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<h4 class="subsection">10.6.1 Constant expressions</h4>
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<p>The table below begins with constants, moves on to unary expressions,
then proceeds to binary expressions, and concludes with various other
kinds of expressions:
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<dt><code>INTEGER_CST</code></dt>
<dd><p>These nodes represent integer constants. Note that the type of these
constants is obtained with <code>TREE_TYPE</code>; they are not always of type
<code>int</code>. In particular, <code>char</code> constants are represented with
<code>INTEGER_CST</code> nodes. The value of the integer constant <code>e</code> is
represented in an array of HOST_WIDE_INT. There are enough elements
in the array to represent the value without taking extra elements for
redundant 0s or -1. The number of elements used to represent <code>e</code>
is available via <code>TREE_INT_CST_NUNITS</code>. Element <code>i</code> can be
extracted by using <code>TREE_INT_CST_ELT (e, i)</code>.
<code>TREE_INT_CST_LOW</code> is a shorthand for <code>TREE_INT_CST_ELT (e, 0)</code>.
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<p>The functions <code>tree_fits_shwi_p</code> and <code>tree_fits_uhwi_p</code>
can be used to tell if the value is small enough to fit in a
signed HOST_WIDE_INT or an unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT respectively.
The value can then be extracted using <code>tree_to_shwi</code> and
<code>tree_to_uhwi</code>.
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<dt><code>REAL_CST</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>FIXME: Talk about how to obtain representations of this constant, do
comparisons, and so forth.
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<dt><code>FIXED_CST</code></dt>
<dd>
<p>These nodes represent fixed-point constants. The type of these constants
is obtained with <code>TREE_TYPE</code>. <code>TREE_FIXED_CST_PTR</code> points to
a <code>struct fixed_value</code>; <code>TREE_FIXED_CST</code> returns the structure
itself. <code>struct fixed_value</code> contains <code>data</code> with the size of two
<code>HOST_BITS_PER_WIDE_INT</code> and <code>mode</code> as the associated fixed-point
machine mode for <code>data</code>.
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<dt><code>COMPLEX_CST</code></dt>
<dd><p>These nodes are used to represent complex number constants, that is a
<code>__complex__</code> whose parts are constant nodes. The
<code>TREE_REALPART</code> and <code>TREE_IMAGPART</code> return the real and the
imaginary parts respectively.
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<dt><code>VECTOR_CST</code></dt>
<dd><p>These nodes are used to represent vector constants, whose parts are
constant nodes. Each individual constant node is either an integer or a
double constant node. The first operand is a <code>TREE_LIST</code> of the
constant nodes and is accessed through <code>TREE_VECTOR_CST_ELTS</code>.
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<dt><code>STRING_CST</code></dt>
<dd><p>These nodes represent string-constants. The <code>TREE_STRING_LENGTH</code>
returns the length of the string, as an <code>int</code>. The
<code>TREE_STRING_POINTER</code> is a <code>char*</code> containing the string
itself. The string may not be <code>NUL</code>-terminated, and it may contain
embedded <code>NUL</code> characters. Therefore, the
<code>TREE_STRING_LENGTH</code> includes the trailing <code>NUL</code> if it is
present.
</p>
<p>For wide string constants, the <code>TREE_STRING_LENGTH</code> is the number
of bytes in the string, and the <code>TREE_STRING_POINTER</code>
points to an array of the bytes of the string, as represented on the
target system (that is, as integers in the target endianness). Wide and
non-wide string constants are distinguished only by the <code>TREE_TYPE</code>
of the <code>STRING_CST</code>.
</p>
<p>FIXME: The formats of string constants are not well-defined when the
target system bytes are not the same width as host system bytes.
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