Class IRAddressType

An address type, representing the memory address of data. Used to represent pointers, references, and lvalues, include those that are garbage collected.

The address of a function is represented by the separate IRFunctionAddressType.

Import path

import semmle.code.cpp.ir.IR

Direct supertypes

IRSizedType
TIRAddressType

Indirect supertypes

IRType
TIRType

Inherited fields

byteSize

from IRSizedType

Predicates

getByteSize	Gets the size of the type, in bytes, if known.
getCanonicalLanguageType	Gets a single instance of `LanguageType` that maps to this `IRType`.
toString	Gets a textual representation of this type.

Inherited predicates

getIdentityString

Gets a string that uniquely identifies this IRType. This string is often the same as the result of IRType.toString(), but for some types it may be more verbose to ensure uniqueness.

from IRType