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Diffstat (limited to 'include/llvm/ADT')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h b/include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h index 3a72e87..41e463d 100644 --- a/include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h +++ b/include/llvm/ADT/Triple.h @@ -19,25 +19,27 @@ namespace llvm { -/// Triple - Helper class for working with target triples. +/// Triple - Helper class for working with autoconf configuration names. For +/// historical reasons, we also call these 'triples' (they used to contain +/// exactly three fields). /// -/// Target triples are strings in the canonical form: +/// Configuration names are strings in the canonical form: /// ARCHITECTURE-VENDOR-OPERATING_SYSTEM /// or /// ARCHITECTURE-VENDOR-OPERATING_SYSTEM-ENVIRONMENT /// /// This class is used for clients which want to support arbitrary -/// target triples, but also want to implement certain special -/// behavior for particular targets. This class isolates the mapping -/// from the components of the target triple to well known IDs. +/// configuration names, but also want to implement certain special +/// behavior for particular configurations. This class isolates the mapping +/// from the components of the configuration name to well known IDs. /// /// At its core the Triple class is designed to be a wrapper for a triple /// string; the constructor does not change or normalize the triple string. /// Clients that need to handle the non-canonical triples that users often /// specify should use the normalize method. /// -/// See autoconf/config.guess for a glimpse into what triples look like in -/// practice. +/// See autoconf/config.guess for a glimpse into what configuration names +/// look like in practice. class Triple { public: enum ArchType { |