[PATCH] [llvm-c] Expose getFunctionAddress, as a modern alternative

[Peter Zotov]

Since getPointerToGlobal was equivalent to getGlobalValueAddress, you should at least expose both getGlobalValueAddress and getFunctionAddress.


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Comment at: lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngineBindings.cpp:332
@@ +331,3 @@
+uint64_t LLVMGetFunctionAddress(LLVMExecutionEngineRef EE, const char *Name) {
+  unwrap(EE)->finalizeObject();
+
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Is this really necessary?

"Clients that intend to execute code locally can use the getFunctionAddress call, which will generate code and apply final preparations all in one step."

http://reviews.llvm.org/D6760

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