[LLVMdev] Get Name of numbered variables

[Krzysztof Parzyszek]

On 2/22/2013 9:11 AM, Blind Faith wrote:
> You can get the name of a variable by using the method getName() of
> llvm::Value. However it returns a blank string if the variable is a
> numbered variable, such as %11. How can I make it return %11 in such case.

The numbers come from SlotTracker in AsmWriter.cpp.  They are basically 
generated when the IR needs to be printed in the human readable form, 
and don't necessarily exist otherwise.  They may also change over time, 
as the IR changes (i.e. the same value may get a different number next 
time).

-Krzysztof

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