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...would be more convenient for users if instead of MDNode *DbgInfo = Inst->getMD(MDKind::DbgTag); Inst2->setMD(MDKind::DbgTag, DbgInfo); they could write: DILocation DbgInfo = Inst->getMD<DILocation>(); inst2->setMD(DbgInfo); we'd use TheContext->RegisterMDKind<MyKindWrapper>() or ...Register<MyKindWrapper>("name"); to register a new kind. (I prefer the first.) These kind wrappers need a couple methods to make them work: const StringRef KindWrapper::name("..."); KindWrapper(MDNode*); // Except for special cases like LdStAlign. KindWrap...

Devang's work on debug info prompted this, thoughts welcome: http://nondot.org/sabre/LLVMNotes/ExtensibleMetadata.txt -Chris

...of > > MDNode *DbgInfo = Inst->getMD(MDKind::DbgTag); > Inst2->setMD(MDKind::DbgTag, DbgInfo); > > they could write: > > DILocation DbgInfo = Inst->getMD<DILocation>(); > inst2->setMD(DbgInfo); > > we'd use TheContext->RegisterMDKind<MyKindWrapper>() or > ...Register<MyKindWrapper>("name"); to register a new kind. (I prefer > the first.) Yes, this is very convenient. This along with the rest of Chris' proposal is very similar to the way we handled metadata in a compiler I worked on years ago. It was so usef...