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diff --git a/include/llvm/System/Path.h b/include/llvm/System/Path.h
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--- a/include/llvm/System/Path.h
+++ b/include/llvm/System/Path.h
@@ -342,6 +342,17 @@ namespace sys {
/// @brief Determine if the path references a dynamic library.
bool isDynamicLibrary() const;
+ /// This function determines if the path name in the object references a
+ /// native object file by looking at it's magic number. The term object
+ /// file is defined as "an organized collection of separate, named
+ /// sequences of binary data." This covers the obvious file formats such as
+ /// COFF and ELF, but it also includes llvm ir bitcode, archives,
+ /// libraries, etc...
+ /// @returns true if the file starts with the magic number for an object
+ /// file.
+ /// @brief Determine if the path references an object file.
+ bool isObjectFile() const;
+
/// This function determines if the path name references an existing file
/// or directory in the file system.
/// @returns true if the pathname references an existing file or