linkage] [PreemptionSpecifier] [Visibility] [DLLStorageClass] [ThreadLocal] [(unnamed_addr|local_unnamed_addr)] alias <AliaseeTy>, <AliaseeTy>* @<Aliasee>
[, partition "name"]
```
The natural language documentation seems to be correct, because (at least on X86) I can do the following:
```llvm
@x = global i32 1
@y = alias i32, i32* getelementptr (i32, ptr @x, i32 1)
```
So, I think the `@` in front of `<Aliasee>` should be removed.
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