This allows the construct to be shared between different backends. However, it
still remains illegal to use TypedPointerType in LLVM IR--the type is intended
to remain an auxiliary type, not a real LLVM type. So no support is provided for
LLVM-C, nor bitcode, nor LLVM assembly (besides the bare minimum needed to make
Type->dump() work properly).
Reviewed By: beanz, nikic, aeubanks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D130592
As implemented this patch assumes that Typed pointer support remains in
the llvm::PointerType class, however this could be modified to use a
different subclass of llvm::Type that could be disallowed from use in
other contexts.
This does not rely on inserting typed pointers into the Module, it just
uses the llvm::PointerType class to track and unique types.
Fixes#54918
Reviewed By: kuhar
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D122268
Joshua Cranmer