What is the difference between getType and getElementType?
>> dyn_cast<StructType>(PT->getType()))
>> dyn_cast<StructType>(PT->getElementType()))
Please bear me if my question is too stupid, I just started
and got so frustrated by the details.
getType() is a member of the Value class, it returns an instance of Type
that tells you what type a value is (okay, that's annoyingly circular, I
hope it makes sense).
getElementType() is a member of the PointerType class that returns the
type the pointer wraps. So on an 'int*', it will return 'int'.
>> I assume that, since "mystru" isn't being used as specified
in rules
>> U1-U3, that we shouldn't have to handle it...
>> But I could be wrong...
Does our code need to actually read throught the code to see
if every usage of the pointer is in U1-U3? If we need to do
that, how can we do it since our code can only run on each
function and cannot run on the whole file at the same time.
Yes. You loop over the use of the alloca, see that there is a call on the
use list, and bail out.
-Chris
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