From: Chris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 21:31:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: By default PHINode::removeIncomingValue will delete the phi node if the last
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By default PHINode::removeIncomingValue will delete the phi node if the last
incoming value is deleted!


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@4076 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/include/llvm/iPHINode.h b/include/llvm/iPHINode.h
index 93b6e7cc80e..4e217e971e8 100644
--- a/include/llvm/iPHINode.h
+++ b/include/llvm/iPHINode.h
@@ -65,7 +65,14 @@ public:
   
   /// removeIncomingValue - Remove an incoming value.  This is useful if a
   /// predecessor basic block is deleted.  The value removed is returned.
-  Value *removeIncomingValue(const BasicBlock *BB);
+  ///
+  /// If the last incoming value for a PHI node is removed (and DeletePHIIfEmpty
+  /// is true), the PHI node is destroyed and any uses of it are replaced with
+  /// dummy values.  The only time there should be zero incoming values to a PHI
+  /// node is when the block is dead, so this strategy is sound.
+  ///
+  Value *removeIncomingValue(const BasicBlock *BB,
+                             bool DeletePHIIfEmpty = true);
 
   /// getBasicBlockIndex - Return the first index of the specified basic 
   /// block in the value list for this PHI.  Returns -1 if no instance.