Add raw_null_ostream and llvm::nulls(), a raw_ostream that discards output.

 - No functionality change.


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@76103 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h b/include/llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h
index aeeb7e3abc..4c7338eac4 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ raw_ostream &outs();
 /// Use it like: errs() << "foo" << "bar";
 raw_ostream &errs();
 
+/// nulls() - This returns a reference to a raw_ostream which simply discards
+/// output.
+raw_ostream &nulls();
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Output Stream Adaptors
@@ -399,6 +402,19 @@ public:
   uint64_t tell();
 };
 
+/// raw_null_ostream - A raw_ostream that discards all output.
+class raw_null_ostream : public raw_ostream {
+  /// write_impl - See raw_ostream::write_impl.
+  virtual void write_impl(const char *Ptr, size_t size);
+  
+  /// current_pos - Return the current position within the stream, not
+  /// counting the bytes currently in the buffer.
+  virtual uint64_t current_pos();
+
+public:
+  explicit raw_null_ostream() {}
+};
+
 } // end llvm namespace
 
 #endif