Enum cranelift_codegen::ir::ArgumentExtension [−][src]
pub enum ArgumentExtension {
None,
Uext,
Sext,
}
Expand description
Function argument extension options.
On some architectures, small integer function arguments and/or return values are extended to the width of a general-purpose register.
This attribute specifies how an argument or return value should be extended if the platform and ABI require it. Because the frontend (CLIF generator) does not know anything about the particulars of the target’s ABI, and the CLIF should be platform-independent, these attributes specify how to extend (according to the signedness of the original program) rather than whether to extend.
For example, on x86-64, the SystemV ABI does not require extensions of narrow values, so these
ArgumentExtension
attributes are ignored; but in the Baldrdash (SpiderMonkey) ABI on the same
platform, all narrow values are extended, so these attributes may lead to extra
zero/sign-extend instructions in the generated machine code.
Variants
None
No extension, high bits are indeterminate.
Uext
Unsigned extension: high bits in register are 0.
Sext
Signed extension: high bits in register replicate sign bit.
Trait Implementations
Auto Trait Implementations
impl RefUnwindSafe for ArgumentExtension
impl Send for ArgumentExtension
impl Sync for ArgumentExtension
impl Unpin for ArgumentExtension
impl UnwindSafe for ArgumentExtension
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and return true
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