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diff --git a/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html b/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html index 810b5a7064..775a431db0 100644 --- a/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html +++ b/docs/ExtendingLLVM.html @@ -215,7 +215,47 @@ installations.</span> Only add new types if it is absolutely necessary.</p> <div class="doc_text"> -<p>TODO</p> +<ol> +<li><tt>llvm/include/llvm/Type.def</tt>: + add enum for the type</li> + +<li><tt>llvm/include/llvm/Type.h</tt>: + add ID number for the new type; add a forward declaration of the type also</li> + +<li><tt>llvm/include/llvm/DerivedType.h</tt>: + add new class to represent new class in the hierarchy; add forward + declaration to the TypeMap value type</li> + +<li><tt>llvm/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp</tt>: + add support for derived type to: + std::string getTypeDescription(const Type &Ty, + std::vector<const Type *> &TypeStack) + bool TypesEqual(const Type* Ty, const Type *Ty2, + std::map<const Type *, const Type *> & EqTypes) + add necessary member functions for type, and factory + methods</li> + +<li><tt>llvm/lib/AsmReader/Lexer.l</tt>: + add ability to parse in the type from text assembly</li> + +<li><tt>llvm/lib/ByteCode/Writer/Writer.cpp</tt>: + modify void BytecodeWriter::outputType(const Type *T) to + serialize your type</li> + +<li><tt>llvm/lib/ByteCode/Reader/Reader.cpp</tt>: + modify const Type *BytecodeReader::ParseType() to + read your data type</li> + +<li><tt>llvm/lib/VMCore/AsmWriter.cpp</tt>: + modify void calcTypeName(const Type *Ty, + std::vector<const Type *> &TypeStack, + std::map<const Type *,std::string> &TypeNames, + std::string & Result) + to output the new derived type +</li> + + +</ol> </div> |