Add `string16` and `cstring16` (UTF-16 based strings)

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/llvm_backend_general.cpp b/src/llvm_backend_general.cpp
index 3ce0c725f..d9771a75b 100644
--- a/src/llvm_backend_general.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_backend_general.cpp
@@ -1812,6 +1812,37 @@ gb_internal LLVMTypeRef lb_type_internal(lbModule *m, Type *type) {
 				return type;
 			}
 		case Basic_cstring: return LLVMPointerType(LLVMInt8TypeInContext(ctx), 0);
+
+
+		case Basic_string16:
+			{
+				char const *name = "..string16";
+				LLVMTypeRef type = LLVMGetTypeByName(m->mod, name);
+				if (type != nullptr) {
+					return type;
+				}
+				type = LLVMStructCreateNamed(ctx, name);
+
+				if (build_context.metrics.ptr_size < build_context.metrics.int_size) {
+					GB_ASSERT(build_context.metrics.ptr_size == 4);
+					GB_ASSERT(build_context.metrics.int_size == 8);
+					LLVMTypeRef fields[3] = {
+						LLVMPointerType(lb_type(m, t_u16), 0),
+						lb_type(m, t_i32),
+						lb_type(m, t_int),
+					};
+					LLVMStructSetBody(type, fields, 3, false);
+				} else {
+					LLVMTypeRef fields[2] = {
+						LLVMPointerType(lb_type(m, t_u16), 0),
+						lb_type(m, t_int),
+					};
+					LLVMStructSetBody(type, fields, 2, false);
+				}
+				return type;
+			}
+		case Basic_cstring16: return LLVMPointerType(LLVMInt16TypeInContext(ctx), 0);
+
 		case Basic_any:
 			{
 				char const *name = "..any";