Creating a void pointer causes abort()

[carlo@…]

When creating a void pointer (Pointer.new_with_type("v")), the app exits:

Assertion failed: (Ty->isSized() && "Cannot getTypeInfo() on a type that is unsized!"), function getTypeSizeInBits, file TargetData.cpp, line 397. Abort trap

Tested in MR 0.5b2 on Snow Leopard.

[danielcavanagh@…]

Cc Me!

[danielcavanagh@…]

a patch to fix this issue

firstly, it refactors the new-pointer code to avoid querying the size of void and reduces duplication as a side effect

secondly, it alters get_sizeof() to not query llvm when passed an unsized typed, in case this happens again. really llvm should be doing this, but it doesn't so we just have to deal with it