[llvm-dev] DenseMap/ValueMap: is M[New]=M[Old] valid ?

[David Blaikie via llvm-dev]

Yep - You'd have to separate them for correctness if "NewKey" might not
already be in "M".

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 2:48 PM Jeroen Dobbelaere via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a question about llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h and llvm/IR/ValueMap.h:
>
> When you have a:
>      MapType M;
>
> is it safe to do:
>     M[NewKey] = M[OldKey];
>
> or do you need to do it in two steps:
>    auto tmp = M[OldKey]; // ensure the reference to M[OldKey] is copied,
> before reassigning.
>    M[NewKey] = tmp;      // might reallocate
>
> aka, will a possible allocation for M[NewKey] invalidate the reference
> that M[OldKey] returns ?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Jeroen Dobbelaere
>
>
>
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