+ /// VectorType::get - This static method is the primary way to construct an
+ /// VectorType
+ ///
+ static VectorType *get(const Type *ElementType, unsigned NumElements);
+
+ /// VectorType::getInteger - This static method gets a VectorType with the
+ /// same number of elements as the input type, and the element type is an
+ /// integer type of the same width as the input element type.
+ ///
+ static VectorType *getInteger(const VectorType *VTy) {
+ unsigned EltBits = VTy->getElementType()->getPrimitiveSizeInBits();
+ const Type *EltTy = IntegerType::get(EltBits);
+ return VectorType::get(EltTy, VTy->getNumElements());
+ }
+
+ /// VectorType::getExtendedElementVectorType - This static method is like
+ /// getInteger except that the element types are twice as wide as the
+ /// elements in the input type.
+ ///
+ static VectorType *getExtendedElementVectorType(const VectorType *VTy) {
+ unsigned EltBits = VTy->getElementType()->getPrimitiveSizeInBits();
+ const Type *EltTy = IntegerType::get(EltBits * 2);
+ return VectorType::get(EltTy, VTy->getNumElements());
+ }
+
+ /// VectorType::getTruncatedElementVectorType - This static method is like
+ /// getInteger except that the element types are half as wide as the
+ /// elements in the input type.