llvm-c: Add LLVMPrintTypeToString

Differential Revision: http://llvm-reviews.chandlerc.com/D1963

llvm-svn: 193149

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
index f9717cc5f55..a48ea7e7457 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -723,6 +723,14 @@ LLVMContextRef LLVMGetTypeContext(LLVMTypeRef Ty);
 void LLVMDumpType(LLVMTypeRef Val);
 
 /**
+ * Return a string representation of the type. Use
+ * LLVMDisposeMessage to free the string.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::Type::print()
+ */
+char *LLVMPrintTypeToString(LLVMTypeRef Val);
+
+/**
  * @defgroup LLVMCCoreTypeInt Integer Types
  *
  * Functions in this section operate on integer types.
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
index 7d52386b061..16af7332d3c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ void LLVMDumpType(LLVMTypeRef Ty) {
   return unwrap(Ty)->dump();
 }
 
+char *LLVMPrintTypeToString(LLVMTypeRef Ty) {
+  std::string buf;
+  raw_string_ostream os(buf);
+
+  unwrap(Ty)->print(os);
+  os.flush();
+
+  return strdup(buf.c_str());
+}
+
 /*--.. Operations on integer types .........................................--*/
 
 LLVMTypeRef LLVMInt1TypeInContext(LLVMContextRef C)  {