[LLVMdev] A question about Module::getGlobalVariable()

[Chris Lattner]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, lizhuo wrote:
> I want to find a global variable by name in some module ,
> I find LLVM function Module::getGlobalVariable(string name,Type* ty);
>
> My question is , is it necessary to specify the global variable type (second param) ?
> Why not just
> getGlobalVariable(string name).

If you are using LLVM CVS, you can use Module::getNamedGlobal(string 
name), which doesn't take a type.

-Chris

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