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

- No functionality change.

llvm-svn: 76103

llvm/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

llvm/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp

@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@ raw_ostream &llvm::errs() {
   return S;
 }
 
+/// nulls() - This returns a reference to a raw_ostream which discards output.
+raw_ostream &llvm::nulls() {
+  static raw_null_ostream S;
+  return S;
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //  raw_os_ostream
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -422,3 +428,14 @@ uint64_t raw_svector_ostream::current_pos() { return OS.size(); }
 uint64_t raw_svector_ostream::tell() { 
   return OS.size() + GetNumBytesInBuffer(); 
 }
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//  raw_null_ostream
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+void raw_null_ostream::write_impl(const char *Ptr, size_t Size) {
+}
+
+uint64_t raw_null_ostream::current_pos() {
+  return 0;
+}