It's not forming the metatype for the protocol type (exists t: P. t).metatype, it's forming the existential of a metatype of a conforming type, exists t: P. (t.metatype).
Swift SVN r14520
Having one instruction to get the dynamic metatype of a (non-existential) value makes more sense from a generic specialization standpoint and should stave off inevitable crashers when archetype_metatypes get specialized. protocol_metatype remains separate because metatype existentials are more interesting.
Swift SVN r14499
We were wantonly applying 'upcast' to archetypes in some cases, and really, that's OK, since these instructions do the same thing (and generic specialization could turn archetype_ref_to_super into upcast). Make everyone's life easier by folding archetype_to_super into upcast. Fixes <rdar://problem/16192324>.
Swift SVN r14496
Split 'destructive_switch_enum_addr' into separate 'switch_enum_addr' and 'take_enum_data_addr' instructions. This should unblock some optimization work we would like to do with enums.
Swift SVN r12015
Emphasize the fact that this address is only intended for initialization. When we split destructive_switch_enum_addr, there will be another similar instruction for destructively taking the payload out of an already-initialized enum.
Swift SVN r12000
Remove the initialize_var instruction now that DI fully diagnoses initialization problems. Change String-to-NSString bridging to explicitly invoke String's default constructor; it was the last remaining user of initialize_var. Remove dead code to emit an implicit default constructor without a body.
Swift SVN r11066
Lazily-generated currying thunks will require the same IR-level linkonce_odr linkage as clang thunks currently do, so generalize the name of the existing SIL-level linkage specifier 'clang_thunk'.
Swift SVN r8122
This is was a very mechanical patch where I basically first renamed SILNodes.def
and then just kept fixing things until everything compiled, so even though it is
large patch I feel ok(ish) with committing it.
If anyone has any concerns/etc, please email me and I will revert in 1 second.
Swift SVN r7604
