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Expand Up @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ same. For example, when we write, in "C":

it is natural to think that there is only one index, the selection of the field
``F``. However, in this example, ``Foo`` is a pointer. That pointer
must be indexed explicitly in LLVM. C, on the other hand, indices through it
must be indexed explicitly in LLVM. C, on the other hand, indexes through it
transparently. To arrive at the same address location as the C code, you would
provide the GEP instruction with two index operands. The first operand indexes
through the pointer; the second operand indexes the field ``F`` of the
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