The new helpers are supposed to be used in clang to generate TBAA information in the new format proposed in this thread:
http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2017-November/118748.html
Differential D39956
[IR] Add MDBuilder helpers for the new TBAA metadata format kosarev on Nov 13 2017, 5:09 AM. Authored by
Details The new helpers are supposed to be used in clang to generate TBAA information in the new format proposed in this thread: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2017-November/118748.html
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Event TimelineComment Actions Changed the order of metadata nodes describing structure fields so that the type node comes first. This agrees with the order of nodes in access tags and type nodes in the old format where offsets come after type nodes. Also simplifies adopting the existing code to the new format a bit.
Comment Actions LGTM
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