[llvm] [IR] Deprecate PointerType::get/getUnqual pointee type overload (PR #134517)

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Author: Mats Jun Larsen (junlarsen)

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Deprecates the methods and schedules them for removal in the future as
the overloads taking LLVMContext are preferred, as the pointee type
has no meaning in opaque pointers.

Part of #<!-- -->123569

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/134517.diff


1 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/include/llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h (+6) 


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diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h
index 60606d34c32c3..cc6230287bfe4 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/DerivedTypes.h
@@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ class PointerType : public Type {
 
   /// This constructs a pointer to an object of the specified type in a numbered
   /// address space.
+  LLVM_DEPRECATED("PointerType::get with pointee type is pending removal. Use "
+                  "Context overload.",
+                  "PointerType::get(LLVMContext, AS)")
   static PointerType *get(Type *ElementType, unsigned AddressSpace);
   /// This constructs an opaque pointer to an object in a numbered address
   /// space.
@@ -692,6 +695,9 @@ class PointerType : public Type {
 
   /// This constructs a pointer to an object of the specified type in the
   /// default address space (address space zero).
+  LLVM_DEPRECATED("PointerType::getUnqual with pointee type is pending "
+                  "removal. Use Context overload.",
+                  "PointerType::getUnqual(LLVMCOntext)")
   static PointerType *getUnqual(Type *ElementType) {
     return PointerType::get(ElementType, 0);
   }

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/134517