bindings/ocaml/bitreader/llvm_bitreader.mli

(*===-- llvm_bitreader.mli - LLVM Ocaml Interface ---------------*- C++ -*-===*
 *
 *                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
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 * This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
 * License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
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 *===----------------------------------------------------------------------===*)

(** Bitcode reader.

    This interface provides an ocaml API for the LLVM bitcode reader, the
    classes in the Bitreader library. *)

exception Error of string

(** [get_module_provider context mb] reads the bitcode for a new
    module provider [m] from the memory buffer [mb] in the context [context].
    Returns [m] if successful, or raises [Error msg] otherwise, where [msg] is a
    description of the error encountered. See the function
    [llvm::getBitcodeModuleProvider]. *)
external get_module_provider : Llvm.llcontext -> Llvm.llmemorybuffer ->
                               Llvm.llmoduleprovider
                             = "llvm_get_module_provider"

(** [parse_bitcode context mb] parses the bitcode for a new module [m] from the
    memory buffer [mb] in the context [context]. Returns [m] if successful, or
	 	raises [Error msg] otherwise, where [msg] is a description of the error
	 	encountered. See the function [llvm::ParseBitcodeFile]. *)
external parse_bitcode : Llvm.llcontext -> Llvm.llmemorybuffer -> Llvm.llmodule
                       = "llvm_parse_bitcode"