+/**
+ * These values represent the different mode classes of value representations.
+ * Beware: do not change the order of these values without checking
+ * the mode_is
+ */
+typedef enum ir_mode_sort {
+ irms_control_flow = 0, /**< Marks all control flow modes. */
+ irms_block = 1,
+ irms_tuple = 2,
+ irms_any = 3,
+ irms_bad = 4,
+ irms_memory = 5 | irmsh_is_dataM, /**< Marks the memory mode. Not extensible. (irm_M) */
+
+ /** Internal boolean representation.
+ Storing to memory impossible, convert first. (irm_b) */
+ irms_internal_boolean = 6 | irmsh_is_datab,
+
+ /** A mode to represent entities.
+ Restricted int computations can be performed */
+ irms_reference = 7 | irmsh_is_data | irmsh_is_datab | irmsh_is_dataM,
+ /** A mode to represent int numbers.
+ Integer computations can be performed. */
+ irms_int_number = 8 | irmsh_is_data | irmsh_is_datab | irmsh_is_dataM | irmsh_is_num,
+ /** A mode to represent float numbers.
+ Floating point computations can be performed. */
+ irms_float_number = 9 | irmsh_is_data | irmsh_is_datab | irmsh_is_dataM | irmsh_is_num,
+} ir_mode_sort;
+
+/**
+ * A descriptor for an IEEE754 float value.
+ */
+typedef struct float_descriptor_t {
+ unsigned char exponent_size; /**< size of exponent in bits */
+ unsigned char mantissa_size; /**< size of mantissa in bits */
+ bool explicit_one; /**< set if the leading one is explicit */
+} float_descriptor_t;
+