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Hello everyone, In December, I had started a thread on scoped no-alias metadata in order to represent C99 'restrict' pointer information at the IR level: http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2012-December/056586.html At this point, we also have another important use case: preserving the existing 'noalias' attributes on pointers after inlining. My original proposal was technically flawed, and based on the original feedback, and subsequent discussions with Arnold and Andy, a new scheme has emerged:...

...Thanks again, Hal ----- Original Message ----- > Hello everyone, > > In December, I had started a thread on scoped no-alias metadata in > order to represent C99 'restrict' pointer information at the IR > level: > http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2012-December/056586.html > > At this point, we also have another important use case: preserving > the existing 'noalias' attributes on pointers after inlining. My > original proposal was technically flawed, and based on the original > feedback, and subsequent discussions with Arnold and Andy, a...