now that we have CGT around, we can start using preferred types
for return values too. Instead of compiling something like: struct foo { int *X; float *Y; }; struct foo test(struct foo *P) { return *P; } to: %1 = type { i64, i64 } define %1 @test(%struct.foo* %P) nounwind { entry: %retval = alloca %struct.foo, align 8 ; <%struct.foo*> [#uses=2] %P.addr = alloca %struct.foo*, align 8 ; <%struct.foo**> [#uses=2] store %struct.foo* %P, %struct.foo** %P.addr %tmp = load %struct.foo** %P.addr ; <%struct.foo*> [#uses=1] %tmp1 = bitcast %struct.foo* %retval to i8* ; <i8*> [#uses=1] %tmp2 = bitcast %struct.foo* %tmp to i8* ; <i8*> [#uses=1] call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* %tmp1, i8* %tmp2, i64 16, i32 8, i1 false) %0 = bitcast %struct.foo* %retval to %1* ; <%1*> [#uses=1] %1 = load %1* %0, align 1 ; <%1> [#uses=1] ret %1 %1 } We now get the result more type safe, with: define %struct.foo @test(%struct.foo* %P) nounwind { entry: %retval = alloca %struct.foo, align 8 ; <%struct.foo*> [#uses=2] %P.addr = alloca %struct.foo*, align 8 ; <%struct.foo**> [#uses=2] store %struct.foo* %P, %struct.foo** %P.addr %tmp = load %struct.foo** %P.addr ; <%struct.foo*> [#uses=1] %tmp1 = bitcast %struct.foo* %retval to i8* ; <i8*> [#uses=1] %tmp2 = bitcast %struct.foo* %tmp to i8* ; <i8*> [#uses=1] call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* %tmp1, i8* %tmp2, i64 16, i32 8, i1 false) %0 = load %struct.foo* %retval ; <%struct.foo> [#uses=1] ret %struct.foo %0 } That memcpy is completely terrible, but I don't know how to fix it. llvm-svn: 109729
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