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<h4 class="subsection">10.6.3 Unary and Binary Expressions</h4>
<p><a name="index-NEGATE_005fEXPR-1848"></a><a name="index-ABS_005fEXPR-1849"></a><a name="index-BIT_005fNOT_005fEXPR-1850"></a><a name="index-TRUTH_005fNOT_005fEXPR-1851"></a><a name="index-PREDECREMENT_005fEXPR-1852"></a><a name="index-PREINCREMENT_005fEXPR-1853"></a><a name="index-POSTDECREMENT_005fEXPR-1854"></a><a name="index-POSTINCREMENT_005fEXPR-1855"></a><a name="index-FIX_005fTRUNC_005fEXPR-1856"></a><a name="index-FLOAT_005fEXPR-1857"></a><a name="index-COMPLEX_005fEXPR-1858"></a><a name="index-CONJ_005fEXPR-1859"></a><a name="index-REALPART_005fEXPR-1860"></a><a name="index-IMAGPART_005fEXPR-1861"></a><a name="index-NON_005fLVALUE_005fEXPR-1862"></a><a name="index-NOP_005fEXPR-1863"></a><a name="index-CONVERT_005fEXPR-1864"></a><a name="index-FIXED_005fCONVERT_005fEXPR-1865"></a><a name="index-THROW_005fEXPR-1866"></a><a name="index-LSHIFT_005fEXPR-1867"></a><a name="index-RSHIFT_005fEXPR-1868"></a><a name="index-BIT_005fIOR_005fEXPR-1869"></a><a name="index-BIT_005fXOR_005fEXPR-1870"></a><a name="index-BIT_005fAND_005fEXPR-1871"></a><a name="index-TRUTH_005fANDIF_005fEXPR-1872"></a><a name="index-TRUTH_005fORIF_005fEXPR-1873"></a><a name="index-TRUTH_005fAND_005fEXPR-1874"></a><a name="index-TRUTH_005fOR_005fEXPR-1875"></a><a name="index-TRUTH_005fXOR_005fEXPR-1876"></a><a name="index-POINTER_005fPLUS_005fEXPR-1877"></a><a name="index-PLUS_005fEXPR-1878"></a><a name="index-MINUS_005fEXPR-1879"></a><a name="index-MULT_005fEXPR-1880"></a><a name="index-MULT_005fHIGHPART_005fEXPR-1881"></a><a name="index-RDIV_005fEXPR-1882"></a><a name="index-TRUNC_005fDIV_005fEXPR-1883"></a><a name="index-FLOOR_005fDIV_005fEXPR-1884"></a><a name="index-CEIL_005fDIV_005fEXPR-1885"></a><a name="index-ROUND_005fDIV_005fEXPR-1886"></a><a name="index-TRUNC_005fMOD_005fEXPR-1887"></a><a name="index-FLOOR_005fMOD_005fEXPR-1888"></a><a name="index-CEIL_005fMOD_005fEXPR-1889"></a><a name="index-ROUND_005fMOD_005fEXPR-1890"></a><a name="index-EXACT_005fDIV_005fEXPR-1891"></a><a name="index-LT_005fEXPR-1892"></a><a name="index-LE_005fEXPR-1893"></a><a name="index-GT_005fEXPR-1894"></a><a name="index-GE_005fEXPR-1895"></a><a name="index-EQ_005fEXPR-1896"></a><a name="index-NE_005fEXPR-1897"></a><a name="index-ORDERED_005fEXPR-1898"></a><a name="index-UNORDERED_005fEXPR-1899"></a><a name="index-UNLT_005fEXPR-1900"></a><a name="index-UNLE_005fEXPR-1901"></a><a name="index-UNGT_005fEXPR-1902"></a><a name="index-UNGE_005fEXPR-1903"></a><a name="index-UNEQ_005fEXPR-1904"></a><a name="index-LTGT_005fEXPR-1905"></a><a name="index-MODIFY_005fEXPR-1906"></a><a name="index-INIT_005fEXPR-1907"></a><a name="index-COMPOUND_005fEXPR-1908"></a><a name="index-COND_005fEXPR-1909"></a><a name="index-CALL_005fEXPR-1910"></a><a name="index-STMT_005fEXPR-1911"></a><a name="index-BIND_005fEXPR-1912"></a><a name="index-LOOP_005fEXPR-1913"></a><a name="index-EXIT_005fEXPR-1914"></a><a name="index-CLEANUP_005fPOINT_005fEXPR-1915"></a><a name="index-CONSTRUCTOR-1916"></a><a name="index-COMPOUND_005fLITERAL_005fEXPR-1917"></a><a name="index-SAVE_005fEXPR-1918"></a><a name="index-TARGET_005fEXPR-1919"></a><a name="index-VA_005fARG_005fEXPR-1920"></a><a name="index-ANNOTATE_005fEXPR-1921"></a>
<dl>
<dt><code>NEGATE_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent unary negation of the single operand, for both
integer and floating-point types. The type of negation can be
determined by looking at the type of the expression.
<p>The behavior of this operation on signed arithmetic overflow is
controlled by the <code>flag_wrapv</code> and <code>flag_trapv</code> variables.
<br><dt><code>ABS_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent the absolute value of the single operand, for
both integer and floating-point types. This is typically used to
implement the <code>abs</code>, <code>labs</code> and <code>llabs</code> builtins for
integer types, and the <code>fabs</code>, <code>fabsf</code> and <code>fabsl</code>
builtins for floating point types. The type of abs operation can
be determined by looking at the type of the expression.
<p>This node is not used for complex types. To represent the modulus
or complex abs of a complex value, use the <code>BUILT_IN_CABS</code>,
<code>BUILT_IN_CABSF</code> or <code>BUILT_IN_CABSL</code> builtins, as used
to implement the C99 <code>cabs</code>, <code>cabsf</code> and <code>cabsl</code>
built-in functions.
<br><dt><code>BIT_NOT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent bitwise complement, and will always have integral
type. The only operand is the value to be complemented.
<br><dt><code>TRUTH_NOT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent logical negation, and will always have integral
(or boolean) type. The operand is the value being negated. The type
of the operand and that of the result are always of <code>BOOLEAN_TYPE</code>
or <code>INTEGER_TYPE</code>.
<br><dt><code>PREDECREMENT_EXPR</code><dt><code>PREINCREMENT_EXPR</code><dt><code>POSTDECREMENT_EXPR</code><dt><code>POSTINCREMENT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent increment and decrement expressions. The value of
the single operand is computed, and the operand incremented or
decremented. In the case of <code>PREDECREMENT_EXPR</code> and
<code>PREINCREMENT_EXPR</code>, the value of the expression is the value
resulting after the increment or decrement; in the case of
<code>POSTDECREMENT_EXPR</code> and <code>POSTINCREMENT_EXPR</code> is the value
before the increment or decrement occurs. The type of the operand, like
that of the result, will be either integral, boolean, or floating-point.
<br><dt><code>FIX_TRUNC_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent conversion of a floating-point value to an
integer. The single operand will have a floating-point type, while
the complete expression will have an integral (or boolean) type. The
operand is rounded towards zero.
<br><dt><code>FLOAT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent conversion of an integral (or boolean) value to a
floating-point value. The single operand will have integral type, while
the complete expression will have a floating-point type.
<p>FIXME: How is the operand supposed to be rounded? Is this dependent on
<samp><span class="option">-mieee</span></samp>?
<br><dt><code>COMPLEX_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes are used to represent complex numbers constructed from two
expressions of the same (integer or real) type. The first operand is the
real part and the second operand is the imaginary part.
<br><dt><code>CONJ_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent the conjugate of their operand.
<br><dt><code>REALPART_EXPR</code><dt><code>IMAGPART_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent respectively the real and the imaginary parts
of complex numbers (their sole argument).
<br><dt><code>NON_LVALUE_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes indicate that their one and only operand is not an lvalue.
A back end can treat these identically to the single operand.
<br><dt><code>NOP_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes are used to represent conversions that do not require any
code-generation. For example, conversion of a <code>char*</code> to an
<code>int*</code> does not require any code be generated; such a conversion is
represented by a <code>NOP_EXPR</code>. The single operand is the expression
to be converted. The conversion from a pointer to a reference is also
represented with a <code>NOP_EXPR</code>.
<br><dt><code>CONVERT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes are similar to <code>NOP_EXPR</code>s, but are used in those
situations where code may need to be generated. For example, if an
<code>int*</code> is converted to an <code>int</code> code may need to be generated
on some platforms. These nodes are never used for C++-specific
conversions, like conversions between pointers to different classes in
an inheritance hierarchy. Any adjustments that need to be made in such
cases are always indicated explicitly. Similarly, a user-defined
conversion is never represented by a <code>CONVERT_EXPR</code>; instead, the
function calls are made explicit.
<br><dt><code>FIXED_CONVERT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes are used to represent conversions that involve fixed-point
values. For example, from a fixed-point value to another fixed-point value,
from an integer to a fixed-point value, from a fixed-point value to an
integer, from a floating-point value to a fixed-point value, or from
a fixed-point value to a floating-point value.
<br><dt><code>LSHIFT_EXPR</code><dt><code>RSHIFT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent left and right shifts, respectively. The first
operand is the value to shift; it will always be of integral type. The
second operand is an expression for the number of bits by which to
shift. Right shift should be treated as arithmetic, i.e., the
high-order bits should be zero-filled when the expression has unsigned
type and filled with the sign bit when the expression has signed type.
Note that the result is undefined if the second operand is larger
than or equal to the first operand's type size. Unlike most nodes, these
can have a vector as first operand and a scalar as second operand.
<br><dt><code>BIT_IOR_EXPR</code><dt><code>BIT_XOR_EXPR</code><dt><code>BIT_AND_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent bitwise inclusive or, bitwise exclusive or, and
bitwise and, respectively. Both operands will always have integral
type.
<br><dt><code>TRUTH_ANDIF_EXPR</code><dt><code>TRUTH_ORIF_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent logical “and” and logical “or”, respectively.
These operators are not strict; i.e., the second operand is evaluated
only if the value of the expression is not determined by evaluation of
the first operand. The type of the operands and that of the result are
always of <code>BOOLEAN_TYPE</code> or <code>INTEGER_TYPE</code>.
<br><dt><code>TRUTH_AND_EXPR</code><dt><code>TRUTH_OR_EXPR</code><dt><code>TRUTH_XOR_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent logical and, logical or, and logical exclusive or.
They are strict; both arguments are always evaluated. There are no
corresponding operators in C or C++, but the front end will sometimes
generate these expressions anyhow, if it can tell that strictness does
not matter. The type of the operands and that of the result are
always of <code>BOOLEAN_TYPE</code> or <code>INTEGER_TYPE</code>.
<br><dt><code>POINTER_PLUS_EXPR</code><dd>This node represents pointer arithmetic. The first operand is always
a pointer/reference type. The second operand is always an unsigned
integer type compatible with sizetype. This is the only binary
arithmetic operand that can operate on pointer types.
<br><dt><code>PLUS_EXPR</code><dt><code>MINUS_EXPR</code><dt><code>MULT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent various binary arithmetic operations.
Respectively, these operations are addition, subtraction (of the second
operand from the first) and multiplication. Their operands may have
either integral or floating type, but there will never be case in which
one operand is of floating type and the other is of integral type.
<p>The behavior of these operations on signed arithmetic overflow is
controlled by the <code>flag_wrapv</code> and <code>flag_trapv</code> variables.
<br><dt><code>MULT_HIGHPART_EXPR</code><dd>This node represents the “high-part” of a widening multiplication.
For an integral type with <var>b</var> bits of precision, the result is
the most significant <var>b</var> bits of the full 2<var>b</var> product.
<br><dt><code>RDIV_EXPR</code><dd>This node represents a floating point division operation.
<br><dt><code>TRUNC_DIV_EXPR</code><dt><code>FLOOR_DIV_EXPR</code><dt><code>CEIL_DIV_EXPR</code><dt><code>ROUND_DIV_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent integer division operations that return an integer
result. <code>TRUNC_DIV_EXPR</code> rounds towards zero, <code>FLOOR_DIV_EXPR</code>
rounds towards negative infinity, <code>CEIL_DIV_EXPR</code> rounds towards
positive infinity and <code>ROUND_DIV_EXPR</code> rounds to the closest integer.
Integer division in C and C++ is truncating, i.e. <code>TRUNC_DIV_EXPR</code>.
<p>The behavior of these operations on signed arithmetic overflow, when
dividing the minimum signed integer by minus one, is controlled by the
<code>flag_wrapv</code> and <code>flag_trapv</code> variables.
<br><dt><code>TRUNC_MOD_EXPR</code><dt><code>FLOOR_MOD_EXPR</code><dt><code>CEIL_MOD_EXPR</code><dt><code>ROUND_MOD_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent the integer remainder or modulus operation.
The integer modulus of two operands <code>a</code> and <code>b</code> is
defined as <code>a - (a/b)*b</code> where the division calculated using
the corresponding division operator. Hence for <code>TRUNC_MOD_EXPR</code>
this definition assumes division using truncation towards zero, i.e.
<code>TRUNC_DIV_EXPR</code>. Integer remainder in C and C++ uses truncating
division, i.e. <code>TRUNC_MOD_EXPR</code>.
<br><dt><code>EXACT_DIV_EXPR</code><dd>The <code>EXACT_DIV_EXPR</code> code is used to represent integer divisions where
the numerator is known to be an exact multiple of the denominator. This
allows the backend to choose between the faster of <code>TRUNC_DIV_EXPR</code>,
<code>CEIL_DIV_EXPR</code> and <code>FLOOR_DIV_EXPR</code> for the current target.
<br><dt><code>LT_EXPR</code><dt><code>LE_EXPR</code><dt><code>GT_EXPR</code><dt><code>GE_EXPR</code><dt><code>EQ_EXPR</code><dt><code>NE_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent the less than, less than or equal to, greater
than, greater than or equal to, equal, and not equal comparison
operators. The first and second operands will either be both of integral
type, both of floating type or both of vector type. The result type of
these expressions will always be of integral, boolean or signed integral
vector type. These operations return the result type's zero value for
false, the result type's one value for true, and a vector whose elements
are zero (false) or minus one (true) for vectors.
<p>For floating point comparisons, if we honor IEEE NaNs and either operand
is NaN, then <code>NE_EXPR</code> always returns true and the remaining operators
always return false. On some targets, comparisons against an IEEE NaN,
other than equality and inequality, may generate a floating point exception.
<br><dt><code>ORDERED_EXPR</code><dt><code>UNORDERED_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent non-trapping ordered and unordered comparison
operators. These operations take two floating point operands and
determine whether they are ordered or unordered relative to each other.
If either operand is an IEEE NaN, their comparison is defined to be
unordered, otherwise the comparison is defined to be ordered. The
result type of these expressions will always be of integral or boolean
type. These operations return the result type's zero value for false,
and the result type's one value for true.
<br><dt><code>UNLT_EXPR</code><dt><code>UNLE_EXPR</code><dt><code>UNGT_EXPR</code><dt><code>UNGE_EXPR</code><dt><code>UNEQ_EXPR</code><dt><code>LTGT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent the unordered comparison operators.
These operations take two floating point operands and determine whether
the operands are unordered or are less than, less than or equal to,
greater than, greater than or equal to, or equal respectively. For
example, <code>UNLT_EXPR</code> returns true if either operand is an IEEE
NaN or the first operand is less than the second. With the possible
exception of <code>LTGT_EXPR</code>, all of these operations are guaranteed
not to generate a floating point exception. The result
type of these expressions will always be of integral or boolean type.
These operations return the result type's zero value for false,
and the result type's one value for true.
<br><dt><code>MODIFY_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent assignment. The left-hand side is the first
operand; the right-hand side is the second operand. The left-hand side
will be a <code>VAR_DECL</code>, <code>INDIRECT_REF</code>, <code>COMPONENT_REF</code>, or
other lvalue.
<p>These nodes are used to represent not only assignment with ‘<samp><span class="samp">=</span></samp>’ but
also compound assignments (like ‘<samp><span class="samp">+=</span></samp>’), by reduction to ‘<samp><span class="samp">=</span></samp>’
assignment. In other words, the representation for ‘<samp><span class="samp">i += 3</span></samp>’ looks
just like that for ‘<samp><span class="samp">i = i + 3</span></samp>’.
<br><dt><code>INIT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes are just like <code>MODIFY_EXPR</code>, but are used only when a
variable is initialized, rather than assigned to subsequently. This
means that we can assume that the target of the initialization is not
used in computing its own value; any reference to the lhs in computing
the rhs is undefined.
<br><dt><code>COMPOUND_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent comma-expressions. The first operand is an
expression whose value is computed and thrown away prior to the
evaluation of the second operand. The value of the entire expression is
the value of the second operand.
<br><dt><code>COND_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent <code>?:</code> expressions. The first operand
is of boolean or integral type. If it evaluates to a nonzero value,
the second operand should be evaluated, and returned as the value of the
expression. Otherwise, the third operand is evaluated, and returned as
the value of the expression.
<p>The second operand must have the same type as the entire expression,
unless it unconditionally throws an exception or calls a noreturn
function, in which case it should have void type. The same constraints
apply to the third operand. This allows array bounds checks to be
represented conveniently as <code>(i >= 0 && i < 10) ? i : abort()</code>.
<p>As a GNU extension, the C language front-ends allow the second
operand of the <code>?:</code> operator may be omitted in the source.
For example, <code>x ? : 3</code> is equivalent to <code>x ? x : 3</code>,
assuming that <code>x</code> is an expression without side-effects.
In the tree representation, however, the second operand is always
present, possibly protected by <code>SAVE_EXPR</code> if the first
argument does cause side-effects.
<br><dt><code>CALL_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes are used to represent calls to functions, including
non-static member functions. <code>CALL_EXPR</code>s are implemented as
expression nodes with a variable number of operands. Rather than using
<code>TREE_OPERAND</code> to extract them, it is preferable to use the
specialized accessor macros and functions that operate specifically on
<code>CALL_EXPR</code> nodes.
<p><code>CALL_EXPR_FN</code> returns a pointer to the
function to call; it is always an expression whose type is a
<code>POINTER_TYPE</code>.
<p>The number of arguments to the call is returned by <code>call_expr_nargs</code>,
while the arguments themselves can be accessed with the <code>CALL_EXPR_ARG</code>
macro. The arguments are zero-indexed and numbered left-to-right.
You can iterate over the arguments using <code>FOR_EACH_CALL_EXPR_ARG</code>, as in:
<pre class="smallexample"> tree call, arg;
call_expr_arg_iterator iter;
FOR_EACH_CALL_EXPR_ARG (arg, iter, call)
/* arg is bound to successive arguments of call. */
...;
</pre>
<p>For non-static
member functions, there will be an operand corresponding to the
<code>this</code> pointer. There will always be expressions corresponding to
all of the arguments, even if the function is declared with default
arguments and some arguments are not explicitly provided at the call
sites.
<p><code>CALL_EXPR</code>s also have a <code>CALL_EXPR_STATIC_CHAIN</code> operand that
is used to implement nested functions. This operand is otherwise null.
<br><dt><code>CLEANUP_POINT_EXPR</code><dd>These nodes represent full-expressions. The single operand is an
expression to evaluate. Any destructor calls engendered by the creation
of temporaries during the evaluation of that expression should be
performed immediately after the expression is evaluated.
<br><dt><code>CONSTRUCTOR</code><dd>These nodes represent the brace-enclosed initializers for a structure or an
array. They contain a sequence of component values made out of a vector of
constructor_elt, which is a (<code>INDEX</code>, <code>VALUE</code>) pair.
<p>If the <code>TREE_TYPE</code> of the <code>CONSTRUCTOR</code> is a <code>RECORD_TYPE</code>,
<code>UNION_TYPE</code> or <code>QUAL_UNION_TYPE</code> then the <code>INDEX</code> of each
node in the sequence will be a <code>FIELD_DECL</code> and the <code>VALUE</code> will
be the expression used to initialize that field.
<p>If the <code>TREE_TYPE</code> of the <code>CONSTRUCTOR</code> is an <code>ARRAY_TYPE</code>,
then the <code>INDEX</code> of each node in the sequence will be an
<code>INTEGER_CST</code> or a <code>RANGE_EXPR</code> of two <code>INTEGER_CST</code>s.
A single <code>INTEGER_CST</code> indicates which element of the array is being
assigned to. A <code>RANGE_EXPR</code> indicates an inclusive range of elements
to initialize. In both cases the <code>VALUE</code> is the corresponding
initializer. It is re-evaluated for each element of a
<code>RANGE_EXPR</code>. If the <code>INDEX</code> is <code>NULL_TREE</code>, then
the initializer is for the next available array element.
<p>In the front end, you should not depend on the fields appearing in any
particular order. However, in the middle end, fields must appear in
declaration order. You should not assume that all fields will be
represented. Unrepresented fields will be cleared (zeroed), unless the
CONSTRUCTOR_NO_CLEARING flag is set, in which case their value becomes
undefined.
<br><dt><code>COMPOUND_LITERAL_EXPR</code><dd><a name="index-COMPOUND_005fLITERAL_005fEXPR_005fDECL_005fEXPR-1922"></a><a name="index-COMPOUND_005fLITERAL_005fEXPR_005fDECL-1923"></a>These nodes represent ISO C99 compound literals. The
<code>COMPOUND_LITERAL_EXPR_DECL_EXPR</code> is a <code>DECL_EXPR</code>
containing an anonymous <code>VAR_DECL</code> for
the unnamed object represented by the compound literal; the
<code>DECL_INITIAL</code> of that <code>VAR_DECL</code> is a <code>CONSTRUCTOR</code>
representing the brace-enclosed list of initializers in the compound
literal. That anonymous <code>VAR_DECL</code> can also be accessed directly
by the <code>COMPOUND_LITERAL_EXPR_DECL</code> macro.
<br><dt><code>SAVE_EXPR</code><dd>
A <code>SAVE_EXPR</code> represents an expression (possibly involving
side-effects) that is used more than once. The side-effects should
occur only the first time the expression is evaluated. Subsequent uses
should just reuse the computed value. The first operand to the
<code>SAVE_EXPR</code> is the expression to evaluate. The side-effects should
be executed where the <code>SAVE_EXPR</code> is first encountered in a
depth-first preorder traversal of the expression tree.
<br><dt><code>TARGET_EXPR</code><dd>A <code>TARGET_EXPR</code> represents a temporary object. The first operand
is a <code>VAR_DECL</code> for the temporary variable. The second operand is
the initializer for the temporary. The initializer is evaluated and,
if non-void, copied (bitwise) into the temporary. If the initializer
is void, that means that it will perform the initialization itself.
<p>Often, a <code>TARGET_EXPR</code> occurs on the right-hand side of an
assignment, or as the second operand to a comma-expression which is
itself the right-hand side of an assignment, etc. In this case, we say
that the <code>TARGET_EXPR</code> is “normal”; otherwise, we say it is
“orphaned”. For a normal <code>TARGET_EXPR</code> the temporary variable
should be treated as an alias for the left-hand side of the assignment,
rather than as a new temporary variable.
<p>The third operand to the <code>TARGET_EXPR</code>, if present, is a
cleanup-expression (i.e., destructor call) for the temporary. If this
expression is orphaned, then this expression must be executed when the
statement containing this expression is complete. These cleanups must
always be executed in the order opposite to that in which they were
encountered. Note that if a temporary is created on one branch of a
conditional operator (i.e., in the second or third operand to a
<code>COND_EXPR</code>), the cleanup must be run only if that branch is
actually executed.
<br><dt><code>VA_ARG_EXPR</code><dd>This node is used to implement support for the C/C++ variable argument-list
mechanism. It represents expressions like <code>va_arg (ap, type)</code>.
Its <code>TREE_TYPE</code> yields the tree representation for <code>type</code> and
its sole argument yields the representation for <code>ap</code>.
<br><dt><code>ANNOTATE_EXPR</code><dd>This node is used to attach markers to an expression. The first operand
is the annotated expression, the second is an <code>INTEGER_CST</code> with
a value from <code>enum annot_expr_kind</code>.
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