[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/01/2007 17:45:59:
> I succeeded to do it as follows:
>
> tree type_decl = lookup_name(get_identifier("MyType"));
> tree type_ptr = build_pointer_type(TREE_TYPE(type_decl));
> tree var_decl = build(VAR_DECL, get_identifier("t"), type_ptr);
> pushdecl(var_decl);
>
> It may not be a perfect solution but for now it works.
>
> On 1/16/07, Ferad Zyulkyarov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > Best way to figure this out is to write a simple 5 line testcase that
> > > defines a structure type and also defines a pointer to that type, and
> > > then step through gcc to see what it does. Try putting breakpoints
in
> > > finish_struct and build_pointer_type.
> >
> > I tried with the advised test case but again I could not find how to
> > reference to the already declared type "MyType".
> >
> > As it sould be logically, there should be a way to get a reference to
> > the declared type i.e.
> > tree type_decl = lookup_name("MyType");
> > tree type_ptr = build_pointer_type(type_decl->type_node);
> > tree var_decl = build(VAR_DECL, get_identifier("t"), type_ptr);
> >
> > I tried similar codes like the above, but I don't know how to retrieve
> > the "type" from the type declaration. Any help, ideas are highly
> > appreciated.
> >
BTW - I think you can retrieve a reference to an existing type by
traversing the
type_hash hash in tree.c.
Revital
> > Ferad Zyulkyarov
> >
>
>
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> Ferad Zyulkyarov
> Barcelona Supercomputing Center
