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author | Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org> | 2005-04-25 15:47:57 +0000 |
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committer | Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org> | 2005-04-25 15:47:57 +0000 |
commit | d1039cc5817f32b6d8c01b2a659928014ad45c90 (patch) | |
tree | 5dd697ea0f6fad68837c2941fcc3dded44458e84 /llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html | |
parent | 478d3b930ae3a8952319e3b6bf99f618c1bbb69e (diff) | |
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diff --git a/llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html b/llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html index 82b263845c6..1d207bebbf2 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html +++ b/llvm/docs/ProgrammersManual.html @@ -970,6 +970,15 @@ assembly parser, and linker also have to be aware of the inner workings of this system. </p> +<p> +For our purposes below, we need three concepts. First, an "Opaque Type" is +exactly as defined in the <a href="LangRef.html#t_opaque">language +reference</a>. Second an "Abstract Type" is any type which includes an +opaque type as part of its type graph (for example "<tt>{ opaque, int }</tt>"). +Third, a concrete type is a type that is not an abstract type (e.g. "<tt>[ int, +float }</tt>"). +</p> + </div> <!-- ______________________________________________________________________ --> @@ -1093,8 +1102,8 @@ changes.</p> To support this, a class can derive from the AbstractTypeUser class. This class allows it to get callbacks when certain types are resolved. To register to get callbacks for a particular type, the DerivedType::{add/remove}AbstractTypeUser -methods can be called on a type. Note that these methods only work for {\em -abstract} types. Concrete types (those that do not include an opaque objects +methods can be called on a type. Note that these methods only work for <i> +abstract</i> types. Concrete types (those that do not include an opaque objects somewhere) can never be refined. </p> </div> |