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authorDaniel Dunbar <daniel@zuster.org>2009-09-15 20:31:28 +0000
committerDaniel Dunbar <daniel@zuster.org>2009-09-15 20:31:28 +0000
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Update llc/opt PODs to clarify they support .ll input.
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@@ -11,24 +11,25 @@ B<opt> [I<options>] [I<filename>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The B<opt> command is the modular LLVM optimizer and analyzer. It takes LLVM
-bitcode as input, runs the specified optimizations or analyses on it, and then
-outputs the optimized LLVM bitcode or the analysis results. The function of
+source files as input, runs the specified optimizations or analyses on it, and then
+outputs the optimized file or the analysis results. The function of
B<opt> depends on whether the B<-analyze> option is given.
-When B<-analyze> is specified, B<opt> performs various analyses of LLVM
-bitcode. It will usually print the results on standard output, but in a few
-cases, it will print output to standard error or generate a file with the
-analysis output, which is usually done when the output is meant for another
-program.
+When B<-analyze> is specified, B<opt> performs various analyses of the input
+source. It will usually print the results on standard output, but in a few
+cases, it will print output to standard error or generate a file with the
+analysis output, which is usually done when the output is meant for another
+program.
While B<-analyze> is I<not> given, B<opt> attempts to produce an optimized
-bitcode file. The optimizations available via B<opt> depend upon what
+output file. The optimizations available via B<opt> depend upon what
libraries were linked into it as well as any additional libraries that have
been loaded with the B<-load> option. Use the B<-help> option to determine
what optimizations you can use.
If I<filename> is omitted from the command line or is I<->, B<opt> reads its
-input from standard input. The input must be an LLVM bitcode file.
+input from standard input. Inputs can be in either the LLVM assembly language
+format (.ll) or the LLVM bitcode format (.bc).
If an output filename is not specified with the B<-o> option, B<opt>
writes its output to the standard output.