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Class IRVariable

A variable referenced by the IR for a function.

The variable may be a user-declared variable (IRUserVariable) or a temporary variable generated by the AST-to-IR translation (IRTempVariable).

Import path

import semmle.code.cpp.ir.IR

Direct supertypes

Known direct subtypes

Fields

Predicates

getAST

DEPRECATED: Alias for getAst

getAst

Gets the AST node that declared this variable, or that introduced this variable as part of the AST-to-IR translation.

getEnclosingFunction

Gets the function that references this variable.

getEnclosingIRFunction

Gets the IR for the function that references this variable.

getIRType

Gets the language-neutral type of the variable.

getLanguageType

Gets the type of the variable.

getLocation

Gets the source location of this variable.

getType

Gets the type of the variable.

getUniqueId

Gets an identifier string for the variable. This identifier is unique within the function.

isReadOnly

Holds if this variable’s value cannot be changed within a function. Currently used for string literals, but could also apply to const global and static variables.

toString

Gets a textual representation of this element.

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