llvm dev - Jan 2004 - [LLVMdev] bytecode documentation?

Is there any documentation of the llvm bytecode format?  I looked
around the website but didn't see any; did I miss some obvious
document?

Thanks a bunch.
 --Grant

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Grant Gould wrote:

Dear Mr. Gould,
> Is there any documentation of the llvm bytecode format?  I looked
> around the website but didn't see any; did I miss some obvious
> document?
At this time, we do not have any documentation on the bytcode format.  I
believe one LLVM user was working on such a document at one time, but if so,
it is not complete.

One option (although not ideal) is to examine the source code.  I believe
llvm/lib/Bytecode/Reader is where you would want to start.

If all you need to do is read LLVM bytecode, the bcreader library (in
llvm/lib/Bytecode/Reader) should suffice.  If you want to extend the format,
then more serious source code reading will be required.

Sorry we don't have anything better right now.
>
> Thanks a bunch.
>  --Grant
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Regards,

John T. Criswell

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"John T. Criswell" <criswell at cs.uiuc.edu> writes:
> On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Grant Gould wrote:
>
>> Is there any documentation of the llvm bytecode format?  I looked
>> around the website but didn't see any; did I miss some obvious
>> document?
>
> At this time, we do not have any documentation on the bytcode format.  I
> believe one LLVM user was working on such a document at one time, but if
so,
> it is not complete.
Ah, I was afraid that might be the case.
> One option (although not ideal) is to examine the source code.  I believe
> llvm/lib/Bytecode/Reader is where you would want to start.
> 
> If all you need to do is read LLVM bytecode, the bcreader library (in
> llvm/lib/Bytecode/Reader) should suffice.  If you want to extend the
format,
> then more serious source code reading will be required.
For the moment all I care about is reading it, so I can probably just
glean what I need from the source.

Thanks for you time.
 --Grant