expand on the llvm ir bitcode dox. Patch by Peter Housel!

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</ol>
<div class="doc_author">
<p>Written by <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>
and <a href="http://www.reverberate.org">Joshua Haberman</a>.
<p>Written by <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>,
<a href="http://www.reverberate.org">Joshua Haberman</a>,
and <a href="mailto:housel@acm.org">Peter S. Housel</a>.
</p>
</div>
@ -1037,8 +1038,17 @@ fields of <tt>FUNCTION</tt> records.</p>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>The <tt>PARAMATTR_BLOCK</tt> block (id 9) ...
</p>
<p>The <tt>PARAMATTR_BLOCK</tt> block (id 9) contains a table of
entries describing the attributes of function parameters. These
entries are referenced by 1-based index in the <i>paramattr</i> field
of module block <a name="MODULE_CODE_FUNCTION"><tt>FUNCTION</tt></a>
records, or within the <i>attr</i> field of function block <a
href="#FUNC_CODE_INST_INVOKE"><tt>INST_INVOKE</tt></a> and <a
href="#FUNC_CODE_INST_CALL"><tt>INST_CALL</tt></a> records.</p>
<p>Entries within <tt>PARAMATTR_BLOCK</tt> are constructed to ensure
that each is unique (i.e., no two indicies represent equivalent
attribute lists). </p>
</div>
@ -1051,8 +1061,41 @@ fields of <tt>FUNCTION</tt> records.</p>
<p><tt>[ENTRY, paramidx0, attr0, paramidx1, attr1...]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>ENTRY</tt> record (code 1) ...
<p>The <tt>ENTRY</tt> record (code 1) contains an even number of
values describing a unique set of function parameter attributes. Each
<i>paramidx</i> value indicates which set of attributes is
represented, with 0 representing the return value attributes,
0xFFFFFFFF representing function attributes, and other values
representing 1-based function parameters. Each <i>attr</i> value is a
bitmap with the following interpretation:
</p>
<ul>
<li>bit 0: <tt>zeroext</tt></li>
<li>bit 1: <tt>signext</tt></li>
<li>bit 2: <tt>noreturn</tt></li>
<li>bit 3: <tt>inreg</tt></li>
<li>bit 4: <tt>sret</tt></li>
<li>bit 5: <tt>nounwind</tt></li>
<li>bit 6: <tt>noalias</tt></li>
<li>bit 7: <tt>byval</tt></li>
<li>bit 8: <tt>nest</tt></li>
<li>bit 9: <tt>readnone</tt></li>
<li>bit 10: <tt>readonly</tt></li>
<li>bit 11: <tt>noinline</tt></li>
<li>bit 12: <tt>alwaysinline</tt></li>
<li>bit 13: <tt>optsize</tt></li>
<li>bit 14: <tt>ssp</tt></li>
<li>bit 15: <tt>sspreq</tt></li>
<li>bits 16&ndash;31: <tt>align <var>n</var></tt></li>
<li>bit 32: <tt>nocapture</tt></li>
<li>bit 33: <tt>noredzone</tt></li>
<li>bit 34: <tt>noimplicitfloat</tt></li>
<li>bit 35: <tt>naked</tt></li>
<li>bit 36: <tt>inlinehint</tt></li>
<li>bits 37&ndash;39: <tt>alignstack <var>n</var></tt>, represented as
the logarithm base 2 of the requested alignment, plus 1</li>
</ul>
</div>
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@ -1061,11 +1104,283 @@ fields of <tt>FUNCTION</tt> records.</p>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>The <tt>TYPE_BLOCK</tt> block (id 10) ...
<p>The <tt>TYPE_BLOCK</tt> block (id 10) contains records which
constitute a table of type operator entries used to represent types
referenced within an LLVM module. Each record (with the exception of
<a href="#TYPE_CODE_NUMENTRY"><tt>NUMENTRY</tt></a>) generates a
single type table entry, which may be referenced by 0-based index from
instructions, constants, metadata, type symbol table entries, or other
type operator records.
</p>
<p>Entries within <tt>TYPE_BLOCK</tt> are constructed to ensure that
each entry is unique (i.e., no two indicies represent structurally
equivalent types). </p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_NUMENTRY">TYPE_CODE_NUMENTRY Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[NUMENTRY, numentries]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>NUMENTRY</tt> record (code 1) contains a single value which
indicates the total number of type code entries in the type table of
the module. If present, <tt>NUMENTRY</tt> should be the first record
in the block.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_VOID">TYPE_CODE_VOID Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[VOID]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>VOID</tt> record (code 2) adds a <tt>void</tt> type to the
type table.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_FLOAT">TYPE_CODE_FLOAT Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[FLOAT]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>FLOAT</tt> record (code 3) adds a <tt>float</tt> (32-bit
floating point) type to the type table.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_DOUBLE">TYPE_CODE_DOUBLE Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[DOUBLE]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>DOUBLE</tt> record (code 4) adds a <tt>double</tt> (64-bit
floating point) type to the type table.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_LABEL">TYPE_CODE_LABEL Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[LABEL]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>LABEL</tt> record (code 5) adds a <tt>label</tt> type to
the type table.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_OPAQUE">TYPE_CODE_OPAQUE Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[OPAQUE]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>OPAQUE</tt> record (code 6) adds an <tt>opaque</tt> type to
the type table. Note that distinct <tt>opaque</tt> types are not
unified.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_INTEGER">TYPE_CODE_INTEGER Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[INTEGER, width]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>INTEGER</tt> record (code 7) adds an integer type to the
type table. The single <i>width</i> field indicates the width of the
integer type.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_POINTER">TYPE_CODE_POINTER Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[POINTER, pointee type, address space]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>POINTER</tt> record (code 8) adds a pointer type to the
type table. The operand fields are</p>
<ul>
<li><i>pointee type</i>: The type index of the pointed-to type</li>
<li><i>address space</i>: If supplied, the target-specific numbered
address space where the pointed-to object resides. Otherwise, the
default address space is zero.
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_FUNCTION">TYPE_CODE_FUNCTION Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[FUNCTION, vararg, ignored, retty, ...paramty... ]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>FUNCTION</tt> record (code 9) adds a function type to the
type table. The operand fields are</p>
<ul>
<li><i>vararg</i>: Non-zero if the type represents a varargs function</li>
<li><i>ignored</i>: This value field is present for backward
compatibility only, and is ignored</li>
<li><i>retty</i>: The type index of the function's return type</li>
<li><i>paramty</i>: Zero or more type indices representing the
parameter types of the function</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_STRUCT">TYPE_CODE_STRUCT Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[STRUCT, ispacked, ...eltty...]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>STRUCT </tt> record (code 10) adds a struct type to the
type table. The operand fields are</p>
<ul>
<li><i>ispacked</i>: Non-zero if the type represents a packed structure</li>
<li><i>eltty</i>: Zero or more type indices representing the element
types of the structure</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_ARRAY">TYPE_CODE_ARRAY Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[ARRAY, numelts, eltty]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>ARRAY</tt> record (code 11) adds an array type to the type
table. The operand fields are</p>
<ul>
<li><i>numelts</i>: The number of elements in arrays of this type</li>
<li><i>eltty</i>: The type index of the array element type</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_VECTOR">TYPE_CODE_VECTOR Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[VECTOR, numelts, eltty]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>VECTOR</tt> record (code 12) adds a vector type to the type
table. The operand fields are</p>
<ul>
<li><i>numelts</i>: The number of elements in vectors of this type</li>
<li><i>eltty</i>: The type index of the vector element type</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_X86_FP80">TYPE_CODE_X86_FP80 Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[X86_FP80]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>X86_FP80</tt> record (code 13) adds an <tt>x86_fp80</tt> (80-bit
floating point) type to the type table.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_FP128">TYPE_CODE_FP128 Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[FP128]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>FP128</tt> record (code 14) adds an <tt>fp128</tt> (128-bit
floating point) type to the type table.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_PPC_FP128">TYPE_CODE_PPC_FP128 Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[PPC_FP128]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>PPC_FP128</tt> record (code 15) adds a <tt>ppc_fp128</tt>
(128-bit floating point) type to the type table.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_METADATA">TYPE_CODE_METADATA Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[METADATA]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>METADATA</tt> record (code 16) adds a <tt>metadata</tt>
type to the type table.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TYPE_CODE_UNION">TYPE_CODE_UNION Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[UNION, ...eltty...]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>UNION</tt> record (code 17) adds a <tt>union</tt> type to
the type table. The <i>eltty</i> operand fields are zero or more type
indices representing the element types of the union.
</p>
</div>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="CONSTANTS_BLOCK">CONSTANTS_BLOCK Contents</a>
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<div class="doc_text">
<p>The <tt>TYPE_SYMTAB_BLOCK</tt> block (id 13) ...
<p>The <tt>TYPE_SYMTAB_BLOCK</tt> block (id 13) contains entries which
map between module-level named types and their corresponding type
indices.
</p>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="TST_CODE_ENTRY">TST_CODE_ENTRY Record</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p><tt>[ENTRY, typeid, ...string...]</tt></p>
<p>The <tt>ENTRY</tt> record (code 1) contains a variable number of
values, with the first giving the type index of the designated type,
and the remaining values giving the character codes of the type
name. Each entry corresponds to a single named type.
</p>
</div>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="VALUE_SYMTAB_BLOCK">VALUE_SYMTAB_BLOCK Contents</a>