llvm-mirror/include/llvm/Constant.h

//===-- llvm/Constant.h - Constant class definition -------------*- C++ -*-===//
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//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
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// This file was developed by the LLVM research group and is distributed under
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// This file contains the declaration of the Constant class.
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#ifndef LLVM_CONSTANT_H
#define LLVM_CONSTANT_H

#include "llvm/User.h"

namespace llvm {

/// This is an important base class in LLVM. It provides the common facilities
/// of all constant values in an LLVM program. A constant is a value that is
/// immutable at runtime. Functions are constants because their address is
/// immutable. Same with global variables. 
/// 
/// All constants share the capabilities provided in this class. All constants
/// can have a null value. They can have an operand list. Constants can be
/// simple (integer and floating point values), complex (arrays and structures),
/// or expression based (computations yielding a constant value composed of 
/// only certain operators and other constant values).
/// 
/// Note that Constants are immutable (once created they never change) 
/// and are fully shared by structural equivalence.  This means that two 
/// structurally equivalent constants will always have the same address.  
/// Constant's are created on demand as needed and never deleted: thus clients 
/// don't have to worry about the lifetime of the objects.
/// @brief LLVM Constant Representation
class Constant : public User {
  void operator=(const Constant &);     // Do not implement
  Constant(const Constant &);           // Do not implement
protected:
  Constant(const Type *Ty, ValueTy vty, Use *Ops, unsigned NumOps,
           const std::string& Name = "")
    : User(Ty, vty, Ops, NumOps, Name) {}

  void destroyConstantImpl();
public:
  /// Static constructor to get a '0' constant of arbitrary type...
  ///
  static Constant *getNullValue(const Type *Ty);

  /// isNullValue - Return true if this is the value that would be returned by
  /// getNullValue.
  virtual bool isNullValue() const = 0;

  virtual void print(std::ostream &O) const;

  // Specialize get/setOperand for Constant's as their operands are always
  // constants as well.
  Constant *getOperand(unsigned i) {
    return static_cast<Constant*>(User::getOperand(i));
  }
  const Constant *getOperand(unsigned i) const {
    return static_cast<const Constant*>(User::getOperand(i));
  }
  void setOperand(unsigned i, Constant *C) {
    User::setOperand(i, C);
  }

  /// destroyConstant - Called if some element of this constant is no longer
  /// valid.  At this point only other constants may be on the use_list for this
  /// constant.  Any constants on our Use list must also be destroy'd.  The
  /// implementation must be sure to remove the constant from the list of
  /// available cached constants.  Implementations should call
  /// destroyConstantImpl as the last thing they do, to destroy all users and
  /// delete this.
  virtual void destroyConstant() { assert(0 && "Not reached!"); }

  //// Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
  static inline bool classof(const Constant *) { return true; }
  static inline bool classof(const GlobalValue *) { return true; }
  static inline bool classof(const Value *V) {
    return V->getValueType() >= ConstantFirstVal &&
           V->getValueType() <= ConstantLastVal;
  }

  /// replaceUsesOfWithOnConstant - This method is a special form of
  /// User::replaceUsesOfWith (which does not work on constants) that does work
  /// on constants.  Basically this method goes through the trouble of building
  /// a new constant that is equivalent to the current one, with all uses of
  /// From replaced with uses of To.  After this construction is completed, all
  /// of the users of 'this' are replaced to use the new constant, and then
  /// 'this' is deleted.  In general, you should not call this method, instead,
  /// use Value::replaceAllUsesWith, which automatically dispatches to this
  /// method as needed.
  ///
  virtual void replaceUsesOfWithOnConstant(Value *, Value *, Use *) {
    // Provide a default implementation for constants (like integers) that
    // cannot use any other values.  This cannot be called at runtime, but needs
    // to be here to avoid link errors.
    assert(getNumOperands() == 0 && "replaceUsesOfWithOnConstant must be "
           "implemented for all constants that have operands!");
    assert(0 && "Constants that do not have operands cannot be using 'From'!");
  }

  /// clearAllValueMaps - This method frees all internal memory used by the
  /// constant subsystem, which can be used in environments where this memory
  /// is otherwise reported as a leak.
  static void clearAllValueMaps();
  
  /// getStringValue - Turn an LLVM constant pointer that eventually points to a
  /// global into a string value.  Return an empty string if we can't do it.
  /// Parameter Chop determines if the result is chopped at the first null
  /// terminator.
  ///
  std::string getStringValue(bool Chop = true, unsigned Offset = 0);
};

} // End llvm namespace

#endif