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authorDan Gohman <gohman@apple.com>2010-03-01 17:56:04 +0000
committerDan Gohman <gohman@apple.com>2010-03-01 17:56:04 +0000
commit7cbf5a803e58b844a537cbf63eb0364d01a842a1 (patch)
tree880896b7f43dc36911df6a4f49c88eba2710bd6f /lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis.cpp
parentc5e49c64d18eacdd72c80c04855df846df97f8a8 (diff)
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git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@97459 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis.cpp
index 564ec4b116..17b254fca6 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
// This file defines the ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis pass, which implements a
// simple alias analysis implemented in terms of ScalarEvolution queries.
//
+// This differs from traditional loop dependence analysis in that it tests
+// for dependencies within a single iteration of a loop, rather than
+// dependences between different iterations.
+//
// ScalarEvolution has a more complete understanding of pointer arithmetic
// than BasicAliasAnalysis' collection of ad-hoc analyses.
//
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ namespace {
return (AliasAnalysis*)this;
return this;
}
-
+
private:
virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const;
virtual bool runOnFunction(Function &F);