[llvm-dev] Getting the symbolic expression for an address calculation

[Friedman, Eli via llvm-dev]

On 9/30/2016 12:16 PM, Charith Mendis via llvm-dev wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> What is the best way to get the symbolic expression for an address 
> calculation in llvm specially when  memory addresses are calculated 
> within a loop.

ScalarEvolution works with pointers as well as integers; if you call 
getSCEV on an address based on an induction variable, you'll get a 
SCEVAddRecExpr.

-Eli

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