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Re:Jank development update – Moving to LLVM IR by fooker on Thursday October 17, 2024 @04:20AM (#41867508)
IR can be auto-upgraded between LLVM versions.
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Re:Jank development update – Moving to LLVM IR by almostgotcaught on Thursday October 17, 2024 @07:05AM (#41868402)
citation? i work on LLVM (like llvm/llvm-project) and i'm not aware of such a tool.
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Re:Jank development update – Moving to LLVM IR by theresistor on Thursday October 17, 2024 @07:42AM (#41868681)
The textual IR is not backwards compatible, but the bitcode format has been best-effort auto-upgradeable for as long as I've been involved (2006). The policy is documented here: https://llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html#ir-backwards-comp...
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Re:Jank development update – Moving to LLVM IR by almostgotcaught on Thursday October 17, 2024 @08:23AM (#41868980)
bitcode policy i'm aware of - it's the "IR" part that caught my attention.
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Re:Jank development update – Moving to LLVM IR by mannycalavera42 on Thursday October 17, 2024 @08:47AM (#41869160)
a pretty evident case of not almost got caught
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