diff --git a/docs/GetElementPtr.html b/docs/GetElementPtr.html index 13df3f46f2b..dacc341bf1c 100644 --- a/docs/GetElementPtr.html +++ b/docs/GetElementPtr.html @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
   X = &Foo[0].F;

Sometimes this question gets rephrased as:

-
Why is it okay to index through the first pointer, but - subsequent pointers won't be dereferenced?
+

Why is it okay to index through the first pointer, but + subsequent pointers won't be dereferenced?

The answer is simply because memory does not have to be accessed to perform the computation. The first operand to the GEP instruction must be a value of a pointer type. The value of the pointer is provided directly to