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diff --git a/docs/GetElementPtr.html b/docs/GetElementPtr.html index 1bf6f43..3bf38a3 100644 --- a/docs/GetElementPtr.html +++ b/docs/GetElementPtr.html @@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ <div class="doc_text"> <p>This document seeks to dispel the mystery and confusion surrounding LLVM's - GetElementPtr (GEP) instruction. Questions about the wily GEP instruction are + <a href="LangRef.html#i_getelementptr">GetElementPtr</a> (GEP) instruction. + Questions about the wily GEP instruction are probably the most frequently occurring questions once a developer gets down to coding with LLVM. Here we lay out the sources of confusion and show that the GEP instruction is really quite simple. @@ -653,7 +654,8 @@ idx3 = (char*) &MyVar + 8 <li>Support C, C-like languages, and languages which can be conceptually lowered into C (this covers a lot).</li> <li>Support optimizations such as those that are common in - C compilers.</li> + C compilers. In particular, GEP is a cornerstone of LLVM's + <a href="LangRef.html#pointeraliasing">pointer aliasing model</a>.</li> <li>Provide a consistent method for computing addresses so that address computations don't need to be a part of load and store instructions in the IR.</li> |