new method for creating a path, which does not create a temporary string.

llvm-svn: 36552

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/System/Path.h b/llvm/include/llvm/System/Path.h
index 84d99122b1e..573edda15c2 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/System/Path.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/System/Path.h
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ namespace sys {
       /// @brief Construct a Path from a string.
       explicit Path(const std::string& p) : path(p) {}
 
+      /// This constructor will accept a character range as a path.  No checking
+      /// is done on this path to determine if it is valid.  To determine
+      /// validity of the path, use the isValid method. 
+      /// @param p The path to assign.
+      /// @brief Construct a Path from a string.
+      explicit Path(const char *StrStart, unsigned StrLen)
+        : path(StrStart, StrStart+StrLen) {}
+      
     /// @}
     /// @name Operators
     /// @{