Add a new Type::getPointerTo method, which is shorthand for

llvm::PointerType::get().  Patch by Anders Johnsen!


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@68772 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/llvm/Type.h b/include/llvm/Type.h
index a284d80bb5..e80c876069 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Type.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Type.h
@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@ public:
   ///
   void removeAbstractTypeUser(AbstractTypeUser *U) const;
 
+  /// getPointerTo - Return a pointer to the current type.  This is equivalent
+  /// to PointerType::get(Foo, AddrSpace).
+  PointerType *getPointerTo(unsigned AddrSpace = 0) const;
+
 private:
   /// isSizedDerivedType - Derived types like structures and arrays are sized
   /// iff all of the members of the type are sized as well.  Since asking for
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
index 642fc1907e..edd8cf3502 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
@@ -1214,6 +1214,10 @@ PointerType *PointerType::get(const Type *ValueType, unsigned AddressSpace) {
   return PT;
 }
 
+PointerType *Type::getPointerTo(unsigned addrs) const {
+  return PointerType::get(this, addrs);
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //                     Derived Type Refinement Functions
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//