Re: [omr-dev] Does a constant value need a Load instruction?

["Mark Stoodley" <mstoodle@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dibyendu,

> Suppose
I am generating IL for something simple such as:
> 
> return 42
> 
> Here 42 is an integer constant - does this need to be Loaded when
> supplying as an argument to return?

You need to generate some kind of const
node (bconst 42, sconst 42, iconst 42, lconst 42, fconst 42.0 dconst 42.0)
and then feed that to a consistently typed return node :
        breturn
         
 bconst 42

or, for floating point values, ...
        freturn
         
 fconst 42.0

or
        ...

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