Hello,
(Following a discussion on irc.)
The current version of the Language Reference still mentions integer
types as being primitive. It also fails to mention three floating point
types. The attached patch (in the docs/ subdir) fixes these issues.
-- Alain
Index: LangRef.html
===================================================================
--- LangRef.html (revision 45557)
+++ LangRef.html (working copy)
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@
</li>
<li><a href="#typesystem">Type System</a>
<ol>
+ <li><a href="#t_classifications">Type Classifications</a></li>
<li><a href="#t_primitive">Primitive Types</a>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#t_classifications">Type Classifications</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#t_floating">Floating Point Types</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#t_void">Void Type</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#t_label">Label Type</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#t_derived">Derived Types</a>
@@ -974,59 +977,49 @@
</div>
<!-- =======================================================================
-->
-<div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="t_primitive">Primitive Types</a> </div>
-<div class="doc_text">
-<p>The primitive types are the fundamental building blocks of the LLVM
-system. The current set of primitive types is as follows:</p>
-
-<table class="layout">
- <tr class="layout">
- <td class="left">
- <table>
- <tbody>
- <tr><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr>
- <tr><td><tt><a name="t_void">void</a></tt></td><td>No value</td></tr>
- <tr><td><tt>label</tt></td><td>Branch destination</td></tr>
- </tbody>
- </table>
- </td>
- <td class="right">
- <table>
- <tbody>
- <tr><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr>
- <tr><td><tt>float</tt></td><td>32-bit floating point value</td></tr>
- <tr><td><tt>double</tt></td><td>64-bit floating point value</td></tr>
- </tbody>
- </table>
- </td>
- </tr>
-</table>
-</div>
-
-<!-- _______________________________________________________________________
-->
-<div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_classifications">Type
+<div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="t_classifications">Type
Classifications</a> </div>
<div class="doc_text">
-<p>These different primitive types fall into a few useful
+<p>The types fall into a few useful
classifications:</p>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<tbody>
<tr><th>Classification</th><th>Types</th></tr>
<tr>
- <td><a name="t_integer">integer</a></td>
+ <td><a href="#t_integer">integer</a></td>
<td><tt>i1, i2, i3, ... i8, ... i16, ... i32, ... i64, ... </tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><a name="t_floating">floating point</a></td>
- <td><tt>float, double</tt></td>
+ <td><a href="#t_floating">floating point</a></td>
+ <td><tt>float, double, x86_fp80, fp128, ppc_fp128</tt></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a name="t_firstclass">first class</a></td>
- <td><tt>i1, ..., float, double, <br/>
- <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a>,<a href="#t_vector">vector</a></tt>
+ <td><a href="#t_integer">integer</a>,
+ <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a>,
+ <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a>,
+ <a href="#t_vector">vector</a>
</td>
</tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="#t_primitive">primitive</a></td>
+ <td><a href="#t_label">label</a>,
+ <a href="#t_void">void</a>,
+ <a href="#t_integer">integer</a>,
+ <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a>.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="#t_derived">derived</a></td>
+ <td><a href="#t_integer">integer</a>,
+ <a href="#t_array">array</a>,
+ <a href="#t_function">function</a>,
+ <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a>,
+ <a href="#t_struct">structure</a>,
+ <a href="#t_pstruct">packed structure</a>,
+ <a href="#t_vector">vector</a>,
+ <a href="#t_opaque">opaque</a>.
+ </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
@@ -1038,6 +1031,57 @@
</div>
<!-- =======================================================================
-->
+<div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="t_primitive">Primitive Types</a> </div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+<p>The primitive types are the fundamental building blocks of the LLVM
+system.</p>
+
+<!-- _______________________________________________________________________
-->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_floating">Floating Point Types</a>
</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <table>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>float</tt></td><td>32-bit floating point value</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>double</tt></td><td>64-bit floating point value</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>fp128</tt></td><td>128-bit floating point value (112-bit
mantissa)</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>x86_fp80</tt></td><td>80-bit floating point value
(X87)</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><tt>ppc_fp128</tt></td><td>128-bit floating point value (two
64-bits)</td></tr>
+ </tbody>
+ </table>
+</div>
+
+<!-- _______________________________________________________________________
-->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_void">Void Type</a> </div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<h5>Overview:</h5>
+<p>The void type does not represent any value and has no size.</p>
+
+<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+
+<pre>
+ void
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<!-- _______________________________________________________________________
-->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="t_label">Label Type</a> </div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+<h5>Overview:</h5>
+<p>The label type represents code labels.</p>
+
+<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+
+<pre>
+ label
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+
+<!-- =======================================================================
-->
<div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="t_derived">Derived Types</a> </div>
<div class="doc_text">
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