[llvm] 29e467f - [llvm] Deprecate Type::getPointerTo() (#113331)

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Author: Youngsuk Kim
Date: 2024-11-06T11:50:34-05:00
New Revision: 29e467fc78eb8b4308b57272ca4ad0d1f744f25f

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/29e467fc78eb8b4308b57272ca4ad0d1f744f25f
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/29e467fc78eb8b4308b57272ca4ad0d1f744f25f.diff

LOG: [llvm] Deprecate Type::getPointerTo() (#113331)

`llvm::Type::getPointerTo()` is no longer needed with opaque pointers in LLVM.
It may rather confuse new contributors to think that LLVM has typed pointers.

Added: 
    

Modified: 
    llvm/include/llvm/IR/Type.h

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Type.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Type.h
index d563b25d600a0c..7fa940ab347af6 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Type.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/Type.h
@@ -472,8 +472,9 @@ class Type {
   static Type *getWasm_FuncrefTy(LLVMContext &C);
 
   /// Return a pointer to the current type. This is equivalent to
-  /// PointerType::get(Foo, AddrSpace).
+  /// PointerType::get(Ctx, AddrSpace).
   /// TODO: Remove this after opaque pointer transition is complete.
+  LLVM_DEPRECATED("Use PointerType::get instead", "PointerType::get")
   PointerType *getPointerTo(unsigned AddrSpace = 0) const;
 
 private: