*/
tarval *new_tarval_from_long(long l, ir_mode *mode);
-/**
+/** Return value as long if possible.
+ *
* This returns a long int with the value represented value, or
* gibberish, depending on the size of long int and the size of the
* stored value. It works for e.g. 1 as mode_Ls, but might not work for
* get_mode_max(mode_Ls).
* This will overflow silently, so use only if you know what
* you are doing! (better check with tarval_is_long()...)
+ * Works only for int modes, even not for character modes!
*/
long tarval_to_long(tarval *tv);
+#define get_tarval_long tarval_to_long
/**
* This validates if tarval_to_long() will return a satisfying