[LLVMdev] Replacing an initializer

[John Criswell]

On 2/27/15 1:24 PM, Alexander Poddey wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> suppose I would like to change the initial value of a global.
> Is the supposed way to change the initializer via
> const_global_iterator I
> I->setInitializer(newOne) ?

Just as a warning, I'm pulling all of this from memory, so I might get 
something wrong.

If GV points to a global variable (and const_global_iterator probably 
magically casts to a GlobalVariable *), then yes, that is how you change 
the initializer.

>
> afaik, newOne is a constant - right?

I believe so, yes.

> Is the original Initializer automatically purged or do I need to delete it?

You should need to delete it.

Regards,

John Criswell

>
>
> thanks
> Alex
>
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