llvm dev - Apr 2010 - [LLVMdev] GlobalValue type

I tried to get the Type for a global value, but it always returns me a
PointerType. This is ok, expect that I want to know what type is being pointed
at. How do I do this?

Orgoton Baberek wrote:
> I tried to get the Type for a global value, but it always returns me a
> PointerType. This is ok, expect that I want to know what type is being
pointed
> at. How do I do this?
>   
You can utilize the doxygen docs 
(http://llvm.org/doxygen/hierarchy.html) to find which methods of 
classes give you the information you want.

For example, you can look up the PointerType class and see the methods 
it provides.  One of its methods returns the type it contains (I think 
it's getContainedType() or something like that; I don't recall the name 
exactly, but you can use doxygen to find it).

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John Criswell <criswell <at> uiuc.edu> writes:

 
> You can utilize the doxygen docs 
> (http://llvm.org/doxygen/hierarchy.html) to find which methods of 
> classes give you the information you want.
> 
> For example, you can look up the PointerType class and see the methods 
> it provides.  One of its methods returns the type it contains (I think 
> it's getContainedType() or something like that; I don't recall the
name
> exactly, but you can use doxygen to find it).
> 

Ohh I didnt know about that hierarchy. I've been looking over the doxygen
files
but couldnt find the function you mentioned. I did find a
"getElementType()"
from SequentialType that worked. Thanks a lot!