[llvm] [llvm][IR] Deprecate IRBuilderBase::getInt8PtrTy (PR #74096)

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Author: Youngsuk Kim (JOE1994)

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/74096.diff


1 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/include/llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h (+1) 


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diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h
index 2cd9a665e9e5d05..f68dfc37ce9f01c 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ class IRBuilderBase {
   }
 
   /// Fetch the type representing a pointer to an 8-bit integer value.
+  [[deprecated("Pointers no longer have element types. Use getPtrTy instead.")]]
   PointerType *getInt8PtrTy(unsigned AddrSpace = 0) {
     return getPtrTy(AddrSpace);
   }

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/74096