1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Support/Debug.cpp b/lib/Support/Debug.cpp
index 394d9c1109..cbf12c7c0d 100644
--- a/lib/Support/Debug.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/Debug.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
+#include <iostream>
 using namespace llvm;
 
 bool llvm::DebugFlag;  // DebugFlag - Exported boolean set by the -debug option
@@ -63,3 +64,14 @@ bool llvm::isCurrentDebugType(const char *DebugType) {
   return false;
 #endif
 }
+
+// getErrorOutputStream - Returns the error output stream (std::cerr). This
+// places the std::c* I/O streams into one .cpp file and relieves the whole
+// program from having to have hundreds of static c'tor/d'tors for them.
+// 
+llvm_ostream llvm::getErrorOutputStream(const char *DebugType) {
+  if (DebugFlag && isCurrentDebugType(DebugType))
+    return llvm_ostream(std::cerr);
+  else
+    return llvm_ostream();
+}