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diff --git a/docs/TableGenFundamentals.html b/docs/TableGenFundamentals.html index e8fca32..ee44bdd 100644 --- a/docs/TableGenFundamentals.html +++ b/docs/TableGenFundamentals.html @@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ file, to factor out the common features that instructions of its class share. A key feature of TableGen is that it allows the end-user to define the abstractions they prefer to use when describing their information.</p> +<p>Each def record has a special entry called "NAME." This is the +name of the def ("ADD32rr" above). In the general case def names can +be formed from various kinds of string processing expressions and NAME +resolves to the final value obtained after resolving all of those +expressions. The user may refer to NAME anywhere she desires to use +the ultimate name of the def. NAME should not be defined anywhere +else in user code to avoid conflict problems.</p> + </div> <!-- ======================================================================= --> @@ -399,6 +407,10 @@ which case the user must specify it explicitly.</dd> <dt><tt>!strconcat(a, b)</tt></dt> <dd>A string value that is the result of concatenating the 'a' and 'b' strings.</dd> +<dt><tt>str1#str2</tt></dt> + <dd>"#" (paste) is a shorthand for !strconcat. It may concatenate + things that are not quoted strings, in which case an implicit + !cast<string> is done on the operand of the paste.</dd> <dt><tt>!cast<type>(a)</tt></dt> <dd>A symbol of type <em>type</em> obtained by looking up the string 'a' in the symbol table. If the type of 'a' does not match <em>type</em>, TableGen |