add a common base class "PointerLikeType" for PointerType and ReferenceType,

allowing them to be treated the same in some contexts.  A suggestion for a
better name is welcome :)


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk@49100 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenTypes.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenTypes.cpp
index a16543eebe..4e8d46c7dd 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenTypes.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenTypes.cpp
@@ -206,15 +206,11 @@ const llvm::Type *CodeGenTypes::ConvertNewType(QualType T) {
       ConvertType(cast<ComplexType>(Ty).getElementType());
     return llvm::StructType::get(EltTy, EltTy, NULL);
   }
+  case Type::Reference:
   case Type::Pointer: {
-    const PointerType &P = cast<PointerType>(Ty);
-    QualType ETy = P.getPointeeType();
+    QualType ETy = cast<PointerLikeType>(Ty).getPointeeType();
     return llvm::PointerType::get(ConvertType(ETy), ETy.getAddressSpace()); 
   }
-  case Type::Reference: {
-    const ReferenceType &R = cast<ReferenceType>(Ty);
-    return llvm::PointerType::getUnqual(ConvertType(R.getReferenceeType()));
-  }
     
   case Type::VariableArray: {
     const VariableArrayType &A = cast<VariableArrayType>(Ty);