func (tm *TypeMap) makeAlgorithmTable(t types.Type) llvm.Value {
	// TODO set these to actual functions.
	hashAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.hashAlgFunctionType, 0))
	printAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.printAlgFunctionType, 0))
	copyAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.copyAlgFunctionType, 0))

	const eqalgsig = "func(uintptr, unsafe.Pointer, unsafe.Pointer) bool"
	var equalAlg llvm.Value
	switch t := t.(type) {
	case *types.Basic:
		switch t.Kind() {
		case types.String:
			equalAlg = tm.functions.NamedFunction("runtime.streqalg", eqalgsig)
		case types.Float32:
			equalAlg = tm.functions.NamedFunction("runtime.f32eqalg", eqalgsig)
		case types.Float64:
			equalAlg = tm.functions.NamedFunction("runtime.f64eqalg", eqalgsig)
		case types.Complex64:
			equalAlg = tm.functions.NamedFunction("runtime.c64eqalg", eqalgsig)
		case types.Complex128:
			equalAlg = tm.functions.NamedFunction("runtime.c128eqalg", eqalgsig)
		}
	}
	if equalAlg.IsNil() {
		equalAlg = tm.functions.NamedFunction("runtime.memequal", eqalgsig)
	}
	elems := []llvm.Value{hashAlg, equalAlg, printAlg, copyAlg}
	return llvm.ConstStruct(elems, false)
}

func (c *compiler) makeInterface(v *LLVMValue, iface types.Type) *LLVMValue {
	llv := v.LLVMValue()
	lltyp := llv.Type()
	i8ptr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0)
	if lltyp.TypeKind() == llvm.PointerTypeKind {
		llv = c.builder.CreateBitCast(llv, i8ptr, "")
	} else {
		// If the value fits exactly in a pointer, then we can just
		// bitcast it. Otherwise we need to malloc.
		if c.target.TypeStoreSize(lltyp) <= uint64(c.target.PointerSize()) {
			bits := c.target.TypeSizeInBits(lltyp)
			if bits > 0 {
				llv = coerce(c.builder, llv, llvm.IntType(int(bits)))
				llv = c.builder.CreateIntToPtr(llv, i8ptr, "")
			} else {
				llv = llvm.ConstNull(i8ptr)
			}
		} else {
			ptr := c.createTypeMalloc(lltyp)
			c.builder.CreateStore(llv, ptr)
			llv = c.builder.CreateBitCast(ptr, i8ptr, "")
		}
	}
	value := llvm.Undef(c.types.ToLLVM(iface))
	rtype := c.types.ToRuntime(v.Type())
	rtype = c.builder.CreateBitCast(rtype, llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0), "")
	value = c.builder.CreateInsertValue(value, rtype, 0, "")
	value = c.builder.CreateInsertValue(value, llv, 1, "")
	if iface.Underlying().(*types.Interface).NumMethods() > 0 {
		result := c.NewValue(value, types.NewInterface(nil, nil))
		result, _ = result.convertE2I(iface)
		return result
	}
	return c.NewValue(value, iface)
}

func (tm *LLVMTypeMap) funcLLVMType(tstr string, f *types.Signature) llvm.Type {
	typ, ok := tm.types[tstr]
	if !ok {
		// If there's a receiver change the receiver to an
		// additional (first) parameter, and take the value of
		// the resulting signature instead.
		var param_types []llvm.Type
		if recv := f.Recv(); recv != nil {
			params := f.Params()
			paramvars := make([]*types.Var, int(params.Len()+1))
			paramvars[0] = recv
			for i := 0; i < int(params.Len()); i++ {
				paramvars[i+1] = params.At(i)
			}
			params = types.NewTuple(paramvars...)
			f := types.NewSignature(nil, params, f.Results(), f.IsVariadic())
			return tm.ToLLVM(f)
		}

		typ = llvm.GlobalContext().StructCreateNamed("")
		tm.types[tstr] = typ

		params := f.Params()
		nparams := int(params.Len())
		for i := 0; i < nparams; i++ {
			typ := params.At(i).Type()
			if f.IsVariadic() && i == nparams-1 {
				typ = types.NewSlice(typ)
			}
			llvmtyp := tm.ToLLVM(typ)
			param_types = append(param_types, llvmtyp)
		}

		var return_type llvm.Type
		results := f.Results()
		switch nresults := int(results.Len()); nresults {
		case 0:
			return_type = llvm.VoidType()
		case 1:
			return_type = tm.ToLLVM(results.At(0).Type())
		default:
			elements := make([]llvm.Type, nresults)
			for i := range elements {
				result := results.At(i)
				elements[i] = tm.ToLLVM(result.Type())
			}
			return_type = llvm.StructType(elements, false)
		}

		fntyp := llvm.FunctionType(return_type, param_types, false)
		fnptrtyp := llvm.PointerType(fntyp, 0)
		i8ptr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0)
		elements := []llvm.Type{fnptrtyp, i8ptr} // func, closure
		typ.StructSetBody(elements, false)
	}
	return typ
}

func (tm *TypeMap) makeAlgorithmTable(t types.Type) llvm.Value {
	// TODO set these to actual functions.
	hashAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.hashAlgFunctionType, 0))
	equalAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.equalAlgFunctionType, 0))
	printAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.printAlgFunctionType, 0))
	copyAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.copyAlgFunctionType, 0))

	elems := []llvm.Value{hashAlg, equalAlg, printAlg, copyAlg}
	return llvm.ConstStruct(elems, false)
}

func (tm *TypeMap) makeAlgorithmTable(t types.Type) llvm.Value {
	// TODO set these to actual functions.
	hashAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.hashAlgFunctionType, 0))
	printAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.printAlgFunctionType, 0))
	copyAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.copyAlgFunctionType, 0))

	equalAlg := tm.functions.NamedFunction("runtime.memequal", "func f(uintptr, unsafe.Pointer, unsafe.Pointer) bool")
	elems := []llvm.Value{hashAlg, equalAlg, printAlg, copyAlg}
	return llvm.ConstStruct(elems, false)
}

func (c *compiler) createMainFunction() error {
	// In a PNaCl program (plugin), there should not be a "main.main";
	// instead, we expect a "main.CreateModule" function.
	// See pkg/nacl/ppapi/ppapi.go for more details.
	mainMain := c.module.NamedFunction("main.main")
	/*
		if c.pnacl {
			// PNaCl's libppapi_stub.a implements "main", which simply
			// calls through to PpapiPluginMain. We define our own "main"
			// so that we can capture argc/argv.
			if !mainMain.IsNil() {
				return fmt.Errorf("Found main.main")
			}
			pluginMain := c.RuntimeFunction("PpapiPluginMain", "func() int32")

			// Synthesise a main which has no return value. We could cast
			// PpapiPluginMain, but this is potentially unsafe as its
			// calling convention is unspecified.
			ftyp := llvm.FunctionType(llvm.VoidType(), nil, false)
			mainMain = llvm.AddFunction(c.module.Module, "main.main", ftyp)
			entry := llvm.AddBasicBlock(mainMain, "entry")
			c.builder.SetInsertPointAtEnd(entry)
			c.builder.CreateCall(pluginMain, nil, "")
			c.builder.CreateRetVoid()
		} else */{
		mainMain = c.module.NamedFunction("main.main")
	}

	if mainMain.IsNil() {
		return fmt.Errorf("Could not find main.main")
	}

	// runtime.main is called by main, with argc, argv, argp,
	// and a pointer to main.main, which must be a niladic
	// function with no result.
	runtimeMain := c.runtime.main.LLVMValue()

	ptrptr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0), 0)
	ftyp := llvm.FunctionType(llvm.Int32Type(), []llvm.Type{llvm.Int32Type(), ptrptr, ptrptr}, true)
	main := llvm.AddFunction(c.module.Module, "main", ftyp)

	c.builder.SetCurrentDebugLocation(c.debug.MDNode(nil))
	entry := llvm.AddBasicBlock(main, "entry")
	c.builder.SetInsertPointAtEnd(entry)
	runtimeMainParamTypes := runtimeMain.Type().ElementType().ParamTypes()
	args := []llvm.Value{
		main.Param(0), // argc
		main.Param(1), // argv
		main.Param(2), // argp
		c.builder.CreateBitCast(mainMain, runtimeMainParamTypes[3], ""),
	}
	result := c.builder.CreateCall(runtimeMain, args, "")
	c.builder.CreateRet(result)
	return nil
}

func (tm *llvmTypeMap) funcLLVMType(f *types.Signature, name string) llvm.Type {
	// If there's a receiver change the receiver to an
	// additional (first) parameter, and take the value of
	// the resulting signature instead.
	if recv := f.Recv(); recv != nil {
		params := f.Params()
		paramvars := make([]*types.Var, int(params.Len()+1))
		paramvars[0] = recv
		for i := 0; i < int(params.Len()); i++ {
			paramvars[i+1] = params.At(i)
		}
		params = types.NewTuple(paramvars...)
		f := types.NewSignature(nil, nil, params, f.Results(), f.Variadic())
		return tm.toLLVM(f, name)
	}

	if typ, ok := tm.types.At(f).(llvm.Type); ok {
		return typ
	}
	typ := llvm.GlobalContext().StructCreateNamed(name)
	tm.types.Set(f, typ)

	params := f.Params()
	param_types := make([]llvm.Type, params.Len())
	for i := range param_types {
		llvmtyp := tm.ToLLVM(params.At(i).Type())
		param_types[i] = llvmtyp
	}

	var return_type llvm.Type
	results := f.Results()
	switch nresults := int(results.Len()); nresults {
	case 0:
		return_type = llvm.VoidType()
	case 1:
		return_type = tm.ToLLVM(results.At(0).Type())
	default:
		elements := make([]llvm.Type, nresults)
		for i := range elements {
			result := results.At(i)
			elements[i] = tm.ToLLVM(result.Type())
		}
		return_type = llvm.StructType(elements, false)
	}

	fntyp := llvm.FunctionType(return_type, param_types, false)
	fnptrtyp := llvm.PointerType(fntyp, 0)
	i8ptr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0)
	elements := []llvm.Type{fnptrtyp, i8ptr} // func, closure
	typ.StructSetBody(elements, false)
	return typ
}

func (tm *TypeMap) makeAlgorithmTable(t types.Type) llvm.Value {
	// TODO set these to actual functions.
	hashAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.alg.hashAlgFunctionType, 0))
	printAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.alg.printAlgFunctionType, 0))
	copyAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.alg.copyAlgFunctionType, 0))
	equalAlg := tm.alg.eqalg(t)
	elems := []llvm.Value{
		AlgorithmHash:  hashAlg,
		AlgorithmEqual: equalAlg,
		AlgorithmPrint: printAlg,
		AlgorithmCopy:  copyAlg,
	}
	return llvm.ConstStruct(elems, false)
}

func (tm *LLVMTypeMap) pointerLLVMType(p *types.Pointer) llvm.Type {
	if p.Elem().Underlying() == p {
		// Recursive pointers must be handled specially, as
		// LLVM does not permit recursive types except via
		// named structs.
		if tm.ptrstandin.IsNil() {
			ctx := llvm.GlobalContext()
			unique := ctx.StructCreateNamed("")
			tm.ptrstandin = llvm.PointerType(unique, 0)
		}
		return llvm.PointerType(tm.ptrstandin, 0)
	}
	return llvm.PointerType(tm.ToLLVM(p.Elem()), 0)
}

func getnewgoroutine(module llvm.Module) llvm.Value {
	fn := module.NamedFunction("llgo_newgoroutine")
	if fn.IsNil() {
		i8Ptr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0)
		VoidFnPtr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.FunctionType(
			llvm.VoidType(), []llvm.Type{i8Ptr}, false), 0)
		i32 := llvm.Int32Type()
		fn_type := llvm.FunctionType(
			llvm.VoidType(), []llvm.Type{VoidFnPtr, i8Ptr, i32}, true)
		fn = llvm.AddFunction(module, "llgo_newgoroutine", fn_type)
		fn.SetFunctionCallConv(llvm.CCallConv)
	}
	return fn
}

func (tm *TypeMap) funcLLVMType(f *types.Func) llvm.Type {
	param_types := make([]llvm.Type, 0)

	// Add receiver parameter.
	if f.Recv != nil {
		recv_type := f.Recv.Type.(types.Type)
		param_types = append(param_types, tm.ToLLVM(recv_type))
	}

	for _, param := range f.Params {
		param_type := param.Type.(types.Type)
		param_types = append(param_types, tm.ToLLVM(param_type))
	}

	var return_type llvm.Type
	switch len(f.Results) {
	case 0:
		return_type = llvm.VoidType()
	case 1:
		return_type = tm.ToLLVM(f.Results[0].Type.(types.Type))
	default:
		elements := make([]llvm.Type, len(f.Results))
		for i, result := range f.Results {
			elements[i] = tm.ToLLVM(result.Type.(types.Type))
		}
		return_type = llvm.StructType(elements, false)
	}

	fn_type := llvm.FunctionType(return_type, param_types, false)
	return llvm.PointerType(fn_type, 0)
}

func (tm *TypeMap) makeRuntimeTypeGlobal(v llvm.Value, name string) (global, ptr llvm.Value) {
	global = llvm.AddGlobal(tm.module, v.Type(), typeSymbol(name))
	global.SetInitializer(v)
	global.SetLinkage(llvm.LinkOnceAnyLinkage)
	ptr = llvm.ConstBitCast(global, llvm.PointerType(tm.runtime.rtype.llvm, 0))
	return global, ptr
}

func (c *compiler) defineMemcpyFunction(fn llvm.Value) {
	entry := llvm.AddBasicBlock(fn, "entry")
	c.builder.SetInsertPointAtEnd(entry)
	dst, src, size := fn.Param(0), fn.Param(1), fn.Param(2)

	pint8 := llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0)
	dst = c.builder.CreateIntToPtr(dst, pint8, "")
	src = c.builder.CreateIntToPtr(src, pint8, "")

	sizeType := size.Type()
	sizeBits := sizeType.IntTypeWidth()
	memcpyName := "llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i" + strconv.Itoa(sizeBits)
	memcpy := c.module.NamedFunction(memcpyName)
	if memcpy.IsNil() {
		paramtypes := []llvm.Type{
			pint8, pint8, size.Type(), llvm.Int32Type(), llvm.Int1Type()}
		memcpyType := llvm.FunctionType(llvm.VoidType(), paramtypes, false)
		memcpy = llvm.AddFunction(c.module.Module, memcpyName, memcpyType)
	}

	args := []llvm.Value{
		dst, src, size,
		llvm.ConstInt(llvm.Int32Type(), 1, false), // single byte alignment
		llvm.ConstInt(llvm.Int1Type(), 0, false),  // not volatile
	}
	c.builder.CreateCall(memcpy, args, "")
	c.builder.CreateRetVoid()
}

func (tm *TypeMap) makeAlgorithmTable(t types.Type) llvm.Value {
	// TODO set these to actual functions.
	hashAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.hashAlgFunctionType, 0))
	printAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.printAlgFunctionType, 0))
	copyAlg := llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(tm.copyAlgFunctionType, 0))

	equalAlgName := "runtime.memequal"
	equalAlg := tm.module.NamedFunction(equalAlgName)
	if equalAlg.IsNil() {
		equalAlg = llvm.AddFunction(
			tm.module, equalAlgName, tm.equalAlgFunctionType)
	}

	elems := []llvm.Value{hashAlg, equalAlg, printAlg, copyAlg}
	return llvm.ConstStruct(elems, false)
}

// interfaceMethod returns a function pointer for the specified
// interface and method pair.
func (c *compiler) interfaceMethod(iface *LLVMValue, method *types.Func) *LLVMValue {
	lliface := iface.LLVMValue()
	llitab := c.builder.CreateExtractValue(lliface, 0, "")
	llvalue := c.builder.CreateExtractValue(lliface, 1, "")
	sig := method.Type().(*types.Signature)
	methodset := c.types.MethodSet(sig.Recv().Type())
	// TODO(axw) cache ordered method index
	var index int
	for i := 0; i < methodset.Len(); i++ {
		if methodset.At(i).Obj() == method {
			index = i
			break
		}
	}
	llitab = c.builder.CreateBitCast(llitab, llvm.PointerType(c.runtime.itab.llvm, 0), "")
	llifn := c.builder.CreateGEP(llitab, []llvm.Value{
		llvm.ConstInt(llvm.Int32Type(), 0, false),
		llvm.ConstInt(llvm.Int32Type(), 5, false), // index of itab.fun
	}, "")
	_ = index
	llifn = c.builder.CreateGEP(llifn, []llvm.Value{
		llvm.ConstInt(llvm.Int32Type(), uint64(index), false),
	}, "")
	llifn = c.builder.CreateLoad(llifn, "")
	// Strip receiver.
	sig = types.NewSignature(nil, nil, sig.Params(), sig.Results(), sig.Variadic())
	llfn := llvm.Undef(c.types.ToLLVM(sig))
	llifn = c.builder.CreateIntToPtr(llifn, llfn.Type().StructElementTypes()[0], "")
	llfn = c.builder.CreateInsertValue(llfn, llifn, 0, "")
	llfn = c.builder.CreateInsertValue(llfn, llvalue, 1, "")
	return c.NewValue(llfn, sig)
}

// makeSlice allocates a new slice with the optional length and capacity,
// initialising its contents to their zero values.
func (c *compiler) makeSlice(elttyp types.Type, length, capacity Value) llvm.Value {
	var lengthValue llvm.Value
	if length != nil {
		lengthValue = length.Convert(types.Typ[types.Int]).LLVMValue()
	} else {
		lengthValue = llvm.ConstNull(c.llvmtypes.inttype)
	}

	// TODO check capacity >= length
	capacityValue := lengthValue
	if capacity != nil {
		capacityValue = capacity.Convert(types.Typ[types.Int]).LLVMValue()
	}

	eltType := c.types.ToLLVM(elttyp)
	sizeof := llvm.ConstTruncOrBitCast(llvm.SizeOf(eltType), c.types.inttype)
	size := c.builder.CreateMul(capacityValue, sizeof, "")
	mem := c.createMalloc(size)
	mem = c.builder.CreateIntToPtr(mem, llvm.PointerType(eltType, 0), "")
	c.memsetZero(mem, size)

	slicetyp := types.NewSlice(elttyp)
	struct_ := llvm.Undef(c.types.ToLLVM(slicetyp))
	struct_ = c.builder.CreateInsertValue(struct_, mem, 0, "")
	struct_ = c.builder.CreateInsertValue(struct_, lengthValue, 1, "")
	struct_ = c.builder.CreateInsertValue(struct_, capacityValue, 2, "")
	return struct_
}

func (tm *llvmTypeMap) basicLLVMType(b *types.Basic) llvm.Type {
	switch b.Kind() {
	case types.Bool:
		return llvm.Int1Type()
	case types.Int8, types.Uint8:
		return llvm.Int8Type()
	case types.Int16, types.Uint16:
		return llvm.Int16Type()
	case types.Int32, types.Uint32:
		return llvm.Int32Type()
	case types.Uint, types.Int:
		return tm.inttype
	case types.Int64, types.Uint64:
		return llvm.Int64Type()
	case types.Float32:
		return llvm.FloatType()
	case types.Float64:
		return llvm.DoubleType()
	case types.UnsafePointer, types.Uintptr:
		return tm.target.IntPtrType()
	case types.Complex64:
		f32 := llvm.FloatType()
		elements := []llvm.Type{f32, f32}
		return llvm.StructType(elements, false)
	case types.Complex128:
		f64 := llvm.DoubleType()
		elements := []llvm.Type{f64, f64}
		return llvm.StructType(elements, false)
	case types.String:
		i8ptr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0)
		elements := []llvm.Type{i8ptr, tm.inttype}
		return llvm.StructType(elements, false)
	}
	panic(fmt.Sprint("unhandled kind: ", b.Kind))
}

func (tm *TypeMap) basicLLVMType(b *types.Basic) llvm.Type {
	switch b.Kind {
	case types.BoolKind:
		return llvm.Int1Type()
	case types.Int8Kind, types.Uint8Kind:
		return llvm.Int8Type()
	case types.Int16Kind, types.Uint16Kind:
		return llvm.Int16Type()
	case types.Int32Kind, types.Uint32Kind:
		return llvm.Int32Type()
	case types.Int64Kind, types.Uint64Kind:
		return llvm.Int64Type()
	case types.Float32Kind:
		return llvm.FloatType()
	case types.Float64Kind:
		return llvm.DoubleType()
	case types.UnsafePointerKind, types.UintptrKind,
		types.UintKind, types.IntKind:
		return tm.target.IntPtrType()
	//case Complex64: TODO
	//case Complex128:
	//case UntypedInt:
	//case UntypedFloat:
	//case UntypedComplex:
	case types.StringKind:
		i8ptr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0)
		elements := []llvm.Type{i8ptr, llvm.Int32Type()}
		return llvm.StructType(elements, false)
	}
	panic(fmt.Sprint("unhandled kind: ", b.Kind))
}

func addExterns(m *llgo.Module) {
	CharPtr := llvm.PointerType(llvm.Int8Type(), 0)
	fn_type := llvm.FunctionType(
		llvm.Int32Type(), []llvm.Type{CharPtr}, false)
	fflush := llvm.AddFunction(m.Module, "fflush", fn_type)
	fflush.SetFunctionCallConv(llvm.CCallConv)
}

func (tm *TypeMap) nameRuntimeType(n *types.Named) (global, ptr llvm.Value) {
	name := typeString(n)
	path := "runtime"
	if pkg := n.Obj().Pkg(); pkg != nil {
		path = pkg.Path()
	}
	if path != tm.pkgpath {
		// We're not compiling the package from whence the type came,
		// so we'll just create a pointer to it here.
		global := llvm.AddGlobal(tm.module, tm.runtime.rtype.llvm, typeSymbol(name))
		global.SetInitializer(llvm.ConstNull(tm.runtime.rtype.llvm))
		global.SetLinkage(llvm.CommonLinkage)
		return global, global
	}

	// If the underlying type is Basic, then we always create
	// a new global. Otherwise, we clone the value returned
	// from toRuntime in case it is cached and reused.
	underlying := n.Underlying()
	if basic, ok := underlying.(*types.Basic); ok {
		global, ptr = tm.basicRuntimeType(basic, true)
		global.SetName(typeSymbol(name))
	} else {
		global, ptr = tm.toRuntime(underlying)
		clone := llvm.AddGlobal(tm.module, global.Type().ElementType(), typeSymbol(name))
		clone.SetInitializer(global.Initializer())
		global = clone
		ptr = llvm.ConstBitCast(global, llvm.PointerType(tm.runtime.rtype.llvm, 0))
	}
	global.SetLinkage(llvm.ExternalLinkage)

	// Locate the rtype.
	underlyingRuntimeType := global.Initializer()
	rtype := underlyingRuntimeType
	if rtype.Type() != tm.runtime.rtype.llvm {
		rtype = llvm.ConstExtractValue(rtype, []uint32{0})
	}

	// Insert the uncommon type.
	uncommonTypeInit := tm.uncommonType(n, nil)
	uncommonType := llvm.AddGlobal(tm.module, uncommonTypeInit.Type(), "")
	uncommonType.SetInitializer(uncommonTypeInit)
	rtype = llvm.ConstInsertValue(rtype, uncommonType, []uint32{9})

	// Replace the rtype's string representation with the one from
	// uncommonType. XXX should we have the package name prepended? Probably.
	namePtr := llvm.ConstExtractValue(uncommonTypeInit, []uint32{0})
	rtype = llvm.ConstInsertValue(rtype, namePtr, []uint32{8})

	// Update the global's initialiser. Note that we take a copy
	// of the underlying type; we're not updating a shared type.
	if underlyingRuntimeType.Type() != tm.runtime.rtype.llvm {
		underlyingRuntimeType = llvm.ConstInsertValue(underlyingRuntimeType, rtype, []uint32{0})
	} else {
		underlyingRuntimeType = rtype
	}
	global.SetInitializer(underlyingRuntimeType)
	return global, ptr
}