+ /// replaceUsesOfWithOnConstant - This method is a special form of
+ /// User::replaceUsesOfWith (which does not work on constants) that does work
+ /// on constants. Basically this method goes through the trouble of building
+ /// a new constant that is equivalent to the current one, with all uses of
+ /// From replaced with uses of To. After this construction is completed, all
+ /// of the users of 'this' are replaced to use the new constant, and then
+ /// 'this' is deleted. In general, you should not call this method, instead,
+ /// use Value::replaceAllUsesWith, which automatically dispatches to this
+ /// method as needed.
+ ///
+ virtual void replaceUsesOfWithOnConstant(Value *, Value *, Use *) {
+ // Provide a default implementation for constants (like integers) that
+ // cannot use any other values. This cannot be called at runtime, but needs
+ // to be here to avoid link errors.
+ assert(getNumOperands() == 0 && "replaceUsesOfWithOnConstant must be "
+ "implemented for all constants that have operands!");
+ assert(0 && "Constants that do not have operands cannot be using 'From'!");
+ }
+
+ static Constant *getNullValue(const Type* Ty);
+
+ /// @returns the value for an integer constant of the given type that has all
+ /// its bits set to true.
+ /// @brief Get the all ones value
+ static Constant *getAllOnesValue(const Type* Ty);
+
+ /// getIntegerValue - Return the value for an integer or pointer constant,
+ /// or a vector thereof, with the given scalar value.
+ static Constant *getIntegerValue(const Type* Ty, const APInt &V);
+
+ /// removeDeadConstantUsers - If there are any dead constant users dangling
+ /// off of this constant, remove them. This method is useful for clients
+ /// that want to check to see if a global is unused, but don't want to deal
+ /// with potentially dead constants hanging off of the globals.
+ void removeDeadConstantUsers() const;