BINFO_OFFSET

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Kenner <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> writes:

    Richard> Sometimes it's passed to ssize_binop, meaning that it is
    Richard> supposed to be of type ssizeype, but something it's
    Richard> passed to size_binop, meaning that it's supposed to be
    Richard> sizetype.  Which is correct?

In the C++ front-end, BINFO_OFFSET always has type sizetype, to the
best of my knowledge.  However, we often need to subtract one
BINFO_OFFSET from another, and that often yields negative values.  (In
other words, we ask the question: how far is it from this sub-object
to this other sub-object?)

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