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diff --git a/docs/TableGenFundamentals.html b/docs/TableGenFundamentals.html index e8fca32513..f7f3d97ffe 100644 --- a/docs/TableGenFundamentals.html +++ b/docs/TableGenFundamentals.html @@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ file, to factor out the common features that instructions of its class share. A key feature of TableGen is that it allows the end-user to define the abstractions they prefer to use when describing their information.</p> +<p>Each def record has a special entry called "NAME." This is the +name of the def ("ADD32rr" above). In the general case def names can +be formed from various kinds of string processing expressions and NAME +resolves to the final value obtained after resolving all of those +expressions. The user may refer to NAME anywhere she desires to use +the ultimate name of the def. NAME should not be defined anywhere +else in user code to avoid conflict problems.</p> + </div> <!-- ======================================================================= --> |