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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Transforms/Scalar/ObjCARC.cpp | 6 |
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diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Scalar/ObjCARC.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Scalar/ObjCARC.cpp index 45bc7ab631..1c7acb0bf0 100644 --- a/lib/Transforms/Scalar/ObjCARC.cpp +++ b/lib/Transforms/Scalar/ObjCARC.cpp @@ -1222,6 +1222,12 @@ namespace { /// \brief This is similar to BasicAliasAnalysis, and it uses many of the same /// techniques, except it uses special ObjC-specific reasoning about pointer /// relationships. + /// + /// In this context ``Provenance'' is defined as the history of an object's + /// ownership. Thus ``Provenance Analysis'' is defined by using the notion of + /// an ``independent provenance source'' of a pointer to determine whether or + /// not two pointers have the same provenance source and thus could + /// potentially be related. class ProvenanceAnalysis { AliasAnalysis *AA; |