[LLVMdev] how to get an independent copy of a function?

[Yaron Keren]

include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/Cloning.h


2015-05-31 8:11 GMT+03:00 Alexander Poddey <alexander.poddey at gmx.net>:

> Hi,
>
> I need to get a copy of a function which should be 'selfcontained'
> (independent from the original function). Just like in C making a copy of a
> functions source code, changing the name.
>
> I tried to copy the basic blocks and their instructions (clone) to a new
> function, but the module check gives 'referring to an argument in another
> function'.
> This seems obvious, because the clone on instruction level can not know
> that
> the instruction later should belong to another function.
>
> I could not find some sort of copy method on function level...
>
> Alex
>
>
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