Added special version of ReadPtr() that returns a deserialized pointer

by value.  This version prohibits backpatching of pointers, so it
useful when a pointee is always known to be deserialized beforehand.


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@43799 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/llvm/Bitcode/Deserialize.h b/include/llvm/Bitcode/Deserialize.h
index 9fdbc8c..41347b5 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Bitcode/Deserialize.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Bitcode/Deserialize.h
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ public:
   template <typename T>
   void ReadPtr(const T*& PtrRef, bool AllowBackpatch = true) {
     ReadPtr(const_cast<T*&>(PtrRef), AllowBackpatch);
-  }            
+  }
+  
+  template <typename T>
+  T* ReadPtr() { T* x; ReadPtr<T>(x,false); return x; }
 
   void ReadUIntPtr(uintptr_t& PtrRef, bool AllowBackpatch = true);