[LLVM-C] Add an accessor for the "value type" of a global
Summary: Before this, there was no reasonable way to retrieve the type of a global value (most notably, a function) that was created with the C API.
Reviewers: whitequark, deadalnix
Reviewed By: whitequark
Subscribers: llvm-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D52659
llvm-svn: 343363
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
index de6e3d0..f7f2238 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -2104,6 +2104,14 @@
LLVMUnnamedAddr LLVMGetUnnamedAddress(LLVMValueRef Global);
void LLVMSetUnnamedAddress(LLVMValueRef Global, LLVMUnnamedAddr UnnamedAddr);
+/**
+ * Returns the "value type" of a global value. This differs from the formal
+ * type of a global value which is always a pointer type.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::GlobalValue::getValueType()
+ */
+LLVMTypeRef LLVMGlobalGetValueType(LLVMValueRef Global);
+
/** Deprecated: Use LLVMGetUnnamedAddress instead. */
LLVMBool LLVMHasUnnamedAddr(LLVMValueRef Global);
/** Deprecated: Use LLVMSetUnnamedAddress instead. */