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-rw-r--r--include/llvm/iPHINode.h9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/llvm/iPHINode.h b/include/llvm/iPHINode.h
index 93b6e7c..4e217e9 100644
--- a/include/llvm/iPHINode.h
+++ b/include/llvm/iPHINode.h
@@ -65,7 +65,14 @@ public:
/// removeIncomingValue - Remove an incoming value. This is useful if a
/// predecessor basic block is deleted. The value removed is returned.
- Value *removeIncomingValue(const BasicBlock *BB);
+ ///
+ /// If the last incoming value for a PHI node is removed (and DeletePHIIfEmpty
+ /// is true), the PHI node is destroyed and any uses of it are replaced with
+ /// dummy values. The only time there should be zero incoming values to a PHI
+ /// node is when the block is dead, so this strategy is sound.
+ ///
+ Value *removeIncomingValue(const BasicBlock *BB,
+ bool DeletePHIIfEmpty = true);
/// getBasicBlockIndex - Return the first index of the specified basic
/// block in the value list for this PHI. Returns -1 if no instance.