add a new helper method

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@26617 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

diff --git a/include/llvm/Module.h b/include/llvm/Module.h
index 51f7838d9710fb0959542a72ec4f1c259ea92b20..84aa2a5e39426fb7a70dd9cef0584f4d333674f3 100644 (file)
--- a/include/llvm/Module.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Module.h
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ public:
   GlobalVariable *getGlobalVariable(const std::string &Name, const Type *Ty,
                                     bool AllowInternal = false);
 
+  /// getNamedGlobal - Return the first global variable in the module with the
+  /// specified name, of arbitrary type.  This method returns null if a global
+  /// with the specified name is not found.
+  ///
+  GlobalVariable *getNamedGlobal(const std::string &Name);
+  
 
   //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
   // Methods for easy access to the types in the module.