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diff --git a/docs/LangRef.html b/docs/LangRef.html index 8cc182b021..c35d70077f 100644 --- a/docs/LangRef.html +++ b/docs/LangRef.html @@ -1827,10 +1827,13 @@ Classifications</a> </div> <div class="doc_text"> <h5>Overview:</h5> -<p>As in many languages, the pointer type represents a pointer or reference to - another object, which must live in memory. Pointer types may have an optional - address space attribute defining the target-specific numbered address space - where the pointed-to object resides. The default address space is zero.</p> +<p>The pointer type is used to specify memory locations. + Pointers are commonly used to reference objects in memory.</p> + +<p>Pointer types may have an optional address space attribute defining the + numbered address space where the pointed-to object resides. The default + address space is number zero. The semantics of non-zero address + spaces are target-specific.</p> <p>Note that LLVM does not permit pointers to void (<tt>void*</tt>) nor does it permit pointers to labels (<tt>label*</tt>). Use <tt>i8*</tt> instead.</p> |