[LLVMdev] Addressing const reference in ArrayRef

[Reid Kleckner]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:43 AM, David Blaikie <dblaikie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yep - the convenience of one-element->ArrayRef is "cute" at best, I
> think. Having to wrap it doesn't seem detrimental. Would have to look
> at some numbers, though (if we could easily gather the number of
> instances of this - I'm not sure of the easiest way to do that, given
> the build system likes to stop after it sees an error).
>
> I'm not sure if the "Temp" in the name would be a sufficient
> deterrent, but maybe.


Wow, I think I finally understand how the temporary is being created.

Can we get by without the single element constructor? Callers would have to
write:
const char *strs[] = { "string" };
foo(strs);

Instead of foo("string"), which is subtle anyway.
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