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 | <div class="doc_title"> LLVM Bitcode File Format </div> | 
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 |   <p>Written by <a href="mailto:rspencer@x10sys.com">Reid Spencer</a> and | 
 |   <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>. | 
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 | <p>This document describes the LLVM bitcode file format. It specifies | 
 | the binary encoding rules of the bitcode file format so that | 
 | equivalent systems can encode bitcode files correctly. The LLVM | 
 | bitcode representation is used to store the intermediate | 
 | representation on disk in a compacted form.</p> | 
 | <p>This document supercedes the LLVM bytecode file format for the 2.0 | 
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 | <p>This section describes the general concepts of the bitcode file | 
 | format without getting into specific layout details. It is recommended | 
 | that you read this section thoroughly before interpreting the detailed | 
 | descriptions.</p> | 
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