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authorDan Gohman <gohman@apple.com>2008-06-05 15:43:11 +0000
committerDan Gohman <gohman@apple.com>2008-06-05 15:43:11 +0000
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Expand the bullet item about i128 support and APInt usage in codegen.
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@@ -195,7 +195,12 @@ faster:</p>
<ul>
<li>MemOperand in the code generator: describe me!.</li>
-<li>i128 support and APInt through most of codegen.</li>
+<li>Target-independent codegen infastructure now uses LLVM's APInt class for
+ handling integer values, which allow it to support integer types larger
+ than 64 bits. Note that support for such types is also dependent on
+ target-specific support. Use of APInt is also a step toward support for
+ non-power-of-2 integer sizes.</li>
+<li>Support for 128-bit integers on X86-64.</li>
<li>Several compile time speedups for code with large basic blocks.</li>
</ul>