extern ir_mode *mode_U; /**< 16 bit unicode char */
extern ir_mode *mode_P; /**< pointer */
+extern ir_mode *mode_P_mach; /**< A pointer mode that is set by the client of libfirm. This mode
+ represents the pointer size of the target machine. Is initialized
+ to mode_P. */
/* -- Auxiliary modes necessary for the Firm representation -- */
extern ir_mode *mode_b; /**< internal boolean */
ir_mode *get_modeANY(void);
ir_mode *get_modeBAD(void);
+/** Returns the machine specific pointer mode. */
+ir_mode *get_modeP_mach(void);
+
+/**
+ * Sets the machine specific pointer mode.
+ * If not set, the predefined mode mode_P will be used.
+ */
+void set_modeP_mach(ir_mode *p);
+
/**
- Functions to check, whether a modecode is signed, float, int, num, data,
- datab or dataM.
+ Functions to check, whether a modecode is signed, float, int, character,
+ reference, num, numP, data, datab or dataM.
For more exact definitions read the corresponding pages
in the firm documentation or the following enumeration
The set of "int" is defined as:
int = {irm_Bs, irm_Bu, irm_Hs, irm_Hu, irm_Is, irm_Iu, irm_Ls, irm_Lu}
+ The set of "character" is defined as:
+ character = {irm_C, irm_U}
+
+ The set of "reference" is defined as:
+ reference = {irm_P}
+
The set of "num" is defined as:
- num = {irm_F, irm_D, irm_E, irm_Bs, irm_Bu, irm_Hs, irm_Hu,
- irm_Is, irm_Iu, irm_Ls, irm_Lu}
- = {float || int}
+ num = {float || int}
+
+ The set of "numP" is defined as:
+ numP = {float || int || reference}
The set of "data" is defined as:
- data = {irm_F, irm_D, irm_E irm_Bs, irm_Bu, irm_Hs, irm_Hu,
- irm_Is, irm_Iu, irm_Ls, irm_Lu, irm_C, irm_U, irm_P}
- = {num || irm_C || irm_P}
+ data = {num || character || reference}
The set of "datab" is defined as:
- datab = {irm_F, irm_D, irm_E, irm_Bs, irm_Bu, irm_Hs, irm_Hu,
- irm_Is, irm_Iu, irm_Ls, irm_Lu, irm_C, irm_U, irm_P, irm_b}
- = {data || irm_b }
+ datab = {data || irm_b }
The set of "dataM" is defined as:
- dataM = {irm_F, irm_D, irm_E, irm_Bs, irm_Bu, irm_Hs, irm_Hu,
- irm_Is, irm_Iu, irm_Ls, irm_Lu, irm_C, irm_U, irm_P, irm_M}
- = {data || irm_M}
+ dataM = {data || irm_M}
*/
/*@}*/
/* Test for a certain class of modes. */
int mode_is_character (const ir_mode *mode);
int mode_is_reference (const ir_mode *mode);
int mode_is_num (const ir_mode *mode);
+int mode_is_numP (const ir_mode *mode);
int mode_is_data (const ir_mode *mode);
int mode_is_datab (const ir_mode *mode);
int mode_is_dataM (const ir_mode *mode);